The 2008-09 season is the first time the Shot have played League football in the Premier League era.

The club went bust in March 1992 and returned the following season under a new name (adding the ‘Town’ suffix) and in Division Three of the Isthmian League – five rungs below the Football League. Good crowds, good managers and an enthusiastic playing squad allowed them to climb to the Conference by 2003.

Having missed out on promotion from the Conference via the play-offs in successive seasons, Aldershot’s players became full-time professionals, and last season they won the title.

Talk about bouncebackability - those fans who were around when the club was wound up in the High Court in 1992 must still be celebrating.