Road to Wembley - Crawl on

Crawley breezed into the FA Cup third round at the expense of Chelmsford. It was a very one-sided match with Crawley having efforts on goal to non-league Chelmsford's 1!


Reds midfielder NICKY ADAMS opened the scoring when his cross-shot crept in at the near post.

Blue Square Bet South side Chelmsford were reduced to 10 men when Donovan Simmonds picked up his second yellow, and Billy Clarke's volley made it 2-0 before half-time.

GARY ALEXANDER'S late penalty - awarded after Anthony Cook brought down Sergio Torres - put the result beyond doubt.

The visitors had keeper Stuart Searle to thank for keeping the score down, the former Crawley man saving well from Hope Akpan and Alexander in the second half.

Crawley: Jones, Sadler, Connolly, Hunt, Davis, Akpan (Bulman - 82' ), Clarke (Akinde - 71' ), Torres, Simpson, Adams (Jones - 80' ), Alexander,
Substitutes: Kuipers, Walsh, Byrne, Wassmer, Bulman, Jones, Akinde.
Att: 3,012

Crawley were drawn to Premier League Reading in the 3rd Round.