Aldershot Town 3-3 Ebbsfleet United - Saturday 22nd March 2025 (Match Day Thread)

[Peter macdonald]

86-87 the best season ever
Whatever happened to Wolves!

They quickly recovered from our beating, they were back in the second division by 89,Steve Bull loved it!

[brian bloomfield]

86-87 the best season ever
Whatever happened to Wolves!

They quickly recovered from our beating, they were back in the second division by 89,Steve Bull loved it!

Been to Molyneux 4 times with the old and new club. What a transformation in their ground over the 25 year span compared to ours, let alone 38 years that have now passed.

[Peter macdonald]

86-87 the best season ever
Whatever happened to Wolves!

They quickly recovered from our beating, they were back in the second division by 89,Steve Bull loved it!

Been to Molyneux 4 times with the old and new club. What a transformation in their ground over the 25 year span compared to ours, let alone 38 years that have now passed.

Indeed, the ground from memory did look old and tired in 87 but as you say they turned things around very impressively after suffering 3 relegations in a row, 84,85 and of course 86 before from their point of view the disappointment of little Aldershot beating them in the very first play off season in 87, they took it well if I remember correctly

[Frimley Green Shots]

They quickly recovered from our beating, they were back in the second division by 89,Steve Bull loved it!

Been to Molyneux 4 times with the old and new club. What a transformation in their ground over the 25 year span compared to ours, let alone 38 years that have now passed.

Indeed, the ground from memory did look old and tired in 87 but as you say they turned things around very impressively after suffering 3 relegations in a row, 84,85 and of course 86 before from their point of view the disappointment of little Aldershot beating them in the very first play off season in 87, they took it well if I remember correctly

Yes, Aldershot finished 6th, 9 points behind Wolves and there was an impressive crowd of 20,000 at the second leg away.

Most Wolves fans seemed convinced that it was a mere formality to overturn the 2-0 advantage Shots had from the first leg.

Perhaps about 5,000 Shots fans there (?) penned in their Main Stand and definitely in the minority, coincidentally I came across the match programme a few weeks back whilst sorting stuff out.

It all kicked off at the end with more than 40 people arrested....Happy days!

[Fuggletim]

Still out of UK so listened to most of the match on the radio. Disappointing result maybe, but I was of the understanding before the game that Ebbsfleet needed a win to retain their NL status and anything else would mean pretty much it.

As such they played a raised game and perhaps we should have anticipated that a bit more?

I recall in 1987 being at Molineux to see Wolves play one of their best games of football in the relegation clash with Cardiff City. Despite the result (think Wolves won 4-2 or something like that) both sides went down to Division 4 (I think we know a bit about the next few years). You had to say though that if Wolves had played that well all season, they would not have been relegated. Point is that with so much at stake, Ebbsfleet knew they had to do something; they did, but it wasn’t enough.

We still talk about relegation on here. Possibility yes, but I think very remote now. I just cannot see all the teams below us all turning it round anymore than an ATFC collapse.

Wolves and Cardiff went down in 86

Yes:1986! Thought it was 87 as I recall my other half was expecting our Daughter. Maybe I have her birthday wrong…..

[brian bloomfield]

Been to Molyneux 4 times with the old and new club. What a transformation in their ground over the 25 year span compared to ours, let alone 38 years that have now passed.

Indeed, the ground from memory did look old and tired in 87 but as you say they turned things around very impressively after suffering 3 relegations in a row, 84,85 and of course 86 before from their point of view the disappointment of little Aldershot beating them in the very first play off season in 87, they took it well if I remember correctly

Yes, Aldershot finished 6th, 9 points behind Wolves and there was an impressive crowd of 20,000 at the second leg away.

Most Wolves fans seemed convinced that it was a mere formality to overturn the 2-0 advantage Shots had from the first leg.

Perhaps about 5,000 Shots fans there (?) penned in their Main Stand and definitely in the minority, coincidentally I came across the match programme a few weeks back whilst sorting stuff out.

It all kicked off at the end with more than 40 people arrested....Happy days!

