2016–17 Crawley Town F.C. season

Crawley Town
2016–17 season
ChairmanZiya Eren
ManagerDermot Drummy
(until 4 May 2017) Matt Harrold (caretaker)
(6 May 2017)
StadiumBroadfield Stadium
League Two19th
FA CupFirst round
(eliminated by Bristol Rovers)
EFL CupFirst round
(eliminated by Wolverhampton Wanderers)
EFL TrophySecond round
(eliminated by Coventry City)
Sussex Senior CupRunners-up
(eliminated by Brighton & Hove Albion)
Top goalscorerLeague: James Collins (20 goals)
All: James Collins (22 goals)
Highest home attendance5,350 vs Portsmouth
(7 March 2017)[1]
Lowest home attendance881 vs Colchester United
(30 August 2016)[2]
Average home league attendance2,457

The 2016–17 season will be Crawley Town's 121st season in their history and their second consecutive season in League Two.[3] 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 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players

First team squad

As of 6 May 2017
No. Name Nat Position Since Date of birth (Age) Signed from Games Goals
Goalkeepers
12 Glenn Morris GK 2016 (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 Gillingham 41 0
13 Yusuf Mersin GK 2016 (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 Kasımpaşa 10 0
Defenders
2 Lewis Young RB 2014 (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 Bury 134 0
3 Chris Arthur LB 2016 (1990-01-25) 25 January 1990 Woking 12 0
6 Mark Connolly CB 2016 (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 Kilmarnock 126 6
14 Andre Blackman LB 2016 (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990 MAS Fez 35 0
15 Josh Yorwerth CB 2016 (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 Ipswich Town 48 3
16 Addison Garnett CB 2016 (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 Hendon 4 0
22 Joe McNerney CB 2015 (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 Woking 48 4
25 Josh Lelan CB 2017 (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 Derby County 13 0
Midfielders
4 Josh Payne DM 2016 (1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 Eastleigh 33 1
7 Enzio Boldewijn RW 2016 (1992-11-17) 17 November 1992 Almere City 52 6
8 Jimmy Smith CM 2014 (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 Stevenage 126 9
11 Jordan Roberts LW 2016 (1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 26 4
17 Bobson Bawling RM 2014 (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 Watford 81 0
18 Billy Clifford CM 2016 (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 Boreham Wood 42 1
20 Aryan Tajbakhsh DM 2016 (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 Cray Wanderers 9 0
24 Kaby Djaló CM 2016 (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 PS Kemi 33 1
28 Dean Cox LW 2016 (1987-08-12) 12 August 1987 Leyton Orient 22 2
44 Conor Henderson CM 2016 (1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 Grimsby Town 36 2
Forwards
9 Matt Harrold FW 2014 (1984-07-25) 25 July 1984 Bristol Rovers 77 11
19 James Collins FW 2016 (1990-12-01) 1 December 1990 Shrewsbury Town 51 22
39 Rhys Murphy FW 2017 (1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 on loan from Forest Green Rovers 31 10

New contracts

Date Position Nationality Name Contract length Contract end Ref.
28 October 2016 CM Jimmy Smith 2 years 2019 [4]
3 March 2017 CB Joe McNerney 2 years 2019 [5]
10 March 2017 GK Glenn Morris 2 years 2019 [6]
30 May 2017 CB Josh Yorwerth 1 year 2018 [7]
29 June 2017 CF Matt Harrold 1 year 2018 [8]

