Halifax striker Simon Heslop, brought on at half-time to bolster the away side's attacking options, handled in the box to concede a penalty.

Rhys Day stepped up to take the kick but drove it wide of the target.

Jake Wright saw red for the visitors and as the home side continued to press, Dixon drilled into the net five minutes into stoppage time.

Aldershot: Bull, Gier, Day (Hudson 62), Winfield, Straker, Soares (Joe Grant 78), Newman, Chalmers, Harding, Dixon, Elvins (Hylton 65). Subs Not Used: Milletti, Jaimez-Ruiz.

Booked: Straker.

Goal: Dixon 90.

Halifax: Legzdins, Toulson (Heslop 46), Quinn, Young, Wright, Killeen (Belle 72), Kearney, Bushell, Torpey (Doughty 55), Stamp, Taylor. Subs Not Used: Mawson, Oliver.

Sent Off: Wright (54).

Booked: Wright, Young.

Att: 2,389.

Ref: S Hooper (Swindon).