Crawley Town have signed teenager Tom Eastman on an emergency one month loan from Colchester United.

The 19-year-old goes straight into the squad for tonight's League Two clash against Paolo Di Canio's Swindon Town at Broadfield Stadium.

Eastman is a 6ft.3in centre half and is the second loan signing for injury-hit Reds in 24 hours following the arrvival of striker Jon-Paul Pittman from Oxford yesterday.