Transfers

In

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 LB ENG Chris Arthur Woking Free transfer [9]
1 July 2016 LM ENG Jason Banton Notts County Free transfer [10]
1 July 2016 RW NED Enzio Boldewijn Almere City Free transfer [11]
1 July 2016 GK TUR Yusuf Mersin Kasımpaşa Free transfer [12]
1 July 2016 GK ENG Glenn Morris Gillingham Free transfer [13]
1 July 2016 DM ENG Josh Payne Eastleigh Free transfer [14]
1 July 2016 LM ENG Jordan Roberts Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free transfer [15]
1 July 2016 CB WAL Josh Yorwerth Ipswich Town Free transfer [16]
2 July 2016 CB IRL Mark Connolly Kilmarnock Free transfer [17]
2 July 2016 RB TUR Alper Tursun Alanyaspor Free transfer [18]
11 July 2016 CF IRL James Collins Shrewsbury Town Free transfer [19]
12 July 2016 RM ENG Aryan Tajbakhsh Cray Wanderers Free transfer [20]
13 July 2016 CB ENG Addison Garnett Hendon Free transfer [21]
19 July 2016 LB ENG Andre Blackman MAS Fez Free transfer [22]
20 July 2016 CM ENG Billy Clifford Boreham Wood Free transfer [23]
9 August 2016 CB GHA Daniel Pappoe Hemel Hempstead Town Free transfer [24]
31 August 2016 CM GNB Kaby Djaló PS Kemi Free transfer [25]
13 September 2016 LW ENG Dean Cox Leyton Orient Free transfer [26]
1 November 2016 CM IRL Conor Henderson Grimsby Town Free transfer [27]
1 November 2016 LW ENG Sanchez Watt Kerala Blasters Free transfer [27]
26 January 2017 CB KEN Josh Lelan Derby County Free transfer [28]

Out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CB ENG Jon Ashton Braintree Town [a] Released [29]
1 July 2016 CF ENG Lee Barnard Braintree Town [b] Released [31]
1 July 2016 CM ENG Andy Bond AFC Fylde [c] Released [31]
1 July 2016 LM ENG Roarie Deacon Sutton United [d] Released [31]
1 July 2016 LW ENG Lyle Della-Verde Welling United [e] Released [31]
24 June 2016 RW WAL Gwion Edwards Peterborough United Undisclosed [35]
1 July 2016 CF IRL Shamir Fenelon Aldershot Town [f] Released [37]
1 July 2016 RB IRL Lanre Oyebanjo York City [g] Released [39]
1 July 2016 GK WAL Callum Preston Altrincham [h] Released [31]
1 July 2016 CF ENG Gavin Tomlin Dulwich Hamlet [i] Released [37]
1 July 2016 CM ENG Simon Walton Garforth Town [j] Released [41]
11 July 2016 CB ENG Sonny Bradley Plymouth Argyle Free transfer [42]
3 August 2016 RB TUR Alper Tursun Darıca Gençlerbirliği [k] Released [43]
11 January 2017 CB GHA Daniel Pappoe New Radiant Free transfer [44]
31 January 2017 LW ENG Sanchez Watt Billericay Town [l] Released [27]
  1. ^ Following Ashton's release, he joined Braintree Town.[29]
  2. ^ Following Barnard's release, he joined Braintree Town.[30]
  3. ^ Following Bond's release, he joined AFC Fylde.[32]
  4. ^ Following Deacon's release, he joined Sutton United.[33]
  5. ^ Following Della-Verde's release, he joined Welling United.[34]
  6. ^ Following Fenelon's release, he joined Aldershot Town.[36]
  7. ^ Following Oyebanjo's release, he joined York City.[38]
  8. ^ Following Preston's release, he joined Altrincham.[40]
  9. ^ Following Tomlin's release, he joined Dulwich Hamlet.
  10. ^ Following Walton's release, he joined Garforth Town.
  11. ^ Following Tursun's release, he joined Darıca Gençlerbirliği.
  12. ^ Following Watt's release, he joined Billericay Town.[45]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2016 GK ENG Mitchell Beeney Chelsea 3 January 2017 [46]
2 August 2016 CF TAN Adi Yussuf Mansfield Town 1 January 2017 [a] [48]
11 August 2016 CB SCO Alex Davey Chelsea 3 January 2017 [49]
31 January 2017 CF IRL Rhys Murphy Forest Green Rovers End of Season [50]
  1. ^ Yussuf's loan was terminated on 1 January 2017.[47]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
22 September 2016 LW ENG Dean Cox Burgess Hill Town 1 January 2017 [51]
8 October 2016 CB WAL Josh Yorwerth Merthyr Town 14 November 2016 [a] [b] [54][55]
31 January 2017 LB ENG Chris Arthur Woking 8 April 2017 [c] [57]
31 January 2017 LM ENG Jason Banton Partick Thistle End of season [58]
17 February 2017 DM ENG Aryan Tajbakhsh Wealdstone 18 April 2017 [d] [60]
  1. ^ Yorwerth's loan was extended on 4 November 2016, until 4 January 2017.[52]
  2. ^ Yorwerth's loan was terminated on 14 November 2016.[53]
  3. ^ Arthur's loan was extended on 3 March 2017, until 8 April 2017.[56]
  4. ^ Tajbakhsh's loan was extended on 17 March 2017, until 18 April 2017.[59]

