BRAINTREE Town battled to a draw against visiting Aldershot Town.

The Iron came back to secure a Vanarama Conference Premier 1-1 draw at Cressing Road.

It was the visitors who took the lead in the first half.

Sam Hatton opened the scoring with a right-footed shot from the edge of the six-yard box on 28 minutes.

Dan Sparkes then had a chance to level for the Iron with a left-foot shot but it went wide.

Braintree put pressure on the Aldershot goal just before the break but Simeon Akinola and Mitch Brundle couldn’t find a way through.

After the break, Sparkes equalised for the Iron when he shot from the left found the right-hand corner of the goal on 55 minutes.

After the goal the game petered out with few chances for either side.