The Cards' boss has responded to the accusation from Prentice — made in the Shots' matchday programme on Saturday — that the fact Aldershot were forced to wear Woking's away shirts from two years ago for the live Sky TV game between the two clubs was his fault.
The Shots have been ridiculed for having to wear their rivals' kit in the 2-0 defeat, with Shots' sponsors Elliott Baxter — reportedly one of the largest paper merchants in the UK — losing out on a huge marketing opportunity and demanding answers.
Rather than accept blame for what was a humiliating outcome for his club, Prentice — who at first refused to speak out in response to EBB Paper's comments — preferred to put pen to paper in his column ‘Karl writes'.
His opening line read: “I was fuming on Monday evening,” before he went on to add, “I asked if they (Woking) would consider using their away kit, under the circumstances, and was told that it was the manager's decision and that this would not change under any circumstances. Although this was his right, common sense could have prevailed.
“I know that if the ball were on the other foot we would have compromised.
“Unfortunately, the situation reflects badly, not only on ourselves, but on the League itself, with the game going out live around the world.
“Thank you Mr Cockerill.”
This week the Woking boss countered, “I'm embarrassed for him to be honest. It's unbelievable that he's said that and it's quite sad that he's blaming me for his club's inefficiency.
“I think I'm just being used as a scapegoat. I was told that the referee, Graham Horwood was concerned about the matter and that he spoke to Aldershot 48 hours earlier saying that there was the possibility of a colour clash.
“They obviously chose to do nothing about it. That was time enough for them to get something sorted and to be honest, even with just four hours notice, if I had to get a new kit organised for an evening kick-off I could do it.
“The problem had absolutely nothing to do with our club and we did nothing wrong.”