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly East Grinstead Town 2–9 Crawley Town East Grinstead
15:00 BST Hayes 21'
Healy 73'		 Report Clifford 7'
Adarabioyo 8'
Roberts 22'
Smith 35' (pen.)
Young 62', 70', 74'
Banton 75', 80'		 Stadium: East Court
Attendance: 420
12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) Friendly Three Bridges 0–6 Crawley Town Three Bridges
19:45 BST Report Collins 8', 15'
Oyebanjo 12'
Roberts 33'
Payne 42'
Banton 44'		 Stadium: Jubilee Field
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly Crawley Town 0–4 Brighton & Hove Albion Crawley
15:00 BST Report Kayal 18'
Hemed 32'
Murray 49'
Manu 86'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,197
19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly Crawley Town 2–1 Worthing Three Bridges
19:45 BST Banton 16'
Bawling 54'		 Report Sparkes 41' Stadium: Jubilee Field
Attendance: 350
23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly Crawley Town 2–3 Millwall Crawley
15:00 BST Boldewijn 22'
Roberts 35'		 Report Gregory 17'
Williams 66'
Morison 82'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,278
Referee: Tim Lawrence
26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly Lewes 1–3 Crawley Town Lewes
19:45 BST Perry 72' Report Bawling 2', 19'
Clifford 86'		 Stadium: The Dripping Pan
30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly Aldershot Town 0–0 Crawley Town Aldershot
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Recreation Ground

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
League Two 46 13 12 21 53 71 −18 028.26
FA Cup 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 000.00
EFL Cup 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
EFL Trophy 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 050.00
Total 53 15 13 25 60 83 −23 028.30

Updated to match played 6 May 2017
Source: Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2016–17 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 13 19 58 67 −9 55
18 Morecambe 46 14 10 22 53 73 −20 52
19 Crawley Town 46 13 12 21 53 71 −18 51
20 Yeovil Town 46 11 17 18 49 64 −15 50
21 Cheltenham Town 46 12 14 20 49 69 −20 50
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. 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 13 12 21 53 71  −18 51 8 7 8 29 30  −1 5 5 13 24 41  −17

Last updated: 6 May 2017.
Source: League Two

Results by matchday

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ResultWDWDLLLWWDWDLDLLLWLWWLLWWLLDLWLWLDLDLDWLLDLDLD
Position88429131813111256991013161616151114151313151616171516161616161617191718181920192119
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 22 June 2016 at 9am.[61]

