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Reds bounced back from their dismal defeat on the road at Northwich by beating play-off contenders Cambridge Utd 2-1 at Broadfield Stadium.

Kevin James gave them the perfect start with a goal in the 13th minute in which he headed in a Bulman cross into the net.

However Cambridge were in no mood to lie over and they equalised in the 21st minute when a corner was headed into the area by Rob Wolleaston, leaving Lee Boylan a simple task of heading home the second goal of the match.

Bulman then combined with Jamie Cook to produce Crawley's winning goal on 57 minutes, rising to meet Cook's cross.

Bulman was enjoying a typically busy man of the match performance and nearly made sure of the points when he struck a shot against the post.

The visitors pressed hard for another equaliser and enjoyed their best chance to do so when former Canvey Island striker Lee Boylan rattled the crossbar.

However Town held out despite some pressure from the Cambridge attack which was boosted by a highly audible crowd of supporters. Nearly 400 of the 1,024 strong crowd were from Cambridge.

Steve Evans made two changes to the side, bringing in Jamie Cook and James Krause for Mustapha Carayol and Kieran Murphy.


REDS: Bayes, Thomas, Stevens, Thompson, Bulman, Pittman, Wilson, Pinault, Cook, Krause, James. Subs: Blackman, Murphy, Joseph-Dubois, Carter, Carayol

UTD: Potter, Peters, Albrighton, Gleeson, Wolleaston, Boylan, Convery, Carden, Morrison, Beesley, Pitt. Subs: Jeffrey, Caulson, Collins, Willmott, Cutler

REF: Graham Scott (Abingdon)

ATT: 1,024 (361 away)

OBSERVER MAN OF THE MATCH: Dannie Bulman

Updates:

2nd half

50mins - YELLOW CARD (Crawley) Kevin James (foul)

55mins - Pittman is put through in the area but is knocked off the ball by Mark Peters.

57mins - GOAL (Crawley) 2-1 Dannie BULMAN hits a volley at the right hand post to superbly put away a cross by Cook.

64mins - SUBSTITUTIONS: (Cambridge) Jordan Collins replaced Mark Peters and Robbie Willmott came on for Mark Convery.

70mins - Bulman nearly makes it 3-1 with a shot from inside the area which went narrowly wide following a cross by Kevin James.

76mins - SUBSTITUTION (Cambridge) Jack Jeffrey replaces Marek Beesley.

79mins - Urged on by a large number of highly vocal fans, Cambridge are looking dangerous as they build their attacks. However the Crawley defence is sticking to the task and holding firm.

87mins - Lee Boylan hits the crossbar for Cambridge.

88mins - SUBSTITUTION (Crawley) Lee Blackburn replaces Thomas Pinault.

90mins - Assistant referee indicates a minimum of four minutes added time

91mins - SUBSTITUTION (Crawley) Kieran Murphy replaces Jamie Cook

93mins - SUBSTITUTION (Crawley) Pierre Joseph-Dubois replaces Jon-Paul Pittman

FULL-TIME: Crawley Town 2 Cambridge Utd 1


First half:

13mins - GOAL 1-0 (Crawley) KEVIN JAMES heads Town into the lead at the near post to nod in a free-kick by Dannie Bulman.

21mins - GOAL 1-1 (Cambridge) A corner from Mark Convery was cleared and was put back in the area before Rob Wolleaston headed to LEE BOYLAN who nodded it in from short-range for his 14th goal of the season.

36mins - Reds go close when a free-kick by Bulman finds Jon-Paul Pittman in the six-yard box, whose deflected header forces a superb save by keeper Danny Potter.

40mins - YELLOW CARD (Cambridge) Mark Peters is booked for a foul.

45mins - Fourth official indicates a minimum of two minutes of added time.

45+1mins - Jamie Cook has a good shot from the right hand edge of the area saved by Potter.

Half-time: Crawley Town 1 Cambridge Utd 1