Crawley Town beaten by Gillingham in EFL Trophy opener
Ricky German hit the bar early on after good work from Tarryn Allarakhia, before chances for Archie Davies and George Francomb saw chances go begging before the hosts took the lead before the break through Trae Coyle.
Vadaine Oliver, who replaced former Red John Akinde at half-time, doubled the lead on 50 minutes.
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Hide AdJohn Yems' side had chance after chance to get back in the game and even the club twitter account said: "HOW HAVE WE NOT SCORED?!"
They did get one back through Nathan Ferguson after Tyler Frost, who had a big impact on the game, did brilliantly on the right squaring the ball across to Ferguson who powered the ball into the net.
Late on there was a golden chance to equalise after a fumble in the area between Jordan Tunnicliffe, Ashley Nadesan and Sam Ashford but the ball ended up in the hands of the Gillingham keeper and the game ended 2-1.