2016–17 Crawley Town F.C. season

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.

Crawley Town

2016–17 season
Chairman	Ziya Eren
Manager	Dermot Drummy (until 4 May 2017) Matt Harrold (caretaker) (6 May 2017)
Stadium	Broadfield Stadium
League Two	19th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Sussex Senior Cup	Runners up
Top goalscorer	League: James Collins (20 goals) All: James Collins (22 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,350 vs Portsmouth (7 March 2017)[1]
Lowest home attendance	881 vs Colchester United (30 August 2016)[2]
Average home league attendance	2,457
Home colours Away colours

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players

First team squad

As of 6 May 2017

No.	Name	Nat	Position	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
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	CM		Jimmy Smith	2 years	2019	[4]
3 March 2017	CB		Joe McNerney	2 years	2019	[5]
10 March 2017	GK		Glenn Morris	2 years	2019	[6]
30 May 2017	CB		Josh Yorwerth	1 year	2018	[7]
29 June 2017	CF		Matt Harrold	1 year	2018	[8]

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LB		Chris Arthur	Woking	Free transfer	[9]
1 July 2016	LM		Jason Banton	Notts County	Free transfer	[10]
1 July 2016	RW		Enzio Boldewijn	Almere City	Free transfer	[11]
1 July 2016	GK		Yusuf Mersin	Kasımpaşa	Free transfer	[12]
1 July 2016	GK		Glenn Morris	Gillingham	Free transfer	[13]
1 July 2016	DM		Josh Payne	Eastleigh	Free transfer	[14]
1 July 2016	LM		Jordan Roberts	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free transfer	[15]
1 July 2016	CB		Josh Yorwerth	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	[16]
2 July 2016	CB		Mark Connolly	Kilmarnock	Free transfer	[17]
2 July 2016	RB		Alper Tursun	Alanyaspor	Free transfer	[18]
11 July 2016	CF		James Collins	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	[19]
12 July 2016	RM		Aryan Tajbakhsh	Cray Wanderers	Free transfer	[20]
13 July 2016	CB		Addison Garnett	Hendon	Free transfer	[21]
19 July 2016	LB		Andre Blackman	MAS Fez	Free transfer	[22]
20 July 2016	CM		Billy Clifford	Boreham Wood	Free transfer	[23]
9 August 2016	CB		Daniel Pappoe	Hemel Hempstead Town	Free transfer	[24]
31 August 2016	CM		Kaby Djaló	PS Kemi	Free transfer	[25]
13 September 2016	LW		Dean Cox	Leyton Orient	Free transfer	[26]
1 November 2016	CM		Conor Henderson	Grimsby Town	Free transfer	[27]
1 November 2016	LW		Sanchez Watt	Kerala Blasters	Free transfer	[27]
26 January 2017	CB		Josh Lelan	Derby County	Free transfer	[28]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB		Jon Ashton	Braintree Town [lower-alpha 1]	Released	[29]
1 July 2016	CF		Lee Barnard	Braintree Town [lower-alpha 2]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	CM		Andy Bond	AFC Fylde [lower-alpha 3]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	LM		Roarie Deacon	Sutton United [lower-alpha 4]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	LW		Lyle Della-Verde	Welling United [lower-alpha 5]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	RW		Gwion Edwards	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[35]
1 July 2016	CF		Shamir Fenelon	Aldershot Town [lower-alpha 6]	Released	[37]
1 July 2016	RB		Lanre Oyebanjo	York City [lower-alpha 7]	Released	[39]
1 July 2016	GK		Callum Preston	Altrincham [lower-alpha 8]	Released	[31]
1 July 2016	CF		Gavin Tomlin	Dulwich Hamlet [lower-alpha 9]	Released	[37]
1 July 2016	CM		Simon Walton	Garforth Town [lower-alpha 10]	Released	[41]
11 July 2016	CB		Sonny Bradley	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	[42]
3 August 2016	RB		Alper Tursun	Darıca Gençlerbirliği [lower-alpha 11]	Released	[43]
11 January 2017	CB		Daniel Pappoe	New Radiant	Free transfer	[44]
31 January 2017	LW		Sanchez Watt	Billericay Town [lower-alpha 12]	Released	[27]

