2016–17 Crawley Town F.C. season explained

Club:	Crawley Town
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Dermot Drummy Matt Harrold (caretaker)
Chairman:	Ziya Eren
Stadium:	Broadfield Stadium
League:	League Two
League Result:	19th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	First round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
Cup3:	EFL Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Second round
Cup4:	Sussex Senior Cup
Cup4 Result:	Runners up
League Topscorer:	James Collins (20 goals)
Season Topscorer:	James Collins (22 goals)
Highest Attendance:	^[1]
Lowest Attendance:	^[2]
Average Attendance:	2,457
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18
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The 2016–17 season will be Crawley Town's 121st season in their history and their second consecutive season in League Two.^[3] 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 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players

First team squad

	Name	Nat	Position	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
12	Glenn Morris		GK	2016	20 December 1983	Gillingham	41	0
13	Yusuf Mersin		GK	2016	23 September 1994	Kasımpaşa	10	0
Defenders
2	Lewis Young		RB	2014	27 September 1989	Bury	134	0
3	Chris Arthur		LB	2016	25 January 1990	Woking	12	0
6	Mark Connolly		CB	2016	16 December 1991	Kilmarnock	126	6
14	Andre Blackman		LB	2016	10 November 1990	MAS Fez	35	0
15	Josh Yorwerth		CB	2016	28 February 1995	Ipswich Town	48	3
16	Addison Garnett		CB	2016	13 September 1996	Hendon	4	0
22	Joe McNerney		CB	2015	24 January 1990	Woking	48	4
25	Josh Lelan		CB	2017	21 December 1994	Derby County	13	0
Midfielders
4	Josh Payne		DM	2016	25 November 1990	Eastleigh	33	1
7	Enzio Boldewijn		RW	2016	17 November 1992	Almere City	52	6
8	Jimmy Smith		CM	2014	7 January 1987	Stevenage	126	9
11	Jordan Roberts		LW	2016	5 January 1994	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	26	4
17	Bobson Bawling		RM	2014	21 September 1995	Watford	81	0
18	Billy Clifford		CM	2016	18 October 1992	Boreham Wood	42	1
20	Aryan Tajbakhsh		DM	2016	27 October 1990	Cray Wanderers	9	0
24	Kaby Djaló		CM	2016	5 February 1992	PS Kemi	33	1
28	Dean Cox		LW	2016	12 August 1987	Leyton Orient	22	2
44	Conor Henderson		CM	2016	8 September 1991	Grimsby Town	36	2
Forwards
9	Matt Harrold		FW	2014	25 July 1984	Bristol Rovers	77	11
19	James Collins		FW	2016	1 December 1990	Shrewsbury Town	51	22
39	Rhys Murphy		FW	2017	6 November 1990	on loan from Forest Green Rovers	31	10

New contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Contract length	Contract end	Ref.
28 October 2016				2 years	2019	^[4]
3 March 2017				2 years	2019	^[5]
10 March 2017				2 years	2019	^[6]
30 May 2017				1 year	2018	^[7]
29 June 2017				1 year	2018	^[8]

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[9]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[10]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[12]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[13]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[14]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[15]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[16]
2 July 2016					Free transfer	^[17]
2 July 2016			Alper Tursun		Free transfer	^[18]
11 July 2016					Free transfer	^[19]
12 July 2016					Free transfer	^[20]
13 July 2016					Free transfer	^[21]
19 July 2016					Free transfer	^[22]
20 July 2016					Free transfer	^[23]
9 August 2016					Free transfer	^[24]
31 August 2016					Free transfer	^[25]
13 September 2016					Free transfer	^[26]
1 November 2016					Free transfer	^[27]
1 November 2016					Free transfer
26 January 2017					Free transfer	^[28]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released	^[29]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Undisclosed	^[30]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released	^[31]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released	^[32]
1 July 2016					Released	^[33]
11 July 2016					Free transfer	^[34]
3 August 2016			Alper Tursun		Released	^[35]
11 January 2017					Free transfer	^[36]
31 January 2017					Released

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016					3 January 2017	^[37]
2 August 2016					1 January 2017	^[38]
11 August 2016					3 January 2017	^[39]
31 January 2017					End of Season	^[40]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
22 September 2016					1 January 2017	^[41]
8 October 2016					14 November 2016	^[42] ^[43]
31 January 2017					8 April 2017	^[44]
31 January 2017					End of Season	^[45]
17 February 2017					18 April 2017	^[46]

