Jamie Cook had opened the scoring for Crawley, bagging his fourth of the season as he got on the end of a Thomas Pinault cross from the left.

But when Pinault then brought down Marco Adaggio in the 90th minute Smith stepped up to hammer home the free-kick from 20 yards to secure a draw.

Pinault and Glenn Wilson both missed chances to seal the win for the home side in stoppage time.

Crawley Town: Bayes, Wilson, Mills, Stevens, Krause, Bulman, Pinault, Cook, Evans (Vieira 56), Madjo, Pittman (Joseph-Dubois 62).
Subs Not Used: Watson, Blackburn, Clapham.

Booked: Pinault, Mills.

Goals: Cook 41.

Stafford Rangers: Puddy, Daniel, Sangare, Sutton (Phil Robinson 78), Street, Richards, Oldfield (Youngs 38), Draper, Flynn, Grayson, Adaggio, Youngs (Smith 67).
Subs Not Used: Alcock, Hopkinson.

Booked: Draper, Grayson, Smith.

Goals: Smith 90.

Att: 1,025

Ref: D Phillips (Chichester).