1. Following Ashton's release, he joined Braintree Town.[29]
2. Following Barnard's release, he joined Braintree Town.[30]
3. Following Bond's release, he joined AFC Fylde.[32]
4. Following Deacon's release, he joined Sutton United.[33]
5. Following Della-Verde's release, he joined Welling United.[34]
6. Following Fenelon's release, he joined Aldershot Town.[36]
7. Following Oyebanjo's release, he joined York City.[38]
8. Following Preston's release, he joined Altrincham.[40]
9. Following Tomlin's release, he joined Dulwich Hamlet.
10. Following Walton's release, he joined Garforth Town.
11. Following Tursun's release, he joined Darıca Gençlerbirliği.
12. Following Watt's release, he joined Billericay Town.[45]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK		Mitchell Beeney	Chelsea	3 January 2017	[46]
2 August 2016	CF		Adi Yussuf	Mansfield Town	1 January 2017 [lower-alpha 1]	[48]
11 August 2016	CB		Alex Davey	Chelsea	3 January 2017	[49]
31 January 2017	CF		Rhys Murphy	Forest Green Rovers	End of Season	[50]

1. Yussuf's loan was terminated on 1 January 2017.[47]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
22 September 2016	LW		Dean Cox	Burgess Hill Town	1 January 2017	[51]
8 October 2016	CB		Josh Yorwerth	Merthyr Town	14 November 2016 [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]	[54][55]
31 January 2017	LB		Chris Arthur	Woking	8 April 2017 [lower-alpha 3]	[57]
31 January 2017	LM		Jason Banton	Partick Thistle	End of Season	[58]
17 February 2017	DM		Aryan Tajbakhsh	Wealdstone	18 April 2017 [lower-alpha 4]	[60]

1. Yorwerth's loan was extended on 4 November 2016, until 4 January 2017.[52]
2. Yorwerth's loan was terminated on 14 November 2016.[53]
3. Arthur's loan was extended on 3 March 2017, until 8 April 2017.[56]
4. Tajbakhsh's loan was extended on 17 March 2017, until 18 April 2017.[59]

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

9 July 2016 Friendly	East Grinstead Town	2–9	Crawley Town	East Grinstead
15:00 BST	Hayes  21' Healy  73'	Report	Clifford  7' Adarabioyo  8' Roberts  22' Smith  35' (pen.) Young  62', 70', 74' Banton  75', 80'	Stadium: East Court Attendance: 420

12 July 2016 Friendly	Three Bridges	0–6	Crawley Town	Three Bridges
19:45 BST		Report	Collins  8', 15' Oyebanjo  12' Roberts  33' Payne  42' Banton  44'	Stadium: Jubilee Field

16 July 2016 Friendly	Crawley Town	0–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Crawley
15:00 BST		Report	Kayal  18' Hemed  32' Murray  49' Manu  86'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,197

19 July 2016 Friendly	Crawley Town	2–1	Worthing	Three Bridges
19:45 BST	Banton  16' Bawling  54'	Report	Sparkes  41'	Stadium: Jubilee Field Attendance: 350

23 July 2016 Friendly	Crawley Town	2–3	Millwall	Crawley
15:00 BST	Boldewijn  22' Roberts  35'	Report	Gregory  17' Williams  66' Morison  82'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,278 Referee: Tim Lawrence

26 July 2016 Friendly	Lewes	1–3	Crawley Town	Lewes
19:45 BST	Perry  72'	Report	Bawling  2', 19' Clifford  86'	Stadium: The Dripping Pan

30 July 2016 Friendly	Aldershot Town	0–0	Crawley Town	Aldershot
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Recreation Ground

