The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)
Re: The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)
The BBC Radio Surrey commentaries for NL games aren't available afterwards, however with this being the FAT Final, it could be different.RedandBlueR wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 10:20 am I'm after a bit of advice please about listening to the radio coverage of the Shots Wembley match. I'm now living overseas where the time is 8 hours ahead of the UK and because of work commitments I won't be able to listen to the radio coverage until the following day. Do you know whether it remains available to listen to on BBC Radio Surrey the following day and if so do you know the link to it as I don't want to search for it the following day and accidentally see the result? Thanks in advance for any replies.
Failing that there is a woman called Sarah who uploads full radio commentaries to her YouTube channel and she always makes sure to not put scores in the title so that's always an option for you. Her YouTube channel is called Football-Radio and can be found by clicking on the following link - https://www.youtube.com/@F-R78
Re: The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)
Incase they are available to listen to the following day online then these are the links you'll need:RedandBlueR wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 10:20 am I'm after a bit of advice please about listening to the radio coverage of the Shots Wembley match. I'm now living overseas where the time is 8 hours ahead of the UK and because of work commitments I won't be able to listen to the radio coverage until the following day. Do you know whether it remains available to listen to on BBC Radio Surrey the following day and if so do you know the link to it as I don't want to search for it the following day and accidentally see the result? Thanks in advance for any replies.
James Cannon Live From Wembley Way
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cj42
Pre-Match Build-Up With Tim Durrans Inside Wembley Stadium
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cj44
Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town - Full Match Commentary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002c2fk
The Final Whistle - Post-Match Reaction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cj46
Re: The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)
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Hi "Aldershot" (user name) - thank you ever so much for the information. I will try the link you suggested and thanks for the other links as well. COYS.
Re: The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)
No worries RedandBlueR. Hopefully you get to listen to a Shots win on Monday!RedandBlueR wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 11:59 am Hi "Aldershot" (user name) - thank you ever so much for the information. I will try the link you suggested and thanks for the other links as well. COYS.
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Re: The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)
and Richard Walden puts the Shots 1-0 up against Man Utd
Re: The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)
The match is now listed on TNT Sports 4 with the Vase Final before it https://www.tntsports.co.uk/watch/schedule.shtml
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That's brilliant news. The EPG with my provider is showing Live NWSL (Kansas City Current v Bay FC) but hopefully that'll change!Zippy wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 2:03 pm The match is now listed on TNT Sports 4 with the Vase Final before it https://www.tntsports.co.uk/watch/schedule.shtml
Re: The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)
So we know if we are playing in our home strip?
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Re: The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)
At 5.15 today I got on greatest hits radio and got alive and kicking requested for the shots fans! Give it a re-listen, you know it makes sense! They rejected my back up of stop crying your heart out for the woking fans.
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Two of the possible FA Trophy showmen have had their say ahead of the final on Sunday as the excitement builds.
Aldershot Town - followed to Wembley by 18,000 supporters - play Spennymoor Town, who are looking to create history after winning the FA Vase under the Arch 12 years ago.
It’s National League v National League North, but we’ve seen plenty of lower ranking clubs come out ion top in recent seasons.
Remember Hornchuch in 2021? Perhaps Brackley Town three years before? Failing that, you can’t have forgotten about little North Ferriby United beating now-Championship Wrexham a decade ago?
Status counts for nothing, and Spennymoor Town have a player who their fans reckon wants it more than anyone.
The Moors don’t care much for reputation. They beat Rochdale AFC 5-4 on penalties to secure their place having won at Sutton United the round before.
Free-scoring Glen Taylor is a striker-turned-supporter and says the club will be very much a part of his life long after he’s hung up those boots which have been laced with gunpowder since he arrived in 2017.
“Winning the FA Trophy would be perfect, and a real dream come true,” he told the BBC ahead of the final.
“Spennymoor Town is my team, it means absolutely everything to me. That’s why I have never left and why I’ll never leave.
“I’ll end my career here and ideally be part of the club for years to come in whatever role that might be.”
While Spennymoor have skittled National League clubs aside to get to Wembley, it’s doubtful any upset would have sparked the type of celebration seen at Aldershot when they defeated rivals Woking.
James Henry's penalty and Jack Barham's late header almost brought that trusty military roof down at the EBB and Josh Barrett accepts everyone will expect the Shots to be the ones lifting silverware come 6pm.
“All I'll ask is everyone just enjoy it,” the attacking midfielder told BBC Radio Surrey. "Let us take the pressure. We're the ones who've got to play and I don't mind a bit of pressure.
“I can deal with that personally and I'm sure the lads will. Let's enjoy it together and take everything in.
