Birmingham continued their pre-season preparations with a 1-0 win over Forest Green.
Win for Blues, but Dons fall to late defeat
Birmingham continued their pre-season preparations with a 1-0 win over
Forest Green.
Garry O'Connor scored the only goal of the game for the Championship side to give Alex McLeish's men the win.
Kevin Phillips was guilty of missing several chances to find the net as Birmingham dominated proceedings.
Birmingham left it late to secure the win as O'Connor struck three minutes from time to give the visitors the victory.
SPL new boys
Hamilton overcame a
Sunderland XI 2-1 at Hartlepool.
Scotland international gifted Hamilton the lead in the first half when he diverted Brain Carrigan's cross into his own net.
David Graham doubled the lead in the second period when he fired past Nick Colgan.
Jordan Cook pulled a goal back for Sunderland 15 minutes from time, but Hamilton held on to lift the Wilton Cup at Victoria Park which was organised to mark Hartlepool United's centenary.
In the other game in the competition
Hartlepool edged out
Huddersfield 1-0.
Joel Porter scored the only goal of the game just past the hour mark to give the home side a morale-boosting win.
Aberdeen fell to a 2-1 defeat to
FC Zwolle in the second match of their tour of Holland.
New boy Gary McDonald gave Aberdeen the lead on 52 minutes, but a quick-fire double from Dirk Boeerigter in the closing stages turned the game on its head.
Aberdeen left trialists Cyon Camero and Sefanja Davids on the bench, while another, Jean-Francois Lecsinel, returned home because he was unfit.
A youthful Watford XI recorded a 2-0 win over British Gas Southern Football League Division One South and West side Winchester City.
French defender Cedric Avinel broke the deadlock for the Hornets with a powerful header in the 18th minute.
Teenage striker Theo Robinson added a second in the 34th minute when he drilled the ball home after some clever build-up.
Elsewhere, Swansea beat Palamos 1-0 on their tour of Spain.
Andrea Orlandi scored the only goal of the game two minutes after the break to give Roberto Martinez's men the victory.