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	46	13	12	21	53	71	−18	028.26
FA Cup	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00
EFL Cup	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
EFL Trophy	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2	050.00
Total	53	15	13	25	60	83	−23	028.30

Updated to match played 6 May 2017
Source: Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	13	19	58	67	−9	55
18	Morecambe	46	14	10	22	53	73	−20	52
19	Crawley Town	46	13	12	21	53	71	−18	51
20	Yeovil Town	46	11	17	18	49	64	−15	50
21	Cheltenham Town	46	12	14	20	49	69	−20	50

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	12	21	53	71	−18	51	8	7	8	29	30	−1	5	5	13	24	41	−17

Last updated: 6 May 2017.
Source: League Two

Results by matchday

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D
Position	8	8	4	2	9	13	18	13	11	12	5	6	9	9	10	13	16	16	16	15	11	14	15	13	13	15	16	16	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	19	17	18	18	19	20	19	21	19

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 22 June 2016 at 9am.[61]

6 August 2016 1	Crawley Town	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Crawley
15:00 BST	Smith  59' Blackman  54'  90+2' Harrold  90+4'	Report	Jacobson  78'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,471 Referee: Nick Kinseley

13 August 2016 2	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Crawley Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Coppinger  49' Houghton  83'	Report	Collins  26' Davey  89' Smith  90+2' Blackman  90+5'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 4,327 Referee: Brett Huxtable

16 August 2016 3	Exeter City	0–1	Crawley Town	Exeter
19:45 BST	Simpson  66' James  81'	Report	Collins  47' Yorwerth  83'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,660 Referee: Lee Collins

20 August 2016 4	Crawley Town	1–1	Barnet	Crawley
15:00 BST	McNerney  67'	Report	Akinde  3' Watson  53'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,929 Referee: Lee Probert

27 August 2016 5	Crawley Town	1–3	Notts County	Crawley
15:00 BST	Collins  4' Boldewijn  47' McNerney  81' Young  81'	Report	Collins  54' (og.) Campbell  61' Dickinson  64' Oliver  72' Stead  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,087 Referee: John Busby

3 September 2016 6	Portsmouth	3–0	Crawley Town	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Main  9', 37',  33' Roberts  12' Davies  63'	Report	Blackman  30'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 16,347 Referee: Ben Toner

10 September 2016 7	Stevenage	2–1	Crawley Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Walker  44',  76' King  55',  73' Pett  64'	Report	Collins  86',  88' Payne  90'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,157 Referee: Trevor Kettle

17 September 2016 8	Crawley Town	2–0	Luton Town	Crawley
15:00 BST	Djaló  39' Collins  43' Banton  65' Boldewijn  90+3'	Report	Lee  22' Sheehan  78'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,904 Referee: Gavin Ward

24 September 2016 9	Morecambe	2–3	Crawley Town	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Barkhuizen  49' Rose  89' Stockton  90+3'	Report	Yussuf  72' Collins  83' McNerney  88' Smith  90+1'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,304 Referee: Chris Sarginson

27 September 2016 10	Crawley Town	1–1	Colchester United	Crawley
19:45 BST	Yussuf  18' Young  35' Djaló  84'	Report	Fosu  26' Porter  88'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,851 Referee: Andy Haines

1 October 2016 11	Crawley Town	1–0	Blackpool	Crawley
15:00 BST	Connolly  50',  69'	Report		Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Brett Huxtable

8 October 2016 12	Hartlepool United	1–1	Crawley Town	Hartlepool
15:00 BST	Alessandra  18' Carroll  73' Harrison  74'	Report	Blackman  54' Collins  74' (pen.) Clifford  77'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,693 Referee: Robert Jones

15 October 2016 13	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Crawley Town	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Waters  3' Cranston  45' Munns  62' Wright  79'	Report	McNerney  48' Young  73' Djaló  78' Tajbakhsh  81' Boldewijn  86'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,678 Referee: Graham Horwood

22 October 2016 14	Crawley Town	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Crawley
15:00 BST	Djaló  64' Tajbakhsh  89'	Report	Pearson  45+2'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,092 Referee: Brendan Malone

