Two goals each by Pierre Joseph-Dubois and Jon-Paul Pittman combined with a goal each by loan signing from Crystal Palace Ryan Hall, making his home debut, and Jamie Cook.

It was just like the old days with former owner John Duly returning to the directors' box in what was the first home game since the dramatic takeover was confirmed.

Duly is believed to be the biggest shareholder among the newly-formed consortium Prospect Estates Holdings Ltd, who bought the club off the SA Group on Tuesday.

And to mark the occasion, Duly was introduced to the players in the changing room by manager Steve Evans.

Evans had named an unchanged side from the one which beat Eastbourne Borough 1-0 in the Sussex Senior Cup final on Tuesday night.

The off-the-field changes seemed to have a good affect on the pitch, as Pittman headed Reds into the lead in the 18th minute, following a cross by imposing midfielder Ryan Hall.

York got back onto level terms with a goal in the 27th minute by Martyn Woolford, who raced past Lee Blackburn before firing past 'keeper Ashley Bayes.

But Town wasted no time in regaining the lead and in an amazing spell, a total of three goals were scored by either side in the space of four minutes.

Hall - a candidate for man of the match - made it 2-1 on 29 minutes with a well-executed free-kick driven in from just outside the right hand side of the area into the bottom left corner of the net.

A minute later Joseph-Dubois immediately made it 3-1 when he netted a ball crossed to him from around 15 yards.

The scoreline could have been even more in Crawley's favour but for Hall hitting the crossbar with a 25-yard shot and Pittman having another chance saved by York 'keeper Josh Mimms, having beaten the defence.

Crawley remained dominant and York could offer little in reply, surprising considering the visitors were actually above Reds in the table.

Looking relaxed and with the game already won, Town continued to go for goal in an attractive style, adding three more goals in the last 10 minutes.

Pittman scored this second of the game after 80 minutes when he received a ball from Hall, raced through between two defenders and beat Mimms from 15 yards.

Joseph-Dubois made it 5-1 six minutes later when he netted on the rebound from an initial 25-yard blast by Hall which rebounded off the post and into his path.

Substitute Jamie Cook then added added insult to injury by scoring a sixth goal just moments after coming off the bench in added time.

Set up yet again by Hall, he made easy work of a close-range back-post header as Reds rounded off their biggest league victory of the season.

Appeals had been made by both new co-owner Phil Jarman and Evans for fans to return to Broadfield for this game.

Gates this season and last have been much lower than before as large numbers of fans voted with their feet in opposition to the way the club was being run by Azwar and Chas Majeed.

However on Saturday, despite the Majeed era being over, there was no noticable improvement.

This was perhaps due to the mysterious style in which the takeover has been presented.

Some members of the consortium have yet still not been announced, John Duly has so far refused to comment publically on his role in the deal and the new company which owns the club is suspiciously based in Boston.

On Friday it emerged one of the buyers, Tom Scott, is in fact Steve Evans' father-in-law, despite the Crawley boss having denied the club was being bought by either himself or his associates from Boston Utd.

Much has to be done to get the fans back onside if the club is to realise its ambitions of challenging at the top end of the table, even despite Saturday's incredible result.


REDS: Bayes, Thomas, Thompson, Blackburn, R.Hall, Bulman, Pittman, Pinault, Murphy, Joseph-Dubois, Krause.
Subs: Stevens, Cook, Carter, Carayol, Raynor

YORK: Mimms, Craddock, Elliott, McGurk, Parslow, Woolford, Rusk, Brodie, Wroe, Purkiss, Lloyd.
Subs: Evans, Robinson, Sodje, Fortune-West, C.Hall

REF: Andrew Halliday (London)

ATT: 862 (161 away)

OBSERVER MAN OF THE MATCH: Jon-Paul Pittman

Full-time: Crawley Town 6 York City 1

Updates
2nd half:

90minsGOAL (Crawley) (6-1) - Jamie COOK adds insult to York's injury when just seconds after coming on the field adds Crawley's sixth goal. He times his run perfectly to head home at the back post from six yards from Ryan Hall's cross from gthe right.

90mins - 3 minutes added time

90mins - SUBSTITUTIONS (Crawley) Jamie Cook replaces Pittman and Nick Carter replaces Lee Blackburn.
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86mins - GOAL (Crawley) 5-1 Pierre JOSEPH-DUBOIS scores on the rebound from 12 yards after Ryan Hall's initial 25-yard shot thunders against the post and bounces straight to Pierre-Dubois.

85mins - Ryan Hall volleys a shot which is blocked by the York right-back.

80mins - GOAL (Crawley) 4-1 Jon-Paul PITTMAN bursts through to receive a ball through from Hall, turns and runs through the gaping defence and shoots from 15 yards to beat Mimms.

73mins - Crawley should have done better as a ball over the top reaches Pittman, who lifts it in the area over to Joseph-Dubois, who fails to control from seven yards out and ball runs to safety.

69mins - (York) Leo Fortune-West replaces Richard Brodie.

66mins - SUBSTITUTION (York) Chris Hall replaces Simon Rusk.

63mins - Joseph-Dubois turns his marker and shoots from the left side of the area, forcing Mimms to make a save.

62mins - YELLOW CARD (York) Simon Rusk (foul).

59mins - YELLOW CARD (Crawley) Keeper Ashley Bayes is booked for time-wasting as he was about to take a kick.

57mins - Sodje has a chance charged down by advancing keeper Ashley Bayes

54mins - YELLOW CARD (York) Dave McGurk is booked for a foul.

52mins - Bulman goes wide of the York goal with a side-footed free-kick from 25 yards.

46mins - SUBSTITUTION: York replace Anthony Lloyd with Onome Sodje.

Half-time: Crawley Town 3 York City 1

45+1mins - Stuart Elliott blasts an attempt on goal over the top in a rare attack by the visitors.

45mins - 4 minutes of added time indicated.

45mins - Pittman beats York's left back and shoots, forcing York keeper Josh Mimms to make a low save.

41mins - Crawley go close again when Ryan Hall hits the crossbar from 25 yards.

30mins - GOAL (Crawley) 3-1 Pierre JOSEPH-DUBOIS increased the leasd within a minute when he chased a crossfield ball and scored with a well-taken shot from 15 yards out. Stadium announcerSteve Leake unusually announces the goal in French!

29mins - GOAL (Crawley) 2-1 Ryan HALL scores directly from a free-kick on the right hand edge of the area, driving home into the left hand corner with his left foot. The kick was given when McGurk brought down Ryan Hall.

27mins - GOAL (York) 1-1 Martyn WOOLFORD beats Lee Blackburn and fires into the net from the right flank.

18mins - GOAL (1-0) Crawley Town take the lead through Jon-Paul PITTMAN who heads in from the six-yard box from a cross from the left by Ryan Hall.