2018–19 Crawley Town F.C. season

Crawley Town
2018–19 season
Chairman	Ziya Eren
Manager	Harry Kewell; (until 31 August 2018) ; Filipe Morais (caretaker); (until 7 September 2018) ; Jimmy Smith (caretaker); (until 7 September 2018) Gabriele Cioffi; (7 September 2018)
Stadium	Broadfield Stadium
League Two	19th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ollie Palmer (9 goals); All: ; Ollie Palmer (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	3,335 vs Lincoln; (23 March 2018)
Lowest home attendance	1,268 vs Portsmouth; (9 October 2018)
Average home league attendance	2,290
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season will be Crawley Town's 123rd season in their history and their fourth consecutive season in League Two.^[2] 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 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players[edit]

First team squad[edit]

As of 3 November 2018.^[3]

No.	Name	Position	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Glenn Morris	GK	2016	(1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 40)	Gillingham	104	0
12	Yusuf Mersin	GK	2016	(1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 (age 29)	Kasımpaşa	18	0
Defenders
2	Lewis Young	RB/RM/LM	2014	(1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 34)	Bury	194	3
3	Josh Doherty	CB/RB/LB	2017	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28)	Ards	30	0
5	Joe McNerney	CB	2015	(1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 34)	Woking	75	5
6	Mark Connolly	CB/DM/RB	2016	(1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 32)	Kilmarnock	183	9
16	Joe Maguire	LB/CB/RB	2018	(1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 (age 28)	Fleetwood Town	13	1
18	David Sesay	RB	2018	(1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 (age 25)	Watford	2	0
20	Romain Vincelot	CB/DM/CM	2018	(1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 38)	Bradford City	14	0
33	Bondz N'Gala	CB	2018	(1989-09-13) 13 September 1989 (age 34)	Dagenham & Redbridge	8	1
Midfielders
4	Josh Payne	DM	2016	(1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 (age 33)	Eastleigh	83	6
7	Reece Grego-Cox	CF/RW	2018	(1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 27)	Woking	5	0
8	Jimmy Smith	CM/RM/RB	2014	(1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 37)	Stevenage	168	20
11	Luke Gambin	LW/LM	2018	(1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 31)	Luton Town	9	1
14	George Francomb	RM/RB/CM	2018	(1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 32)	AFC Wimbledon	17	0
15	Ashley Nathaniel-George	RW	2018	(1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 28)	Hendon	14	3
21	Dannie Bulman	CM/DM	2017	(1979-01-24) 24 January 1979 (age 45)	AFC Wimbledon	342	13
22	Filipe Morais	RW/LW/AM	2018	(1985-11-21) 21 November 1985 (age 38)	Bolton Wanderers	17	4
25	Mark Randall	CM/DM/AM	2017	(1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 34)	Newport County	42	1
Forwards
9	Ollie Palmer	CF	2018	(1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 32)	Lincoln City	18	9
10	Dominic Poleon	CF/LW/RW	2018	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 30)	Bradford City	15	1
26	Brian Galach	CF	2018	(2001-05-16) 16 May 2001 (age 22)	Aldershot Town	2	0
27	Tarryn Allarakhia	LW	2018	(1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 26)	Colchester United	7	0
28	Panutche Camará	CF/RW	2017	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27)	Dulwich Hamlet	53	5

New contracts[edit]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Contract length	Contract end	Ref.
4 July 2018	RB		Lewis Young	2 years	2020	^[4]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	RM	George Francomb	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2018	CF	Brian Galach	Aldershot Town	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2018	RW	Ashley Nathaniel-George	Hendon	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2018	CF	Ollie Palmer	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	^[8]
5 July 2018	CF	Dominic Poleon	Bradford City	Undisclosed	^[9]
16 July 2018	CF	Reece Grego-Cox	Woking	Free transfer	^[10]
19 July 2018	RW	Filipe Morais	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[11]
19 July 2018	DM	Romain Vincelot	Bradford City	Undisclosed	^[12]
1 August 2018	LW	Tarryn Allarakhia	Colchester United	Free transfer	^[13]
1 August 2018	RB	David Sesay	Watford	Free transfer	^[14]
13 August 2018	CM	Robert Milsom	Notts County	Free transfer	^[15]
31 August 2018	CB	Bondz N'Gala	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free transfer	^[16]
1 January 2019	CF	Ricky German	Hendon	Undisclosed	^[17]
8 January 2019	CB	Tom Dallison	Falkirk	Free transfer	^[18]
1 February 2019	CF	Ibrahim Meite	Cardiff City	Free transfer	^[19]

