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CONFERENCE PLAY-OFFS
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(1-1 on aggregate after extra-time, Aldershot win 4-2 on penalties)
Will Antwi's strike gave Aldershot a 4-2 penalty shoot-out win and sent them through to face Shrewsbury in the Nationwide Conference play-off final.
The match started level at 1-1 on aggregate and neither side could add to their tally as they battled through 90 minutes and then extra-time.
In the shoot-out Nikki Bull saved the first two Hereford penalties before Antwi scored to give Aldershot victory.
Hereford had Andrew Tretton sent off for a foul after just 20 minutes.
Hereford: Baker, James, Tretton, Tom Smith, Green, Pitman, Williams (Cozic 109), Rose, Travis (Betts 80),
Guinan (Beesley 73), Brown. Subs Not Used: Carey-Bertram, MacKenzie.
Sent Off: Tretton (21).
Booked: Rose, Guinan, Brown, Betts.
Aldershot: Bull, Sterling, Warburton, Giles, Charles (D'Sane 70), Gosling, Antwi, Challinor,
Downer (Chewins 60), McLean (Nutter 84), Sills.
Subs Not Used: Barnard, Johnson.
Booked: McLean, Charles.
Agg (1-1): Aldershot win 4-2 on penalties
Att: 7,044
Ref: A Woolmer (Northampton).