Always thought we had about 2000 at Molyneux, maybe my memory is falling.

[lowerbourneshot]

They quickly recovered from our beating, they were back in the second division by 89,Steve Bull loved it!

Been to Molyneux 4 times with the old and new club. What a transformation in their ground over the 25 year span compared to ours, let alone 38 years that have now passed.

Indeed, the ground from memory did look old and tired in 87 but as you say they turned things around very impressively after suffering 3 relegations in a row, 84,85 and of course 86 before from their point of view the disappointment of little Aldershot beating them in the very first play off season in 87, they took it well if I remember correctly

May 84 a 1 0 win at Anfield steve mardenbourgh in Div 1 was the scorer 27 months later a 2 1 win at Aldershot, how quickly things change

[Mytshot]

From TW programme notes yesterday:

"As with Christian and Olly the previous week, WE ALL of course hope Theo won't be out of action too long. He was fortunate not to suffer a break"

Unless I'm mistaken he went down in the centre circle with no one else around him. Genuinely, did I miss a tackle on him or something?

[Alex]

From TW programme notes yesterday:

"As with Christian and Olly the previous week, WE ALL of course hope Theo won't be out of action too long. He was fortunate not to suffer a break"

Unless I'm mistaken he went down in the centre circle with no one else around him. Genuinely, did I miss a tackle on him or something?

I’m glad he’s not suffered a long term problem and wish him well.

However, I’d rather he continues his footballing career away from Aldershot!

[lowerbourneshot]

From TW programme notes yesterday:

"As with Christian and Olly the previous week, WE ALL of course hope Theo won't be out of action too long. He was fortunate not to suffer a break"

Unless I'm mistaken he went down in the centre circle with no one else around him. Genuinely, did I miss a tackle on him or something?

Absolute farce we know he was taking himself out the firing line ,I'm told he actually put up on his Instagram he was out in Weybridge the night of the Gateshead game . Now if that's true I don't do Instagram. He is actually mocking us .

[Alex]

As some on here have already mentioned, he’ll be the first name on the team sheet against Woking, unfortunately.

He got a bit lucky close to the end of the game yesterday, grabbing an Ebbsfleet player on the edge of our area then tried throwing him to the floor.

The bloke is a walking disaster and always not far from getting a red card!

[brian bloomfield]

From TW programme notes yesterday:

"As with Christian and Olly the previous week, WE ALL of course hope Theo won't be out of action too long. He was fortunate not to suffer a break"

Unless I'm mistaken he went down in the centre circle with no one else around him. Genuinely, did I miss a tackle on him or something?

Absolute farce we know he was taking himself out the firing line ,I'm told he actually put up on his Instagram he was out in Weybridge the night of the Gateshead game . Now if that's true I don't do Instagram. He is actually mocking us .

Either it's true, or someone will be on here to categorically deny it.

[Adzy]

From TW programme notes yesterday:

"As with Christian and Olly the previous week, WE ALL of course hope Theo won't be out of action too long. He was fortunate not to suffer a break"

Unless I'm mistaken he went down in the centre circle with no one else around him. Genuinely, did I miss a tackle on him or something?

I’ve never seen a player come back so quickly after going off on a stretcher. It’s no coincidence that he went down so soon after the incident…

[Chris Myles]

As some on here have already mentioned, he’ll be the first name on the team sheet against Woking, unfortunately.

He got a bit lucky close to the end of the game yesterday, grabbing an Ebbsfleet player on the edge of our area then tried throwing him to the floor.

The bloke is a walking disaster and always not far from getting a red card!

You are all at it again. For goodness sake give it a rest. He played ok when he came on.

[Alex]

As some on here have already mentioned, he’ll be the first name on the team sheet against Woking, unfortunately.

He got a bit lucky close to the end of the game yesterday, grabbing an Ebbsfleet player on the edge of our area then tried throwing him to the floor.

The bloke is a walking disaster and always not far from getting a red card!

You are all at it again. For goodness sake give it a rest. He played ok when he came on.

But he can never get through his minutes on the pitch without doing at least one stupid thing!