2017–18 Crawley Town F.C. season

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Crawley Town
2017–18 season
ChairmanZiya Eren
ManagerHarry Kewell
StadiumBroadfield Stadium
League Two14th
FA CupFirst round
(eliminated by Wigan Athletic)
EFL CupFirst round
(eliminated by Birmingham City)
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Sussex Senior CupRunners up
(eliminated by Brighton & Hove Albion U23)
Top goalscorerLeague: Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals)
Jimmy Smith (10 goals)
All: Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals)
Jimmy Smith (10 goals)
Highest home attendance5,008 vs Swindon Town
(2 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance435 vs Fulham U23s
(29 November 2017)
Average home league attendance2,268

The 2017–18 season will be Crawley Town's 122nd season in their history and their third consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with League Two, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

First team squad

As of 5 May 2018
No. Name Nat Position Since Date of birth (Age) Signed from Games Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Glenn Morris England GK 2016 (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 41) England Gillingham 87 0
12 Yusuf Mersin Turkey GK 2016 (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 (age 30) Turkey Kasımpaşa 15 0
Defenders
2 Lewis Young England RB 2014 (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 35) England Bury 177 3
3 Josh Doherty Northern Ireland LB 2017 (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28) Northern Ireland Ards 16 0
5 Joe McNerney England CB 2015 (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 35) England Woking 69 5
6 Mark Connolly Republic of Ireland CB 2016 (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 33) Scotland Kilmarnock 167 8
15 Josh Yorwerth Wales CB 2016 (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 29) England Ipswich Town 91 4
19 Cedric Evina Cameroon LB 2017 (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 33) England Doncaster Rovers 34 0
22 Josh Lelan Kenya CB 2017 (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 30) England Derby County 46 0
Midfielders
4 Josh Payne England DM 2016 (1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 (age 34) England Eastleigh 72 6
8 Jimmy Smith England CM 2014 (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 38) England Stevenage 165 19
9 Karlan Ahearne-Grant England AM 2018 (1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 27) England Charlton Athletic 15 9
10 Dean Cox England LW 2016 (1987-08-12) 12 August 1987 (age 37) England Leyton Orient 27 2
11 Jordan Roberts England LW 2016 (1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 (age 31) Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle 62 11
17 Kaby Djaló Guinea-Bissau CM 2016 (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 33) Finland PS Kemi 39 1
18 Billy Clifford England CM 2016 (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 32) England Boreham Wood 54 2
20 Aryan Tajbakhsh England DM 2016 (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 (age 34) England Cray Wanderers 31 0
21 Dannie Bulman England CM 2017 (1979-01-24) 24 January 1979 (age 46) England AFC Wimbledon 328 12
25 Mark Randall England CM 2017 (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 35) Wales Newport County 33 1
27 Moussa Sanoh Netherlands RW 2017 (1995-07-20) 20 July 1995 (age 29) Netherlands RKC Waalwijk 16 1
Forwards
7 Enzio Boldewijn Netherlands RW 2016 (1992-11-17) 17 November 1992 (age 32) Netherlands Almere City 100 16
23 Thomas Verheydt Netherlands CF 2017 (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 33) Netherlands MVV Maastricht 22 2
28 Panutche Camará Guinea-Bissau CF 2017 (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27) England Dulwich Hamlet 34 3

New contracts

Date Position Nationality Name Contract length Contract end Ref.
19 September 2017 CB Wales Josh Yorwerth 3 years 2020 [2]
31 January 2018 GK England Glenn Morris 2.5 years 2020 [3]
1 February 2018 CM England Josh Payne 2.5 years 2020 [4]
2 May 2018 RB Northern Ireland Josh Doherty 2 years 2020 [5]

Transfers

In

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 CM England Dannie Bulman AFC Wimbledon Free [6]
1 July 2017 CF Guinea-Bissau Panutche Camará Dulwich Hamlet Free [7]
1 July 2017 CM England Mark Randall Newport County Free [8]
1 July 2017 RW Netherlands Moussa Sanoh RKC Waalwijk Free [9]
6 July 2017 CF Netherlands Thomas Verheydt MVV Maastricht Undisclosed [10]
5 September 2017 CB Northern Ireland Josh Doherty Ards Free [11]
13 October 2017 CB Poland Nathan Okoye Waltham Forest Free [12]

