Crawley returned to the top of the Blue Square Premier after two goals from Matt Tubbs helped ease them to a 3-1 home win over Tamworth tonight.

Reds dominated the opening stages without creating too much and it was the Lambs who threatened first when Michel Kuipers showed tremendous reflexes to keep out Michael Wylde's close-range shot on 32 minutes.

But Wylde made no mistake ten minutes later, arrowing a half-volley into the bottom corner after the home side had again failed to clear a corner.

Crawley levelled within a minute however. Dean Howell's angled ball wass flicked on by Richard Brodie and when goalkeeper Ross Atkins failed to gather Tubbs knocked the ball home from a yard.

Reds went in front two minutes after the break after a superbly-worked goal. Brodie, Sergio Torres and Tubbs were all involved in the build-up before the overlapping Dean Howell's left-wing cross was headed home by Smith.

Reds made the game safe 14 minutes from time when substitute Craig McAllister produced a pin-point cross from the right and Tubbs side-footed home from close range.

Brodie was denied by Atkins as Crawley finished strongly to complete an ultimately comfortable victory.