Crawley will reward their travelling fans with a pie and a pint after serving up a precious win on the road.

Manager Rob Elliot revealed players will be rewarding the 68 supporters who cheered them to a long overdue victory on a freezing night in Mansfield.

Reds ended a run of seven winless games with a late 1-0 victory, and the club have promised the travelling support “a pie and a pint as a thank you”.

Kamari Doyle, on loan from Albion, made his debut as an 81st-minute substitute as Crawley halved the gap on safety to three points.

Substitute Ade Adeyemo turned home a deserved winner after 81 minutes, and Elliot said: “It was probably our best performance for a while and it just gets that monkey off your shoulder.

“When you are in a tough place that win can seem a million miles away, so the lads deserved that.

“The fans have been amazing. They have had a tough time with a lot of travel and money spent.

“So the players have said anyone who had a ticket tonight will get a pie and a pint from the club as a thank you.

“You have to believe and you have to fight and the players were superb to a man.

“They are the standards we want to see – and we managed to maintain them for 90 minutes, though we won’t get carried away – it’s just one win.

“We need to keep moving forward in small baby steps.

“Second half we built the pressure and their keeper was outstanding. It could have been more were it not for him.”