'I don't care what we look like, just want to win a game' - Crawley Town boss admits relief as his side overcome 10-man Fleetwood Town

The Reds boss watched his side survive a nervy ending to secure three vital points which saw his side rise to 19th in the table.

But as he applauded the crowd, he wiped his brow and mouthed ‘phew’.

Not many games and days have gone as well as this one this season for the Reds. After just 10 minutes, Zech Medley was sent off after two bookable offences which meant Reds faced 10 men for 80 plus minutes and results in other games – only one other team in the bottom half won – meant Crawley jumped off the table.

And Lindsey pleased, but relief seemed the over-riding emotion. “We were desperate to get three points, I think that was the main objective,” he said. “I always wat the team to perform and I think the results will be a by-product of how you perform. I always say that, don't I? But I think I was probably at the stage now where I don't care what we look like, just want to win a game.

"I think obviously the ending as well when they score, you’re kind of like, it's a nervy last 10 minutes, so, I was pleased when the referee blew his whistle, to be honest with you.

“It just feels like relief that we've got three points and now we can look forward now to a game on Tuesday night against Peterborough and really focus on Gillingham next week.”

And on everything going their way, Lindsey said: “Yes, it’s been rare this season. I've never been worried, even when we were in the bottom two. I've always felt that there's a long way to go. I know my team are not a bottom two team.

"We've probably not had this feeling as much as we would have liked, but we'll take it when they come. My take from the game is, I felt when it was 11 v 11, I know the sending off was quite early, I felt before the sending off, we looked assured. You can't measure too much within 10 minutes, but I did think that we started well.

“We looked in charge of the game. Then of course when the lad got sent off, there were different spaces, they had to change their shape obviously. It's not our fault somebody gets sent off, so we'll take it, especially where we are at the moment, we'll definitely take it. We made it count and we scored some good goals and probably should have scored more, to be honest. But yes, all in all, I'm really, really delighted. I thought the performance was good and I thought obviously the result is what we wanted, so job done.”

Reds are next in action on Tuesday night when they take on Peterborough in the Vertu Trophy before a trip to Gillingham on Saturday.