Wanderers maintained their unbeaten start to pre-season with a 1-1 draw at npower League 1 side Brentford.
Kevin Betsy and trialist Mark Phillips both went close early on for Gary Waddock's men, but it was the Bees who took the lead on 26 minutes thanks to an unstoppable 25-yard free-kick from midfielder David Hunt.
The Blues rallied and got their reward four minutes before the break when the in-form Betsy scored the latest well-worked Wanderers goal of pre-season and his third in two games.
'King Kev' raced onto Lewis Montrose's perfectly waited through ball before firing past Simon Moore in the Brentford goal to make it 1-1.
The hosts pressed at the start of the second period and would have been ahead on 58 minutes had it not been for Danny Foster's goal-line clearance to deny former Wanderer David McCracken from close range.
Waddock introduced trialist Marvin McCoy and Jon-Paul Pittman midway through the second half and the pair nearly conjured up the winner with just over 15 minutes remaining. McCoy picked out 'JP' with a pinpoint cross only for the striker to direct his header inches wide of the right-hand post.
Wanderers: Bull; Foster, Winfield, Phillips, Sansara (McCoy 60); Ainsworth (Pittman 67), Murtagh, Montrose, Betsy; Rendell, Strevens.
Unused subs: Arnold, Westwood, Johnson, Green, Westlake, Federico, Fitchett, McClure.
Goals: Betsy (41).
Brentford: Moore; Woodman, Osborne, McCracken, Spillane; Bean, Weston, Hunt, O'Connor; Foster, Cort (Wood 67).
Unused subs: Lee, Royce, Bennett, Diagouraga, Legge, Saunders, MacDonald, Hudson, Blake.
Goals: Hunt (26).
Attendance: 984 (99).
Timeline:
7 mins: CHANCE - Wanderers right-back Danny Foster turns behind David Hunt's teasing cross in front of the lurking Nicky Forster.
12 mins: CHANCE - Looking for his third goal of pre-season, Kevin Betsy sees a curling effort deflect past Simon Moore's left-hand post.
13 mins: CHANCE - Centre-back Mark Phillips flashes a shot just wide from 12 yards.
27 mins: GOAL - David Hunt's stunning 25-yard free-kick gives the hosts the lead.
31 mins: CHANCE - After wriggling away from Dave Winfield and making it to the byline, Nicky Forster can't pick out a team-mate and the ball is gathered by Nikki Bull.
32 mins: CHANCE - Phillips heads a Gareth Ainsworth corner into the arms of Moore from the penalty spot.
35 mins: CHANCE - Michael Spillane volleys just wide from the edge of the Blues' 18-yard box after being picked out by Myles Weston.
41 mins: GOAL - The in-form Kevin Betsy fires home his third goal of pre-season after latching onto a perfectly waited through ball from Lewis Montrose.
45 mins: HT - Brentford 1-1 Wanderers.
58 mins: CHANCE - Danny Foster clears David McCracken's close range effort off the line to keep the Blues on level terms.
60 mins: SUB - Trialist Marvin McCoy replaces Netan Sansara.
65 mins: CHANCE - A 20-yard drive from Betsy is deflected out for a corner.
67 mins: SUB - Captain Gareth Ainsworth is replaced by Jon-Paul Pittman.
72 mins: CHANCE - 'JP' heads McCoy's pinpoint cross narrowly wide.
86mins: CHANCE - Dave Winfield makes a last-ditch challenge to deny Nicky Foster inside the six-yard box.
90 mins: FT - Brentford 1-1 Wanderers.
