Crawley Town 0 Dover Athletic 3

TWO goals from captain Andy Arnott helped Dover complete an early season double over Crawley on Tuesday night - and move back into second place in the Dr Martens League Premier Division table.

The Sussex side had been unbeaten since losing 2-1 at Crabble in August but never got going in front of a 956 crowd at the Broadfields Stadium.

Whites were by far the more convincing of the two sides and took their chances - all three from set pieces - in the second half to claim the three points.

Nicky Humphrey headed them in front from a 51st-minute Lee Spiller corner. A well-timed tackle by Ben Judge prevented Spiller from adding Whites' second minutes later while Simon Glover was denied by a goalline clearance.

However, after 56 minutes Dover broke through again when Arnott nudged the ball home at the far post after a Spiller corner had flown through a crowded box.

At the other end Hyde was forced into a fine save to keep out a Stewart Holmes volley while Ken Hemsley headed wide from a corner.

But it was Arnott who wrapped up the points for Whites with 10 minutes remaining when he finished off Steve Norman's curling free-kick at the far post.

Dover Athletic: Hyde, Browne, Readings, Arnott, Norman, Chapman, Dyer, Spiller, James, Glover, Humphrey. Subs not used: Davies, Sykes, Godden, Williams.