Richard Chaplow saved Preston North End's blushes at Bamber Bridge with a cheeky goal 10 minutes from time.
Chaplow finished off a through ball from skipper Paul McKenna with a chip over the home keeper to give the Championship side a 1-0 win.
But it was another awkward night at Irongate for the professionals who lost there 6-2 in the same friendly fixture last year.
North End looked tired after two weeks of gruelling pre-season training.
And, had it not been for keeper Andrew Lonergan, Brig would have been a goal up in the 70th minute when Lee Pryers' rasping shot had to be beaten away from the top corner.
Preston could have finished 2-0 winners, but Karl Hawley found the woodwork with the last kick of the game, hooking a shot onto the top of the crossbar.
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