Aldershot Town beat Boreham Wood 2-1 in a frenetic evening match on 24 March, though the scoreline gave little indication of how chaotic the ninety minutes proved.
Regan Booty put Aldershot ahead inside three minutes and doubled the lead at sixteen, giving the hosts early control and forcing Boreham Wood into a reactive shape they never fully escaped. Brody Peart pulled one back on twenty-two to tighten proceedings, and Dejan Tetek's effort at thirty-one levelled matters before Oluwafemi Ilesanmi restored Aldershot's advantage just before half-time.
The second half continued at the same breathless tempo. Charlie O'Connell and Christy Grogan traded goals within five minutes of each other around the hour mark, and Erico Sousa and Oliver Scott were both dismissed at sixty-four, reducing each side to ten men and opening the game further. Kwame Thomas added another on seventy-three before Joe Newton and Callum Reynolds saw further cards at eighty minutes, thinning the sides again.
Charles Clayden and Marley Marshall were both shown cards at eighty-seven, though the match had long since been shaped by those earlier dismissals.
Aldershot's willingness to press early and score quickly twice in the opening quarter gave them a platform Boreham Wood repeatedly threatened but could not dismantle. Despite the congestion of cards and substitutions, the home side managed the final stages with enough composure to secure the three points.
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