Alton Town 0 - 1 Aldershot Town XI

The first week of July may seem a little early for a pre-season football match but the local population didn't think so as a bumper crowd turned up to watch The Shots take on their Hampshire neighbours.

Although the match saw a whole team of trialists,

Match report to follow >>>

Speaking after the match, Shots manager Gary Waddock told Setanta Sports, "Today was about trialists, it wasn't about our first team group, it was about looking at players.

"We've been in contact with agents and it served its purpose in terms of trials."

Alton Town squad: Dan Hill, Marc Cole, Lee Tigwell, Steve Larvan, Sean Burton, Clive Ventham, Jack Burns, Matt Rayner, Steve Graham, Ian Linney, Pa Kinteh, Paul Preston, John Gray, Cav Ferris, Rob Ford, Kevin Russell, Jason Grenham, Simba Mlambo, Paul Lloyd and Tom Brown.

Shots squad: TBC.