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Encyclopedia > Aldershot F.C.
Aldershot
Full name Aldershot Football Club
Nickname(s) The Shots
Founded 1926
Dissolved 1992
Ground Recreation Ground
Capacity 7,500
League Fourth Division
1990-91 23rd
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Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club which went out of business in 1992. The club was nicknamed The Shots for both the last syllable of the town name and the military links to Aldershot. The Recreation Ground is the home of Aldershot FC. Categories: | ... The following is an incomplete list of football (soccer) stadia. ... The Football League Fourth Division or Division Four of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958-59 season until the creation of the FA Premier League prior to the 1992-93 season. ... The 1991-92 season was the 112th season of competitive football in England. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links unknown soccer jersey pattern File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...


The club was founded in 1926 as Aldershot Town, and admitted to league football when Thames A.F.C. declined to apply for re-election in 1932. The 'Town' part of the name was dropped in 1937. They spent many seasons in the lower divisions of the Football League. Thames Association Football Club were a football club from East London, England, who briefly played in the Football League between 1930 and 1932. ...


Aldershot F.C. were among the founder members of Division 4 in 1958/9, and the first winners of a play-off final, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. over two legs. The club twice reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, once in its inaugural Football League season and once in 1978/79. An FA Cup match against Carlisle United on 28 January 1970 saw Aldershot's record attendance of 19,138. Teddy Sheringham played for Aldershot six times while on loan to the team in 1985. Their most recent success was beating Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Fourth Division playoffs in 1987 to win promotion to the Third Division, but they were relegated back to the Fourth Division two years later. In August 1990 they were wound up in High Court, 'hopelessly insolvent' with debts of £490,000. They were then saved from closure by 19-year-old property developer Spencer Trethewy. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. are an English football club playing at Molineux. ... Note: for the full results of all FA Cup finals, see FA Cup Final The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... Carlisle United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Conference National. ... Edward Paul Teddy Sheringham (born April 2, 1966 in Highams Park, London) is a veteran English footballer. ... Spencer Trethewy (born 1971) was the 19-year-old British property developer who saved Aldershot Football Club from closure in August 1990 with a £200,000 signed affidavit. ...


On 25th March 1992 Aldershot F.C. finally went out of business and were obliged to resign from the Football League. The final game played was against Cardiff City F.C. on 20th March 1992. Aldershot's league record for the 1991-92 season was expunged. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Cardiff City Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) are a football team based in Cardiff, and are one of the three Welsh clubs competing in the Football League, currently playing in the Football League Championship. ...


In response to the bankruptcy a group of supporters set up Aldershot Town F.C., which started in the Ryman Isthmian League League Division Three - much lower than the division in which Aldershot F.C. had been playing, although they are now just one promotion away from bringing league football back to the town. Aldershot Town Football Club was founded in the spring of 1992 just after the closure of debt-ridden fourth division club Aldershot F.C., who had been founded in 1926 and had been league members since 1932. ... The Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England. ...


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Category:Aldershot F.C. players



 

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