Crawley Town F.C.
WAGMI United | ||||
Chairman | Preston Johnson & Eben Smith | |||
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Manager | Scott Lindsey | |||
League | EFL League Two | |||
2022–23 | EFL League Two, 22nd of 24 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
Founded in 1896 as Crawley Football Club, helped to found the
Crawley were promoted out of the Southern League Southern Section 1983–84 and spent the next 21 seasons in the Premier Division, before winning promotion into the Conference as champions of the Southern League in 2003–04. The club turned fully professional in 2005 but faced immediate financial difficulties and entered administration the following year. The club survived and appointed Steve Evans as a manager in May 2007. Evans led them into the Football League as champions of the Conference in 2010–11 and then secured promotion in their first season in League Two. Crawley spent three seasons in League One before relegation in 2015. The club has played home games at Broadfield Stadium since 1997 and are nicknamed the "Reds" or "Red Devils" due to the colour of their kit.
History
Early years
Having played friendly matches from 1890, with the club's first match played on 22 November 1890 at home to
They stayed at this level until they entered the Sussex County League in 1951 before switching again five years later to the Metropolitan League, which was a competition for both professional and amateur sides. In 1958, Crawley changed their name to Crawley Town.[6] Town retained their amateur status and went on to win the Metropolitan League Challenge Cup in 1959.[7]
Crawley turned semi-professional in 1962 and the following year they joined Division One of the Southern League. In 1969 they were promoted to Premier Division of the Southern League but the joy was short-lived as the following season they were relegated back to the first division where they remained until the 1983–84 season when they were promoted as runners-up.[8]
Crawley's most successful cup run at the time was in the 1991–92 season when they reached the FA Cup third round proper and played local Brighton & Hove Albion, losing 5–0 in front of 18,301 at the Goldstone Ground.[9]
In 1999, the club entered administration with debts estimated to be around £400,000.
Conference
A final position of 12th in their first season in the National Division was considered an impressive achievement for the club who finished as the highest-ranked part-time team in the country. Crawley also retained the Sussex Senior Cup by defeating Ringmer.
In 2005, the SA Group bought the club and made the decision to go full-time for the first time in the club's history.[14] Although this was necessary in order to allow them to compete in the division,[15] it led to the departure of several key players, including fans' favourite Charlie MacDonald and goalkeeper Andy Little, who were unable to give up their day jobs to play full-time.
The 2005–06 season didn't start well for Crawley as the club found themselves third from bottom and out of the FA Cup after a shock defeat to
Financial problems
Although Crawley Town F.C. had been in administration in the late 1990s,[10] trouble began in March 2006 when the club's players and staff were made to take a 50% pay cut and the entire squad was put up for sale; Crawley went into administration in June of that year.[17] It was revealed by local newspaper the Argus several days later that the chairman Chas Majeed was an undischarged bankrupt and therefore banned from holding a high position within the club.[19] Majeed later resigned from his post but remained involved.
The fans started a "Red Card" campaign in order to remove Chas Majeed and his brother Azwar Majeed (Crawley Town's owner) from the club, with fans waving red cards at the Majeeds and forming a supporters' trust.[20] It was revealed that the club was around £1.1million in debt with nearly £400,000 due to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), and the Majeeds claimed they were owed £700,000 by the club. By July of that year, the debts were closer to £1.4 million, including money owed to current and former staff, and an offer of 25p in the pound was rejected by the creditors. With HMRC unwilling to move on its demand and being the biggest creditor (the Majeeds were unable to vote on the matter despite being owed money), it looked unlikely that the club would be saved.
By August 2006, only one bid had come in for the club which was from the current owners; it was rejected by three to one; the administrators were therefore obliged to liquidate the club and it was announced that the club would fold later that day.[21] However, a couple of days later, in one final attempt to rescue the club, the creditors met again to decide on a final offer. The creditors were split and so the administrator voted in Crawley Town's favour, allowing them to start the new season. The creditors would meet 14 days later to decide on an offer of 50p in the pound. The club was told that if the offer was rejected then the club would fold there and then, and there would be no going back.[21][22] By September 2006 the club's debt was at £1.8 million making former/current players and staff the biggest creditors and giving hope that a rescue bid would be accepted. The offer of 50p in the pound was later accepted and Crawley Town was able to continue playing for the time being, though this didn't stop HMRC from trying to wind up the SAGroup (Majeed's company) over unpaid taxes.[23] Azwar Majeed was later jailed for tax fraud relating to his various other businesses.[24]
Crawley started the 2006–07 season by winning their opening three games and all but wiped out their 10-point deduction. The following month, however, the club's form dipped and this led to John Hollins and Alan Lewer losing their jobs. The news did not go down well with the fans as the pair had stuck with Crawley when others decided to leave and they had managed to lift the club off the bottom despite a 10-point deduction. They were replaced by players Ben Judge and
In May 2007, it was confirmed that all of Crawley Town's debts had been cleared.
