Crawley edged a five-goal thriller to give boss Kevin Betsy his first League Two win in eight attempts with a 3-2 home success over Stockport.
County twice came back to level, but Nick Tsaroulla’s strike from distance settled the contest to put a damper on Dave Challinor’s 50th game in charge of Stockport.
Full-back James Brown threatened for County in only the second minute when his goal-bound shot was turned around a post by goalkeeper Corey Addai.
But the visitors, who had lost their opening three away league games, went behind after five minutes when the unmarked James Tilley fired home from 25 yards to the right of keeper Vit Jaros.
Olly Crankshaw levelled after 17 minutes with his first goal of the season, racing through to beat Addai in a one-on-one situation, and he should have scored again moments later but put the ball over when well placed.
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