Aldershot 3-2 Oxford Utd

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Jeff Goulding came off the bench to secure a last-gasp win over Oxford and keep Aldershot's survival hopes alive.

The Shots had been in control through Paul McCallum's early strike and Craig Reid's penalty just after half-time.

But a Scott Davis free-kick reduced the arrears and Jon-Paul Pitmann levelled things five minutes from time despite a red card for Michael Raynes.

However, substitute Goulding headed in Danny Rose's free-kick two minutes later to secure a first win in seven.

The Hampshire side are now two points from safety and have a game in hand on six of the seven sides directly above them.

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Aldershot Town manager Andy Scott told BBC Surrey:

"We made it hard for ourselves but the way we responded was tremendous.

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Scott joy after 'deserved' win

"I think we deserved to win the game and it's the first time we've scored three times since I've been here.

"The set-piece from Adam Mekki was a fantastic delivery and Jeff (Goulding) has got on the end of it and we deserved to win the game and it keeps us in the hunt.

"The crowd played a big part today because going 2-0 up and then 2-2, there could have been nerves and they responded and we had to for them."

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