2025–26 Crawley Town F.C. season

Crawley Town
2025–26 season
OwnerWAGMI United
ChairmanPreston Johnson &,
Ben Levin
ManagerScott Lindsey
StadiumBroadfield Stadium

The 2025–26 season is the 130th season in the history of Crawley Town Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2023–24 season, following relegation from League One in the preceding season. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
23 June 2025[a] CM  Reece Brown (ENG) Free agent — [1]
27 June 2025 DM  Jay Williams (SKN)  Milton Keynes Dons (ENG) Undisclosed [2]
1 July 2025[b] CF  Danny Cashman (ENG)  Worthing (ENG) Bosman [3]
1 July 2025[c] RW  Harry McKirdy (ENG)  Bromley (ENG) [4]
1 July 2025 CF  Kabongo Tshimanga (ENG)  Peterborough United (ENG) [5]
4 July 2025 CF  Louis Flower (ENG)  Brighton & Hove Albion (ENG) [6]
LW  Dion Pereira (ATG)  Luton Town (ENG) [7]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 29 May, and would become official on 23 June
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 19 June, and would become official on 1 July, following the expiry of his Worthing contract.
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 2 June, and would become official on 1 July, following the expiry of his Bromley contract.

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
11 June 2025 CF  Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (ENG)  Milton Keynes Dons (ENG) Undisclosed [8]
CB  Toby Mullarkey (ENG)  Fleetwood Town (ENG) [9]
20 June 2025 CM  Panutche Camará (GNB)  Dundee United (SCO) [10]
AM  Junior Quitirna (GNB)  Wycombe Wanderers (ENG) [11]
23 June 2025 RB  Rory Feely (IRL)  Cork City (IRL) [12]
28 June 2025 CF  Will Swan (ENG)  Bradford City (ENG) [13]
4 July 2025 CB  Benjamin Tanimu (NGA)  MAS Fès (MAR) [14]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
26 June 2025 GK  Harry Davies (ENG)  Liverpool (ENG) 31 May 2026 [15]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 LM  Jeremy Kelly (USA)  Charleston Battery (USA) 1 July 2025 [16][17]
CF  Sonny Fish (WAL) [18]
 Tyreece John-Jules (ENG) [18]
GK  Jasper Sheik (ENG) [18]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player End date Ref.
23 June 2025 LM  Harry Forster (ENG) 30 June 2026 [19]
24 June 2025 CB  Joy Mukena (ENG) [20]
GK  Ryan Sandford (ENG) 31 December 2025 [20]
27 June 2025 CB  Dion Conroy (ENG) 30 June 2027 [21]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 30 May, Crawley Town announced a seven-day warm-weather training camp in Murcia, where they would take on Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian.[22][23] Further friendlies against Three Bridges, East Grinstead Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, Portsmouth and Southampton XI were also confirmed.[24] A seventh friendly was later added, against Crystal Palace.[25]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

4 July 2025 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 3–1 Crawley Town San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
18:00 CEST
  • Own goal 4'
  • Forrest 20'
  • Wilson 69'
  • Flower 21'
 Stadium: Pinatar Arena
8 July 2025 Friendly Three Bridges v Crawley Town Three Bridges
19:45 BST Stadium: Jubilee Field
12 July 2025 Friendly East Grinstead Town v Crawley Town East Grinstead
15:00 BST Stadium: East Court
15 July 2025 Friendly Dagenham & Redbridge v Crawley Town Dagenham
19:30 BST Stadium: Victoria Road
19 July 2025 Friendly Crawley Town v Portsmouth Crawley
15:00 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
22 July 2025 Friendly Southampton XI v Crawley Town Marchwood
13:30 BST Stadium: Southampton FC Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
25 July 2025 Friendly Crawley Town v Crystal Palace Crawley
19:30 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Crawley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[26]

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

References

  1. ^ "Reece Brown As Crawley's First Summer Signing". Crawley Town FC. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Jay Williams Is Back". Crawley Town FC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Danny Cashman Signs For His Home-Town Team". Crawley Town FC. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Harry McKirdy: Crawley Town sign forward on free transfer". BBC Sport. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Reds Secure Kabongo Tshimanga's Signature". Crawley Town FC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Striker Louis Flower Signs For Crawley". Crawley Town FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Dion Pereira Joins Lindsey's Reds". Crawley Town FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Rushian Hepburn-Murphy Joins MK Dons On A Permanent Transfer". Crawley Town FC. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Toby Mullarkey Joins Fleetwood Town". Crawley Town FC. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Panutche Camara Joins Dundee United". Crawley Town FC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Armando Joins Wycombe On Permanent Transfer". Crawley Town FC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Rory Feely Departs". Crawley Town FC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  13. ^ @crawleytown (28 June 2025). "Will Swan Departs" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ @crawleytown (4 July 2025). "Tanimu Moves To Morocco" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 July 2025 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Reds Secure Liverpool Goalkeeper On Loan". Crawley Town FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Jeremy Kelly Departs After Two Years With The Club". Crawley Town FC. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Battery welcome midfielder Jeremy Kelly on multi-year deal". Charleston Battery FC. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  18. ^ a b c "2024/25 Retained List". Crawley Town FC. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  19. ^ "Harry Forster Signs New One-Year Deal". Crawley Town FC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  20. ^ a b "Joy Mukena And Ryan Sandford Pen New Contracts". Crawley Town FC. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Club Captain Don Conroy Signs New Contract". Crawley Town FC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  22. ^ "Reds Return To Spain In Pre-Season". Crawley Town FC. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  23. ^ "Reds To Play Hearts In Spain". Crawley Town FC. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  24. ^ "Reds Confirm Pre-Season Schedule". Crawley Town FC. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Crystal Palace To Return To Broadfield In Pre-Season". Crawley Town FC. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  26. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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