A MAGNIFICENT hat-trick from Justin Bennett was just not enough to send Lions through to the last four of the Hampshire Senior Cup on Tuesday night as they succumbed to three killer blows in the last 15 minutes of a wonderful match.

After the nonsense the club and its supporters were forced to contend with on Saturday, this restored faith in the game and sent the near 400 crowd home happy. Aldershot are chasing a place in the Football League next August and had played Hereford at home on Sunday but they fielded six players who were in that squad.

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