2024–25 Crawley Town F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 129th season in the history of Crawley Town Football Club and their first season back in League One since the 2014–15 season, following promotion via the play-offs in the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Crawley Town
2024–25 season
OwnerWAGMI United
ChairmanPreston Johnson,
Eben Smith
ManagerScott Lindsey
StadiumBroadfield Stadium
2025–26 →

Transfers

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
24 June 2024 CB   Charlie Barker   Wealdstone Undisclosed [1]
28 June 2024 LB   Scott Malone   Gillingham Undisclosed [2]
1 July 2024[a] CB   Josh Flint   FC Volendam Free [3]
1 July 2024[b] CF   Rushian Hepburn-Murphy   Swindon Town Free [4]
1 July 2024[c] CM   Antony Papadopoulos   Welling United Free [5]
9 July 2024 AM   Gavan Holohan   Grimsby Town Free [6]
9 July 2024 CB   Toby Mullarkey   Grimsby Town Undisclosed [7]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on 1 July once his FC Volendam contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 28 June, and would become official on 1 July once his Swindon Town contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 20 June, and would become official on 1 July once his Welling United contract expired
Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
26 June 2024 CF   Danilo Orsi   Burton Albion Undisclosed [8]
27 June 2024 GK   Corey Addai   Stockport County Undisclosed [9]
28 June 2024 CM   Klaidi Lolos   Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed [10]
4 July 2024 CM   Liam Kelly   Milton Keynes Dons Undisclosed [11]

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
10 July 2024 LW   Michael Dacosta Gonzalez   Bournemouth End of Season [12]

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 LW   Adam Campbell   Hartlepool United 1 July 2024 [13][14]
30 June 2024 CF   Jayden Davis   Eastbourne Borough 1 July 2024 [15][16]
30 June 2024 CB   Harry Ransom   Sutton United 1 July 2024 [15][17]
30 June 2024 LM   Nick Tsaroulla   Notts County 1 July 2024 [18][19]
30 June 2024 CB   Will Wright   Swindon Town 1 July 2024 [20][21]
30 June 2024 RM   Kellan Gordon   Notts County 12 July 2024 [22]
30 June 2024 LW   Jed Brown [15]
30 June 2024 GK   Roshan Greensall [15]
30 June 2024 CB   Travis Johnson [15]
30 June 2024 DM   Florian Kastrati [15]
30 June 2024 CB   Tobi Omole [15]
6 July 2024 CM   Ben Gladwin [23]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 3 June, Crawley Town announced four pre-season friendlies, against Lewes, East Grinstead Town, Wealdstone and Aldershot Town.[24] Over two weeks later, a fifth friendly was confirmed against Ebbsfleet United.[25] A home friendly against Crystal Palace was also later added.[26]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 July 2024 Friendly Lewes v Crawley Town Lewes
19:45 BST Stadium: The Dripping Pan
20 July 2024 Friendly East Grinstead Town v Crawley Town East Grinstead
15:00 BST Stadium: East Court
23 July 2024 Friendly Wealdstone v Crawley Town Ruislip
19:45 BST Stadium: Grosvenor Vale
27 July 2024 Friendly Crawley Town v Crystal Palace Crawley
12:30 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
30 July 2024 Friendly Aldershot Town v Crawley Town Aldershot
19:45 BST Stadium: Recreation Ground
3 August 2024 Friendly Ebbsfleet United v Crawley Town Northfleet
15:00 BST Stadium: Stonebridge Road

Competitions

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League One

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for League One play-offs
7 Cambridge United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Charlton Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Crawley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Exeter City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. 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[27]

Results summary

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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

Matches

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.[28]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Crawley Town v Blackpool Crawley
17:30 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
17 August 2024 2 Cambridge United v Crawley Town Cambridge
15:00 BST Stadium: Abbey Stadium
24 August 2024 3 Wigan Athletic v Crawley Town Wigan
15:00 BST Stadium: Brick Community Stadium
31 August 2024 4 Crawley Town v Barnsley Crawley
15:00 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
7 September 2024 5 Burton Albion v Crawley Town Burton upon Trent
12:30 BST Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[29]
14 September 2024 6 Crawley Town v Stockport County Crawley
15:00 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
21 September 2024 7 Wrexham v Crawley Town Wrexham
15:00 BST Stadium: Racecourse Ground
28 September 2024 8 Crawley Town v Bolton Wanderers Crawley
12:30 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[29]

FA Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Crawley being drawn at home against Swindon Town.[30]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Crawley Town v Swindon Town Crawley
19:45 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

EFL Trophy

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In the group stage, Crawley were drawn into Southern Group B alongside AFC Wimbledon, Wycombe Wanderers and Brighton & Hove Albion U21.[31][32]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 AFC Wimbledon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Brighton & Hove Albion U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L1 Crawley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 L1 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK   ENG Ryan Sandford 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF   ENG Charlie Barker 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Dion Conroy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Josh Flint 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Scott Malone 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Joy Mukena 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Toby Mullarkey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF   ENG Ronan Darcy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Harry Forster 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   IRL Gavan Holohan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   MAR Rafiq Khaleel 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Antony Papadopoulos 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   CYP Jack Roles 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SKN Jay Williams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW   ENG Ade Adeyemo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ESP Michael Dacosta Gonzalez (on loan from Bournemouth) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   WAL Sonny Fish 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Rushian Hepburn-Murphy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   USA Jeremy Kelly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Charlie Barker Signs For The Red Devils". Crawley Town FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Scott Malone Signs For Crawley". Crawley Town FC. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Josh Flint Signs For Crawley". Crawley Town FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  4. ^ Dunford, Mark (28 June 2024). "Former Aston Villa and Swindon Town forward signs for Crawley Town on two-year deal". Sussex World. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Reds Secure Signing Of Antony Papadopoulos". Crawley Town FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Gavan Holohan Joins Lindsey's Reds". Crawley Town FC. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Toby Mullarkey Signed From Grimsby". Crawley Town FC. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Danilo Orsi Joins Burton Albion". Crawley Town FC. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Corey Addai Joins Stockport County". Crawley Town FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Klaidi Lolos Departs For Bolton". Crawley Town FC. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Liam Kelly Departs For MK Dons". Crawley Town FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Michael Dacosta Gonzalez Joins On Loan". Crawley Town FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Adam Campbell To Depart The Reds". Crawley Town FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Pools secure Adam Campbell". Hartlepool United FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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  16. ^ "Davis joins the Sports". Eastbourne Borough FC. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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  19. ^ "Signing: Nick Tsaroulla". Notts County FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Will Wright To Depart The Red Devils". Crawley Town FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Town sign Will Wright". Swindon Town FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Signing: Kellan Gordon". Notts County FC. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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  25. ^ "Ebbsfleet Match Added To Pre-Season Calendar". Crawley Town FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Reds To Welcome Back Crystal Palace In Pre-Season". Crawley Town FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  27. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  28. ^ "Birmingham start League One campaign against Reading". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  29. ^ a b "Three Of Crawley's Opening Matches To Be Shown Across Sky Sports Platforms". Crawley Town FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  30. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  31. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  32. ^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.