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| Full name | Aldershot Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Shots | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1926 as Aldershot Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dissolved | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Recreation Ground (Capacity circa 15000) |
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| 1990–91 | Fourth Division, 23rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club which went out of business in 1992. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. The Recreation Ground is the home of League Two club Aldershot Town. The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the "Fourth Division" redirects here For usage of the term in the Military, see 4th Division. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs The following are some of the Football (soccer events of the year 1992 throughout the world The club was nicknamed The Shots for both the last syllable of the town name and the military links to Aldershot. Aldershot is a town in the English County of Hampshire, located on heathland about 60 km (37 miles southwest of London.
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 following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1926 throughout the world Thames Association Football Club were an English football club from Custom House, East London (historically part of Essex) who briefly The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1932 throughout the world The 'Town' part of the name was dropped in 1932. The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1937 throughout the world They spent every season in the Football League until being declared bankrupt by the High Court as a result of debt owed in taxes. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against For the Cameroonian court by this name see High Court of Justice (Cameroon, for the Israeli court of this name see Supreme Court of Israel. Debt is that which is owed usually referencing Assets owed but the term can cover other obligations
Aldershot F. C. were among the founder members of the Fourth Division in the 1958–59 season. "Fourth Division" redirects here For usage of the term in the Military, see 4th Division. The club twice reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, once in its inaugural Football League season and once in 1978–79. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after An FA Cup match against Carlisle United on 28 January 1970 saw Aldershot's record attendance of 19,138. Carlisle United FC are an English football team based in Carlisle, Cumbria, play in the Football League One this season after gaining Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Teddy Sheringham played for Aldershot six times while on loan to the team in 1985. Edward Paul 'Teddy' Sheringham MBE (born 2 April 1966 in Highams Park, London is a retired English professional footballer, and the father of footballer Their most recent success was in the 1986–87 season, when they became the first winners of a play-off final, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers over two legs to gain promotion to the Third Division, but they were relegated back to the Fourth Division two years later. The Football League play-offs are a series of Football (soccer matches to determine a promotion place within the English football league system. In many Sports leagues around the world (with North American and Australian professional leagues being the most notable exceptions promotion and relegation From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest In August 1990 they were wound up in the High Court, 'hopelessly insolvent' with debts of £490,000. They were then saved from closure by 19-year-old self-styled property developer Spencer Trethewy. Spencer Trethewy (born 1971 was a 19-year-old self-proclaimed property developer who saved Aldershot Football Club from closure in August 1990 with a £200000 signed
Their manager at this time was Len Walker, who took over in June 1985, achieved promotion in 1987 and was retained after relegation in 1989. Leonard 'Len' Walker (born March 4 1944) was an English footballer and manager In many Sports leagues around the world (with North American and Australian professional leagues being the most notable exceptions promotion and relegation He became general manager in March 1991 on the appointment of Brian Talbot as player-manager. Brian Ernest Talbot (born 21 July 1953 in Ipswich) is an English football manager and former player Player-manager is a sports term used to described a manager of a team who is also registered to play for the team Talbot remained in charge of the Shots for just eight months before being replaced by Ian McDonald, who was at the helm for four months leading up to Aldershot's bankruptcy. Ian McDonald may refer to Ian McDonald (cricketer (born 1923 Australian first-class cricketer Ian McDonald (musician (born 1946 member
On 25 March 1992 Aldershot F. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) C. finally went out of business and were obliged to resign from the Football League. The final game played was against Cardiff City at Ninian Park, five days before the club went out of business. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Ninian Park is a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Aldershot's league record for the 1991–92 season was expunged; they were bottom of the league at the time of their resignation.
In response to the bankruptcy a group of supporters set up a new club, Aldershot Town F.C., which started in the Isthmian League Division Three, five levels below the division in which Aldershot F. Aldershot Town Football Club is a Football League club based in Aldershot, England, founded in the spring of 1992 just after the closure of debt-ridden The Isthmian League Division Three was an English football division forming part of the Isthmian League from 1991 until 2002 The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (although C. had been playing. Aldershot Town won promotion to the Football League on 15 April 2008 by winning the Conference National. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Conference National (currently named the Blue Square Premier for sponsorship reasons is the top division of the Football Conference. [1]
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