Out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2017 LW England Jason Banton Woking Released [13][a]
30 June 2017 RM England Bobson Bawling Woking Released [13][b]
30 June 2017 CM Republic of Ireland Conor Henderson Eastbourne Borough Released [13][c]
1 July 2017 CF Republic of Ireland James Collins Luton Town Undisclosed [17]
1 August 2017 LB England Chris Arthur Aldershot Town Mutual consent [18][d]
25 August 2017 LB England Andre Blackman Barnet Mutual consent [20][e]
31 August 2017 CF England Matt Harrold Leyton Orient Free [22]
18 January 2018 CB England Addison Garnett Bedfont Sports Mutual consent [23][f]
13 February 2018 CB Poland Nathan Okoye Romford Free [25]
  1. ^ Jason Banton joined Woking following his release.[14]
  2. ^ Bobson Bawling joined Woking following his release.[15]
  3. ^ Conor Henderson joined Eastbourne Borough following his release.[16]
  4. ^ Chris Arthur joined Aldershot Town following his release.[19]
  5. ^ Andre Blackman joined Barnet following his release.[21]
  6. ^ Addison Garnett joined Bedfont Sports following his release.[24]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2017 LB Cameroon Cedric Evina Doncaster Rovers 30 June 2018 [26]
6 July 2017 RW England Dennon Lewis Watford 31 December 2017 [27]
25 August 2017 CF England Ibrahim Meite Cardiff City 1 January 2018 [28]
30 January 2018 FW England Karlan Ahearne-Grant Charlton Athletic 30 June 2018 [29]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
25 August 2017 CB England Addison Garnett Whitehawk 7 October 2017 [20]

Pre-season

As of 22 June 2017, Crawley Town have announced seven pre-season fixtures against Brighton & Hove Albion,[30] East Grinstead Town,[31] Dulwich Hamlet, Bognor Regis Town,[32] Oakwood,[33] Chelsea XI[34] and Portsmouth.[35]

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2017 East Grinstead Town 1–6 Crawley Town East Grinstead
15:00 BST Elliott 18' Report Boldewijn 10'
Smith 45'
Cox 45'
Camara 52'
Harrold 61', 85'		 Stadium: East Court
11 July 2017 Oakwood 0–2 Crawley Town Crawley
19:00 BST Report Randall 48'
Young 52'		 Stadium: Tinsley Lane
11 July 2017 Oakwood 0–9 Crawley Town Crawley
20:15 BST Report Roberts 2', 25'
Harrold 6', 20', 30'
Tajbakhsh 13'
Camara 30'
Sanoh 33'
42' (og.)		 Stadium: Tinsley Lane
15 July 2017 Crawley Town 1–1 Chelsea XI Crawley
15:00 BST McNerney 87' Report Brown 75' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,546
18 July 2017 Dulwich Hamlet 2–4 Crawley Town East Dulwich
19:45 BST Dumaka 30', 42' Report Boldewijn 2'
Camara 29', 53'
Harrold 85'		 Stadium: Champion Hill
Attendance: 392
22 July 2017 Crawley Town 0–6 Brighton & Hove Albion Crawley
15:00 BST Report March 3'
Groß 30'
Hemed 38'
Murphy 41'
Goldson 67'
Murray 78'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
26 July 2017 Bognor Regis Town 1–2 Crawley Town Bognor Regis
19:45 BST Pearce 22' Report Sanoh 83'
Lewis 90'		 Stadium: Nyewood Lane
29 July 2017 Crawley Town 1–2 Portsmouth Crawley
15:00 BST Verheydt 3' Report Pitman 55', 75' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,603

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
League Two 46 16 11 19 58 66 −8 034.78
FA Cup 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
EFL Cup 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 000.00
EFL Trophy 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 000.00
Total 51 16 11 24 62 81 −19 031.37

Updated to match played 5 May 2018
Source: Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Cambridge United 46 17 13 16 56 60 −4 64
13 Colchester United 46 16 14 16 53 52 +1 62
14 Crawley Town 46 16 11 19 58 66 −8 59
15 Crewe Alexandra 46 17 5 24 62 75 −13 56
16 Stevenage 46 14 13 19 60 65 −5 55
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 16 11 19 58 66  −8 59 8 4 10 27 25  +2 8 7 9 31 41  −10