6 August 2016 1 Crawley Town 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Crawley
15:00 BST Smith 59'
Blackman  54'  90+2'
Harrold  90+4'		 Report Jacobson  78' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,471
Referee: Nick Kinseley
13 August 2016 2 Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Crawley Town Doncaster
15:00 BST Coppinger 49'
Houghton  83'		 Report Collins 26'
Davey  89'
Smith  90+2'
Blackman  90+5'		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Brett Huxtable
16 August 2016 3 Exeter City 0–1 Crawley Town Exeter
19:45 BST Simpson  66'
James  81'		 Report Collins  47'
Yorwerth 83'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 2,660
Referee: Lee Collins
20 August 2016 4 Crawley Town 1–1 Barnet Crawley
15:00 BST McNerney 67' Report Akinde 3'
Watson  53'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,929
Referee: Lee Probert
27 August 2016 5 Crawley Town 1–3 Notts County Crawley
15:00 BST Collins  4'
Boldewijn 47'
McNerney  81'
Young  81'		 Report Collins 54' (og.)
Campbell 61'
Dickinson  64'
Oliver  72'
Stead 87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,087
Referee: John Busby
3 September 2016 6 Portsmouth 3–0 Crawley Town Portsmouth
15:00 BST Main 9', 37',  33'
Roberts 12'
Davies  63'		 Report Blackman  30' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,347
Referee: Ben Toner
10 September 2016 7 Stevenage 2–1 Crawley Town Stevenage
15:00 BST Walker 44',  76'
King 55',  73'
Pett  64'		 Report Collins 86',  88'
Payne  90'		 Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 2,157
Referee: Trevor Kettle
17 September 2016 8 Crawley Town 2–0 Luton Town Crawley
15:00 BST Djaló  39'
Collins 43'
Banton  65'
Boldewijn 90+3'		 Report Lee  22'
Sheehan  78'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,904
Referee: Gavin Ward
24 September 2016 9 Morecambe 2–3 Crawley Town Morecambe
15:00 BST Barkhuizen  49'
Rose 89'
Stockton 90+3'		 Report Yussuf 72'
Collins 83'
McNerney  88'
Smith 90+1'		 Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Chris Sarginson
27 September 2016 10 Crawley Town 1–1 Colchester United Crawley
19:45 BST Yussuf 18'
Young  35'
Djaló  84'		 Report Fosu  26'
Porter 88'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,851
Referee: Andy Haines
1 October 2016 11 Crawley Town 1–0 Blackpool Crawley
15:00 BST Connolly  50', 69' Report Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Brett Huxtable
8 October 2016 12 Hartlepool United 1–1 Crawley Town Hartlepool
15:00 BST Alessandra 18'
Carroll  73'
Harrison  74'		 Report Blackman  54'
Collins 74' (pen.)
Clifford  77'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Robert Jones
15 October 2016 13 Cheltenham Town 2–1 Crawley Town Cheltenham
15:00 BST Waters 3'
Cranston  45'
Munns 62'
Wright  79'		 Report McNerney  48'
Young  73'
Djaló 78'
Tajbakhsh  81'
Boldewijn  86'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 2,678
Referee: Graham Horwood
22 October 2016 14 Crawley Town 0–0 Accrington Stanley Crawley
15:00 BST Djaló  64'
Tajbakhsh  89'		 Report Pearson  45+2' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,092
Referee: Brendan Malone
29 October 2016 15 Carlisle United 3–1 Crawley Town Carlisle
15:00 BST Ibehre 5'
Kennedy 28'
Joyce 45'
Ellis  79'		 Report Davey  66'
Connolly 90+4'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,619
Referee: Ollie Yates
12 November 2016 16 Crawley Town 1–3 Cambridge United Crawley
15:00 GMT Collins 8'
Yussuf  59'
Djaló  60'
Roberts  80'		 Report Taylor 19',  64'
Ikpeazu 28',  83'
Berry 51'
Dunne  90+4'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,408
Referee: John Busby
19 November 2016 17 Mansfield Town 3–1 Crawley Town Mansfield
15:00 GMT Clements 50', 60'
