What is it with Crawley and the Broadfield Stadium?

On other Conference grounds, they work hard but lack the potency to unsettle teams. It's why they have collected just four points from six games on the road.

But on their own patch they are a completely different propostion.

Reds seem to be able to win games without moving out of first gear as the likes of Aldershot and Dagenham, who were made to look distinctly average, can testify.

The latest victims were Farnborough as Crawley extended their unbeaten home record to six games with a routine success.

Dan Marney opened the scoring with a 23rd minute header and Adrian Deane produced a wonder strike to end the game as a contest shortly after half time.

The inconsistency between performances at home and away is why Crawley have yet to win two consecutive games this season.

Manager Francis Vines is hoping that will change on Saturday as Crawley face another home fixture against bottom side Northwich Victoria.

He believes victory in that game will enable his side to start an unbeaten run.

Vines said: "In the last two away games we have done quite well but have not had the rub of the green. I'm not that worried about the away form because I believe that it will take care of themselves and we will eventually start picking up points away from home.

"We just have to ensure that when we do we don't start dropping them at home.

"It's just a case of being consistent which is what I have been trying to get all season."

While Farnborough were nowhere near as strong as some of the other sides who have lost at the Broadfield this season, they were still a threat.

They had beaten Accrington Stanley, the side who thrashed Reds 4-0 earlier in the season, on Saturday and were on a high.

Crawley were forced to make changes from the side that had gone down 1-0 at Carlisle on Saturday, but not as many as had been first feared.

Paul Armstrong replaced the suspended Fiston Manuella, who was sent off against the Cumbrians, in the centre of midfield while Deane came in for knee injury victim Rob Traynor, who was on the bench.

But top scorer Charlie MacDonald, who was a major doubt with an ankle injury, was passed fit and started alongside Allan Tait.

Vines also opted to give Marney his second start of the season on the right wing in place of Neil Jenkins who was on the bench for the first time this season.

Vines' decision to pick the former Albion man was justified after 23 minutes when Marney gave Reds a deserved lead. He was left unmarked at the back post to head a high cross from Sean Hankin into the bottom corner.

Jenkins did not have long to wait for the opportunity to prove Vines was wrong to drop him. He was called into the action after 33 minutes when Ben Judge was stretchered off with a shin injury, suffered in a tackle.

It was from Jenkins' long ball soon after he came on that Reds should have extended their lead. Tait had beaten the offside trap and was clear on goal but his angled shot was well saved by Farnborough keeper Craig Holloway, who played five times for Crawley on loan from Arsenal last season.

Another visiting player familiar to Crawley almost grabbed an equaliser five minutes before the break. Striker Stephen Hughes, who had a six-week trial at Reds during pre-season, saw his close range effort blocked low to his left by Phil Smith after Gary Holloway had beaten Ryan Palmer for pace and cut the ball back from the left flank.

Farnborough boss Dean Austin, the former Tottenham and Crystal Palace defender, decided not to have a team talk during the break, instead sending his rather puzzled players out on the pitch straight away.

But his bizarre move failed to have whatever effect Austin intended as Crawley took just four minutes following the restart to kill the game off.

Deane hurdled two tackles as he cut inside from the left wing and unleashed a low 20-yard drive which gave Holloway no chance as it sped into the bottom corner.

Reds were in control after the second goal and almost added another when MacDonald turned Sasha Opinel and fired straight at Holloway from eight yards.

Marney was then guilty of completely miscueing a shot after being left free at a Charlie Mapes' corner.

With the game won, MacDonald, who had suffered no ill effects from his injury, was replaced by Danny Davidson on 71 minutes and the big target man almost made an instant impact when he made space for a shot but saw his effort from just inside the area blocked bravely by Opinel.

Despite the win, Deane believes there is more to come from Crawley. He said: "We did not really get going but it was still a good result.

"There are little things which we have been doing wrong and once we sort those out then I think we will be a real force."

Crawley: Smith; Judge (Jenkins, 33), Palmer, Simpemba, Hankin, Armstrong, Deane, Mapes (Traynor, 87), Marney, Tait, MacDonald (Davidson, 71). Subs not used: Little, El-Abd.

Farnborough: C. Holloway; Rooney (R. Hughes, 54), Opinel, Miles, Theo, G. Holloway, Townsend, Taggert, Allen-Page, S. Hughes (Hamilton, 57), Blackman (Harkness, 76). Subs not used: Osborn, Riddell.