2017–18 Crawley Town F.C. season explained

Club:	Crawley Town
Season:	2017–18
Manager:	Harry Kewell
Chairman:	Ziya Eren
Stadium:	Broadfield Stadium
League:	League Two
League Result:	14th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	First round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
Cup3:	EFL Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Group stage
Cup4:	Sussex Senior Cup
Cup4 Result:	Runners up
League Topscorer:	Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals) Jimmy Smith (10 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals) Jimmy Smith (10 goals)
Highest Attendance:
Lowest Attendance:
Average Attendance:	2,268
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Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19

The 2017–18 season will be Crawley Town's 122nd season in their history and their third consecutive season in League Two.^[1] 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 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

First team squad

	Name	Nat	Position	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Glenn Morris		GK	2016	20 December 1983	Gillingham	87	0
12	Yusuf Mersin		GK	2016	23 September 1994	Kasımpaşa	15	0
Defenders
2	Lewis Young		RB	2014	27 September 1989	Bury	177	3
3	Josh Doherty		LB	2017	15 March 1996	Ards	16	0
5	Joe McNerney		CB	2015	24 January 1990	Woking	69	5
6	Mark Connolly		CB	2016	16 December 1991	Kilmarnock	167	8
15	Josh Yorwerth		CB	2016	28 February 1995	Ipswich Town	91	4
19	Cedric Evina		LB	2017	16 November 1991	Doncaster Rovers	34	0
22	Josh Lelan		CB	2017	21 December 1994	Derby County	46	0
Midfielders
4	Josh Payne		DM	2016	25 November 1990	Eastleigh	72	6
8	Jimmy Smith		CM	2014	7 January 1987	Stevenage	165	19
9	Karlan Ahearne-Grant		AM	2018	18 September 1997	Charlton Athletic	15	9
10	Dean Cox		LW	2016	12 August 1987	Leyton Orient	27	2
11	Jordan Roberts		LW	2016	5 January 1994	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	62	11
17	Kaby Djaló		CM	2016	5 February 1992	PS Kemi	39	1
18	Billy Clifford		CM	2016	18 October 1992	Boreham Wood	54	2
20	Aryan Tajbakhsh		DM	2016	27 October 1990	Cray Wanderers	31	0
21	Dannie Bulman		CM	2017	24 January 1979	AFC Wimbledon	328	12
25	Mark Randall		CM	2017	28 September 1989	Newport County	33	1
27	Moussa Sanoh		RW	2017	20 July 1995	RKC Waalwijk	16	1
Forwards
7	Enzio Boldewijn		RW	2016	17 November 1992	Almere City	100	16
23	Thomas Verheydt		CF	2017	24 January 1992	MVV Maastricht	22	2
28	Panutche Camará		CF	2017	28 February 1997	Dulwich Hamlet	34	3

New contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Contract length	Contract end	Ref.
19 September 2017				3 years	2020	^[2]
31 January 2018				2.5 years	2020	^[3]
1 February 2018				2.5 years	2020	^[4]
2 May 2018				2 years	2020	^[5]

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017					Free	^[6]
1 July 2017					Free	^[7]
1 July 2017					Free	^[8]
1 July 2017					Free	^[9]
6 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[10]
5 September 2017					Free	^[11]
13 October 2017			Nathan Okoye		Free	^[12]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2017					Released	^[13]
30 June 2017					Released
30 June 2017					Released
1 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[14]
1 August 2017					Mutual consent	^[15]
25 August 2017					Mutual consent	^[16]
31 August 2017					Free	^[17]
18 January 2018					Mutual consent	^[18]
13 February 2018			Nathan Okoye		Free	^[19]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2017					30 June 2018	^[20]
6 July 2017					31 December 2017	^[21]
25 August 2017					1 January 2018	^[22]
30 January 2018					30 June 2018	^[23]