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLWWLDLWLLWDLDDDLWDWLWLWWWLWWWWLWLDDLLLDWLDLD
Position2223242016181820171920181819191918201717171717181816141412121210119111212121314131213131414
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 9am.[36]

5 August 2017 1 Crawley Town 1–3 Port Vale Crawley
15:00 BST Roberts Yellow card 25'
Boldewijn 53'
Randall Yellow card 69'		 Report Tonge 9'
Kay 26'
Turner 82' Yellow card 84'
Reeves Yellow card 86'
Gunning Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,270
Referee: Charles Breakspear
12 August 2017 2 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Crawley Town Cheltenham
15:00 BST Eisa 38' Report Payne Yellow card 63' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 2,384
Referee: Scott Oldham
19 August 2017 3 Crawley Town 0–1 Cambridge United Crawley
15:00 BST Roberts Yellow card 34' Report Legge Yellow card 10'
Ikpeazu Yellow card 40'
Ibehre 63'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,059
Referee: Charles Breakspear
26 August 2017 4 Swindon Town 0–3 Crawley Town Swindon
15:00 BST Conroy Yellow card 45+2'
Lancashire Yellow card 71'		 Report Evina Yellow card 26'
Lancashire 36' (o.g.)
Smith 79', 85'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,613
Referee: Brett Huxtable
2 September 2017 5 Crawley Town 2–0 Yeovil Town Crawley
15:00 BST Roberts 12', 51'
Young Yellow card 27'
Smith Yellow card 29'
Bulman Yellow card 61'
Meite Yellow card 88'		 Report Nelson Yellow card 17'
Khan Yellow card 60'
Smith Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,024
Referee: Trevor Kettle
9 September 2017 6 Colchester United 3–1 Crawley Town Colchester
15:00 BST Szmodics 8'
Jackson 14'
Kinsella Yellow card 21'
Mandron 38'
Walker Yellow card 67'
Lapslie Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Cox Yellow card 23'
Smith 66'
Lewis Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,923
Referee: Graham Horwood
12 September 2017 7 Stevenage 1–1 Crawley Town Stevenage
19:45 BST Newton 45+1' Report Meite 49' Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 1,922
Referee: Andy Haines
16 September 2017 8 Crawley Town 0–1 Notts County Crawley
15:00 BST Yorwerth Yellow card 79' Report Grant 55'
Forte Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,352
Referee: John Busby
23 September 2017 9 Barnet 1–2 Crawley Town Canons Park
15:00 BST Akinola 65'
Tutonda Yellow card 79'		 Report Lelan Yellow card 28'
Smith 63', 89'
Connolly Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 1,602
Referee: Darren Handley
26 September 2017 10 Crawley Town 1–2 Newport County Crawley
19:45 BST Connolly 30'
Tajbakhsh Yellow card 78'
Roberts Yellow card 85'		 Report Demetriou 40', 51'
Butler Yellow card 48'
Labadie Yellow card 51'
Tozer Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,455
Referee: Craig Hicks
30 September 2017 11 Crawley Town 0–1 Carlisle United Crawley
15:00 BST Roberts Yellow card 40'
Evina Yellow card 64'
Yorwerth Red card 90+4'
Young Yellow card 90+5'
Boldewijn Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Hope 51'
Hill Yellow card 56'
Bennett Red card 74'
Parkes Red card 90+5'
Jones Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,021
Referee: Kevin Johnson
7 October 2017 12 Morecambe 0–1 Crawley Town Morecambe
15:00 BST Campbell Yellow card 29'
Ellison Red card 34'		 Report Clifford 18'
Sanoh Yellow card 36'
Roberts Yellow card 45+2'
McNerney Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 1,222
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
14 October 2017 13 Grimsby Town 0–0 Crawley Town Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Report Smith Yellow card 40'
Bulman Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,007
Referee: Gavin Ward
17 October 2017 14 Crawley Town 0–2 Chesterfield Crawley
19:45 BST Report Weir Yellow card 22'
Dennis 73'
Rowley Yellow card 75'
Flores 88'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,516
Referee: Nick Kinseley
21 October 2017 15 Crawley Town 0–0 Luton Town Crawley
15:00 BST Lelan Yellow card 83' Report Berry Yellow card 33'
Stacey Yellow card 38'
Sheehan Yellow card 53'
Potts Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,494
Referee: Trevor Kettle
28 October 2017 16 Lincoln City 0–0 Crawley Town Lincoln
15:00 BST Woodyard Yellow card 41'
Rhead Yellow card 67'		 Report Yorwerth Yellow card 51'
Randall Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 8,038
