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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The EBB Stadium at the Recreation Ground
  • Attendance: 3460
  • Referee: Langford, O

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

79mins

Neil Austin is being taken off, Adam Proudlock has come on in his place.

72mins

Aldershot are replacing Marvin Morgan with Danny Hylton.

64mins

Scott Donnelly is being taken off, Scott Davies has come on in his place.

63mins

Robin Hulbert is replaced by David Poole.

58mins

Darlington are replacing Ryan Valentine with Adam Griffin.

46mins

Chris Blackburn is being taken off, Ricky Newman has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 1.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by O Langford

45mins

Goal!! Robin Hulbert scores for Darlington.

38mins

The referee has booked Ricky Ravenhill.

27mins

Goal!! Louis Soares scores for Aldershot.

7mins

Goal!! Aldershot have scored with Marvin Morgan putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, September 6th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Aldershot Town showed they have little time for League Two reputations, gunning down Darlington with another attacking display.

The Shots carried on in the same vein as last week. On six minutes, Marvin Morgan threaded John Grant inside the penalty box.

Grant turned sharply and drove from 14 yards but Simon Brown saved well. From the subsequent corner Morgan rose highest to head home Scott Donnelly's cross from seven yards.

Aldershot continued to press and Grant should have added a second ten minutes later. Anthony Straker showed good skill down the left flank feeding Grant, who inexplicably blazed high and wide from six yards.

Two minutes later Louie Soares was then denied by another save from Brown.

On 21 minutes, Brown brilliantly blocked a Soares 18-yard drive, but the Barbados international was not to be denied, when he coolly dribbled the ball into the net from a Lewis Chalmers pass on 27 minutes.

The Soares-Brown duel continued in the closing minutes of the first half, the goalkeeper twice managed to thwart the Shots star.

In the first minute of injury time Darlington scored with their only chance of the half, Gregg Blundell stole down the left flank after Aldershot failed to clear and Robin Hulbert poked home from three yards.

Some choice words from Dave Penney galvanized Darlington, who dominated the second half.

Blundell was again provider on 54 minutes when his short pass inside the area found Billy Clarke, the forward had time and space but tamely shot at Nikki Bull from five yards.

Clarke then hooked a ball into the area on 63 minutes and Jason Kennedy headed straight at Bull when it would have been easier to score.

On 75 minutes Scott Davies should have done better following his mazy run from the halfway line, but shot straight at Brown.

Aldershot Town

Darlington

Corners

48

Fouls

168

Goal attempts

152

Shots off target

61

Offsides

56

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