Braintree — Aldershot Town: 1:2, Friendlies Clubs

Braintree played Aldershot Town in a club friendly on 1 August 2026, and the visitors took the three points with a 2-1 win. The match ended with goals from A. Lewis in the twenty-second minute, followed by B. Tuma and M. Stickland for Aldershot in the forty-eighth and eighty-eighth minutes.

And here's the thing about Braintree — they started brightly enough, Lewis finding the net early, but Aldershot came back stronger. To be fair, the visitors controlled more territory, even though Braintree had the first breakthrough.

By then the statistics told their own story. Aldershot registered 81 attacks to Braintree's 60, and held 61 per cent possession against 39. The visitors also won six corners while the hosts managed just one.

Braintree threw everything at it after going behind, but Aldershot's defence held firm. The away side's older head in the back line kept them organized, and that's why they didn't concede when they needed to most.

The result leaves Braintree looking at another match to find their rhythm, while Aldershot can take confidence from a game where they found a way through when it mattered.