Jake’s Praise For The Shots’ Walking Wounded

After all the midfielder has been with the club since 2015 and three-and-a- half years after arriving he’s not known a treatment room like it.

They host Ebbsfleet on Saturday looking to avenge play-off defeat last May.

If the Shots’ point at league leaders Leyton Orient on Tuesday night wasn’t impressive enough, they did it after overcoming yet more issues.

In the build up to the game Gary Waddock lost striker Scott Rendell and key centre-back George Fowler to injury. Neither will be back for some time as they join a large number of colleagues on the missing list.

Then the game kicked off. Midfielder Adam May came off sick just minutes in before forward Matt McClure didn’t make it to half-time after picking up a bad arm injury.

Gallagher says the walking wounded were a credit to the club as they drew 0-0 in East London.

“I’ve been here for quite a while and I’ve never seen this amount,” he told us.

“It’s not the best of situations but that’s what subs and squads are for.

“There’s crutches all over the place! It’s a difficult time but the way we handled the situation was fantastic.

“We got a point and we could have even nicked it at the end with a bit of luck. We had the best chance of the game and on another day who knows.”

It’s not been the season Aldershot fans would have wanted after getting into the play-offs last time around.

But Gallagher says there is still plenty to play for.

“We’re not half-way through yet,” said the former Welling United man.

“We feel on our day we’re a match for anyone and once we get some players back hopefully we can really start climbing.”