Oldham Athletic 2, Crawley Town 3: Skipper Francomb's thunderbolt helps Reds to rare away victory

Crawley Town skipper George Francomb scored a thunderbolt to give Reds a 2-1 win away Oldham Athletic.

Danny Rowe gave the Latics to lead on 30 minutes with a header.

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George Francomb scored an absolute thunderbolt to give the Reds the lead

But the Reds bounced back with goals from Ashley Nadesan and and skipper George Francomb, who scored an absolute thunderbolt, have them a half-time lead.

The club tweeted: "Reds have ended this half in spectacular fashion with some incredible football from the likes of Frost and Nichols."

Tom Nichols, who scored the winner against Scunthorpe United last week, then got the third with a brilliant header in 69th minute.

Conor McAleny made it 3-2 in the 80th minute but the Reds held on for a rare away win.

The club tweeted at the end: "We’ve waited over one year in the league, but we finally have that lucrative away victory after a fantastic performance from the Reds.

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