Cheltenham Town 0-0 Aldershot Town

Whaddon Road — Cheltenham Town's return to the National League came after 16 seasons in the Football League

Cheltenham Town drew for the second successive game in the National League after being held by Aldershot.

Jim Stevenson fired over early on for the visitors while Robins striker Danny Wright was twice denied by the post.

Amari Morgan-Smith then had an effort ruled out for offside for the hosts, while Aldershot's best chance saw Rhys Browne shoot wide from six yards.

Harry Pell and George McLennan both went close for Cheltenham as Aldershot took their first point of the season.

Aldershot Town manager Barry Smith told BBC Surrey:

"It was a fantastic game and the fans, especially the travelling ones who came here in their numbers, would have enjoyed watching that.

"We did ride our luck at times but we also created some chances that on another day we might have scored.

"Once we got sorted out, I thought the boys played extremely well and made it very difficult for them. We defended the box a lot better and we come away with a good point from a very difficult place to come."

Line-ups
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Line-ups

Cheltenham

Formation 4-3-1-2

1Phillips
2Barthram
3McLennan
7PellBooked at 60mins
6Parslow
5DownesBooked at 22mins
4Storer
11Munns
10Morgan-SmithSubstituted forCookeat 56'minutes
8WatersSubstituted forHallat 56'minutes
9Wright

Substitutes

12Kitscha
14Hall
16Hanks
23Bowen
27Cooke

Aldershot

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Smith
12Alexander
14Beckles
15BrowneSubstituted forWalkerat 74'minutes
20Wilmer-Anderton
8Stevenson
4LathropeBooked at 78mins
6Oliver
9Barnes-Homer
16GallagherBooked at 18minsSubstituted forRichardsat 61'minutes
19Walker

Substitutes

5Saville
10Walker
11Richards
13Thomas
18Barker

Referee:: Brett Huxtable
Attendance:: 2,552

Match Stats

Home TeamCheltenhamAway TeamAldershot

Possession: Home48%; Away52%

Shots: Home9; Away9

Shots on Target: Home1; Away1

Corners: Home16; Away16

Fouls: Home5; Away9

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Match ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Aldershot Town 0.
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Second Half ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Aldershot Town 0.

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Corner, Aldershot Town.
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Attempt missed. Asa Hall (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Attempt missed. George McLennan (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
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Foul by Josh Cooke (Cheltenham Town).
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Luke Oliver (Aldershot Town) wins a free kick.
86'
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Offside, Cheltenham Town. Jack Barthram tries a through ball, but Jack Barthram is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Jack Barthram (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Corner, Aldershot Town.
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Attempt saved. Charlie Walker (Aldershot Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved.
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Corner, Aldershot Town.
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Corner, Aldershot Town.
78'
Booking
Damon Lathrope (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Damon Lathrope (Aldershot Town).
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Jack Munns (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick.
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Corner, Cheltenham Town.
74'
Substitution
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Charlie Walker replaces Rhys Browne.
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Attempt missed. Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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Attempt missed. Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by George McLennan with a cross.