On Saturday, February 12, 1994, Dad and I were in Aldershot village for going out. We drove at the soccer field and the game was going on that day. We decided to go and watch the game, and since then we have supported Aldershot Town.
On Saturday, the shooting headed for a bitter neighbors written in the FA trophy semi -finals. We knew that on Saturday, March 1, we will be our opponents for more than a month after the lottery was made on Monday after the quasi -final win against SittingBourne.
As the two teams are opposed to each other, there is no love that love has lost. Players are crawling more than usual, fans of terrace can be more noise, and sometimes the atmosphere can be toxic. Some fans on both sides acted incorrectly, and the fans’ elements caused the problem of the game and home games far from Woking’s Kingfield Ground. Always create a hostile environment.
The winner of the game will advance to the finals played in MBLE Blee. Founded in 1926 and bankrupt in 1992, the first ALDERSHOT FC or the new club Aldershot town, which was established a month later, did not play there. For many years, some opportunities have come back and forth in both original and reformed clubs, but they just avoided them.
Woking played three times in Wembley in the 1990s and acquired the FA trophy in 1994, 1995 and 1997. This was the main pride of American shot fans. They went to the National Stadium and we didn’t. But we always claim that they have never played in the football league and all our clubs have. This would be the best opportunity that Aldershot could not miss by reaching Mble Blizz and losing our bitter rivals.
Saturday matches were sold out after a week. 7,058 tickets were sold-14 more when Manchester United played us in the October 2011 League Cup. 7,500 fans have won the Brighton & Hove Albion in the 2000 FA Cup tie 6-2.
I was standing on the home section of Eastbank, the main terrace behind the goal. It was very complete 30 minutes before the kickoff, starting to get a good advantage.
The core of wake fans was stored with an empty area that separates two sets of fans in one quarter of the terrace. They also had a terracing section and a seat block of the South stand to the south of the pitch.
When the player came out of the tunnel before the start of the game, some fireworks were hit by several podiums installed on both sides of the middle line. In fact, they were completely unnecessary because they gave both supporters a great roar for the team.
It was the semi -finals and local derby, so sometimes I couldn’t stand tension. The referee made some suspicious decisions during the game, which irritated the two fan sets at different points of the game.
Aldershot was penalized in the first half, but Tyler Frost saw his efforts by William Jaaskelainen (the son of former Premier League goalkeeper Jusi).
The moment of debate came early and changed the game. As prepared for the corner, Theo Widdrington (Son of Aldershot’s manager Tommy Widdrington) cried with the striker Harry Beautyman in a 6 yard box. Suddenly Widdrington has a doubt about whether Beautyman has been deliberately bounced and hit him with his arm. The camera video behind the goal did not provide a decisive answer, but the referee had a perfect view and sent Beautyman for the first time in his career.
As often as, when the team went down to 10 men, Wake took the lead soon. Aldershot players tried to return to the game without having to drop their heads. In 73 minutes, when the referee penalized the handball inside the area, their efforts paid their money.
The veteran striker James Henry scored a penalty, but I haven’t seen it. I was so nervous and I couldn’t see myself by hiding my face on my daughter’s shoulder and praying for Henry to achieve the 13th goal of the season.
If the score is maintained at the level, the game would have been straight to the penalty. It would have been terrible. William Jaaskelainen was very helpful in storing spot kicks, so I was very worried that it would end badly for the shot.
When the game approached 90 minutes, the fourth official showed a few minutes to add extra time. When the number 9 was marked in a bright red color, the crowd was firmly gasped! The two fan sets sent a big scene of encouragement to hope to achieve an important victory goal for the team to settle in Wembley.
Aldershot had several opportunities before living with me in my rest of my life and living with me.
In three minutes of injury, Aldershot lowered the stadium. Ryan Jones received a ball at the edge of the penalty area on the left. He took Woking’s Right Back and hit a wonderful cross for a distant post that Jack Barham had a simple task of heading back to the net.
Aldershot fans fiercely congratulated the North Hampshire Sun. Working fans could not do anything except to stun, silent, and move on the terrace, but to see rivals congratulations in front of them.
Aldershot players ran to the corner in front of me and began to cry. I am convinced that others did so because others have a lot of meaning to us. We finally played in the largest stadium in this country and were the best known moment in the world.
The celebration meant that it lasted quite a long time. After the game began again, the US Aldershot fans hurriedly prayed for tension. At the end of the pitch, the scoreboard was finally nine minutes and the referee was whistling. Many fans and some players thought it was the last whistle but not!
To celebrate the victory, it took a few minutes to ride the game again. Then, Woking had a good opportunity for EX-ALDERSHOT STRIOT STRIKER Inih Effectiong.
The last whistle’s atmosphere was finally over at 106 minutes of the game, we confirmed our place in the finals, and the dream of traveling to Mble Blizzard was now a reality.
Unfortunately, there were a few ALDERSHOT fans that Wake fans decided to glow. There were some stewards and police to prevent problems between two supporters. One of these fans jumped down at the Wake goalkeeper, and the security personnel were immediately tied to the ground. The midfielder, Dale Gorman, seemed to walk in the past and stamp a fans who were still fixed on the floor.
The behavior of these fools shined at a magnificent event. It was difficult to celebrate the victory in the knowledge that Theo Widdrington might have been injured to send Woking’s Harry Beautyman. The red card changed the game because Woking had to be reorganized, and suddenly we had an extra person. If this decision was trapped by fans against my team, I would never have accepted it well.
Despite all the debates, the results remained and Aldershot Town was finally in Mble Blizzard. In the 384th Aldershot Town game, 11,375 days after the first game, we finally had a wonderful day!
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