Out[edit]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
28 June 2018	LW	Dean Cox	Eastbourne Borough	Mutual consent	^[20]^[a]
30 June 2018	CM	Billy Clifford	Boreham Wood	Released	^[22]^[b]
30 June 2018	CM	Kaby Djaló	Unattached	Released	^[22]
30 June 2018	CB	Josh Lelan	Aldershot Town	Released	^[22]^[c]
30 June 2018	LW	Jordan Roberts	Ipswich Town	Released	^[22]^[d]
30 June 2018	DM	Aryan Tajbakhsh	Dover Athletic	Released	^[26]^[27]
3 July 2018	RW	Moussa Sanoh	CSM Politehnica Iași	Mutual consent	^[28]^[e]
4 July 2018	RW	Enzio Boldewijn	Notts County	Undisclosed	^[30]
6 July 2018	CB	Josh Yorwerth	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[31]
16 July 2018	CF	Thomas Verheydt	Go Ahead Eagles	Undisclosed	^[32]
14 January 2019	CM	Robert Milsom	Notts County	Free transfer	^[33]
22 January 2019	DM	Romain Vincelot	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	^[34]
31 January 2019	CB	Mark Connolly	Dundee United	Undisclosed	^[35]
5 February 2019	CM	Mark Randall	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[36]

^ Dean Cox joined Eastbourne Borough following his release.^[21]
^ Billy Clifford joined Boreham Wood following his release.^[23]
^ Josh Lelan joined Aldershot Town following his release.^[24]
^ Jordan Roberts joined Ipswich Town following his release.^[25]
^ Moussa Sanoh joined CSM Politehnica Iași following his release.^[29]

Loans in[edit]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2018	LW	Luke Gambin	Luton Town	31 May 2019	^[37]
31 August 2018	LB	Joe Maguire	Fleetwood Town	31 May 2019	^[38]^[39]
31 January 2019	CM	Matty Willock	Manchester United	31 May 2019	^[40]

Loans out[edit]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2018	CM	Robert Milsom	Notts County	31 December 2018	^[41]^[42]^[33]
17 November 2018	CF	Brian Galach	Burgess Hill Town	17 December 2018	^[43]
8 January 2019	RM	Tarryn Allarakhia	Wealdstone	5 February 2019	^[44]

Pre-season[edit]

Crawley Town announced friendlies with Fulham, Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic.^[45]^[46]^[47]

7 July 2018 Friendly	Fulham	4–2	Crawley Town	New Malden
12:30 BST	Käit 23' Ayité 49' Djaló 58' Kebano 72'	Report	Palmer 9' Verheydt 73'	Stadium: Motspur Park

12 July 2018 Friendly	Norwich City	2–0	Crawley Town	Norwich
16:30 BST	Srbeny 71' Stiepermann 79'	Report		Stadium: Colney Training Centre

17 July 2018 Friendly	Crawley Town	0–1	Ipswich Town	East Grinstead
19:30 BST		Report	Ward 5'	Stadium: East Court Attendance: 475

20 July 2018 Friendly	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	Crawley Town	Lancing
11:00 BST	Bernardo 26' Tomer Hemed 32' Markus Suttner 48'	Report		Stadium: AMEX Training Centre

21 July 2018 Friendly	Crawley Town	0–2	Charlton Athletic	East Grinstead
15:00 BST		Report	Aribo 8' Ahearne-Grant 62'	Stadium: East Court Attendance: 450 Referee: Gavin Ward

28 July 2018 Friendly	Crawley Town	1–1	Roeselare	Crawley
15:00 BST	Palmer 66'	Report	Abraw 90'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,481

Competitions[edit]

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Grimsby Town	46	16	8	22	45	56	−11	56
18	Morecambe	46	14	12	20	54	70	−16	54
19	Crawley Town	46	15	8	23	51	68	−17	53
20	Port Vale	46	12	13	21	39	55	−16	49
21	Cambridge United	46	12	11	23	40	66	−26	47

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results ^[48]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	15	8	23	51	68	−17	53	10	5	8	34	31	+3	5	3	15	17	37	−20

