Gateshead 0 Aldershot Town 2

Saturday 3rd December 2022 12.30pm – The National League – Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead

It goes to show how pessimistic some leagues were that they decided, on behalf of their clubs, that games would kick off at 12.30pm on Saturday 3rd December. The reason being was that IF England would have finished as runners-up in their World Cup group, then the round of 16 game would have kicked-off at 3pm. So rather than waiting until the final group game against Wales, a decision was made to move all games forward to 12.30pm.

But, should the worst have happened, and the Three Lions ...