A complex history involving a number of name changes saw the original Aldershot Town, formed in 1926, change name to Aldershot FC in 1932 when they were accepted into the Football League.

When Aldershot FC folded in 1992, a new club was formed from the ashes and became Aldershot Town FC – reaching the Football League once again in 2008.

As Aldershot FC, they spent all but five years on the bottom rung of the Football League, in Division Three South and Division Four.

Often the smallest town supporting a Football League club, a record attendance at the Recreation Ground was registered in 1970 when Carlisle United were the visitors for an FA Cup fourth-round replay attracting 19,138. This was followed a year later with a crowd of 18,509 to watch Jimmy Melia's side face Manchester United in the League Cup.

In the FA Cup, Aldershot were only seconds away from reaching the quarter-finals in 1979 before an injury-time equaliser earned Shrewsbury Town a replay, which they went on to win.

Then came the traumatic 1992 season during which Aldershot FC were wound up for debts amounting to just £100,000.

However, the fans, through a number of supporters' groups, refused to see the town's club die and the new Aldershot Town FC were eventually accepted into the Isthmian League Division Three for the 1992-93 season.

Back-to-back promotions followed, but a third to reach the Isthmian League Premier Division in 1994-95 was missed on goal difference.

The Shots qualified for the Conference in the 2003-04 season and after a near-miss in the play-offs in 2007, manager Gary Waddock guided them back into the Football League the following season – 16 years after the new club had been formed.