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W
Position	9	13	19	18	14	16	15	10	15	10	12	9	10	8	9	10	12	13	12	16	16	17	18	18	17	15	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	20	18	19	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

The fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 21 June 2018 at 9am.^[49]

4 August 2018 1	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Crawley Town	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Flinders 36'	Report	Palmer 63'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,719 Referee: Thomas Bramall

11 August 2018 2	Crawley Town	1–3	Stevenage	Crawley
15:00 BST	Palmer 53'	Report	Reid 48' Revell 88', 90+5'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,102 Referee: Peter Wright

18 August 2018 3	Port Vale	1–0	Crawley Town	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Hannant 20' Worrall 61'	Report	Vincelot 57' Morais 90+6'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,159 Referee: Paul Marsden

21 August 2018 4	Crawley Town	2–2	Swindon Town	Crawley
19:45 BST	Doherty 27' Palmer 51', 90+9' Payne 90+6'	Report	Dunne 13', 53' Anderson 37' Diagouraga 51' Nelson 77' Doughty 90'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Charles Breakspear

25 August 2018 5	Crawley Town	3–2	Bury	Crawley
15:00 BST	Smith 4' Camará 81' Connolly 87' Palmer 88'	Report	Dagnall 45+2', 56' Mayor 78', 79' Adams 81'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,036 Referee: Craig Hicks

1 September 2018 6	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Crawley Town	Oldham
15:00 BST	Nepomuceno 8' Edmundson 78' Baxter 85' Surridge 89'	Report	Bulman 22' Connolly 76' Morais 79'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,160 Referee: Michael Salisbury

8 September 2018 7	Lincoln City	0–1	Crawley Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Frecklington 55' Bostwick 75'	Report	N'Gala 12' Bulman 22' Bostwick 45' (og.) Maguire 46' Connolly 68' Palmer 90+2'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,321 Referee: Matt Donohue

15 September 2018 8	Crawley Town	2–0	Morecambe	Crawley
15:00 BST	Bulman 28' Connolly 35' Nathaniel-George 52' Camará 55', 88'	Report	Yarney 23' Piggott 50' Cranston 79'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,895 Referee: Allan Young

22 September 2018 9	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Crawley Town	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Campbell 62' Reid 70' Mills 73' Brown 85'	Report	Connolly 3' Camará 28' Palmer 83' McNerney 85'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,089 Referee: Tom Nield

29 September 2018 10	Crawley Town	3–1	Yeovil Town	Crawley
15:00 BST	Palmer 25', 85' Maguire 29' Randall 33' Nathaniel-George 68' Morais 90+4'	Report	D'Almeida 32' Dickinson 42'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,142 Referee: Neil Hair

2 October 2018 11	Notts County	3–1	Crawley Town	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Hemmings 9' Stead 33' Milsom 66' Thomas 87' Ward 89'	Report	Payne 61' Vincelot 85' Palmer 90' Poleon 90+3'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,098 Referee: David Webb

6 October 2018 12	Crawley Town	2–0	Cambridge United	Crawley
15:00 BST	Payne 26' Gambin 71' Palmer 77'	Report	Lambe 26' Maris 64'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,151 Referee: Gavin Ward

13 October 2018 13	Colchester United	3–1	Crawley Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Szmodics 27', 34' Eastman 40' Nouble 57' Vincent-Young 76' Norris 90'	Report	Morais 40' (pen.), 43' Connolly 45+1' Payne 59' N'Gala 90+6'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,208 Referee: Trevor Kettle

20 October 2018 14	Crawley Town	4–1	Newport County	Crawley
15:00 BST	Maguire 1' Payne 51' Connolly 53' Morais 64' (pen.), 64' Palmer 72' Nathaniel-George 79' Francomb 85'	Report	Matt 59' Butler 67' Franks 82'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,157 Referee: Craig Breakspear

23 October 2018 15	Crawley Town	1–1	Exeter City	Crawley
19:45 BST	Gambin 7' Vincelot 41' Morais 61' Payne 80' Nathaniel-George 83'	Report	Tillson 50' Holmes 79' Taylor 82'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,095 Referee: John Busby

27 October 2018 16	Tranmere Rovers	5–1	Crawley Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Jennings 25' Norwood 43', 54' Buxton 58' (pen.) Mullin 60'	Report	Francomb 18' Palmer 65'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,445 Referee: Tom Nield