Referee: Darren Handley
11 November 2017 17 Crawley Town 1–1 Forest Green Rovers Crawley
15:00 GMT Morris Yellow card 37'
Connolly Yellow card 42'
Payne Yellow card 70'
Verheydt 79'		 Report Monthé Yellow card 46'
Doidge 67'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,149
Referee: Tom Nield
18 November 2017 18 Wycombe Wanderers 4–0 Crawley Town High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Mackail-Smith Yellow card 30', 72', 81', 83'
Eze 50'
Bloomfield Yellow card 76'
Brown Yellow card 86'		 Report Evina Yellow card 33'
Connolly Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4,494
Referee: Anthony Coggins
21 November 2017 19 Crawley Town 3–1 Exeter City Crawley
19:45 GMT Payne 34' (pen.), Yellow card 90+2'
Roberts 60', 81'		 Report Moxey 23', Yellow card 78'
Woodman Yellow card 33'
Taylor Yellow card 35'
Brown Yellow card 68'
Reid Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,580
Referee: Andy Haines
25 November 2017 20 Coventry City 1–1 Crawley Town Coventry
15:00 GMT Davies Yellow card 30'
Haynes Yellow card 60'
McNulty 74'
McDonald Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Randall Yellow card 3'
Roberts 42'		 Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 6,381
Referee: Craig Hicks
9 December 2017 21 Crawley Town 2–0 Mansfield Town Crawley
15:00 GMT Smith Yellow card 42'
McNerney 63'
Meite 90+1' Yellow card 90+3'		 Report MacDonald Yellow card 53' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,791
Referee: Gavin Ward
16 December 2017 22 Crewe Alexandra 3–0 Crawley Town Crewe
15:00 GMT Ainley 40'
Dagnall 45', 90+4'
Raynes Yellow card 49'
Pickering Yellow card 75'		 Report Yorwerth Yellow card 23'
Morris Yellow card 34'
Evina Yellow card 56'
Roberts Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card
Smith Red card 61'
Meite Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,155
Referee: Ben Toner
23 December 2017 23 Accrington Stanley 2–3 Crawley Town Accrington
15:00 GMT Kee 45+5' (pen.)
Richards-Everton 53'		 Report Clark 9' (og.)
Boldewijn 10', 41', Yellow card 44'
Randall Yellow card 27'
Yorwerth Yellow card 39'
Meite Yellow card 52'
Evina Yellow card 89'
Clifford Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,295
Referee: Scott Oldham
26 December 2017 24 Crawley Town 0–2 Colchester United Crawley
15:00 GMT Lelan Yellow card 45+2' Report Mandron 4'
Kent Yellow card 45+1'
Szmodics 57', Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,154
Referee: Anthony Coggins
30 December 2017 25 Crawley Town 1–0 Stevenage Crawley
15:00 GMT Boldewijn 33'
Payne Red card 35'		 Report Godden Yellow card 75'
King Yellow card 77'
Gray Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,075
Referee: John Busby
1 January 2018 26 Yeovil Town 1–2 Crawley Town Yeovil
15:00 GMT Surridge 19'
Smith Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 37'
Sowunmi Red card 45+3'
Zoko Yellow card 90+13'		 Report Roberts Yellow card 14'
Morris Yellow card 15'
Young Yellow card 31'
Yorwerth Yellow card 32'
Randall Yellow card 38', 44'
Verheydt 90+8'		 Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 2,635
Referee: Brett Huxtable
13 January 2018 27 Crawley Town 2–0 Barnet Crawley
15:00 GMT Connolly Yellow card 11'
Randall Yellow card 15'
Boldewijn 75', 86'		 Report Clough Yellow card 37'
Coulthirst Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,874
Referee: Nick Kinseley
19 January 2018 28 Newport County 2–1 Crawley Town Newport
19:45 GMT Amond 40'
Demetriou 44' (pen.)
Pipe Yellow card 72'		 Report Smith 48'
Connolly Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 5,741
Referee: Simon Hooper
23 January 2018 29 Notts County 1–2 Crawley Town Nottingham
19:45 GMT Virtue Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 90'
Brisley Yellow card 45'
Stead 58' (pen.)
Fitzsimons Red card 90+3'
Hewitt Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Smith 25'
Verheydt Yellow card 37'
Lelan Yellow card 48'
Payne 90+5' (pen.)		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 3,738
Referee: Rob Lewis
27 January 2018 30 Crawley Town 2–1 Accrington Stanley Crawley
15:00 GMT Boldewijn 15', 33', Yellow card 90+5'
Young Yellow card 73'		 Report Yorwerth 57' (og.)
Johnson Yellow card 62'
Hughes Yellow card 66'
McConville Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,153
Referee: Gavin Ward
3 February 2018 31 Chesterfield 1–2 Crawley Town Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Reed 18'