Benning  53'
Hoban 54'		 Report Clifford  37'
Young  45+2'
Davey  55'
Bennett 82' (og.)		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2,984
Referee: Carl Boyeson
26 November 2016 18 Crawley Town 3–2 Grimsby Town Crawley
15:00 GMT Yorwerth  20'
Young  26'
Collins 31'
Roberts 56', 79'
Payne  88'
Boldewijn  90+5'		 Report Bogle 45+2', 90'
Mills  63'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,315
Referee: Graham Salisbury
3 December 2016 19 Yeovil Town 5–0 Crawley Town Yeovil
15:00 GMT Eaves 16'
Hedges 28'
Shephard  38'
Khan 42', 51'
Zoko 73'		 Report Davey  10'
Payne  21'
Tajbakhsh  41'
Roberts  48'		 Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 2,817
Referee: Charles Breakspear
10 December 2016 20 Crewe Alexandra 0–2 Crawley Town Crewe
15:00 GMT Davis  90+4' Report Collins 21', 75' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,392
Referee: David Webb
17 December 2016 21 Crawley Town 3–1 Newport County Crawley
15:00 GMT Collins 3'
Blackman  6'
Roberts  26'
Boldewijn  27'
Yorwerth 48'
Connolly  50'
Smith 52'		 Report Labadie  12', 33'
O'Hanlon  25'
Jones  27'
Bennett  28'
Jackson  37'
Myrie-Williams  48'
Healey  61'
Tozer  66'
Barnum-Bobb  82'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Nick Kinseley
26 December 2016 22 Leyton Orient 3–2 Crawley Town Leyton
13:00 GMT Dalby 4'
McCallum 11', 45+5' (pen.)  86'
Bowery  75'
Atangana  82'
Hunt  90'		 Report Roberts  45+4'
Mézague 54' (o.g.)
Yorwerth  72'
Boldewijn 78'
Young  89'
Collins  90'
Payne  90+1'
Connolly  90+5'		 Stadium: Matchroom Stadium
Attendance: 4,486
Referee: Trevor Kettle
31 December 2016 23 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 Crawley Town Plymouth
15:00 GMT Miller  35'
Songo'o  44'
Threlkeld 69'  69'
Purrington  75'
Smith  78'
Tanner 90+5'		 Report Roberts  35'
Yorwerth  48'
Connolly  53'
Young  68'
Collins  72'
Smith  84'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 9,039
Referee: Brendan Malone
2 January 2017 24 Crawley Town 2–0 Yeovil Town Crawley
15:00 GMT Yorwerth 29',  83'
Collins 38' (pen.)
Young  68'
Payne  72'		 Report Mugabi  40'
Zoko  71'
Eaves  73'
Lawless  90+5'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,304
Referee: John Busby
14 January 2017 25 Crawley Town 1–0 Hartlepool United Crawley
15:00 GMT Collins  30', 63'
Connolly  67'
Young  90+3'		 Report Donnelly  28'
Woods  42'
Laurent  65'
Walker  90+3'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,266
Referee: Darren Handley
28 January 2017 26 Notts County 2–1 Crawley Town Nottingham
15:00 GMT Thompson  30'  72'
Audel 75'
Forte 90'		 Report Yorwerth  30'
Young  65'
Connolly  65'
Collins 86'		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 5,023
Referee: Nick Kinseley
4 February 2017 27 Crawley Town 1–2 Stevenage Crawley
15:00 GMT Collins 28' (pen.),  89'
Yorwerth  45'		 Report Godden 76', 90+5'
Lee  81'
Franks  90+6'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,124
Referee: Lee Swabey
7 February 2017 28 Blackpool 0–0 Crawley Town Blackpool
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 2,080
Referee: Nigel Miller
11 February 2017 29 Luton Town 2–1 Crawley Town Luton
15:00 GMT Hylton 70', 76'
Palmer  90'
Rea  90+7'		 Report Lelan  48'
Collins 60'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 7,316
Referee: Chris Sarginson
14 February 2017 30 Colchester United 2–3 Crawley Town Colchester
19:45 GMT Johnstone 18'
Dickenson 90+3'		 Report Smith 23', 34', 51' Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,675
Referee: Lee Collins
18 February 2017 31 Crawley Town 1–3 Morecambe Crawley
15:00 GMT Collins 77' (pen.)
Lelan  87'
Boldewijn  89'		 Report Turner 3'
Mullin  6', 7', 40'
Evans  52'
Wakefield  76'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,091
