The team kit for the 2008β09 season is produced by
Carbrini Sportswear. The home shirt will be primarily Red with blue panels with the away shirt being yellow. On 6 December 2008 the blue third kit was launched.
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008β09 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include match results, which are in the results section.
27 May:Goalkeeper Nikki Bull signed a new two-year deal to stay with the club. However this was a surprise to many as it came just four days after the Chairman John McGinty released an official statement informing supporters of his departure after six years with the club. The Shots also confirmed on the official website that Captain Rhys Day had signed a one-year contract with the club and that
Junior Mendes was committing until the end of the year (2008).
June 2008
13 June: Aldershot Town are drawn against
Coventry City in the Carling Cup first round draw.
16 June: The fixtures for the
Football League Two season are released. The Shots will travel to
Accrington Stanley on the opening day of the season. It will be exactly five years to the weekend when the two sides were paired together in the opening Conference season of 2003/2004.
24 June: Manager
Gary Waddock and Coach
Martin Kuhl both sign new three-year deals with the club.
15 July: It is announced that Jim Joyce has left
Yeovil Town Football Club to join the Shots to take over from Sue Bowen as Club Physio.
23 July: The Shots sign 21-year-old Sheffield United Academy product
Ben Starosta on a one-month loan deal, with a view to securing a permanent deal. They also boosted their squad by securing the services of
Scott Davies on a second season-long loan from
Reading FC.
November 2008
18 November: Godalming Town defeated Aldershot Town XI 3β0 in a testimonial held for Paul 'Paddy' Hampshire who is battling against the incurable
motor neuron disease and proceeds from the game were shared out between the Hampshire family's chosen charities; Woking Hospice and the M.N.D. charity.
29 November: Nikki Bull makes his 300th appearance for the Shots in the FA Cup defeat at
Millwall Football Club.
December 2008
6 December: New third kit launched.
13 December: Following an 11.30am pitch inspection Aldershot's League Two fixture against
Rotherham United at the
Don Valley Stadium was called off because of a waterlogged pitch.
18 December: The 9th Annual ATFC Christmas Carol Service was conducted by Chaplain, Rev Mike Pusey at Holy Trinity Church, Aldershot with players in attendance.
22 December: Football League clubs voted to introduce a 'Home Grown Players' rule, as proposed by The Football League Board, at a specially arranged EGM of clubs at
Derby County. The new rule will come into effect from the beginning of next season. The 'Home Grown Players' rule will require at least four players from clubs' sixteen man matchday squads to be registered domestically, for a minimum of three seasons, prior to their 21st birthday.
28 December:Dagenham & Redbridge become the first side to beat Aldershot at the Recreation Ground in the
Football League and snap an eleven-month unbeaten streak that lasted 20 league games. The previous home league defeat came back in January 2008 when
Forest Green Rovers won 1β0.
January 2009
2 January:Andy Sandell joins in a permanent move following a successful loan spell from
Salisbury City while Shots defender Dave Winfield moves in the opposite direction on a month-long loan deal.
3 January: Aldershot's home league game against
Notts County was postponed at 1.20pm when referee Chris Sarginson deemed the pitch unplayable.
February 2009
2 February: Dave Winfield returns to Aldershot after a loan spell with
Salisbury City. The club also sign goalkeeper
Alex McCarthy and defender
Andy Lindegaard on one-month loan deals.
The team kit for the 2008β09 season is produced by
Carbrini Sportswear. The home shirt will be primarily Red with blue panels with the away shirt being yellow. On 6 December 2008 the blue third kit was launched.
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008β09 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include match results, which are in the results section.
27 May:Goalkeeper Nikki Bull signed a new two-year deal to stay with the club. However this was a surprise to many as it came just four days after the Chairman John McGinty released an official statement informing supporters of his departure after six years with the club. The Shots also confirmed on the official website that Captain Rhys Day had signed a one-year contract with the club and that
Junior Mendes was committing until the end of the year (2008).
June 2008
13 June: Aldershot Town are drawn against
Coventry City in the Carling Cup first round draw.
16 June: The fixtures for the
Football League Two season are released. The Shots will travel to
Accrington Stanley on the opening day of the season. It will be exactly five years to the weekend when the two sides were paired together in the opening Conference season of 2003/2004.
24 June: Manager
Gary Waddock and Coach
Martin Kuhl both sign new three-year deals with the club.
15 July: It is announced that Jim Joyce has left
Yeovil Town Football Club to join the Shots to take over from Sue Bowen as Club Physio.
23 July: The Shots sign 21-year-old Sheffield United Academy product
Ben Starosta on a one-month loan deal, with a view to securing a permanent deal. They also boosted their squad by securing the services of
Scott Davies on a second season-long loan from
Reading FC.
November 2008
18 November: Godalming Town defeated Aldershot Town XI 3β0 in a testimonial held for Paul 'Paddy' Hampshire who is battling against the incurable
motor neuron disease and proceeds from the game were shared out between the Hampshire family's chosen charities; Woking Hospice and the M.N.D. charity.
29 November: Nikki Bull makes his 300th appearance for the Shots in the FA Cup defeat at
Millwall Football Club.
December 2008
6 December: New third kit launched.
13 December: Following an 11.30am pitch inspection Aldershot's League Two fixture against
Rotherham United at the
Don Valley Stadium was called off because of a waterlogged pitch.
18 December: The 9th Annual ATFC Christmas Carol Service was conducted by Chaplain, Rev Mike Pusey at Holy Trinity Church, Aldershot with players in attendance.
22 December: Football League clubs voted to introduce a 'Home Grown Players' rule, as proposed by The Football League Board, at a specially arranged EGM of clubs at
Derby County. The new rule will come into effect from the beginning of next season. The 'Home Grown Players' rule will require at least four players from clubs' sixteen man matchday squads to be registered domestically, for a minimum of three seasons, prior to their 21st birthday.
28 December:Dagenham & Redbridge become the first side to beat Aldershot at the Recreation Ground in the
Football League and snap an eleven-month unbeaten streak that lasted 20 league games. The previous home league defeat came back in January 2008 when
Forest Green Rovers won 1β0.
January 2009
2 January:Andy Sandell joins in a permanent move following a successful loan spell from
Salisbury City while Shots defender Dave Winfield moves in the opposite direction on a month-long loan deal.
3 January: Aldershot's home league game against
Notts County was postponed at 1.20pm when referee Chris Sarginson deemed the pitch unplayable.
February 2009
2 February: Dave Winfield returns to Aldershot after a loan spell with
Salisbury City. The club also sign goalkeeper
Alex McCarthy and defender
Andy Lindegaard on one-month loan deals.