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
League Two
FA Cup
EFL Cup
EFL Trophy
Total League Two See main article: 2016–17 EFL League Two. Matches The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 22 June 2016 at 9am.^[47] FA Cup See main article: 2016–17 FA Cup. EFL Cup See main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup. EFL Trophy See main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy. Knockout phase Sussex Senior Cup See main article: Sussex Senior Challenge Cup. 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 2 DF Lewis Young 42 (1) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 48 (1) 0 11 0 3 DF Chris Arthur 3 (3) 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 9 (3) 0 0 0 4 MF Josh Payne 23 (9) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 (9) 1 8 1 6 DF Mark Connolly 40 (1) 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 45 (1) 3 9 1 7 MF Enzio Boldewijn 43 (3) 5 1 (1) 0 1 1 1 (2) 0 46 (6) 6 6 0 8 MF Jimmy Smith 46 7 2 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 49 (1) 7 8 0 9 FW Matt Harrold 1 (10) 0 0 (2) 1 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (14) 1 1 0 11 MF Jordan Roberts 14 (9) 3 1 1 1 0 0 (1) 0 16 (10) 4 6 0 12 GK Glenn Morris 39 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 13 GK Yusuf Mersin 6 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 (2) 0 0 0 14 DF Andre Blackman 31 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 33 (2) 0 8 2 15 DF Josh Yorwerth 14 (7) 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 (7) 3 8 1 16 DF Addison Garnett 1 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 2 (2) 0 1 0 17 MF Bobson Bawling 1 (27) 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 3 0 4 (28) 0 0 0 18 MF Billy Clifford 26 (10) 0 2 1 0 0 3 (1) 0 31 (11) 1 4 0 19 FW James Collins 45 20 2 0 1 0 2 (1) 2 50 (1) 22 9 1 20 MF Aryan Tajbakhsh 2 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 4 0 6 (3) 0 4 0 22 DF Joe McNerney 33 (1) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 (1) 3 6 0 24 MF Kaby Djaló 24 (4) 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 29 (4) 1 8 0 25 DF Josh Lelan 10 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 (3) 0 2 0 28 MF Dean Cox 20 (2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 (2) 2 1 0 39 FW Rhys Murphy 7 (8) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 (8) 1 0 0 44 MF Conor Henderson 8 (4) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 8 (6) 0 1 0 Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan 1 GK Mitchell Beeney 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 5 DF Alex Davey 8 (6) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 12 (6) 0 4 0 10 MF Jason Banton 11 (3) 0 0 0 1 0 3 (1) 0 15 (4) 0 2 0 21 FW Adi Yussuf 6 (10) 2 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 4 1 11 (12) 3 1 0 23 DF Daniel Pappoe 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 33 MF Sanchez Watt 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. width=10 width=10 width=10 width=150 Player width=50 League Two width=50 FA Cup width=50 EFL Cup width=50 EFL Trophy width=50 Total 1 FW 19 James Collins 20 0 0 2 22 2 MF 8 Jimmy Smith 7 0 0 0 7 3 MF 7 Enzio Boldewijn 5 0 1 0 6 4 MF 11 Jordan Roberts 3 1 0 0 4 5 DF 6 Mark Connolly 3 0 0 0 3 DF 15 Josh Yorwerth 3 0 0 0 3 FW 21 Adi Yussuf 2 0 0 1 3 DF 22 Joe McNerney 3 0 0 0 3 9 MF 28 Dean Cox 2 0 0 0 2 10 MF 4 Josh Payne 1 0 0 0 1 FW 9 Matt Harrold 0 1 0 0 1 MF 18 Billy Clifford 0 1 0 0 1 MF 24 Kaby Djaló 1 0 0 0 1 FW 39 Rhys Murphy 1 0 0 0 1 Own goals 2 0 0 0 2 Total 53 3 1 3 60 Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal. width=10 width=10 width=200 Player width=50 League Two width=50 FA Cup width=50 EFL Cup width=50 EFL Trophy width=50 Total 1 12 Glenn Morris 10 0 0 0 10 2 1 Mitchell Beeney 0 0 0 2 2 13 Yusuf Mersin 2 0 0 0 2 Total 12 0 0 2 14 Summary Games played 53 (46 League Two) (2 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy) Games won 15 (13 League Two) (2 EFL Trophy) Games drawn 13 (12 League Two) (1 FA Cup) Games lost 25 (21 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy) Goals scored 60 (53 League Two) (3 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy) Goals conceded 83 (71 League Two) (5 FA Cup) (2 EFL Cup) (5 EFL Trophy) Goal difference –23 (–18 League Two) (–2 FA Cup) (–1 EFL Cup) (–2 EFL Trophy) Clean sheets 14 (12 League Two) (2 EFL Trophy) Yellow cards 110 (102 League Two) (4 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy) Red cards 6 (4 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) Most appearances Enzio Boldewijn (52 appearances) Top scorer James Collins (22 goals) Winning Percentage Overall: 15/53 (28.30%) References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Crawley Town 2-0 Luton Town. 17 August 2016. BBC Sport. 17 August 2016.