In April 2008 Prospect Estate Holdings Limited took control of Crawley after buying it from the SA Group in conjunction with former owner John Duly.[28][29] The club's financial worries were over and the club could look to build again and start the 2008–09 season on a level playing field.
After a short period of stability, Crawley Town ended up in the High Court in London to face a winding-up order on 17 February 2010; again this was because of money being owed to HMRC. The hearing was adjourned until 17 March 2010.[30] The latest setback appeared to be the end of Crawley Town, as the club had very few assets to sell in order to satisfy the debt. However, the case was later dismissed by the High Court as the club proved the debt had been paid.[31]
In a move that showed confidence in the new management, on 29 March 2010 Crawley Borough Council agreed to lease the Broadfield Stadium to Crawley Town F.C. and to help secure the long-term sustainability of the club.[32]
FA Cup run & Football League
In 2010, Bruce Winfield announced that he and Susan Carter had become majority shareholders and had attracted new investment for the club, some of which came from overseas.[33] The investment allowed manager Steve Evans to start rebuilding the squad, which saw 23 players signed over a six-month period including Matt Tubbs, for £70,000,[34] Sergio Torres for a record £100,000,[35] and Richard Brodie for an undisclosed fee,[36] which was estimated to be a new Conference record of £275,000.[37]
The investment paid off as Crawley were challenging for promotion to the Football League and embarked on a remarkable
In March 2011, club owner Bruce Winfield died from cancer, aged 61.[47] Despite their cup run and the death of owner Bruce Winfield, Crawley didn't halt their progress in the league as just 19 days after Winfield's death, Crawley secured the 2010–11 Football Conference title by beating Tamworth 3–0 and reaching the Football League for the first time in the club's history.[48]
In the
Crawley finished 2011 at the top of League Two; a positive start to their first campaign in league football. However, despite continued success in the FA Cup, form slipped. Between 17 December 2011, and 13 March 2012, Crawley won just two league games out of a possible 14. Many argued the sales of
On 9 April, it was announced that
On Saturday 5 May Crawley secured League One promotion, courtesy of a 67th minute Scott Neilson strike against Accrington Stanley.[64]
It was announced on 12 May, that Crawley were in talks to appoint
On 7 August 2012, Crawley appointed Bury F.C. manager
The 2014–15 season saw Crawley struggle for form, and Gregory resigned for health reasons near the end of 2014, with the club in the relegation zone.[70] Dean Saunders was appointed to replace him on an interim basis,[71] and despite an upturn in form, was unable to get the club out of trouble. On Sunday 3 May 2015, Crawley were relegated to League Two, following a 1–2 defeat at home to Coventry City. Saunders' short-term deal was not renewed after the season ended, and he was replaced by Mark Yates.[72]
Return to League Two
While Crawley were among the pre-season promotion favourites,[citation needed] one win in their first ten games quickly put paid to any such hopes. Their form improved as the season progressed, with the West Sussex outfit 12th by 26 December.[73] In March 2016, the club was purchased by Turkish businessman Ziya Eren, who set a target for the club to be playing in the Championship within 8–10 years.[74][75][76] Following a run of six consecutive defeats, Yates was sacked just before the season ended,[77] with Dermot Drummy appointed as his successor.[78]
The 2016–17 season started strongly for the Reds. However, after drawing 3–3 at home to Carlisle United thanks to captain Jimmy Smith's late goal, Crawley only narrowly survived in League Two.[citation needed] On 4 May, the club sacked Drummy after under a year in charge.[79] Just over a year later, on 27 November 2017, Drummy was found dead near the A414 in Hoddesdon, with the cause of death later confirmed to be suicide.[80]
On 23 May 2017, former Leeds United winger Harry Kewell was appointed as head coach.[81] Kewell led Crawley to a 14th-placed finish - their best finish since relegation from League One.[82] Kewell left the club shortly into the 2018–19 season, to manage fellow League Two club Notts County.[83] Gabriele Cioffi was appointed as his successor a week later[84] and led the club to finish 19th that season.
