When The Flames Go Up - The ATFC Podcast

#10 - Lorent Tolaj, Halifax away and home games galore

Will is joined by Ian, Joe and Julian for this week's review of a nervous deadline day that saw Tolaj go 100% to Wimbledon, right? Well, another start, another goal and a contract extension means we can enjoy the Swiss striker for the rest of the season.
We review the Halifax away win, look ahead to three home games in a row and how the National League is looking as we take a Saturday off due to Gateshead's progression in the FA Trophy. 
Next Wednesday starts a new series called Aldershot's All-Time XIs and the first episode is Loan Players You've Fallen in Love With XI so get ready to scream into the abyss as we bypass your favourite loan players, all in the name of squeezing them into an XI. 
Send in your comments and your XI if you would change it to atfcpodcast@gmail.com. 
Thanks for listening (or reading this far!).

#9 - The best performance of the season and 5 points in 7 days

Will is joined by Ian and Julian to discuss the 3-1 win at home to Rochdale and the six-goal thriller at Wealdstone (a). We also look ahead to Halifax (a) and how the play-off picture is looking. 
 
Let me know if you think this season will be more of a 2017/18 or 2016/17 sort of vibe! Get in touch with the show by emailing atfcpodcast@gmail.com. 

#8 - A tale of two Aldershots and another big week for our play-off aspirations

Will is joined by Joe and Julian to discuss a tale of two Aldershots following the 4-2 defeat away at bottom of the league Kidderminster Harriers and a draw that could/should have been a win against second placed Bromley. 
 
The panel also looks ahead to another big week with play-off prospects Rochdale at home and currently manager-less Wealdstone away. 
 
Send in your messages and any suggestions to atfcpodcast@gmail.com. 

#7 - The Bishop's Stortford battering and a big week for the Shots

Will is joined by Ian to discuss their thoughts on Aldershot's exit from the FA Trophy to bottom of National League North Bishop's Stortford, where it all went wrong and what needs to change ahead of Saturday's away match against Kidderminster Harriers. We also preview the first home game for nearly a month as Aldershot host Bromley next Tuesday. 
We discuss the Tour of Duty choice for this season too, which is Hartlepool United away on 6 April. 
We're hoping to do a Loan Players You've Fallen in Love With XI next week as the first in our new section/series called Aldershot's All-Time XIs. Send in your suggestions to atfcpodcast@gmail.com or comment on any posts you see making sure to mention @willbrownatfc (the @ATFCpodcast Twitter/X account is currently out of reach, hopefully just temporarily). 

#6 - Taking over The Hawthorns and onto the FA Trophy at Bishop’s Stortford

Will is joined by Ian, Julian and Joe for this week's panel, discussing their days out at The Hawthorns as Aldershot's cup run was ended by West Brom in clinical fashion - there are shoutouts to M5 service stations along the way too. 
We remark on our favourite FA Cup moments of the run and I blatantly nab a clip/shoutout from a podcast favourite of mine, Gig Pigs with Ivo Graham and Alex Kealy. The former is a Swindon Town fan (who was there that fateful day of the 7-4) and I met him six pints deep in a sports bar in Farringdon to rib him about it and do a crossword and they gave a little shout out on the pod that I wanted to highlight.  
I transgress! Enjoy the podcast and you might notice there's no Twitter activity from @ATFCPodcast and this is due to my phone breaking in Snobs (a story for another time, perhaps) and my inability to keep track of passwords. 
Email atfcpodcast@gmail.com to chat about your favourite service stations watching the Shots and any other business. 

#5 - Four festive points and the big West Bromwich Albion (a) preview

Happy New Year! WTFGU is back to round up the three festive games featuring a loss, draw and win for The Shots. Will is joined by Julian, Joe and Ian on the panel to discuss the results, performances, Tommy Widdrington and Josh Stokes' suspension confusion before moving onto the elephant in the room: West Bromwich Albion (a) in the FA Cup Third Round this Sunday. 
 
We talk a lot about Tommy Widdrington's interview with Rob Worrall on the NL Full Time podcast. If you've not yet listened to it, please do, it'll make your week/month/season. Link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6t6dSNumWAfT8JOEbyc5b1?si=6eb670e179134782
 
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#4 - The WTFGU ATFC Quiz of the Year 2023

It's QUIZZZZZZ-MAS! Put on your festive hat, get a pen and paper and follow along our quiz of the year. Covering annoying questions such as who has got the most yellow cards for Aldershot in 2023 as well as some nightmare quizmaster slips in the latter rounds, there's something for everyone (that supports Aldershot, crucially, there's little in it for the Eastleigh fans Callum calls out in the pod). 
Find out who won out of our three contestants, Callum, Joe and Tim for the coveted prize of inaugural WTFGU ATFC Quiz of the Year champion. 
Send your scores to @ATFCpodcast on Twitter and email atfcpodcast@gmail.com to be in with a chance to win and put your name on the leaderboard!
Merry Christmas and, possibly, a Happy New Year factors depending if we choose to upload in between Christmas!

#3 - Scott stuns Stockport to send Shots to the FA Cup Third Round

The panel of Julian, Ian, Callum and Will celebrate the FA Cup Second Round Replay victory over Stockport, THAT goal and the promise of West Bromwich Albion away in January. 
 
We also discuss the FA Trophy win over Eastleigh and look forward to the return to league action against the same opposition. 
 
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#2 - Primetime Stokes sends Shots terrestrial against Stockport County

Will, Julian, Ian and Joe remark on Josh Stokes' performance at home to Stockport County in the FA Cup Second Round and celebrate an all-round great game at the Rec. We dismiss the Eastleigh game with reckless abandon but let's hope we're in both cup competitions by the time episode 3 swings around. 
 
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#1 - What a time to start an Aldershot Town podcast

This week the panel of Will, Ian and Julian discuss Laurent Tolaj's last-gasp winner vs Halifax Town; Coby Rowe's headed 105th minute winner; a look ahead to Stockport County at home in the FA Cup; and a word on Aldershot's new signing, Ollie Bray. 
 
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