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The New Season is Here! Match Preview

Aldershot Town FC
By Mike
August 12 2006
Finally of months of bringing dragged around various town centres and Bluewater by the Mrs. The new Conference season is upon us!! The Fleet Online preview tommorow's opening match against Aldershot Town.

Right here it is at last after all what happened at The World Cup etc the new Conference season kicks off at 3pm on Saturday and The Fleet Online preview the big match.

 

Liam Daish’s new fulltime outfit kick off the new season at Aldershot Town tomorrow down at The Rec Ground.

 

As we all know Daish has completely changed the side since our last Conference game back in April. This saw eleven players leaving and eight players joining including two from the PASE setup.

 

Here are the coming and goings from Stonebridge Road this summer:

 

IN:
Peter Hawkins (Rushden & Diamonds)
Danny Ekoku (Crawley Town)

Sacha Opinel (Crawley Town)
Rob Quinn (Stevenage Borough)
Jon Keeling (Canvey Island)
Sacha Opinel (Crawley Town)
Stacy Long (Notts County)
Mark DeBolla (Grays Athletic)
Lance Cronin (Shrewsbury Town)

Jack Roberts (Fleet PASE)

Sam Mott (Fleet PASE)

OUT:
Aaron Kerr (Tonbridge Angels)

Scott Gooding (Tonbridge Angels)
Danny Glozier (AFC Hornchurch)
Andy Drury (Lewes)
Jay Saunders (Lewes)
Steve McKimm (Margate)
Justin Skinner (Margate)
Lee Protheroe (Margate)
Jimmy Jackson (Margate)

Bobby Bowry (Bromley)
Ashley Fuller (Bishops Stortford)

 

Aldershot Town have been very busy themselves, as boss Terry Brown goes to promotion this year. He has brought in well known player Marcus Gayle from Brentford and got rid of fan’s favourite Nick Crittenden to new boys Weymouth.

 

Aldershot
Ins –
Jason Lee (Boston)
Louie Soares (Barnet)
Mark Molesley (Camb City)
Sean Ridgway (Rushden)
Louis Wells (Hayes)
Dean Smith (Chelsea)
Marcus Gayle (Brentford)
John Grant (Halifax)
Rhys Day (Mansfield)
Andy Edwards (Southend)
Mark Pritchard (Swansea)
Phil Anderson (Southend)
Kirk Hudson (AFC Bournemouth)
Ricky Newman (Brentford)
Outs –
Nick Crittenden (Weymouth)
Steve Watson (AFC Wimbledon)
Lewis Hamilton (Lewes)
Dan Weait
Hassan Sulaiman
Tobi Jinadu
Greg Heald (Thurrock)
Jason Lee (Notts County)
Matt Somner (Notts County)
Gary Holloway (Lewes)

 

Team News:

 

Aldershot are without defender Andy Edwards but apart from that Aldershot have a full squad to pick from.

 

Gravesend & Northfleet are without two players, Stacy Long who has done a Rooney on us and has broken his metatarsal and Paul McCarthy carries a ban over from last season.

 

The Fleet from:

Cronin, Mott, Hawkins, Opinel, James Smith, Ricketts, Ross Smith, Slatter, Quinn, Keeling, Purcell, Roberts, DeBolla, MacDonald, Ekoku and Moore.

 

Travel and Ticket:

 

Tickets are priced as follows:

Adults £12.00
Senior Citizens £7.00
Under 16s £7.00

 

The Fleet fans are based in The East Bank Stand.

 

Traveling by car:

From M3, Junction 4
Take A331 towards Aldershot.
Exit at Aldershot South and turn right at roundabout towards Town Centre
Straight on at the Traffic lights
You will pass Manor Park (on your left)
Continue under the railway bridge
The Recreation Ground is just past the bridge on the right
Turn right at the next roundabout into Ordnance Road
Take the first right for the car park

From M25, Junction 10
Take A3 towards Guildford
After Guildford, turn off onto the A31 (Hog's Back) leading to Farnham
(the exit is on the crest of a hill just past BP garage)
Exit the A31 Hog's Back for the A331 signed Camberley and Aldershot
Exit the A331 at Aldershot South (the first exit off the A331)
Take the first exit at the roundabout towards Town Centre
Stay in the right hand lane and go straight on at the Traffic lights
You will pass Manor Park (on your left)
Continue under the railway bridge
The Recreation Ground is just past the bridge on the right
(Straight over next roundabout and 3rd exit at second roundabout for multi-storey car park)
Turn right at the next roundabout into Ordnance Road
Take the first right for the Parsons Barracks car park.

 

Travelling by train:

The nearest train station is Aldershot. The station is less than 10 minutes slow walk from the ground. It is served by mainline train on the London Waterloo to Alton line. This line includes Clapham Junction and Woking mainline stations on all services to Aldershot.

At the time of writing, trains departing from London Waterloo for Aldershot on Saturdays depart at 20 and 48 minutes past each hour. Trains departing Aldershot for London Waterloo on Saturdays depart at 23 and 53 minutes past each hour.

Thanks to theshots.co.uk for the travel info.

 

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