Kay Yellow card 47'		 Report Randall Yellow card 45+2'
Ahearne-Grant 57'
Young 90+3'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 5,159
Referee: Ross Joyce
10 February 2018 32 Crawley Town 3–0 Grimsby Town Crawley
15:00 GMT Yorwerth Yellow card 39'
Smith 45+1' (pen.)
Ahearne-Grant 62'
Boldewijn 69'		 Report Wilks Yellow card 10' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,055
Referee: Kevin Johnson
13 February 2018 33 Luton Town 4–1 Crawley Town Luton
19:45 GMT Downes Yellow card 15'
Lee 29'
Collins 45', 75' (pen.)
Berry 55', Yellow card 80'		 Report Payne Yellow card 58'
Ahearne-Grant 87'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,020
Referee: Craig Hicks
17 February 2018 34 Crawley Town 3–1 Lincoln City Crawley
15:00 GMT Smith 15'
Payne Yellow card 48', 68' (pen.)
Roberts Yellow card 68'
Connolly 72'
Yorwerth Yellow card 85'
Randall Yellow card 86'		 Report Green Yellow card 18', 52'
Waterfall Yellow card 45+2'
Wharton Yellow card 67'
Woodyard Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,809
Referee: Trevor Kettle
24 February 2018 35 Forest Green Rovers 2–0 Crawley Town Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Reid 10'
Doidge 24'
Osbourne Yellow card 79'		 Report Yorwerth Yellow card 36'
Connolly Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,346
Referee: Andy Woolmer
10 March 2018 36 Crawley Town 1–1 Morecambe Crawley
15:00 GMT Payne Yellow card 69'
Connolly Yellow card 83'
Yorwerth Yellow card 90'
Ahearne-Grant 90+3'		 Report Lavelle Yellow card 59'
Lang 90+1', Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,642
Referee: Brendan Malone
17 March 2018 37 Carlisle United 2–2 Crawley Town Carlisle
15:00 GMT Bennett 38'
Hill Yellow card 45+2'
Hope 47', Yellow card 60'
Parkes Yellow card 48'		 Report Ahearne-Grant 56', 81'
Boldewijn Yellow card 60'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 4,097
Referee: Martin Coy
21 March 2018 38 Crawley Town 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers Crawley
19:45 GMT Ahearne-Grant 33'
Payne Yellow card 45+5'
Smith Yellow card 56'
Camará 83'
Connolly Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card 91'		 Report Tyson 25'
Moore Yellow card 31'
Akinfenwa 39'
Jombati 62'
Jacobson Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,133
Referee: Graham Horwood
24 March 2018 39 Crawley Town 3–5 Cheltenham Town Crawley
15:00 GMT Ahearne-Grant 50'
Camará 73'
Young 84'
McNerney Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Pell 7', 12', Yellow card 75'
Eisa 36', 47'
Boyle 53'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,172
Referee: Chris Sarginson
30 March 2018 40 Cambridge United 3–1 Crawley Town Cambridge
15:00 BST Ibehre 4'
Maris 22'
Brown 58'		 Report Payne 49' (pen.) Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 4,131
Referee: Craig Hicks
2 April 2018 41 Crawley Town 1–1 Swindon Town Crawley
15:00 BST Smith 25', Yellow card 83' Report Richards Yellow card 70', 85' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,008
Referee: Dean Whitestone
7 April 2018 42 Port Vale 1–2 Crawley Town Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Pope 20', Yellow card 22'
Smith Yellow card 29'
Montaño Yellow card 80'
Gibbons Yellow card 84'		 Report Payne 29' (pen.)
Tajbakhsh Yellow card 40'
Camará Yellow card 47'
Smith 82' (og.)
Sanoh Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,005
Referee: Mike Jones
14 April 2018 43 Crawley Town 1–2 Coventry City Crawley
15:00 BST Young 13'
Tajbakhsh Yellow card 29'		 Report Ponticelli 5', 77'
Doyle Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,294
Referee: Lee Swabey
21 April 2018 44 Exeter City 2–2 Crawley Town Exeter
15:00 BST Stockley 42', 57'
James Yellow card 72'
Wilson Yellow card 73'		 Report Boldewijn 29', Yellow card 64'
Young Yellow card 65'
Yorwerth 66'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,998
Referee: Anthony Coggins
28 April 2018 45 Crawley Town 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Crawley
15:00 BST Smith 9'
Yorwerth Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Ng 5'
Pickering 51'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,089
Referee: Tom Nield
5 May 2018 46 Mansfield Town 1–1 Crawley Town Mansfield
15:00 BST Hemmings 64' Report Ahearne-Grant 7'
Young Yellow card 68'
Connolly Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 4,734
Referee: Ben Toner

