In League 2, Crawley Town’s opening game of the season ended in a 3-1 defeat to Port Vale on Saturday at the Checkatrade Stadium. The Reds travel to the Midlands tomorrow to face Birmingham City.

It was good news for our local teams in the FA Cup extra preliminary qualifying round.  Redhill FC won 8-1 away to Hailsham and now take on Ashford United in the preliminary round.  Three Bridges won 2-0 away to Horsham YMCA and will meet Greenwich Borough in the next round on 19th August.  Horley Town are also through to the next round after winning 5-1 at home to Raynes Park Vale.