Aldershot Town 1-2 Woking

Enterprise National League

EBB Stadium

22nd November 2025

A soggy EBB Stadium played host to yet another fierce instalment of this rivalry. Neal Ardley opted to bulk up his midfield with Jamie Andrews in as Jack Turner and Harry Beautyman made the bench, whilst the Shots line up turned a few heads.

Remarkably, this fixture had no ex Cards or ex Shots on either side, but the animosity has of course stayed after last season’s boiling point. A fierce start saw Olly Sanderson given a huge opportunity inside the opening five minutes when Aaron Drewe’s cross was turned goalbound, but Pat Nash saved well.

Another chance for the Fulham loanee came when Nash’s kick was miscued and Sanderson was found in on goal, but his effort was tame and he knew he should have done better.

Aldershot took the lead out of nowhere when a pinpoint Ryan Jones free kick delivery was nodded powerfully past Jaaskelainen to put the Shots one up on the half hour mark. Important to note the involvement of former Chesterfield man Ryheem Sheckleford in winning the free kick.

Their lead would last seven minutes, as Woking’s own free kick delivery from Jake Forster-Caskey was glanced into the bottom corner by Chin Okoli to level it up and bring Woking back into the contest.

Half time arrived with the game fairly even, and many Cards fans thinking about how important the bench could turn out to be.

Half-Time: Aldershot Town 1-1 Woking

Fate had just decided it wasn’t going to be Sanderson’s day to score. Found inside the box, his shot forced a fantastic save from Nash just three minutes after half time.

Aldershot rallied and began to dominate, pushing the Cards back but with little end product. Perhaps the best chance for them was Cam Hargreaves’ shot on the spin which was seen just wide by Jaaskelainen.

Changes for the Cards had an instant impact, as Ward and Osude were introduced and immediately had a role in the winner. Ward found Sanderson down the right, he cut the ball back to Osude who found the bottom corner to score his third league goal of the season, but almost certainly the most memorable of his career.

Nash had to go off with an injury suffered as Osude landed on him after striking the ball, and his replacement Marcus Dewhurst had to tip over Ward’s effort over the bar.

There was time for a chance for Nightingale to fly over the bar before nine added minutes evaporated and Woking could celebrate

Woking: Jaaskelainen, Drewe, Richards, Okoli, Tunji Akinola, Timmy Akinola (Turner 45′), Forster-Caskey (Beautyman 63′), Andrews, Hinds (Ward 74′), Sanderson (Boatswain 93′), Kelly (Osude 74′)

Unused substitutes: Ross, Odusina

Goalscorer: Okoli (36′), Osude (75′)

MOTM: Chin Okoli put in a real captain’s performance.

Attendance: 4,279 (1,143 Woking fans)