FA Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 November 2017 First round Wigan Athletic 2–1 Crawley Town Wigan
15:00 GMT Morsy Yellow card 26'
Toney 29'
Evans 71'		 Report Roberts 20' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 3,288
Referee: Martin Coy

EFL Cup

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

On 16 June 2017, Crawley Town were drawn away to Birmingham City in the first round.[37]

8 August 2017 First round Birmingham City 5–1 Crawley Town Birmingham
19:45 BST Adams 27', 42', 66'
Davis 38'
Tesche 49'		 Report Payne Yellow card 43'
Clifford Yellow card 75'
Camará 86'		 Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 7,814
Referee: Michael Salisbury

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Crawley Town were drawn in Southern Group A against Charlton Athletic, Fulham U23s and Portsmouth.[38][39]

Pos Lge Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Portsmouth (Q) 3 2 0 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Round 2
2 L1 Charlton Athletic (Q) 3 2 0 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3 ACA Fulham U21 (E) 3 1 1 0 1 8 7 +1 5
4 L2 Crawley Town (E) 3 0 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

  Win   Draw   Loss

29 August 2017 1 Crawley Town 0–2 Charlton Athletic Crawley
19:45 BST Djaló Yellow card 10'
Yorwerth Yellow card 43'
Sanoh Yellow card 59'		 Report Reeves 37'
Lapslie 70'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,666
Referee: Nick Kinseley
3 October 2017 2 Portsmouth 3–1 Crawley Town Portsmouth
19:45 BST May Yellow card 27'
Clarke 30'
Hawkins 35'
O'Keefe 71'		 Report Djaló Yellow card 53'
Sanoh 65'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 1,527
Referee: Tim Robinson
29 November 2017 3 Crawley Town 1–3 Fulham U23s Crawley
19:45 GMT Meite 74' Report Adebayo 31'
Graham 45', 85'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 435
Referee: John Busby

Sussex Senior Cup

Main article: Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
31 October 2017 Second round Crawley Town 3–1 Bognor Regis Town Crawley
19:45 GMT Clifford 44'
Meite 57'
Boldewijn 80'		 Report Pearce 75' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 208
Referee: Matthew Goldsmith
18 December 2017 Third round Hastings United 0–2 Crawley Town Hastings
19:45 GMT Report Lelan 5'
Meite 37'		 Stadium: The Pilot Field
Attendance: 161
Referee: Steven Hughes
9 January 2018 Quarter-final Eastbourne Borough 3–4 (a.e.t.) Crawley Town Eastbourne
19:45 GMT Dawes 16', 67'
McCallum 69'		 Report Verheydt 43', 96' (pen.)
Haran 58' (og.)
Cox 90+4'		 Stadium: Priory Lane
Attendance: 184
Referee: John Pike
6 March 2018 Semi-final Saltdean United 0–6 Crawley Town Lancing
19:15 GMT Report Smith 30', 56' (pen.), 60'
Randall 35'
Camará 54', 90'		 Stadium: Culver Road
Referee: David Spain
9 May 2018 Final Brighton & Hove Albion U23 2–1 Crawley Town Brighton
19:45 GMT Tilley 82'
Kerr 85'		 Report Kerr 69' (og.) Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 1,503
Referee: Matthew Goldsmith