Loans out

Pre-season

As of 22 June 2017, Crawley Town have announced seven pre-season fixtures against Brighton & Hove Albion,^[24] East Grinstead Town,^[25] Dulwich Hamlet, Bognor Regis Town,^[26] Oakwood,^[27] Chelsea XI^[28] and Portsmouth.^[29]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
League Two
FA Cup
EFL Cup
EFL Trophy
Total League Two Matches The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 9am.^[30] FA Cup See main article: 2017–18 FA Cup. EFL Cup See main article: 2017–18 EFL Cup. On 16 June 2017, Crawley Town were drawn away to Birmingham City in the first round.^[31] EFL Trophy See main article: 2017–18 EFL Trophy. On 12 July 2017, Crawley Town were drawn in Southern Group A against Charlton Athletic, Fulham U23s and Portsmouth.^[32] ^[33] 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 1 GK Glenn Morris 44 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 46 0 3 0 2 DF Lewis Young 41 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 43 3 6 0 3 DF Josh Doherty 11 (3) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 (3) 0 0 0 4 MF Josh Payne 23 (12) 5 0 0 1 0 3 0 27 (12) 5 8 1 5 DF Joe McNerney 10 (6) 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 15 (6) 1 2 0 6 DF Mark Connolly 40 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 41 2 9 1 7 FW Enzio Boldewijn 44 (1) 10 1 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 45 (3) 10 5 0 8 MF Jimmy Smith 36 (1) 10 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 37 (2) 10 5 1 9 MF Karlan Ahearne-Grant 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 0 0 10 MF Dean Cox 3 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 1 0 11 MF Jordan Roberts 25 (10) 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 26 (10) 7 7 1 12 GK Yusuf Mersin 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 15 DF Josh Yorwerth 37 (2) 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 41 (2) 1 11 1 17 MF Kaby Djaló 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 (1) 0 2 0 18 MF Billy Clifford 4 (3) 1 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 5 (7) 1 2 0 19 DF Cedric Evina 32 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 (2) 0 5 0 20 MF Aryan Tajbakhsh 8 (9) 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 1 (2) 0 10 (12) 0 2 0 21 MF Dannie Bulman 34 (3) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 37 (3) 0 2 0 22 DF Josh Lelan 29 (2) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 31 (2) 0 4 0 23 FW Thomas Verheydt 16 (4) 2 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 17 (5) 2 1 0 25 MF Mark Randall 24 (8) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 (8) 1 8 0 27 MF Moussa Sanoh 4 (8) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (2) 1 6 (10) 1 3 0 28 FW Panutche Camará 14 (15) 2 1 0 0 (1) 1 3 0 18 (16) 3 1 0 Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan 9 FW Matt Harrold 0 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 14 DF Andre Blackman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 DF Addison Garnett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 MF Dennon Lewis 3 (7) 0 0 0 1 0 2 (1) 0 6 (8) 0 1 0 26 FW Ibrahim Meite 6 (13) 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 (13) 3 4 0 29 DF Nathan Okoye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 7 Enzio Boldewijn 10 0 0 0 10 MF 8 Jimmy Smith 10 0 0 0 10 3 MF 9 Karlan Ahearne-Grant 9 0 0 0 9 4 MF 11 Jordan Roberts 6 1 0 0 7 5 MF 4 Josh Payne 5 0 0 0 5 6 DF 2 Lewis Young 3 0 0 0 3 FW 26 Ibrahim Meite 2 0 0 1 3 FW 28 Panutche Camará 2 0 1 0 3 9 DF 6 Mark Connolly 2 0 0 0 2 FW 23 Thomas Verheydt 2 0 0 0 2 11 DF 5 Joe McNerney 1 0 0 0 1 DF 15 Josh Yorwerth 1 0 0 0 1 MF 18 Billy Clifford 1 0 0 0 1 MF 25 Mark Randall 1 0 0 0 1 MF 27 Moussa Sanoh 0 0 0 1 1 Own goals 3 0 0 0 3 Total 58 1 1 2 62 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 1 Glenn Morris 10 0 0 0 10 2 12 Yusuf Mersin 0 0 0 0 0 Total 10 0 0 0 10 Summary Games played 51 (46 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy) Games won 16 (16 League Two) Games drawn 11 (11 League Two) Games lost 24 (19 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy) Goals scored 62 (58 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy) Goals conceded 81 (66 League Two) (2 FA Cup) (5 EFL Cup) (8 EFL Trophy) Goal difference –19 (−8 League Two) (−1 FA Cup) (−4 EFL Cup) (−6 EFL Trophy) Clean sheets 10 (10 League Two) Yellow cards 94 (88 League Two) (2 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy) Red cards 5 (5 League Two) Most appearances Enzio Boldewijn (48 appearances) Top scorer Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals) Jimmy Smith (10 goals) Winning Percentage Overall: 16/51 (31.37%) References