Despite the club reaching the fourth round of the EFL Cup in the 2019–20 season,[85] their best performance in the competition,[86] manager Gabriele Cioffi left the club by mutual consent on 2 December 2019, with the club having won just once in 11 matches leaving the club 17th in League Two.[87] Cioffi was replaced by former manager John Yems three days later on a deal until the end of the season.[88] Following an upturn in the club's form, with Crawley losing just two of 11 matches, Yems' contract was extended until the end of the 2022–23 season in late January 2020.[89] However, in March 2020, the League Two season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Crawley still to play a further nine games.[90] The season was later terminated, with Crawley finishing 13th after clubs agreed to base the final table on points per game.[91][92] The following season, Crawley improved one place to 12th. In the FA Cup, they reached the fourth round of the FA Cup after beating Premier League Leeds United 3–0.[93]
On 7 April 2022, it was announced that the club had been acquired by Wagmi United LLC, a group of US cryptocurrency investors.[94] The "crypto bro" new owners promised a new approach to football club ownership, talking of building a "tight-knit community" of fans "stretching from West Sussex to anywhere in the world with an internet connection", but they quickly encountered controversy. Manager John Yems left the club in May 2022 after allegations of racist behaviour[95] (he was later banned from football until January 2026 after being found guilty of 12 charges of racist abuse towards his players)[96][97] and was subsequently replaced by Kevin Betsy.[98] After a disastrous start to the 2022–23 league season, Betsy left the club on 9 October 2022 following a 3–0 defeat to Grimsby Town which left the club bottom of the league.[99] The reign of the next manager was even shorter; Matthew Etherington resigned in December 2022 after just 34 days in charge.[100] Amid what The Guardian called "reckless leadership" and a "shambles", caretaker manager Darren Byfield was joined in the dugout at the 3–1 defeat by Stevenage by co-chairman Preston Johnson,[101] who was ridiculed online by Stevenage staff for his lack of understanding of substitution rules. After Crawley fans requested a meeting with the owners, Johnson delayed, saying the club needed to get to "the bottom of sensitive legal issues".[102] Scott Lindsey was appointed as the club's new manager on 11 January 2023.[103] A vital 2–0 win at direct rivals Hartlepool United all but secured survival,[104] confirmed the following week after a 0–0 draw at home to Walsall in the penultimate match of the season.[105]
Stadium
Crawley Town FC spent 48 years at their Town Mead home until the land was sold to developers in 1997. The club then moved to the Broadfield Stadium, about two miles across town. The stadium has a capacity of 5,996 people, and is owned by Crawley Borough Council.
In January 2012 the application for the new 2,000-seater East Stand (and facilities including new turnstiles and Premier League standard flood lights) was accepted by Crawley Borough Council.[106] The upgrade is required to meet the league rules which require a minimum 5,000 capacity stadium. After just one week of construction, the new East Stand was completed on 2 April 2012, bringing the total capacity of the Broadfield Stadium to 5,500. Upon completion, Crawley's first game with the new stand was against League Two side Crewe Alexandra on 6 April. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with a new record crowd of 4,723, the previous best being 4,522.[107][108]
The record attendance reached 5,880 on 5 January 2013 when Crawley Town hosted Reading in the FA Cup.[109]
Between 2013 and 2018, the stadium was called The Checkatrade.com Stadium as part of a sponsorship deal with the online trades comparison company
Rivalries
Crawley Town supporters view AFC Wimbledon as their biggest rivals, according to a 2012 survey, with Brighton & Hove Albion and Swindon Town seen as their second and third largest rivals respectively.[111] The AFC Wimbledon rivalry is partly due to their close geographical proximity. As of April 2024, the sides have played each other 17 times since 2009; both teams have won seven games each, with three draws.[112]
Also due to close proximity, a rivalry with South London side
Players
First-team squad
- As of 10 January 2024[113]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Club management
Backroom staff
Position | Name |
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Manager | Scott Lindsey |
Assistant manager | Jamie Day |
Goalkeeping coach | Steve Hale |
First-team coach | Carl Laraman |
Analyst | Jack Oliver |
Head of Performance | Ricky McFarlane |
Physio | Tom Dudeney |
Kit Manager | Ben Harwood & Peter Reynolds |
Honours
League
- League Two (level 4)
- Promoted: 2011–12
- Conference (level 5)
- Champions: 2010–11
- Southern League (level 6)
- Champions: 2003–04
Cup
- Southern League Cup
- Metropolitan League Cup
- Winners: 1958–59
- Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
- Winners: 1989–90, 1990–91, 2002–03, 2004–05
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External links
- Official website
- Crawley Town F.C. at CTFC.net
- Crawley Town page on BBC Sport