The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)

[beachboy]

We could do with Shots performing well on the day and our support in full voice, then all those who haven’t been for a long time will start to pop back next season.

[SteveyAsp]

We could do with Shots performing well on the day and our support in full voice, then all those who haven’t been for a long time will start to pop back next season.

It won't happen....That's said after every big game we've played over the years.
The only way to build a crowd is continued success which will never happen at Aldershot without someone putting the money in to achieve it.

[lowerbourneshot]

We could do with Shots performing well on the day and our support in full voice, then all those who haven’t been for a long time will start to pop back next season.

It won't happen....That's said after every big game we've played over the years.
The only way to build a crowd is continued success which will never happen at Aldershot without someone putting the money in to achieve it.

Exactly even our 5 years in the league one play off game and one league game the only time we got a gate of over 5k .

[NorskShot]

We could do with Shots performing well on the day and our support in full voice, then all those who haven’t been for a long time will start to pop back next season.

It won't happen....That's said after every big game we've played over the years.
The only way to build a crowd is continued success which will never happen at Aldershot without someone putting the money in to achieve it.

Exactly even our 5 years in the league one play off game and one league game the only time we got a gate of over 5k .

An average of 3k is much better than one or two gates a season of 5k.
If we just averaged 2.5k a game we would be better off.

[Cph.shots]

TICKETING UPDATE (INCLUDING UPDATED SEATING MAP SHOWING EXTRA ATFC SECTION)

ALDERSHOT TOWN SECTION
Level 2 - 2 seats available in Block 240
Level 5 - 634 available in Block 543, 429 available in Block 544.
NEUTRAL SECTION
46 available in Block 208

That’s brilliant, thanks for the update

No worries mate. Great to see the amount of tickets that we've sold.

Thanks for that information, now I know what sections to ask for.
Where do you get the overview of what's left?

[Aldershot]

That’s brilliant, thanks for the update

No worries mate. Great to see the amount of tickets that we've sold.

Thanks for that information, now I know what sections to ask for.
Where do you get the overview of what's left?

No worries. The link to buy tickets can be found here (you'll need an account) - https://www.wembleystadium.com/events/2 ... s-Day-2025

From there you select 'Aldershot Town' and it shows you the available blocks and how many seats remain

[Cph.shots]

No worries mate. Great to see the amount of tickets that we've sold.

Thanks for that information, now I know what sections to ask for.
Where do you get the overview of what's left?

No worries. The link to buy tickets can be found here (you'll need an account) - https://www.wembleystadium.com/events/2 ... s-Day-2025

From there you select 'Aldershot Town' and it shows you the available blocks and how many seats remain

Thanks, i found some of the seats in the areas you mentioned but despite being registered it wouldn't let me purchase any other than the "best available" which is very high up.
I'll probably end up doing that but wouldn't mind trying to find something close to the pitch

[Rba]

We could do with Shots performing well on the day and our support in full voice, then all those who haven’t been for a long time will start to pop back next season.

It won't happen....That's said after every big game we've played over the years.
The only way to build a crowd is continued success which will never happen at Aldershot without someone putting the money in to achieve it.

Fantastic post. Very factual. No good just ticking over. Hopefully the final may produce some rich Arab who wants to spend some money on redeveloping Aldershot the town and football club.
The final does show Aldershot do have a fan base potentially bigger than Readings and Bournmouth. What is needed is an existing fan base and club that needs to except them. Not martys.

[Peter macdonald]

We could do with Shots performing well on the day and our support in full voice, then all those who haven’t been for a long time will start to pop back next season.

It won't happen....That's said after every big game we've played over the years.
The only way to build a crowd is continued success which will never happen at Aldershot without someone putting the money in to achieve it.

Fantastic post. Very factual. No good just ticking over. Hopefully the final may produce some rich Arab who wants to spend some money on redeveloping Aldershot the town and football club.
The final does show Aldershot do have a fan base potentially bigger than Readings and Bournmouth. What is needed is an existing fan base and club that needs to except them. Not martys.

Morning Bruce, bigger than reading and Bournemouth is a wee bit far fetched but I know what area you’re coming from

[Shots2000]

If Jones isn’t fit for the final who replaces him?

Corbett to lwb and frost CM?

We’ve seen Barrett and Henry together does not work.

[Silasgoldeen]

all kinds of problems I think. Ellison was central to the problems at York, came back today and super-shambles again at the back.

Certainties (if fit): Dewhurst, AJ, Armitage, Woodhouse, Hargreaves, Barrett, Barham

Gaps to fill: LWB, CB, CM, (forward of some description)

LWB: Frost will probably play but I don't think he's been great in that role. I'm not sold on Corbett in any way shape or form but he's a maybe.
CB: I would honestly consider Mullins there. Feel like his Sutton game was more solid than Ellison's recent work. Bit worried tbh. Ellison's form has fallen off a cliff.
CM: he will probably play Theo. Anderson has had a couple of really good games and a few bad ones. Not unexpected but maybe too soon for him. Tetek would be interesting but seems unlikely that he'd jump Theo in the queue. The Henry experiment didn't really work. Maja looked promising at times this season but hasn't looked very good recently.
Forward: this would be Ryan Jones and hopefully still will be. Alternatives would be Ghandour and Thomas but that seems like it doesn't add much. Henry is another option but as others have noted, he and Barrett is probably not a 90 minute plan. If Jones isn't fit I would use Tetek here and play him slightly ahead of the other two midfielders to bolster the middle of the pitch a bit.

