Crawley Town vs Macclesfield Town. Sky Bet League Two.
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Friday 19 August 2011 16:06, UK
Second-half goals from Tyrone Barnett and Wesley Thomas gave Crawley their first Football League win, 2-0 over Macclesfield.
Last season's Conference champions were good value for their win against defence-minded visitors. Former Macclesfield striker Barnett powerfully headed home a Scott Davies corner in the 58th minute. Barnett had forced the corner moments earlier when his low shot was pushed wide by the legs of goalkeeper Jose Veiga. Veiga produced a fine one-handed save to deny David Hunt but substitute Thomas made the game safe for Crawley 15 minutes from time with a looping header. Thomas got the better of Veiga in an aerial challenge after a throughball by Sergio Torres. Macclesfield rarely posed an attacking threat and came closest to scoring when Tony Diagne had a shot saved by Scott Shearer.