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 17	Crawley Town	0–4	Milton Keynes Dons	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Vincelot 64'	Report	Healey 7', 45+1' Agard 18' Aneke 63'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,667 Referee: Anthony Coggins

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) 18	Grimsby Town	1–0	Crawley Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Rose 86'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,459 Referee: Andy Haines

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 19	Crawley Town	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Payne 15' (pen.) McNerney 81' Bulman 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,734 Referee: Lee Collins

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 20	Crawley Town	0–1	Northampton Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Palmer 55'	Report	van Veen 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,389 Referee: Craig Hicks

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 21	Macclesfield Town	2–0	Crawley Town	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Durrell 31' Smith 85'	Report	Maguire 19'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,362 Referee: Kevin Johnson

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 22	Crawley Town	2–3	Carlisle United	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Poleon 8', 40' Francomb 37' Payne 57' McNerney 62'	Report	Yates 12' 14' Grainger 37' (pen.) Sowerby 56'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,176 Referee: Nick Kinseley

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 23	Cambridge United	2–1	Crawley Town	Cambridge
13:00 GMT	Maris 27' 32' Deegan 38' Ibehre 88'	Report	Poleon 16' Bulman 80' McNerney 86'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,601 Referee: Neil Hair

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 24	Newport County	0–0	Crawley Town	Newport
15:00 GMT	Harris 88'	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,166 Referee: Antony Coggins

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 25	Crawley Town	2–0	Colchester United	Crawley
15:00 GMT	McNerney 32' Connolly 45+1' Gambin 60', 90'	Report	Kent 49' 89'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,765 Referee: Andy Davies

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) 26	Crawley Town	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Palmer 39' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,623 Referee: Chris Sarginson

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Stevenage	2–1	Crawley Town	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Ball 24', 40'	Report	Poleon 36' Payne 42'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,347 Referee: Thomas Bramall

15 January 2019 (2019-01-15) 28	Mansfield Town	1–0	Crawley Town	Mansfield
19:45 GMT	Grant 42' Bishop 64' Walker 88'	Report	Dallison 30' Young 36' Payne 45+4' Connolly 74' Francomb 82'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,739 Referee: Martin Coy

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 29	Crawley Town	0–1	Port Vale	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Gambin 81'	Report	Miller 27' 75' Conlon 89'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,089 Referee: Dean Whitestone

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 30	Swindon Town	0–1	Crawley Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Anderson 90'	Report	Sesay 40' Camará 42' Morais 45+1' McNerney 80'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,026 Referee: Lee Swabey

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 31	Bury	1–1	Crawley Town	Bury
15:00 GMT	Maynard 83'	Report	Dallison 43' Palmer 87'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,625 Referee: Neil Hair

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 32	Crawley Town	0–3	Oldham Athletic	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Young 35' Francomb 73'	Report	Missilou 64' Maouche 71' Branger 74' Dearnley 86' Nepomuceno 90+4'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,058 Referee: John Busby

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 33	Northampton Town	0–0	Crawley Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Elšnik 56' Powell 66' Hoskins 89'	Report	Poleon 85'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,581 Referee: Nick Kinseley

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 34	Crawley Town	1–1	Macclesfield Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Willock 54' Sesay 57' Dallison 65' Young 84' McNerney 86'	Report	Smith 40' Rose 45+2' Demetriou 50' Wilson 66'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,190 Referee: Alan Young

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 35	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Crawley Town	Denbigh
15:00 GMT	McGrandles 12' Agard 41' Walsh 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 6,889 Referee: Thomas Bramall

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 36	Crawley Town	2–1	Grimsby Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Palmer 21' 26', 40'	Report	Thomas 6' Woolford 15' Embleton 70' Öhman 79'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Brett Huxtable

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 37	Crawley Town	0–0	Mansfield Town	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Francomb 85' Willock 90+4'	Report	Turner 48'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,909 Referee: Lee Collins

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 38	Crewe Alexandra	6–1	Crawley Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Bowery 36' Dallison 38' (o.g.) Porter 42' Green 43' Kirk 47' Hunt 79' Dale 83'	Report	Palmer 13' (pen.) Meite 80'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,220 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 39	Crawley Town	0–3	Lincoln City	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Dallison 39'	Report	Andrade 37' McCartan 76' Bolger 85'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,335 Referee: Craig Hicks