"You've got an opportunity to go and play somewhere where everyone dreams of playing. Anyone from this country, for sure you want to play there. It may not ever happen again.”
Two of the possible FA Trophy showmen have had their say ahead of the final on Sunday as the excitement builds.
Aldershot Town - followed to Wembley by 18,000 supporters - play Spennymoor Town, who are looking to create history after winning the FA Vase under the Arch 12 years ago.
It’s National League v National League North, but we’ve seen plenty of lower ranking clubs come out ion top in recent seasons.
Remember Hornchuch in 2021? Perhaps Brackley Town three years before? Failing that, you can’t have forgotten about little North Ferriby United beating now-Championship Wrexham a decade ago?
Status counts for nothing, and Spennymoor Town have a player who their fans reckon wants it more than anyone.
The Moors don’t care much for reputation. They beat Rochdale AFC 5-4 on penalties to secure their place having won at Sutton United the round before.
Free-scoring Glen Taylor is a striker-turned-supporter and says the club will be very much a part of his life long after he’s hung up those boots which have been laced with gunpowder since he arrived in 2017.
“Winning the FA Trophy would be perfect, and a real dream come true,” he told the BBC ahead of the final.
“Spennymoor Town is my team, it means absolutely everything to me. That’s why I have never left and why I’ll never leave.
“I’ll end my career here and ideally be part of the club for years to come in whatever role that might be.”
While Spennymoor have skittled National League clubs aside to get to Wembley, it’s doubtful any upset would have sparked the type of celebration seen at Aldershot when they defeated rivals Woking.
James Henry's penalty and Jack Barham's late header almost brought that trusty military roof down at the EBB and Josh Barrett accepts everyone will expect the Shots to be the ones lifting silverware come 6pm.
“All I'll ask is everyone just enjoy it,” the attacking midfielder told BBC Radio Surrey. "Let us take the pressure. We're the ones who've got to play and I don't mind a bit of pressure.
“I can deal with that personally and I'm sure the lads will. Let's enjoy it together and take everything in.
"You've got an opportunity to go and play somewhere where everyone dreams of playing. Anyone from this country, for sure you want to play there. It may not ever happen again.”
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Tommy Widdrington will walk out at Wembley Stadium on Sunday after recovering from two strokes.
The Aldershot boss has guided his side to the Home of Football for the first time in their history.
After finishing 16th in the National League, the Shots can end their season by lifting the FA Trophy this weekend should they beat Spennymoor Town.
For Widdrington, it comes after a health battle at the end of last year which saw him suffer two strokes.
Reflecting on the ordeal on talkSPORT's Hawksbee & Jacobs show, he said: "What happened to me was completely out of the blue.
"It was Monday after the game, so I was at home. I was resting really and I just looked at my phone, I’d taken a message and I decided to stand up.
"Sometimes if you’ve been laid down or sat down for a while, you stand up a bit quick, you get a little bit discombobulated. Well, this was that times ten. I just got this feeling of heat from both my shoulders through to the end of my hands.
"Some people describe it as pins and needles. It wasn't like that for me. It was a real hot surge and then my eye vision just went really from being able to see everything to little pinholes through black.
"I was actually complicit enough to be able to quickly double press my phone, which got my wife on the phone. And I just said, ‘Come home, something's wrong.' And she did and she found me sort of collapsed on the couch.
"So that's how it happened, the first one. I believe the second one happened as I got out of the car.
"When I went to hospital, the reason I went to hospital was because my wife insisted, which you should do, obviously, something like that.
"You must go because the chances of having a second one are really, really reduced. The moment you're in the hands of the medical professionals and they can medicate you.
"I'll be forever indebted to Southend University Hospital and the stroke team in particular, they were phenomenal with me."
Remarkably, Widdrington returned to the dugout just three months later to take charge of the Shots once again.
Discussing his recovery, the 53-year-old remarked: "I get a little bit when I talk about it because I woke up the next morning and I didn't recognise three of the four people standing at the bottom of my bed and the three people were my kids.
"That was hard because I didn't realize where I was and I couldn't get up and go to the loo.
"I was in a room where there was some really, really poor and ill men and women. And I describe it now that if they were hit right in the middle of the head with an axe, I was sort of stroked on the shoulder with a finger.
"But I had strokes and I had the symptoms that them guys had but they'll be a lot longer in recovery than I will. So to survive the two strokes, I'm indebted to the medical professionals in our NHS.
"And of course, my wife and very close family, as well as my employers, everybody at Aldershot Town.
"That's the board, my staff and of course, the supporters and the players have been fantastic with me. But I'm back to being the grumpy old sod that I was before."
