FC Halifax Town 1-0 Aldershot Town

Jamie Allen boosted Halifax's National League play-off hopes with a late goal as they beat Aldershot 1-0.

Tahvon Campbell almost gave Halifax an early lead when his deflected effort hit the crossbar, while at the other end Mohamed Bettamer forced a good save from Sam Johnson.

Billy Chadwick became the second Shaymen player to strike the woodwork when he let fly from 20 yards after 15 minutes.

Aldershot thought they should have had a penalty when Toby Edser went down in the box but the referee waved play on.

After the break Bettamer was again denied by Johnson after good work by Edser, while Josh Rees also had an effort tipped behind for the visitors.

The Shots thought they had found a winner with 10 minutes left when Chike Kandi's cross was converted by Harrison Panayiotou, but the flag went up for offside.

And Allen rubbed salt into the wound six minutes from time when he beat Ryan Hall with a low effort.

Match report supplied by PA Media.

• Line-ups
• Live Text

Line-ups

Halifax

Formation 4-4-2

1Johnson

2King31Maher10Earing6Bradbury

5Byrne8Green26Woods36Chadwick

7Allen33Campbell

• 1Johnson
• 2KingBooked at 24mins
• 31Maher
• 10Earing
• 6Bradbury
• 5Byrne
• 8GreenBooked at 90mins
• 26Woods
• 36ChadwickSubstituted forSpenceat 64'minutes
• 7Allen
• 33CampbellSubstituted forTearat 74'minutes

Substitutes

• 4Clarke
• 18Benn
• 20Tear
• 30Spence
• 40Renshaw

Aldershot

Formation 4-4-2

13Hall

22Phillips6Lyons-Foster20Edser12Whittingham

8Rees15Anderson23Colombie30Miller

14Nouble9Bettamer

• 13Hall
• 22Phillips
• 6Lyons-Foster
• 20Edser
• 12WhittinghamBooked at 75mins
• 8Rees
• 15Anderson
• 23Colombie
• 30MillerSubstituted forKandiat 69'minutes
• 14Nouble
• 9BettamerSubstituted forPanayiotouat 57'minutes

Substitutes

• 4Sendles-White
• 10Kandi
• 11Panayiotou
• 18Wylie
• 25Ogie

Referee:

Karl Evans

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, FC Halifax Town 1, Aldershot Town 0.

2. 90'

   Booking

   Kieran Green (FC Halifax Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

3. 90'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, FC Halifax Town 1, Aldershot Town 0.

4. 84'

   Goal!

   Goal! FC Halifax Town 1, Aldershot Town 0. Jamie Allen (FC Halifax Town).

5. 75'

   Booking

   Alfie Whittingham (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.

6. 74'

   Substitution

   Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Dom Tear replaces Tahvon Campbell.

7. 69'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Aldershot Town. Chike Kandi replaces Ricky Miller.

8. 64'

   Substitution

   Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Kian Spence replaces Billy Chadwick.

9. 57'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Aldershot Town. Harry Panayiotou replaces Mohamed Bettamer.

10. Second Half

    Second Half begins FC Halifax Town 0, Aldershot Town 0.

11. 45'

    Half Time

    First Half ends, FC Halifax Town 0, Aldershot Town 0.

12. 24'

    Booking

    Jeff King (FC Halifax Town) is shown the yellow card.

13. Kick Off

    First Half begins.

14. Posted at 18:29 16 Mar 202118:29 16 Mar 2021

    Post update

    Lineups are announced and players are warming up.