Hastings United turn their attention to a vital trip to Chelmsford tonight after boosting their relegation fight with a 2-1 win at home to Chippenham Town.

Goals from Tony Burt and Danny Simmonds secured the points on Saturday to haul Hastings up a place to fourth from bottom in the Dr Martens premier division.

Immediately after the win, manager George Wakeling turned his focus to the clash against fellow strugglers Chelmsford.

He said: "If we can go up there and get a result it might hurt them because they are in it as well."

Hastings thoroughly deserved their victory over a Chippenham side who were second before kick-off.

They opened the scoring three minutes before half time when Duncan McArthur's driven corner was bundled over the line by Burt.

The home side swept forward at the start of the second half and, after Nick Hegley and Adam Flanagan had gone close, they doubled their lead on 54 minutes through Simmonds whose superb header gave the keeper no chance.

Chippenham were a constant threat and a couple of superb saves from Dave King meant they had to wait until nine minutes from time to hit the target when Charlie Griffin scored with a precise shot.

Wakeling said: "We're hanging in there and being dogged. We know our lives depend on it and at times we were playing like it."

Crawley let slip a two-goal lead as Newport County staged a late rally to force a 3-3 draw.

Strikes in the 73rd and 79th minutes ruined Crawley's hopes of going into tomorrow night's League Cup final first leg against Halesowen with the confidence of three away points under their belts.

Reds boss Francis Vines was angry his side fell away at the end.

He said: "The last 15 minutes were bad and if the game had gone on much longer we could have lost it.

"In the changing room afterwards it felt more like we had lost, even though we were well on top during the second half."

Newport went ahead through Kristian Dimond's 21st-minute volley but Crawley levelled in the 34th minute when Danny Hockton pounced on a backpass.

Crawley took the lead on 58 minutes when sub Nic McDonnell's first touch saw him beat keeper Gareth Wesson.

A misplaced pass by Dimond on 68 minutes allowed Mo Harkin to extend Crawley's lead to 3-1 but Newport scored twice in six minutes through substitutes James Fox and Neil Davies to grab a point.