Referee: Charles Breakspear
25 February 2017 32 Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Crawley Town High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Akinfenwa 15'
de Havilland  49'
Cowan-Hall  55'
O'Nien  83'
Müller  90+2'		 Report McNerney 43'
Connolly  69'
Payne 84'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 3,206
Referee: Gavin Ward
28 February 2017 33 Crawley Town 1–2 Exeter City Crawley
19:45 GMT Djaló  48'
Connolly 90+1'
Clifford  90+2'		 Report Watkins 50'
Moore-Taylor 68'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,826
Referee: Dean Whitestone
4 March 2017 34 Crawley Town 0–0 Doncaster Rovers Crawley
15:00 GMT McNerney  54'
Smith  55'
Boldewijn  83'		 Report Baudry  63'
Alcock  90+3'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,417
Referee: Michael Salisbury
7 March 2017 35 Crawley Town 0–2 Portsmouth Crawley
19:45 GMT Young  38' Report Burgess 54'
Bennett 71'
Hunt  72'
Doyle  90+4'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,350
Referee: Kevin Johnson
11 March 2017 36 Barnet 2–2 Crawley Town Canons Park
15:00 GMT Akinola 39'
Campbell-Ryce 88',  89'		 Report Murphy 31'
Henderson  38'
Boldewijn 54'		 Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 1,701
Referee: David Webb
14 March 2017 37 Crawley Town 0–3 Crewe Alexandra Crawley
19:45 GMT Smith  35'
Yorwerth  82'		 Report Jones 37' (pen.)
Bowery 50'
Dagnall 52'
Bakayogo  73'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,566
Referee: Darren Deadman
18 March 2017 38 Grimsby Town 1–1 Crawley Town Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Jones 22'
Collins  49'  81'
Pearson  83'		 Report Collins 45+1'
Payne  80'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,263
Referee: Carl Boyeson
25 March 2017 39 Crawley Town 3–0 Leyton Orient Crawley
15:00 GMT Collins 23'
McNerney 29'
Boldewijn 32'
Clifford  84'		 Report Kelly  28' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,918
Referee: Trevor Kettle
1 April 2017 40 Newport County 1–0 Crawley Town Newport
15:00 BST Demetriou 18'  80'
Labadie  51'		 Report Djaló  21'
Yorwerth  51'
Payne  64'
Boldewijn  85'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,946
Referee: Darren England
8 April 2017 41 Crawley Town 1–2 Plymouth Argyle Crawley
15:00 BST Cox 28'
Collins  60'  79'
McNerney  67'		 Report Carey 63' (pen.)
Taylor 90+4'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,432
Referee: Ben Toner
14 April 2017 42 Crawley Town 0–0 Cheltenham Town Crawley
15:00 BST Smith  21'
Blackman  26'
Payne  88'		 Report Wright  37'
Davis  42'
Pell  52'
Boyle  82'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,008
Referee: Charles Breakspear
17 April 2017 43 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Crawley Town Accrington
15:00 BST Hughes  40'
McCartan 48'		 Report McNerney  53' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,652
Referee: David Webb
22 April 2017 44 Crawley Town 3–3 Carlisle United Crawley
15:00 BST Collins 12', 25' (pen.)
Smith  45+1', 90+2'
Yorwerth  45+4'		 Report Gillespie  25'
Ibehre 29'
Proctor 42'
Lambe 59',  71'
Bailey  85'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,003
Referee: Darren Deadman
29 April 2017 45 Cambridge United 2–0 Crawley Town Cambridge
15:00 BST Wharton 35'
Legge  45'
McDonagh  62'
Berry 90' (pen.)		 Report Djaló  43'
Blackman  45+1'
Smith  82'
Payne  89'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 5,675
Referee: Brett Huxtable
6 May 2017 46 Crawley Town 2–2 Mansfield Town Crawley
17:30 BST Cox 34',  57'
Connolly  54'
Roberts 55',  77'		 Report Rose 12'
Whiteman 23'
Pearce  29'
White  57'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,635
Referee: Carl Boyeson

