Aldershot Town manager Tommy Widdrington has hailed his history-making side.

The Shots beat Woking 2-1 in the FA Trophy semi-final to seal their place in the final at Wembley.

The final will be the first time the club will play at the national stadium.

“These days are great but they're only great if you win,” said Widdrington.

“Once we came to grips with the way Woking played in the first half I thought we grew into the game and started taking control.

“I've got to give my lads credit – they ran themselves into the ground.

“There were a few lads that went through pain barriers for us – and that's needed.

“I said to them before the game you can be sore in the morning or you can be sorry in the morning and thankfully they're only going to be sore.

“My lads are fit, fast and strong and they go all the way to the end.

“What they lack in possible ability they've got in spades with a bit of desire.

“They represent this football club and this town as well as I can ask them to.”

The Shots came from behind to seal their place at Wembley, with Jack Barham scoring the winner in stoppage time, and Widdrington felt his side deserved their win.

“I knew we were building pressure,” said Widdrington.

“When we got the first one I did genuinely feel we were going to go on to win the game.

“I thought we kept going on a difficult surface, backed by a fantastic crowd.

“We deserved to win the game – we created more chances, their goalie made more saves and we had more entries into their box.”

The final whistle led to emotional scenes as Shots fans celebrated getting to Wembley, and Widdrington admitted he got emotional himself.

“I've had fellas come up to me crying – they got me emotional,” said Widdrington.

“I don't cry very often but I can see what it means.

“I knew what it meant but I didn't want to build the game up to put undue pressure on the players.

“I'm absolutely delighted to have delivered what we set out when we started against Wealdstone when we entered the competition.

“We mentioned to the lads that this is a competition we feel we could win, and I'm pleased we've gone one step closer.

“Jack's etched himself in history – we all have.

“As a manager you want to make people feel good.

“They'll never forget how they feel, and we've made them feel special.”