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Gateshead
Aldershot Town
Next up ‘On the Road’ for the Heed is a trip to Hampshire, where we face Aldershot Town on Saturday, 15:00 kick-off.
It’s a 620-mile round trip to The EBB Stadium for the travelling Heed Army.
Setting the Scene
Location: The EBB Stadium, High Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1TW
Gaffer: Scott Davies
Captain: Kiki Oshilaja & Michael Stickland (Joint-Captain)
Top Scorer: Tristan Abrahams (5)
League Position: 16th
Average Attendance: 2,309
Aldershot have lost their last two games in the Enterprise National League, most recently a 2-0 defeat away at Sutton United.
We’ve Met Before
In the most recent meeting between these two sides, Gateshead secured their National League survival on the glorious mid-April Hampshire sunshine. Aldershot started the brightest, with Theo Widdrington and Callum Stewart forcing saves from Heed stopper, Adam Desbois, but it was Gateshead than took the lead on 10-minutes, Harry Chapman sending a low effort into the bottom right corner.
In the second half, Chapman had another effort cleared off the line, and The Shots had efforts of their own repelled by Adam Desbois, as they searched for an equaliser. After five minutes of injury time, the referee blew time on proceedings to confirm National League safety for The Heed.
Travel Information
The EBB Stadium is conveniently located just a 10-minute walk from Aldershot Railway Station, and is centrally located within the Town Centre
The nearest National Rail station is Aldershot, served by South Western Railway.
You can’t catch a train direct from Newcastle Central to Aldershot, and there are various changes to timetable across the rail network owing to engineering works. Our recommended route would be to catch a train from Newcastle to Darlington, then change onto a Rail Replacement coach from Darlington to Doncaster, join a train from Doncaster to London Kings Cross, then hop on a tube to London Waterloo (Victoria Line to Oxford Circus, then Bakerloo Line to Waterloo), and catch a South Western Railway service to Woking, finally changing onto a service to Aldershot.
If you’re travelling by car, exit the M3 at junction 4. Follow signs towards Aldershot on the A331 and take the exit signposted A323 Aldershot and Woking. At the roundabout, take the third exit towards Aldershot, go straight on through the two sets of traffic lights and across two mini-roundabouts towards the town. The EBB Stadium is on your right, just past the railway bridge.
There are no parking facilities at the ground, you can park in the multi-storey car park on Wellington Avenue in Aldershot Town Centre, this is roughly a 5-minute walk from the ground.
Ticketing & Matchday Information
Tickets can be purchased online here, with Gateshead fans housed in a small corner of the South Stand.
Supporters can save on their ticket price if bought during the ‘Earlybird’ period which ends at 10am on Saturday. Aldershot Town recommend that all supporters buy tickets in advance. If you are unable to buy your tickets before the day of the game, the Club Shop will be open from 12:00PM on matchdays for cash or card purchases.
Tickets are priced as follows, with ‘Earlybird’ pricing in brackets.
Adult – £25 (£23)
Concession (Military Personnel, Senior 66+, Young Person 18-21, Disabled) – £23 (£21)
Junior (11 – 17) – £10 (£8)
Under 11 – FREE
Turnstiles will open at 13:30, and entry for Gateshead supporters is via turnstile 4, via the High Street.
Hot & Cold food, as well as alcohol, soft and hot drinks are available from the bar inside the ground, which Gateshead fans are welcome to use.
Saturday’s fixture is Aldershot Town’s designated Remembrance Fixture. The Royal British Legion will be holding a poppy collection at the stadium, with supporters encouraged to donate where possible. At approximately 14:57, The Last Post will be sounded by a bugler, followed by a one-minute silence.
Bars & Pubs
The Crimea – 1 Crimea Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1UE. Tel: 01252 343163
The George – Wellington Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1DX. Tel: 01252 330776.
Queen Hotel, Wetherspoon – 1 High Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1BH. Tel: 01252 361770
The Victoria, Greene King – 135-139 Victoria Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1JW. Tel: 01252 333434.
Substitutes
Gateshead suffered a ninth consecutive Enterprise National League defeat with a 1-0 loss at Aldershot Town.
The Heed went behind inside five minutes when Brody Peart scored for The Shots, but couldn’t find a leveller despite hitting the post twice and having a shot cleared off the line.
Caretaker manager Ben Clark named one change from Tuesday’s defeat at Boston United, with the suspended Michael Spellman replaced by Josh Home while Kyle Ferguson came in for Luke Supyk on the bench.
Things got off to a poor start when Gateshead went a goal down five minutes in, with Pete Jameson saving Basil Tuma’s shot at the near post only for Peart to convert the rebound.
Aldershot went on to dominated most of the first half and were thwarted by Jameson with 15 minutes on the clock when he kept out Hakeem Sandah’s goal-bound strike, before tipping another of Sandah’s efforts over with half an hour gone.
Gateshead’s one chance of the opening 45 so nearly brought them level though as Harry Chapman’s cross was met by Ben Williams at the back post after Nick Hayes’ missed catch, but his header struck the post before going behind.
The Heed emerged the better side after the break though, and dominated large spells after an early scare when Tristan Abrahams fired Tuma’s cross over from close range.
Tommy Lavery was somehow kept out from point-blank range by Hayes when he met Sam Bowen’s corner, and later in the half the Shots goalkeeper denied Alex Lankshear from close range after he sat a defender down with a fake shot in the box.
Jordy Hiwula was then denied by the outside of the post with a first-time strike from just inside the box, as Gateshead’s pressure mounted late on.
Clark threw on Freddie Issaka, Ash Boatswain and Josh Anifowose in an effort to find a leveller, but those hopes were dashed when Josh Home sent a 20-yarder wide three minutes into injury time.
Defeat leaves Gateshead 11 points from safety at the bottom of the National League ahead of the division’s late kick off.
Gateshead: Jameson, D. Ferguson, Williams, Lankshear, Lavery (Issaka, 80’), Chapman, Home, John, Bowen, Chadwick (Boatswain, 83’), Hiwula (Anifowose, 83’).
Substitutes: Leech, Robinson, K. Ferguson, Coyle.
Yellow Cards: Lankshear (39’), Bowen (43’)
Aldershot Town: Hayes, Stickland, Oshilaja, Dyce (Matton, 60’), Harfield, Odusanya, Lawless (Borgnis, 35’), Peart, Tuma, Sandah (Wyllie, 79’), Abrahams (Dinanga, 80’).
Substitutes: Patmore, Lewis-Evans, Lewis.
Goals: Peart (5’)
Yellow Cards: Dyce (60’)
Attendance: 1,618 (37 away)
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