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 November 2016 First round Crawley Town 1–1 Bristol Rovers Crawley
12:00 GMT Blackman  19'  69'
Smith  32'
Clifford 35'		 Report Brown 15'
Harrison  72'		 Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium
Attendance: 2,281
Referee: Darren Deadman
15 November 2016 First round replay Bristol Rovers 4–2 (a.e.t.) Crawley Town Bristol
19:45 GMT Taylor 34', 102' (pen.)
Gaffney 52', 96'		 Report Roberts 45+1'
Harrold 65'
Garnett  80'
Collins  114'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,676
Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 August 2016 First round Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Crawley Town Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Mason 7'
Teixeira  57'
Coady 76'		 Report Connolly  2'  89'
Boldewijn 13'		 Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 8,252
Referee: Ross Joyce

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Group stage

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ACA Southampton U21 3 2 0 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Crawley Town 3 2 0 0 1 3 4 −1 6
3 L1 Charlton Athletic 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 −2 3
4 L2 Colchester United 3 0 1 0 2 2 4 −2 2
Source: Sky Sports
30 August 2016 1 Crawley Town 1–0 Colchester United Crawley
19:45 BST Collins 34'
Tajbakhsh  74'
Yorwerth  75'		 Szmodics  50'
Bonne  54'
Kinsella  60'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 881
Referee: Tim Robinson
4 October 2016 2 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Crawley Town Charlton
19:45 BST Report Yussuf 44'
Collins 50'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 1,186
Referee: James Linington
9 November 2016 3 Southampton U23 4–0 Crawley Town Southampton
19:45 GMT Mersin 3' (og.)
Mdlalose 9'
Slattery 34',  58'
Olomola 78'		 Report Djaló  50' Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 495
Referee: Keith Stroud

Knockout phase

7 December 2016 Second round Coventry City 1–0 Crawley Town Coventry
19:45 GMT Sordell 28'
Turnbull  45'		 Report Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 1,338
Referee: Graham Horwood

Sussex Senior Cup

Main article: Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
29 November 2016 Second round Langney Wanderers 1–3 Crawley Town Eastbourne
19:45 GMT 58' (pen.) Report Henderson 5', 28'
Boldewijn 8'		 Stadium: The Oval
Referee: Matthew Goldsmith
13 December 2016 Third round Horsham YMCA 0–3 Crawley Town Horsham
19:45 GMT Report Yussuf 36'
Henderson 44'
Watt 65'		 Stadium: Gorings Mead
Referee: Jacob Miles
10 January 2017 Quarter final Crawley Town 3–1 Whitehawk Crawley
19:45 GMT Henderson 4'
Bawling 12', 26'		 Report Lisbie 3' Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 390
Referee: Marc Meeten
21 February 2017 Semi final Bognor Regis Town 2–3 (a.e.t.) Crawley Town Lancing
19:15 GMT El-Abd 27'
Pearce 90'		 Report Young 8'
Bawling 78'
Boldewijn 119'		 Stadium: Culver Road
Attendance: 507
Referee: Marc Meeten
3 May 2017 Final Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 (a.e.t.) Crawley Town Brighton
19:45 BST Hutchinson  67'
Tilley 96'
Towell 111'
Ward 114'		 Report Roberts  65' Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 1,316
Referee: Jacob Miles