Dewhurst
AJ - WA - DE - LW - TF
TW - CH
DT (RJ if fit)
JB - JB

[Shots2000]

all kinds of problems I think. Ellison was central to the problems at York, came back today and super-shambles again at the back.

Certainties (if fit): Dewhurst, AJ, Armitage, Woodhouse, Hargreaves, Barrett, Barham

Gaps to fill: LWB, CB, CM, (forward of some description)

LWB: Frost will probably play but I don't think he's been great in that role. I'm not sold on Corbett in any way shape or form but he's a maybe.
CB: I would honestly consider Mullins there. Feel like his Sutton game was more solid than Ellison's recent work. Bit worried tbh. Ellison's form has fallen off a cliff.
CM: he will probably play Theo. Anderson has had a couple of really good games and a few bad ones. Not unexpected but maybe too soon for him. Tetek would be interesting but seems unlikely that he'd jump Theo in the queue. The Henry experiment didn't really work. Maja looked promising at times this season but hasn't looked very good recently.
Forward: this would be Ryan Jones and hopefully still will be. Alternatives would be Ghandour and Thomas but that seems like it doesn't add much. Henry is another option but as others have noted, he and Barrett is probably not a 90 minute plan. If Jones isn't fit I would use Tetek here and play him slightly ahead of the other two midfielders to bolster the middle of the pitch a bit.

Dewhurst
AJ - WA - DE - LW - TF
TW - CH
DT (RJ if fit)
JB - JB

I agree with this lineup. Ellison was very good in the semi and think the final is clearly in the minds of a lot of these players. They are young, so it is somewhat understandable.

Tetek on the pitch at Wembley could cause some issues for them I think. On his day he is our most talented player

[Silasgoldeen]

all kinds of problems I think. Ellison was central to the problems at York, came back today and super-shambles again at the back.

Certainties (if fit): Dewhurst, AJ, Armitage, Woodhouse, Hargreaves, Barrett, Barham

Gaps to fill: LWB, CB, CM, (forward of some description)

LWB: Frost will probably play but I don't think he's been great in that role. I'm not sold on Corbett in any way shape or form but he's a maybe.
CB: I would honestly consider Mullins there. Feel like his Sutton game was more solid than Ellison's recent work. Bit worried tbh. Ellison's form has fallen off a cliff.
CM: he will probably play Theo. Anderson has had a couple of really good games and a few bad ones. Not unexpected but maybe too soon for him. Tetek would be interesting but seems unlikely that he'd jump Theo in the queue. The Henry experiment didn't really work. Maja looked promising at times this season but hasn't looked very good recently.
Forward: this would be Ryan Jones and hopefully still will be. Alternatives would be Ghandour and Thomas but that seems like it doesn't add much. Henry is another option but as others have noted, he and Barrett is probably not a 90 minute plan. If Jones isn't fit I would use Tetek here and play him slightly ahead of the other two midfielders to bolster the middle of the pitch a bit.

Dewhurst
AJ - WA - DE - LW - TF
TW - CH
DT (RJ if fit)
JB - JB

I agree with this lineup. Ellison was very good in the semi and think the final is clearly in the minds of a lot of these players. They are young, so it is somewhat understandable.

Tetek on the pitch at Wembley could cause some issues for them I think. On his day he is our most talented player

right, and it would balance the side a bit better too.

[TracoShot]

all kinds of problems I think. Ellison was central to the problems at York, came back today and super-shambles again at the back.

Certainties (if fit): Dewhurst, AJ, Armitage, Woodhouse, Hargreaves, Barrett, Barham

Gaps to fill: LWB, CB, CM, (forward of some description)

LWB: Frost will probably play but I don't think he's been great in that role. I'm not sold on Corbett in any way shape or form but he's a maybe.
CB: I would honestly consider Mullins there. Feel like his Sutton game was more solid than Ellison's recent work. Bit worried tbh. Ellison's form has fallen off a cliff.
CM: he will probably play Theo. Anderson has had a couple of really good games and a few bad ones. Not unexpected but maybe too soon for him. Tetek would be interesting but seems unlikely that he'd jump Theo in the queue. The Henry experiment didn't really work. Maja looked promising at times this season but hasn't looked very good recently.
Forward: this would be Ryan Jones and hopefully still will be. Alternatives would be Ghandour and Thomas but that seems like it doesn't add much. Henry is another option but as others have noted, he and Barrett is probably not a 90 minute plan. If Jones isn't fit I would use Tetek here and play him slightly ahead of the other two midfielders to bolster the middle of the pitch a bit.

Dewhurst
AJ - WA - DE - LW - TF
TW - CH
DT (RJ if fit)
JB - JB

Both Maja and Anderson are cup-tied so can’t play.

For me it should be Tetek and Hargreaves but we all know it will be Theo and Hargreaves.

[Triggers Broom]

I now have a quandary, I have been invited to a VE Day veterans event (no, I’m not one) on the same day as the final. It’s going to be a pretty special day with a lot of lads who aren’t going to be around much longer. What to do?

I've read some of the other responses. My feeling is that great sacrifices were made for YOU to enjoy rare days like this. Your VE day attendance will be inconsequential (sorry if that sounds brash) wether you attend or not. I get that's important too. But ultimately, you get one life. Don't deprive yourself. Come and watch the shots grace the turf at Wembley.