2. Web site: Match Report. 30 August 2016. Crawley Town. 28 September 2016.
3. News: History . Statto . 10 May 2016 . 5 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150505094025/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crawley-town/history . dead .
4. News: Skipper signs on until 2019 . Crawley Town Official Site . 28 October 2016 . 10 March 2017.
5. News: Crawley Town: Joe McNerney signs new two-year Crawley Town deal . BBC Sport . 3 March 2017 . 10 March 2017.
6. News: Morris agrees new contract . Crawley Town Official Site . 10 March 2017 . 10 March 2017.
7. News: Josh Yorwerth signs new contract . Crawley Town Official Site . 30 May 2017 . 30 May 2017.
8. News: Matt Harrold signs new contract . Crawley Town Official Site . 29 June 2017 . 29 June 2017.
9. News: Reds sign Arthur . Crawley Town Official Site . 8 June 2016 . 8 June 2016.
10. News: Reds sign Banton . Crawley Town Official Site . 24 May 2016 . 24 May 2016.
11. Web site: Reds going Dutch! . Crawley Town FC . 16 May 2016 . 16 May 2016.
12. News: Reds sign Mersin . Crawley Town F.C. . 7 June 2016.
13. News: Reds sign keeper Glenn . Crawley Town Official Site . 25 May 2016 . 25 May 2016.
14. News: Josh joins Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 26 May 2016 . 26 May 2016.
15. News: Reds sign Roberts . Crawley Town Official Site . 28 June 2016 . 28 June 2016.
16. News: Josh Yorwerth: Crawley Town sign defender on one-year deal . BBC Sport . 1 June 2016.
17. News: Conns is back . Crawley Town Official Site . 2 July 2016 . 2 July 2016.
18. News: Welcome Alper . Crawley Town Official Site . 2 July 2016 . 2 July 2016.
19. News: Collins signs for Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 11 July 2016 . 11 July 2016.
20. News: Reds sign Tajbakhsh . Crawley Town Official Site . 12 July 2016 . 12 July 2016.
21. News: Addison joins Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 13 July 2016 . 13 July 2016.
22. News: Defender signs for Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 19 July 2016 . 19 July 2016.
23. News: Billy Clifford signs for Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 20 July 2016 . 20 July 2016.
24. News: Reds sign Pappoe . Crawley Town Official Site . 9 August 2016 . 9 August 2016.
25. News: Breaking: Reds sign midfielder . Crawley Town Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
26. News: Cox is a Red . Crawley Town Official Site . 13 September 2016 . 13 September 2016.
27. News: Pair extend trial with Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 1 November 2016 . 1 November 2016.
28. News: Reds sign defender Josh . Crawley Town Official Site . 26 January 2017 . 26 January 2017.
29. News: Five players released . Crawley Town Official Site . 10 May 2016 . 10 May 2016.
30. News: Edwards departs . Crawley Town Official Site . 24 June 2016 . 24 June 2016.
31. News: Ex York and Brentford defender won't be offered new Crawley Town deal . Crawley News . 12 July 2016 . 20 July 2016.
32. News: Tomlin and Fenelon released . Crawley Town Official Site . 13 May 2016 . 16 May 2016.
33. News: Midfielder leaves the club . Crawley Town Official Site . 1 July 2016 . 1 July 2016.
34. News: Defender Bradley signs for Plymouth . BBC . 11 July 2016 . 11 July 2016.
35. News: Alper Tursun: Crawley Town release defender one month into his contract . BBC . 3 August 2016 . 3 August 2016.
36. News: Former Chelsea Youth Captain Daniel Pappoe Joins New Radiant SC . Modern Ghana . 12 January 2017 . 17 January 2017.
37. News: Reds sign Chelsea keeper on loan . Crawley Town Official Site . 23 June 2016.
38. News: Reds sign Yussuf . Crawley Town Official Site . 2 August 2016 . 3 August 2016.
39. News: Reds sign Chelsea defender . Crawley Town Official Site . 11 August 2016 . 11 August 2016.
40. News: Rhys is a Red again . Crawley Town Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
41. News: Cox joins Burgess Hill . Crawley Town Official Site . 22 September 2016 . 22 September 2016.
42. News: YORWERTH SIGNS FOR MARTYRS . Merthyr Town Official Site . 8 October 2016 . 13 October 2016.
43. News: Yorwerth goes on loan . Crawley Town Official Site . 13 October 2016 . 13 October 2016.
44. News: Arthur out on loan . Crawley Town Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
45. News: Jason joins Jags . Crawley Town Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
46. News: Tajbakhsh departs . Crawley Town Official Site . 17 February 2017 . 17 February 2017.
47. News: 2016/17 schedule announced . Crawley Town F.C. . 22 June 2016.