2017–18 Crawley Town F.C. season

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 GK 2016 (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 Gillingham 87 0
12 Yusuf Mersin GK 2016 (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 Kasımpaşa 15 0
Defenders
2 Lewis Young RB 2014 (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 Bury 177 3
3 Josh Doherty LB 2017 (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 Ards 16 0
5 Joe McNerney CB 2015 (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 Woking 69 5
6 Mark Connolly CB 2016 (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 Kilmarnock 167 8
15 Josh Yorwerth CB 2016 (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 Ipswich Town 91 4
19 Cedric Evina LB 2017 (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 Doncaster Rovers 34 0
22 Josh Lelan CB 2017 (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 Derby County 46 0
Midfielders
4 Josh Payne DM 2016 (1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 Eastleigh 72 6
8 Jimmy Smith CM 2014 (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 Stevenage 165 19
9 Karlan Ahearne-Grant AM 2018 (1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 Charlton Athletic 15 9
10 Dean Cox LW 2016 (1987-08-12) 12 August 1987 Leyton Orient 27 2
11 Jordan Roberts LW 2016 (1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 62 11
17 Kaby Djaló CM 2016 (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 PS Kemi 39 1
18 Billy Clifford CM 2016 (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 Boreham Wood 54 2
20 Aryan Tajbakhsh DM 2016 (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 Cray Wanderers 31 0
21 Dannie Bulman CM 2017 (1979-01-24) 24 January 1979 AFC Wimbledon 328 12
25 Mark Randall CM 2017 (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 Newport County 33 1
27 Moussa Sanoh RW 2017 (1995-07-20) 20 July 1995 RKC Waalwijk 16 1
Forwards
7 Enzio Boldewijn RW 2016 (1992-11-17) 17 November 1992 Almere City 100 16
23 Thomas Verheydt CF 2017 (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 MVV Maastricht 22 2
28 Panutche Camará CF 2017 (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 Dulwich Hamlet 34 3

New contracts

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

Transfers

In

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

Out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2017 LW Jason Banton Woking Released [13][a]
30 June 2017 RM Bobson Bawling Woking Released [13][b]
30 June 2017 CM Conor Henderson Eastbourne Borough Released [13][c]
1 July 2017 CF James Collins Luton Town Undisclosed [17]
1 August 2017 LB Chris Arthur Aldershot Town Mutual consent [18][d]
25 August 2017 LB Andre Blackman Barnet Mutual consent [20][e]
31 August 2017 CF Matt Harrold Leyton Orient Free [22]
18 January 2018 CB Addison Garnett Bedfont Sports Mutual consent [23][f]
13 February 2018 CB 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 Cedric Evina Doncaster Rovers 30 June 2018 [26]
6 July 2017 RW Dennon Lewis Watford 31 December 2017 [27]
25 August 2017 CF Ibrahim Meite Cardiff City 1 January 2018 [28]
30 January 2018 FW Karlan Ahearne-Grant Charlton Athletic 30 June 2018 [29]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
25 August 2017 CB 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:

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  25'
Boldewijn 53'
Randall  69'
Report Tonge 9'
Kay 26'
Turner 82'  84'
Reeves  86'
Gunning  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  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  34' Report Legge  10'
Ikpeazu  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  45+2'
Lancashire  71'
Report Evina  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  27'
Smith  29'
Bulman  61'
Meite  88'
Report Nelson  17'
Khan  60'
Smith  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  21'
Mandron 38'
Walker  67'
Lapslie  90+1'
Report Cox  23'
Smith 66'
Lewis  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  79' Report Grant 55'
Forte  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  79'
Report Lelan  28'
Smith 63', 89'
Connolly  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  78'
Roberts  85'
Report Demetriou 40', 51'
Butler  48'
Labadie  51'
Tozer  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  40'
Evina  64'
Yorwerth  90+4'
Young  90+5'
Boldewijn  90+5'
Report Hope 51'
Hill  56'
Bennett  74'
Parkes  90+5'
Jones  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  29'
Ellison  34'
Report Clifford 18'
Sanoh  36'
Roberts  45+2'
McNerney  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  40'
Bulman  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  22'
Dennis 73'
Rowley  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  83' Report Berry  33'
Stacey  38'
Sheehan  53'
Potts  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  41'
Rhead  67'
Report Yorwerth  51'
Randall  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  37'
Connolly  42'
Payne  70'
Verheydt 79'
Report Monthé  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  30', 72', 81', 83'
Eze 50'
Bloomfield  76'
Brown  86'
Report Evina  33'
Connolly  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.),  90+2'
Roberts 60', 81'
Report Moxey 23',  78'
Woodman  33'
Taylor  35'
Brown  68'
Reid  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  30'
Haynes  60'
McNulty 74'
McDonald  90+4'
Report Randall  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  42'
McNerney 63'
Meite 90+1'  90+3'
Report MacDonald  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  49'
Pickering  75'
Report Yorwerth  23'
Morris  34'
Evina  56'
Roberts  59' 
Smith  61'
Meite  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',  44'
Randall  27'
Yorwerth  39'
Meite  52'
Evina  89'
Clifford  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  45+2' Report Mandron 4'
Kent  45+1'
Szmodics 57',  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  35'
Report Godden  75'
King  77'
Gray  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  24'  37'
Sowunmi  45+3'
Zoko  90+13'
Report Roberts  14'
Morris  15'
Young  31'
Yorwerth  32'
Randall  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  11'
Randall  15'
Boldewijn 75', 86'
Report Clough  37'
Coulthirst  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  72'
Report Smith 48'
Connolly  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  28'  90'
Brisley  45'
Stead 58' (pen.)
Fitzsimons  90+3'
Hewitt  90+5'
Report Smith 25'
Verheydt  37'
Lelan  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',  90+5'
Young  73'
Report Yorwerth 57' (og.)
Johnson  62'
Hughes  66'
McConville  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  47'
Report Randall  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  39'
Smith 45+1' (pen.)
Ahearne-Grant 62'
Boldewijn 69'
Report Wilks  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  15'
Lee 29'
Collins 45', 75' (pen.)
Berry 55',  80'
Report Payne  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  48', 68' (pen.)
Roberts  68'
Connolly 72'
Yorwerth  85'
Randall  86'
Report Green  18', 52'
Waterfall  45+2'
Wharton  67'
Woodyard  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  79'
Report Yorwerth  36'
Connolly  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  69'
Connolly  83'
Yorwerth  90'
Ahearne-Grant 90+3'
Report Lavelle  59'
Lang 90+1',  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  45+2'
Hope 47',  60'
Parkes  48'
Report Ahearne-Grant 56', 81'
Boldewijn  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  45+5'
Smith  56'
Camará 83'
Connolly  88'  91'
Report Tyson 25'
Moore  31'
Akinfenwa 39'
Jombati 62'
Jacobson  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  90+3'
Report Pell 7', 12',  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',  83' Report Richards  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',  22'
Smith  29'
Montaño  80'
Gibbons  84'
Report Payne 29' (pen.)
Tajbakhsh  40'
Camará  47'
Smith 82' (og.)
Sanoh  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  29'
Report Ponticelli 5', 77'
Doyle  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  72'
Wilson  73'
Report Boldewijn 29',  64'
Young  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  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  68'
Connolly  75'
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 4,734
Referee: Ben Toner