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 40	Morecambe	1–0	Crawley Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Mandeville 82'	Report	McNerney 66'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,445 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 41	Crawley Town	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Crawley
15:00 BST	Bulman 24' Morais 65' McNerney 85'	Report	Doidge 23' 34', 88'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,088 Referee: Darren Drysdale

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	Yeovil Town	0–1	Crawley Town	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Warren 39' Ojo 58' D'Almeida 90+1'	Report	Morais 60' 72' Nathaniel-George 63' Young 79'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,232 Referee: Ben Toner

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	Exeter City	1–3	Crawley Town	Exeter
13:00 BST	Bowman 50' Sweeney 80'	Report	Morais 26' Grego-Cox 34', 60' Sesay 38' Bulman 59' McNerney 73' Maguire 80'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,054 Referee: Thomas Bramall

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Crawley Town	1–1	Notts County	Crawley
15:00 BST	Nathaniel-George 19'	Report	Mackail-Smith 8' Milsom 45' Barclay 54'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Graham Salisbury

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	Carlisle United	4–2	Crawley Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Thomas 7', 9' O'Hare 20' Hope 31'	Report	McNerney 21' Nathaniel-George 44' Gerrard 77' (og.) Dallison 90+3'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,514 Referee: Scott Oldham

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 46	Crawley Town	3–1	Tranmere Rovers	Crawley
15:00 BST	Nathaniel-George 36' Morais 42' Camará 90+2'	Report	Norwood 50' (pen.) Buxton 76'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,183 Referee: Andy Haines

FA Cup[edit]

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.^[50]

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) First round	Southend United	1–1	Crawley Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Kightly 9'	Report	White 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3,935 Referee: Scott Oldham

20 November 2018 (2018-11-20) First round replay	Crawley Town	2–6 (a.e.t.)	Southend United	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Palmer 55', 68'	Report	Doherty 17' (o.g.) Bunn 31' Cox 92' White 97' Mantom 106' McLaughlin 114'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,120 Referee: Charles Breakspear

EFL Cup[edit]

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[51]

14 August 2018 First round	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Crawley Town	Bristol
19:45 BST	Bennett 32' Payne 56' Clarke 67', 84' Smith 90+4'	Report	Randall 40' Connolly 88' Poleon 85' 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,336 Referee: Lee Swabey

EFL Trophy[edit]

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.^[52]

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth	3	3	0	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Round 2
2	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21	3	1	0	1	1	7	4	+3	4	Round 2
3	L1	Gillingham	3	1	0	0	2	2	9	−7	3
4	L2	Crawley Town	3	0	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

Source: EFL.com

4 September 2018 Group stages	Crawley Town	1–1 (5–3 p)	Tottenham Hotspur U23s	Crawley
20:00 BST	N'Gala 59' Randall 85'	Report	Harrison 49'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,403 Referee: Tim Robinson
	Penalties
	Young Poleon Randall Palmer Sesay		Binks Roles Bowden Maghoma

9 October 2018 Group stages	Crawley Town	0–1	Portsmouth	Crawley
19:45 BST	Vincelot 43' Randall 69'	Report	Donohue 37'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,268 Referee: Gavin Ward

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13) Group stages	Gillingham	2–1	Crawley Town	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	List 59' Stevenson 88'	Report	Poleon 18'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

Statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

Players included in matchday squads
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Glenn Morris	45	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	47	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Lewis Young	33 (4)	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	37 (4)	1	4	0
3	DF	NIR	Josh Doherty	12 (6)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	16 (6)	0	2	0
4	MF	ENG	Josh Payne	24 (3)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	26 (3)	1	11	1
5	DF	ENG	Joe McNerney	25 (3)	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	29 (3)	1	10	2
7	MF	IRL	Reece Grego-Cox	14 (13)	2	0 (2)	0	1	0	1	0	16 (15)	2	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Jimmy Smith	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Ollie Palmer	39	14	2	2	0	0	0 (1)	0	41 (1)	16	7	1
10	FW	ENG	Dominic Poleon	21 (9)	5	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	3	1	24 (11)	6	2	1
11	MF	MLT	Luke Gambin	21 (5)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	23 (5)	3	2	0
12	GK	TUR	Yusuf Mersin	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
13	FW	ENG	Ricky German	0 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (4)	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	George Francomb	38 (2)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	43 (2)	0	7	0
15	MF	ENG	Ashley Nathaniel-George	14 (15)	5	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	16 (18)	5	2	0
16	DF	ENG	Joe Maguire	24 (3)	1	1	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	26 (4)	1	6	0
17	DF	ENG	Tom Dallison	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	5	0
18	MF	ENG	David Sesay	15 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	16 (4)	0	3	0
19	MF	ENG	Matty Willock	6 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (4)	0	2	0
21	MF	ENG	Dannie Bulman	29 (7)	3	0	0	0 (1)	0	3	0	32 (8)	3	4	0
22	MF	POR	Filipe Morais	30 (3)	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	32 (3)	7	6	0
26	FW	POL	Brian Galach	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
28	FW	GNB	Panutche Camará	33 (11)	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	38 (11)	2	5	0
29	FW	ENG	Ibrahim Meite	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	1
33	DF	ENG	Bondz N'Gala	12 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	15 (1)	1	1	1
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
6	DF	IRL	Mark Connolly	23	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	26	1	10	0
20	DF	FRA	Romain Vincelot	12	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	15	0	6	0
24	MF	ENG	Robert Milsom	2 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Mark Randall	2 (4)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (2)	0	4 (6)	0	4	0
27	FW	ENG	Tarryn Allarakhia	0 (5)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4 (5)	0	0	0

Last updated: 27 April 2019.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Top scorers[edit]

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League Two	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	FW	9	Ollie Palmer	9	0	0	9
2	MF	22	Filipe Morais	4	0	0	4
3	MF	15	Ashley Nathaniel-George	3	0	0	3
4	FW	28	Panutche Camará	2	0	0	2
5	DF	6	Mark Connolly	0	1	0	1
	MF	8	Jimmy Smith	1	0	0	1
	FW	10	Dominic Poleon	1	0	0	1
	MF	11	Luke Gambin	1	0	0	1
	DF	16	Joe Maguire	1	0	0	1
	MF	21	Dannie Bulman	1	0	0	1
	DF	33	Bondz N'Gala	0	0	1	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Total				24	1	1	26

Last updated: 3 November 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Clean sheets[edit]

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

Rnk	No.	Player	League Two	Total
1	1	Glenn Morris	4	4
2	12	Yusuf Mersin	0	0
Total			4	4

Last updated: 6 October 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Summary[edit]

Games played	20 (17 League Two) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy)
Games won	7 (7 League Two)
Games drawn	3 (2 League Two) (1 EFL Trophy)
Games lost	10 (8 League Two) (1 EFL Cup) (1 EFL Trophy)
Goals scored	26 (24 League Two) (1 EFL Cup) (1 EFL Trophy)
Goals conceded	33 (29 League Two) (2 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy)
Goal difference	–7 (−5 League Two) (−1 EFL Cup) (−1 EFL Trophy)
Clean sheets	4 (4 League Two)
Yellow cards	42 (37 League Two) (2 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy)
Red cards	4 (3 League Two) (1 EFL Cup)
Most appearances	Panutche Camará (19 appearances)
Top scorer	Ollie Palmer (9 goals)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 7/20 (35.00%)

Last updated: 3 November 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

References[edit]

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^ "History". Statto. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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^ "REDS SIGN FORWARD REECE GREGO-COX". Crawley Town Official Site. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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^ "Reds Sign Midfielder Tarryn Allarakhia". Crawley Town F.C. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ "Reds Sign Defender Sesay". Crawley Town F.C. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ "REDS SIGN MIDFIELDER ROB MILSOM". Crawley Town F.C. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^ "PREMIUM BONDZ". Crawley Town F.C. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Reds Sign Striker Ricky German". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ "Reds Sign Defender Tom Dallison". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "The transfer window has closed but Crawley Town re-sign ex-Cardiff City striker". West Sussex Today. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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^ "MIDFIELDER RETURNS". Boreham Wood Official Site. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
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^ "Romain Vincelot joins Town". Shrewsbury Town F.C. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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[22] Dean Cox joined Eastbourne Borough following his release.^[21]

[25] Billy Clifford joined Boreham Wood following his release.^[23]

[27] Josh Lelan joined Aldershot Town following his release.^[24]

[29] Jordan Roberts joined Ipswich Town following his release.^[25]

[34] Moussa Sanoh joined CSM Politehnica Iași following his release.^[29]

[1] "League Two 2018/2019 – Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[2] "History". Statto. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[3] "Changes to 2018-19 Squad Numbers".

