Ross Crane and Colin Oppong were on target as Town’s 10-man U23s beat Charlton Athletic 2-1 at Playford Road to climb above the Addicks into second place in Professional Development League Two South.

Crane gave the Blues the lead on 40 from a goalmouth scramble, but the visitors levelled from the spot two minutes later.

Sub Oppong won the game in the 67th minute with a low strike from the edge of the six-yard box.

Eleven minutes from the end, Blues full-back Dylan Crowe was shown a straight red card for pulling down a Charlton player when through on goal after the attacker had seized on his poor header back towards keeper Harry Wright.

U23s: Wright, Crowe, Crane, Alexander, Woolfenden, McGuinness, Thomas (K Brown 64), Gibbs (Humphreys 64), Z Brown (Oppong 51), Dobra, Siziba. Unused: Ridd.

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