Notes and References

1. News: History . Statto . 4 May 2017 . 5 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150505094025/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crawley-town/history . dead .
2. News: Josh Yorwerth pens three-year deal . Crawley Town Official Site . 19 September 2017 . 21 September 2017.
3. News: Top Cat: Glenn Morris signs new contract with Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 31 January 2018 . 1 February 2018.
4. News: Josh Payne signs new contract until end of 2019–20 season . Crawley Town Official Site . 1 February 2018 . 1 February 2018.
5. News: Josh Doherty signs new two-year contract . Crawley Town Official Site . 2 May 2018 . 3 May 2018.
6. News: Bully's back! . Crawley Town Official Site . 19 May 2017 . 19 May 2017.
7. News: Reds sign Camara. 8 June 2017. Crawley Town Official Site. 8 June 2017.
8. News: Mark Randall joins the Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 30 June 2017 . 30 June 2017.
9. News: Moussa Sanoh signs for the Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 5 June 2017 . 5 June 2017.
10. News: Thomas Verheydt is a red! . Crawley Town Official Site . 6 July 2017 . 6 July 2017.
11. News: Josh Doherty joins the club . Crawley Town Official Site . 5 September 2017 . 5 September 2017.
12. News: Nathan Okoye . Crawley Town Official Site . 14 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171015145947/https://www.crawleytownfc.com/teams/first-team/defender/nathan-okoye/ . 15 October 2017 . dead .
13. News: Club announce release and retained list . Crawley Town Official Site . 30 May 2017 . 30 May 2017.
14. News: Collins joins Hatters. 29 June 2017. Crawley Town Official Site. 29 June 2017.
15. News: Chris Arthur leaves the club. 3 August 2017. Crawley Town Official Site. 1 August 2017.
16. News: Duo depart Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 25 August 2017 . 25 August 2017.
17. News: Matt Harrold leaves Reds. 31 August 2017. Crawley Town Official Site. 31 August 2017.
18. News: Addison Garnett leaves the club by mutual consent . Crawley Town Official Site . 18 January 2018 . 18 January 2018.
19. News: Nathan OKOYE . Romford Official Site . 12 March 2018.
20. News: Cedric Evina signs for the Reds . Crawley Town Official Site . 30 June 2017 . 30 June 2017.
21. News: Reds complete Dennon Lewis signing . Crawley Town Official Site . 6 July 2017 . 6 July 2017.
22. Web site: Sol Bamba signs new three-year deal with Cardiff City as Neil Warnock confirms Ibrahim Meite has joined Crawley on loan . WalesOnline . Ian Mitchelmore . 25 August 2017 . 25 August 2017.
23. News: Karlan Ahearne-Grant makes League Two loan switch . 30 January 2018. Charlton Athletic Official Site. 30 January 2018.
24. News: Reds face Brighton in pre-season . Crawley Town Official Site . 19 May 2017 . 19 May 2017 .
25. News: Stedman. Alex. Wasps first up for Reds in pre-season. Crawley Town Official Site. 30 May 2017. 30 May 2017.
26. News: More pre-season fixtures announced . Crawley Town Official Site . 31 May 2017 . 31 May 2017.
27. News: Reds to face Oakwood. 1 June 2017. Crawley Town Official Site. 1 June 2017.
28. News: Reds face Chelsea in pre-season. 9 June 2017. Crawley Town Official Site. 9 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170622165513/https://www.crawleytownfc.com/news/2017/june/chelsea-friendly/. 22 June 2017. dead.
29. News: Reds to host Portsmouth in final pre-season game . Crawley Town Official Site . 19 June 2017 . 21 June 2017.
30. News: Fixture Release Day: 2017/18 Sky Bet EFL fixtures revealed . EFL Official Website . 21 June 2017 . 21 June 2017.
31. News: Reds draw Birmingham City in first round. 16 June 2017. Crawley Town Official Site. 16 June 2017.
32. News: Checkatrade Trophy group opponents and schedule confirmed. 13 July 2017. Crawley Town Official Site. 12 July 2017.
33. News: Checkatrade Trophy schedule and prices confirmed. 20 July 2017. Crawley Town Official Site. 20 July 2017.