Widdrington has gone on to guide Aldershot to the final of this season's FA Trophy final, where they face Spennymoor Town of the National League North.
It comes just over two years on from his appointment at the Recreation Ground in April 2023.
Asked about his time with the Shots, he explained: "When I came to the club, I got a feeling it's sort of a sleeping giant because it's historically been a good football club and it's been up and down like every club does.
"I just felt there was loads of different areas of the club that all kept telling me they wanted to do things that were good for the club and I get that.
"But until there's a collective intention where everybody's pulling in the same direction, it won't happen.
"Now, I demand that of a football operation. And if you do that and you can align the club right from the top through to the fan base, every club I've ever been at, we've had relative success.
"Whether I've been a player, coach, whatever it is. Despite what some people will tell you, there's not many clubs I've been to and left and left them in a worse place than I found."
Widdrington has masterminded wins over Wealdstone, Chertsey Town, Boreham Wood and Sittingbourne in this season's FA Trophy.
Aldershot then booked their place in the final with a stoppage time minute winner against rivals Woking in last month's semi-final.
Their manager will also now have the chance to win the competition for the first time after spells in charge of Salisbury, Hemel Hempstead, Eastbourne Borough and King's Lynn.
Tommy Widdrington will walk out at Wembley Stadium on Sunday after recovering from two strokes.
The Aldershot boss has guided his side to the Home of Football for the first time in their history.
After finishing 16th in the National League, the Shots can end their season by lifting the FA Trophy this weekend should they beat Spennymoor Town.
For Widdrington, it comes after a health battle at the end of last year which saw him suffer two strokes.
Reflecting on the ordeal on talkSPORT's Hawksbee & Jacobs show, he said: "What happened to me was completely out of the blue.
"It was Monday after the game, so I was at home. I was resting really and I just looked at my phone, I’d taken a message and I decided to stand up.
"Sometimes if you’ve been laid down or sat down for a while, you stand up a bit quick, you get a little bit discombobulated. Well, this was that times ten. I just got this feeling of heat from both my shoulders through to the end of my hands.
"Some people describe it as pins and needles. It wasn't like that for me. It was a real hot surge and then my eye vision just went really from being able to see everything to little pinholes through black.
"I was actually complicit enough to be able to quickly double press my phone, which got my wife on the phone. And I just said, ‘Come home, something's wrong.' And she did and she found me sort of collapsed on the couch.
"So that's how it happened, the first one. I believe the second one happened as I got out of the car.
"When I went to hospital, the reason I went to hospital was because my wife insisted, which you should do, obviously, something like that.
"You must go because the chances of having a second one are really, really reduced. The moment you're in the hands of the medical professionals and they can medicate you.
"I'll be forever indebted to Southend University Hospital and the stroke team in particular, they were phenomenal with me."
Remarkably, Widdrington returned to the dugout just three months later to take charge of the Shots once again.
Discussing his recovery, the 53-year-old remarked: "I get a little bit when I talk about it because I woke up the next morning and I didn't recognise three of the four people standing at the bottom of my bed and the three people were my kids.
"That was hard because I didn't realize where I was and I couldn't get up and go to the loo.
"I was in a room where there was some really, really poor and ill men and women. And I describe it now that if they were hit right in the middle of the head with an axe, I was sort of stroked on the shoulder with a finger.
"But I had strokes and I had the symptoms that them guys had but they'll be a lot longer in recovery than I will. So to survive the two strokes, I'm indebted to the medical professionals in our NHS.
"And of course, my wife and very close family, as well as my employers, everybody at Aldershot Town.
"That's the board, my staff and of course, the supporters and the players have been fantastic with me. But I'm back to being the grumpy old sod that I was before."
Widdrington has gone on to guide Aldershot to the final of this season's FA Trophy final, where they face Spennymoor Town of the National League North.
It comes just over two years on from his appointment at the Recreation Ground in April 2023.
Asked about his time with the Shots, he explained: "When I came to the club, I got a feeling it's sort of a sleeping giant because it's historically been a good football club and it's been up and down like every club does.
"I just felt there was loads of different areas of the club that all kept telling me they wanted to do things that were good for the club and I get that.
"But until there's a collective intention where everybody's pulling in the same direction, it won't happen.
"Now, I demand that of a football operation. And if you do that and you can align the club right from the top through to the fan base, every club I've ever been at, we've had relative success.
"Whether I've been a player, coach, whatever it is. Despite what some people will tell you, there's not many clubs I've been to and left and left them in a worse place than I found."
