Crawley Town make it two pre-season wins from two at East Grinstead Town
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Harry Forster saw an early shot saved before Jay Williams put the Reds in front on 18 minutes.
The midfielder linked up well with Jeremy Kelly and placed a perfect strike beyond the reach of the Grinstead goalkeeper.
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Hide AdScott Malone fired over from range on the half-hour mark, before Crawley stopper Jojo Wollacott made an excellent save on the stroke of half-time.
Manager Scott Lindsey rang the changes at the break – but the Reds only needed four minutes of the second half to double their advantage.
A Crawley trialist calmly rolled the ball under the Grinstead goalkeeper after being put through one-on-one to make it 2-0 on 49 minutes.
Ade Adeyemo shot over the bar with 12 minutes to go but Crawley couldn’t add a third.
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Hide AdThe Reds visit National League Wealdstone in their next pre-season friendly on Tuesday evening, kick-off 7.30pm.
Crawley Town first half XI: Wollacott, Malone, Mukena, Conroy, Flint, Forster, Kelly, Williams, Roles, Darcy, Hepburn-Murphy.
Crawley Town second half XI: Trialist, Gonzalez, Mullarkey, Barker, Trialist, Trialist, Khaleel, Trialist, Adeyemo, Papadopoulos, Trialist.
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