CRAWLEY Town sealed a 2-0 Premier Division victory at Merthyr Tydfil to end their away blues.

Reds had not won on their travels since October 28 but goals from strike duo Leroy Huggins and Mark Hynes polished off Merthyr early in the second half.

Reds manager Billy Smith said: "It's nice to get an away win at last."

Crawley were depleted with Danny Carroll reverting to central defence and boss Smith down to just the bare bones in his squad.

Hynes shot over on two minutes but a forgettable first half was quickly erased from the memory as Hynes set up Huggins to put Reds ahead in the 50th minute.

Substitute Nigel Brake provided the cross for the second goal eight minutes later as goalkeeper Steve Morris could only palm the ball to Hynes, who scored despite defender Andy Power's efforts on the goal line.

Hastings conceded two goals in the closing stages of their eastern division game at struggling Wisbech to slip to a surprise 2-1 defeat.

Paul Jones broke the deadlock with 14 minutes left The points looked safe until the 89th minute when David Cobb equalised and slack marking at a corner allowed Phil Mace to head the winner in stoppage time.

St Leonards slipped closer to the drop zone after crashing to relegation rivals Wisbech yesterday in their second 4-0 home defeat in two days and their sixth successive reverse.

Goals by Lee Hyde, Darren Jimson, Nick Reeson and Owen Gill sealed their fate.

They succumbed meekly to Histon 24 hours earlier, Jamie Barker, Neil Kennedy, Wayne Goddard and substitute Ben Murray netted.

Langney Sports suffered their third defeat against Histon in an away Eastern Division match yesterday.

Having already lost to them in the league and the FA Trophy, Sports struggled in their 2-1 reverse.

Histon went 2-0 up through Jamie Barker and Neil Kennedy before John Snelgrove headed home on 76 minutes from a Matt Crabb cross from the left.

The day before Sports had ended Grantham's promotion hopes with a 1-1 home draw.

John Westcott put them ahead after 23 minutess Brendon McDaid equaliseed after a series of fine saves by Dean Lightwood.