Torquay United successfully banished the memories of their FA Cup first round defeat against Woking with an emphatic home win over St Albans City.
The Gulls opened the scoring on six minutes when he turned home a cross from Ruairi Keating, who was deployed on the right hand side of midfield by United manager Gary Johnson, and fired home from 18-yards.
Three minutes later, former Barnet and Forest Green midfielder Clovis Kamdjo levelled matters for the visitors with a deflected volley.
However, in the 14th minute, United restored their advantage when a superb flowing move involving Liam Davis, Jake Andrews and Connor Lemonheigh-Evans resulted in Davis producing a cross that was inadvertently turned into the back of his own net by Saints' defender Tom Bender.
Then in the second half, two goals in the space of two minutes ended as, firstly, Reid completed his brace following good work on the left hand side by Kalvin Kalala on 58 minutes. This was followed up a minute later when a Saikou Janneh cross found fellow Bristol City loanee Jake Andrews, who fired home his fourth of the season with a first time left-footed effort from 12 yards.
The result moves United up to fifth in the Vanarama National League South table - ahead of their clash with Concord Rangers at the weekend - and it was also a milestone for leading scorer Jamie Reid.
In completing his brace, Reid took his league tally for the season to ten goals (he has also scored a further two in the FA Cup) and he becomes the first Torquay United player to reach double figures before Christmas since Tim Sills and Chris Zebroski both managed the feat in the 2007-08 campaign.