[4] "LEWIS YOUNG SIGNS NEW CONTRACT". Crawley Town Official Site. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[5] "BREAKING NEWS: GEORGE FRANCOMB SIGNS FOR REDS". Crawley Town Official Site. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[6] "YOUNG STRIKER JOINS REDS". Crawley Town Official Site. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[7] "REDS SIGN WINGER ASHLEY". Crawley Town Official Site. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

[8] "REDS BOOST ATTACK BY SIGNING OLLIE PALMER". Crawley Town Official Site. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[9] "REDS SIGN STRIKER DOMINIC POLEON". Crawley Town Official Site. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[10] "REDS SIGN FORWARD REECE GREGO-COX". Crawley Town Official Site. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

[11] "Reds Sign Filipe Morais". Crawley Town F.C. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

[12] "Crawley sign experienced former Brighton, Dagenham and Orient defender from Bradford". Crawley Observer. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

[13] "Reds Sign Midfielder Tarryn Allarakhia". Crawley Town F.C. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

[14] "Reds Sign Defender Sesay". Crawley Town F.C. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

[15] "REDS SIGN MIDFIELDER ROB MILSOM". Crawley Town F.C. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[16] "PREMIUM BONDZ". Crawley Town F.C. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[17] "Reds Sign Striker Ricky German". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[18] "Reds Sign Defender Tom Dallison". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[19] "The transfer window has closed but Crawley Town re-sign ex-Cardiff City striker". West Sussex Today. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[20] "DEAN COX LEAVES BY MUTUAL CONSENT". Crawley Town Official Site. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[21] "Three More Join Jamie's Cause". Eastbourne Borough. 3 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[Retained_List-23] "NEW CONTRACT OFFERS MADE TO THREE PLAYERS". Crawley Town Official Site. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[24] "MIDFIELDER RETURNS". Boreham Wood Official Site. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[26] "Josh Lelan Joins The Shots". Aldershot Town Official Site. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[28] "Ipswich bring in Crawley winger Roberts". BBC. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[30] "First Team". Crawley Town Official Site. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

[31] "Midfielder Joins Whites". Dover Athletic F.C. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

[32] "MOUSSA SANOH LEAVES THE CLUB". Crawley Town Official Site. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[33] "Moussa Sanoh este jucătorul Politehnicii". CSM Politehnica Iași Official Site. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

[35] "ENZIO BOLDEWIJN LEAVES THE CLUB TO JOIN NOTTS COUNTY". Crawley Town Official Site. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[36] "JOSH YORWERTH JOINS PETERBOROUGH UNITED". Crawley Town Official Site. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

[37] "THOMAS VERHEYDT JOINS GO AHEAD EAGLES". Crawley Town Official Site. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

[MilsomJan-38] "Rob Milson Joins Notts County On Permanent Basis". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

[39] "Romain Vincelot joins Town". Shrewsbury Town F.C. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[40] "Mark Connolly Departs". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[41] "Randall Leaves Reds". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[42] "Luke Gambin Joins Crawley Town On Loan". Luton Town F.C. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[43] "Maguire joins Crawley on a short-term loan". Fleetwood Town F.C. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[44] "Joe Maguire Extends Loan Until End Of The Season". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

[45] "Willock Completes Loan Move To Crawley Town". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[46] "ROB MILSOM LEAVES REDS TO SIGN FOR NOTTS COUNTY". Crawley Town Official Site. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[47] "Rob returns!". Notts County Official Site. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[48] "Burgess Hill Town sign Crawley Town striker on short-term loan". West Sussex Today. Retrieved 17 November 2018.

[49] "Allarakhia Joins Wealdstone On Loan". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[50] "Reds To Take On Fulham In Pre-Season". Crawley Town F.C. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[51] "Pre-season date with Championship club confirmed". Crawley Town Official Site. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[52] "REDS TO FACE CHARLTON IN PRE-SEASON". Crawley Town Official Site. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[EFL_Regulations1-53] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[54] "Cheltenham away on opening day for Reds". Crawley Town F.C. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[55] "First round draw". The Football Association. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

[56] "Lampard's Derby at Oldham in Carabao Cup". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

[57] "Checkatrade Trophy: Round One Draw information". English Football League. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

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