Widdrington has masterminded wins over Wealdstone, Chertsey Town, Boreham Wood and Sittingbourne in this season's FA Trophy.
Aldershot then booked their place in the final with a stoppage time minute winner against rivals Woking in last month's semi-final.
Their manager will also now have the chance to win the competition for the first time after spells in charge of Salisbury, Hemel Hempstead, Eastbourne Borough and King's Lynn.
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We turn the spotlight on Sunday afternoon with an in-depth preview of the Isuzu FA Trophy Final against Aldershot Town at Wembley.
Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town
FA Trophy Final
Sunday 11th May 2025, 4.15pm
Wembley Stadium
The Opposition
Aldershot Town finished 16th in the National League during 2024/25, recovering from an inconsistent start to keep distance between themselves and the bottom four.
A wonderful sequence of results during February, March and into April saw them stabilise in the division, winning an impressive 9 out of 12 in all competitions.
The Hampshire outfit saw off Wealdstone, Chertsey Town, Boreham Wood, Sittingbourne in the FA Trophy before booking their place at Wembley with a stunning late winner in their semi-final against Woking.
Shots boss Tommy Widdrington won promotion from League Two with Moors counterpart Graeme Lee in 2002/03 when the pair played together at Hartlepool United.
Previous Meeting
Sunday’s FA Trophy Final will be the first time that Moors and Aldershot Town have ever played each other in competitive action.
Referee
Lewis Smith will be the man in charge of Sunday’s FA Trophy Final at Wembley, and he will be assisted by Andrew Fox and Sam Lewis. Elliot Bell is the Fourth Official.
Competition Rules
Both sides are permitted to name seven substitutes for Saturday’s FA Trophy Final, of which five can be used at any time throughout the game.
If the game is all-square at 90 minutes, then there will be a period of 30 minutes extra time and if the score is still level then the game will be decided on a penalty shootout.
Tickets
Fans must buy their tickets direct from Wembley’s Tickets Portal.
Live Coverage
Sunday’s FA Trophy Final will be televised live on TNT Sport 4.
BBC Tees will be providing full live commentary from Wembley with cup-tied Moors defender Ben Pollock joining Matty Nixon for coverage of the game.
There will be no commentary on Durham OnAir for Sunday’s fixture.
Betting Odds
Aldershot Town have been installed as 17/20 favourites to win inside 90 minutes on Sunday, while Moors are rated a 3/1 shot for victory and the odds are 13/5 on the game going to extra time.
We turn the spotlight on Sunday afternoon with an in-depth preview of the Isuzu FA Trophy Final against Aldershot Town at Wembley.
Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town
FA Trophy Final
Sunday 11th May 2025, 4.15pm
Wembley Stadium
The Opposition
Aldershot Town finished 16th in the National League during 2024/25, recovering from an inconsistent start to keep distance between themselves and the bottom four.
A wonderful sequence of results during February, March and into April saw them stabilise in the division, winning an impressive 9 out of 12 in all competitions.
The Hampshire outfit saw off Wealdstone, Chertsey Town, Boreham Wood, Sittingbourne in the FA Trophy before booking their place at Wembley with a stunning late winner in their semi-final against Woking.
Shots boss Tommy Widdrington won promotion from League Two with Moors counterpart Graeme Lee in 2002/03 when the pair played together at Hartlepool United.
Previous Meeting
Sunday’s FA Trophy Final will be the first time that Moors and Aldershot Town have ever played each other in competitive action.
Referee
Lewis Smith will be the man in charge of Sunday’s FA Trophy Final at Wembley, and he will be assisted by Andrew Fox and Sam Lewis. Elliot Bell is the Fourth Official.
Competition Rules
Both sides are permitted to name seven substitutes for Saturday’s FA Trophy Final, of which five can be used at any time throughout the game.
If the game is all-square at 90 minutes, then there will be a period of 30 minutes extra time and if the score is still level then the game will be decided on a penalty shootout.
Tickets
Fans must buy their tickets direct from Wembley’s Tickets Portal.
Live Coverage
Sunday’s FA Trophy Final will be televised live on TNT Sport 4.
BBC Tees will be providing full live commentary from Wembley with cup-tied Moors defender Ben Pollock joining Matty Nixon for coverage of the game.
There will be no commentary on Durham OnAir for Sunday’s fixture.
Betting Odds
Aldershot Town have been installed as 17/20 favourites to win inside 90 minutes on Sunday, while Moors are rated a 3/1 shot for victory and the odds are 13/5 on the game going to extra time.
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Re: The 2025 FA Trophy Final - Aldershot Town v Spennymoor Town (Match Day Thread)
How much is a programme ?