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
2 DF Lewis Young 42 (1) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 48 (1) 0 11 0
3 DF Chris Arthur 3 (3) 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 9 (3) 0 0 0
4 MF Josh Payne 23 (9) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 (9) 1 8 1
6 DF Mark Connolly 40 (1) 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 45 (1) 3 9 1
7 MF Enzio Boldewijn 43 (3) 5 1 (1) 0 1 1 1 (2) 0 46 (6) 6 6 0
8 MF Jimmy Smith 46 7 2 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 49 (1) 7 8 0
9 FW Matt Harrold 1 (10) 0 0 (2) 1 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (14) 1 1 0
11 MF Jordan Roberts 14 (9) 3 1 1 1 0 0 (1) 0 16 (10) 4 6 0
12 GK Glenn Morris 39 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0
13 GK Yusuf Mersin 6 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 (2) 0 0 0
14 DF Andre Blackman 31 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 33 (2) 0 8 2
15 DF Josh Yorwerth 14 (7) 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 (7) 3 8 1
16 DF Addison Garnett 1 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 2 (2) 0 1 0
17 MF Bobson Bawling 1 (27) 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 3 0 4 (28) 0 0 0
18 MF Billy Clifford 26 (10) 0 2 1 0 0 3 (1) 0 31 (11) 1 4 0
19 FW James Collins 45 20 2 0 1 0 2 (1) 2 50 (1) 22 9 1
20 MF Aryan Tajbakhsh 2 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 4 0 6 (3) 0 4 0
22 DF Joe McNerney 33 (1) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 (1) 3 6 0
24 MF Kaby Djaló 24 (4) 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 29 (4) 1 8 0
25 DF Josh Lelan 10 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 (3) 0 2 0
28 MF Dean Cox 20 (2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 (2) 2 1 0
39 FW Rhys Murphy 7 (8) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 (8) 1 0 0
44 MF Conor Henderson 8 (4) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 8 (6) 0 1 0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
1 GK Mitchell Beeney 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0
5 DF Alex Davey 8 (6) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12 (6) 0 4 0
10 MF Jason Banton 11 (3) 0 0 0 1 0 3 (1) 0 15 (4) 0 2 0
21 FW Adi Yussuf 6 (10) 2 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 4 1 11 (12) 3 1 0
23 DF Daniel Pappoe 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0
33 MF Sanchez Watt 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 (2) 0 0 0

Last updated: 6 May 2017.
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 19 James Collins 20 0 0 2 22
2 MF 8 Jimmy Smith 7 0 0 0 7
3 MF 7 Enzio Boldewijn 5 0 1 0 6
4 MF 11 Jordan Roberts 3 1 0 0 4
5 DF 6 Mark Connolly 3 0 0 0 3
DF 15 Josh Yorwerth 3 0 0 0 3
FW 21 Adi Yussuf 2 0 0 1 3
DF 22 Joe McNerney 3 0 0 0 3
9 MF 28 Dean Cox 2 0 0 0 2
10 MF 4 Josh Payne 1 0 0 0 1
FW 9 Matt Harrold 0 1 0 0 1
MF 18 Billy Clifford 0 1 0 0 1
MF 24 Kaby Djaló 1 0 0 0 1
FW 39 Rhys Murphy 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 0 2
Total 53 3 1 3 60

Last updated: 6 May 2017.
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 12 Glenn Morris 10 0 0 0 10
2 1 Mitchell Beeney 0 0 0 2 2
13 Yusuf Mersin 2 0 0 0 2
Total 12 0 0 2 14

Last updated: 14 April 2017.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Summary

Games played 53 (46 League Two) (2 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy)
Games won 15 (13 League Two) (2 EFL Trophy)
Games drawn 13 (12 League Two) (1 FA Cup)
Games lost 25 (21 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy)
Goals scored 60 (53 League Two) (3 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy)
Goals conceded 83 (71 League Two) (5 FA Cup) (2 EFL Cup) (5 EFL Trophy)
Goal difference –23 (–18 League Two) (–2 FA Cup) (–1 EFL Cup) (–2 EFL Trophy)
Clean sheets 14 (12 League Two) (2 EFL Trophy)
Yellow cards 110 (102 League Two) (4 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy)
Red cards 6 (4 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup)
Most appearances Enzio Boldewijn (52 appearances)
Top scorer James Collins (22 goals)
Winning Percentage Overall: 15/53 (28.30%)

Last updated: 6 May 2017.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

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