Statistics

Appearances

No. Pos. Name League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Glenn Morris 44 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 46 0 3 0
2 DF England Lewis Young 41 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 43 3 6 0
3 DF Northern Ireland Josh Doherty 11 (3) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 (3) 0 0 0
4 MF England Josh Payne 23 (12) 5 0 0 1 0 3 0 27 (12) 5 8 1
5 DF England Joe McNerney 10 (6) 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 15 (6) 1 2 0
6 DF Republic of Ireland Mark Connolly 40 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 41 2 9 1
7 FW Netherlands Enzio Boldewijn 44 (1) 10 1 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 45 (3) 10 5 0
8 MF England Jimmy Smith 36 (1) 10 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 37 (2) 10 5 1
9 MF England Karlan Ahearne-Grant 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 0 0
10 MF England Dean Cox 3 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 1 0
11 MF England Jordan Roberts 25 (10) 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 26 (10) 7 7 1
12 GK Turkey Yusuf Mersin 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0
15 DF Wales Josh Yorwerth 37 (2) 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 41 (2) 1 11 1
17 MF Guinea-Bissau Kaby Djaló 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 (1) 0 2 0
18 MF England Billy Clifford 4 (3) 1 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 5 (7) 1 2 0
19 DF Cameroon Cedric Evina 32 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 (2) 0 5 0
20 MF England Aryan Tajbakhsh 8 (9) 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 1 (2) 0 10 (12) 0 2 0
21 MF England Dannie Bulman 34 (3) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 37 (3) 0 2 0
22 DF Kenya Josh Lelan 29 (2) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 31 (2) 0 4 0
23 FW Netherlands Thomas Verheydt 16 (4) 2 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 17 (5) 2 1 0
25 MF England Mark Randall 24 (8) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 (8) 1 8 0
27 MF Netherlands Moussa Sanoh 4 (8) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (2) 1 6 (10) 1 3 0
28 FW Guinea-Bissau Panutche Camará 14 (15) 2 1 0 0 (1) 1 3 0 18 (16) 3 1 0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
9 FW England Matt Harrold 0 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 0 0
14 DF England Andre Blackman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
16 DF England Addison Garnett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF England Dennon Lewis 3 (7) 0 0 0 1 0 2 (1) 0 6 (8) 0 1 0
26 FW England Ibrahim Meite 6 (13) 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 (13) 3 4 0
29 DF Poland Nathan Okoye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 FW 7 Netherlands Enzio Boldewijn 10 0 0 0 10
MF 8 England Jimmy Smith 10 0 0 0 10
3 MF 9 England Karlan Ahearne-Grant 9 0 0 0 9
4 MF 11 England Jordan Roberts 6 1 0 0 7
5 MF 4 England Josh Payne 5 0 0 0 5
6 DF 2 England Lewis Young 3 0 0 0 3
FW 26 England Ibrahim Meite 2 0 0 1 3
FW 28 Guinea-Bissau Panutche Camará 2 0 1 0 3
9 DF 6 Republic of Ireland Mark Connolly 2 0 0 0 2
FW 23 Netherlands Thomas Verheydt 2 0 0 0 2
11 DF 5 England Joe McNerney 1 0 0 0 1
DF 15 Wales Josh Yorwerth 1 0 0 0 1
MF 18 England Billy Clifford 1 0 0 0 1
MF 25 England Mark Randall 1 0 0 0 1
MF 27 Netherlands Moussa Sanoh 0 0 0 1 1
Own goals 3 0 0 0 3
Total 58 1 1 2 62

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.

Rnk No. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 1 England Glenn Morris 10 0 0 0 10
2 12 Turkey Yusuf Mersin 0 0 0 0 0
Total 10 0 0 0 10

Last updated: 13 February 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Summary

Games played 51 (46 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy)
Games won 16 (16 League Two)
Games drawn 11 (11 League Two)
Games lost 24 (19 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy)
Goals scored 62 (58 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy)
Goals conceded 81 (66 League Two) (2 FA Cup) (5 EFL Cup) (8 EFL Trophy)
Goal difference –19 (−8 League Two) (−1 FA Cup) (−4 EFL Cup) (−6 EFL Trophy)
Clean sheets 10 (10 League Two)
Yellow cards 94 (88 League Two) (2 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy)
Red cards 5 (5 League Two)
Most appearances Netherlands Enzio Boldewijn (48 appearances)
Top scorer Netherlands Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals)
England Jimmy Smith (10 goals)
Winning Percentage Overall: 16/51 (31.37%)

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

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