MORE THAN JUST A GAME!
The Non-League Football Paper|May 05, 2024
TO SOME people, England C’s Bank Holiday Monday meeting with Nepal at Aldershot Town’s EBB Stadium might seem like just another random end-of-season fixture in search of a home.
Steve Gibbs
MORE THAN JUST A GAME!

But to residents of the town proud to be known across the world as ‘Home of the British Army’, it is a match steeped in history and rich in cultural significance.

Many will think it’s the long-overdue second leg of a 2015 tie, when the Shots’ Academy side became the first ever European team to play in Nepal. Or, for some of Aldershot’s 10,500 Nepalese residents, it is the latest milestone in a journey which began in 1815.

That was the year the first Gurkha troops were recruited into the British Army.

この記事は The Non-League Football Paper の May 05, 2024 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

この記事は The Non-League Football Paper の May 05, 2024 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

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