National League

SHOT DOWN AS BLUES ARE KINGS FOR A DAY

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 August 2017

By Steve Gibbs
ALDERSHOT TOWN 1
CHESTER 2
CHESTER’S midfield lionheart Kingsley James sealed a most unlikely comeback as the archetypal game of two halves saw Aldershot Town fall to their first home league defeat in nine months.
The Blues rose from the dead to snatch their first victory of the season having found themselves outclassed and all-but out of sight in a one-sided first 45 minutes which could have seen the Shots at least four goals to the good.
Suddenly, and despite losing their only fit striker, James Akintunde, to a hamstring injury, a double substitution saw Chester resur...

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