Aldershot Town slipped to a 2-1 defeat against League One outfit Crawley Town in a pre-season friendly at the EBB Stadium.

Ollie Bray's pace fashioned a chance in the first minute. His pass into the centre of the box was just in front of the on-rushing Josh Barrett and although the clearance fell straight to Cam Hargreaves, his half-volleyed effort was blocked.

Just two minutes later, Crawley had their first chance and Shots keeper Jordi van Stappershoef's tall frame stopped a superb volley from Max Anderson finding the top corner.

Aldershot fell behind in the tenth minute. A clever ball forward set Rushian Hepburn-Murphy through on goal and although Van Stappershoef raced out to try to beat him to the ball, the Crawley striker got there first and skipped past the Shots' keeper to finish into an empty net.

But their lead lasted just seconds as the Shots equalised immediately. Straight from kick-off, Kai Corbett found himself on the edge of the Crawley box with keeper Joe Wollacott racing out and lobbed the visiting stopper with a clever scissor kick.

Van Stappershoef stopped Crawley from retaking the lead in the 19th minute. Toby Mullarkey skipped into the Shots' box from the right but saw his shot well saved by the Dutch keeper's feet.

The Shots continued to push forward and in the 25th minute a superb ball from Cam Hargreaves set Corbett down the right. He cut in and forced Wollacott into a save and Barrett's first-time effort on the rebound was just wide.

Barrett went close again two minutes later. Ryan Jones drove forward and laid it off to Barrett to curl a first-time effort from outside the box which grazed the post.

Crawley regained the lead in the 55th minute through Ronan Darcy’s calm finish.

Marcus Dewhurst replaced van Stappershoef in the Shots goal at half-time and made a superb save in the 69th minute. A low ball across the Shots goal looked set to be turned in by Ade Adeyemo, but Dewhurst made himself big and somehow denied him.