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

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  43'
Clifford  75'
Camará 86'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 7,814
Referee: Michael Salisbury

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  10'
Yorwerth  43'
Sanoh  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  27'
Clarke 30'
Hawkins 35'
O'Keefe 71'
Report Djaló  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

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 Glenn Morris 44 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 46 0 3 0
2 DF Lewis Young 41 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 43 3 6 0
3 DF Josh Doherty 11 (3) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 (3) 0 0 0
4 MF Josh Payne 23 (12) 5 0 0 1 0 3 0 27 (12) 5 8 1
5 DF Joe McNerney 10 (6) 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 15 (6) 1 2 0
6 DF Mark Connolly 40 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 41 2 9 1
7 FW Enzio Boldewijn 44 (1) 10 1 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 45 (3) 10 5 0
8 MF Jimmy Smith 36 (1) 10 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 37 (2) 10 5 1
9 MF Karlan Ahearne-Grant 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 0 0
10 MF Dean Cox 3 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 1 0
11 MF Jordan Roberts 25 (10) 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 26 (10) 7 7 1
12 GK Yusuf Mersin 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0
15 DF Josh Yorwerth 37 (2) 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 41 (2) 1 11 1
17 MF Kaby Djaló 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 (1) 0 2 0
18 MF Billy Clifford 4 (3) 1 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 5 (7) 1 2 0
19 DF Cedric Evina 32 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 (2) 0 5 0
20 MF Aryan Tajbakhsh 8 (9) 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 1 (2) 0 10 (12) 0 2 0
21 MF Dannie Bulman 34 (3) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 37 (3) 0 2 0
22 DF Josh Lelan 29 (2) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 31 (2) 0 4 0
23 FW Thomas Verheydt 16 (4) 2 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 17 (5) 2 1 0
25 MF Mark Randall 24 (8) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 (8) 1 8 0
27 MF Moussa Sanoh 4 (8) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (2) 1 6 (10) 1 3 0
28 FW 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 Matt Harrold 0 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 0 0
14 DF Andre Blackman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
16 DF Addison Garnett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Dennon Lewis 3 (7) 0 0 0 1 0 2 (1) 0 6 (8) 0 1 0
26 FW Ibrahim Meite 6 (13) 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 (13) 3 4 0
29 DF 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 Enzio Boldewijn 10 0 0 0 10
MF 8 Jimmy Smith 10 0 0 0 10
3 MF 9 Karlan Ahearne-Grant 9 0 0 0 9
4 MF 11 Jordan Roberts 6 1 0 0 7
5 MF 4 Josh Payne 5 0 0 0 5
6 DF 2 Lewis Young 3 0 0 0 3
FW 26 Ibrahim Meite 2 0 0 1 3
FW 28 Panutche Camará 2 0 1 0 3
9 DF 6 Mark Connolly 2 0 0 0 2
FW 23 Thomas Verheydt 2 0 0 0 2
11 DF 5 Joe McNerney 1 0 0 0 1
DF 15 Josh Yorwerth 1 0 0 0 1
MF 18 Billy Clifford 1 0 0 0 1
MF 25 Mark Randall 1 0 0 0 1
MF 27 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 Glenn Morris 10 0 0 0 10
2 12 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 Enzio Boldewijn (48 appearances)
Top scorer Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals)
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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