Aldershot Town came from behind twice to draw 2-2 at home to local rivals Woking in a thrilling National League encounter.

The Shots were left wondering how they didn’t pick up all three points after a dominant second-half performance at the EBB Stadium.

The Boxing Day derby didn’t start how the majority of the 5,412 crowd were hoping as a quiet opening to the game ended when Inih Effiong drew a challenge from Christian Maghoma that referee Wayne Cartmel deemed worthy of a penalty.

Harry Beautyman stepped up and converted the penalty straight down the middle to put the visitors ahead after 14 minutes.

The game didn’t exactly burst into life, however, as neither side were ready to take control.

A long Ryan Jones throw in was flicked towards goal by Dan Ellison five minutes after the goal, but it hit the side netting.

An emphatic equaliser from Tyler Frost in the 28th minute was what the game needed, however.

Jones continued his recent good form and delivered a low cross from the left that Frost controlled and fired past Will Jaaskelainen to draw his side level.

Beautyman then came close to scoring a second as his shot looked destined for the bottom corner until Jones popped up to make a crucial intervention and clear the danger on the half-hour.

A superb curling effort from Jack Barham three minutes later via his weaker left foot rattled the frame of the goal with Jaaskelainen well beaten from the edge of the box.

The first half had been a fairly even affair, but the visitors regained the lead just five minutes into the second half.

An unfortunate bounce off a Shots defender fell to Frank Vincent, who fired past Marcus Dewhurst from close range to score against his former side.

Aldershot then took control of the game and began to dominate.

Frost launched a curling effort from distance that had to be saved well by Jaaskelainen, turning it round the post at full stretch.

Josh Barrett was introduced just after the hour and Aldershot’s number ten entered the action with purpose, winning a corner after being found by a neat chip from Dejan Tetek.

From that corner, Barrett fizzed a ball into the box that Ellison headed to the edge of area for Frost to volley just wide of the post.

And just five minutes after coming on, Barrett scored a sensational equaliser.

Lining up a free kick from 25 yards out, the midfielder found the top corner with a superb effort which gave Jaaskelainen no chance.

Barham’s cross found Jones ten minutes later, who cut in on to his right foot and fired past the post.

Barrett almost stole the show in the 83rd minute with a chipped effort from the edge of the box that Jaaskelainen had to tip over the bar at full stretch.

From the resulting corner Barrett and Frost drew two more stops out of Jaaskelainen, who was doing a very good job of keeping his side in the game as Aldershot ramped up the pressure.

Tetek burst in from the left in the 88th minute and bent a superb effort against the bar as the frame of the goal denied the Shots for the second time.

Aldershot couldn’t find a winner and had to settle for a point.