29 October 2016 15	Carlisle United	3–1	Crawley Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Ibehre  5' Kennedy  28' Joyce  45' Ellis  79'	Report	Davey  66' Connolly  90+4'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,619 Referee: Ollie Yates

12 November 2016 16	Crawley Town	1–3	Cambridge United	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Collins  8' Yussuf  59' Djaló  60' Roberts  80'	Report	Taylor  19',  64' Ikpeazu  28',  83' Berry  51' Dunne  90+4'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,408 Referee: John Busby

19 November 2016 17	Mansfield Town	3–1	Crawley Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Clements  50', 60' Benning  53' Hoban  54'	Report	Clifford  37' Young  45+2' Davey  55' Bennett  82' (og.)	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,984 Referee: Carl Boyeson

26 November 2016 18	Crawley Town	3–2	Grimsby Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Yorwerth  20' Young  26' Collins  31' Roberts  56', 79' Payne  88' Boldewijn  90+5'	Report	Bogle  45+2', 90' Mills  63'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Graham Salisbury

3 December 2016 19	Yeovil Town	5–0	Crawley Town	Yeovil
15:00 GMT	Eaves  16' Hedges  28' Shephard  38' Khan  42', 51' Zoko  73'	Report	Davey  10' Payne  21' Tajbakhsh  41' Roberts  48'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,817 Referee: Charles Breakspear

10 December 2016 20	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Crawley Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Davis  90+4'	Report	Collins  21', 75'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,392 Referee: David Webb

17 December 2016 21	Crawley Town	3–1	Newport County	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Collins  3' Blackman  6' Roberts  26' Boldewijn  27' Yorwerth  48' Connolly  50' Smith  52'	Report	Labadie  12',  33' O'Hanlon  25' Jones  27' Bennett  28' Jackson  37' Myrie-Williams  48' Healey  61' Tozer  66' Barnum-Bobb  82'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,022 Referee: Nick Kinseley

26 December 2016 22	Leyton Orient	3–2	Crawley Town	Leyton
13:00 GMT	Dalby  4' McCallum  11', 45+5' (pen.)  86' Bowery  75' Atangana  82' Hunt  90'	Report	Roberts  45+4' Mézague  54' (o.g.) Yorwerth  72' Boldewijn  78' Young  89' Collins  90' Payne  90+1' Connolly  90+5'	Stadium: Matchroom Stadium Attendance: 4,486 Referee: Trevor Kettle

31 December 2016 23	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Crawley Town	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Miller  35' Songo'o  44' Threlkeld  69'  69' Purrington  75' Smith  78' Tanner  90+5'	Report	Roberts  35' Yorwerth  48' Connolly  53' Young  68' Collins  72' Smith  84'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,039 Referee: Brendan Malone

2 January 2017 24	Crawley Town	2–0	Yeovil Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Yorwerth  29',  83' Collins  38' (pen.) Young  68' Payne  72'	Report	Mugabi  40' Zoko  71' Eaves  73' Lawless  90+5'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,304 Referee: John Busby

14 January 2017 25	Crawley Town	1–0	Hartlepool United	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Collins  30',  63' Connolly  67' Young  90+3'	Report	Donnelly  28' Woods  42' Laurent  65' Walker  90+3'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 4,266 Referee: Darren Handley

28 January 2017 26	Notts County	2–1	Crawley Town	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Thompson  30'  72' Audel  75' Forte  90'	Report	Yorwerth  30' Young  65' Connolly  65' Collins  86'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,023 Referee: Nick Kinseley

4 February 2017 27	Crawley Town	1–2	Stevenage	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Collins  28' (pen.),  89' Yorwerth  45'	Report	Godden  76', 90+5' Lee  81' Franks  90+6'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,124 Referee: Lee Swabey

7 February 2017 28	Blackpool	0–0	Crawley Town	Blackpool
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2,080 Referee: Nigel Miller

11 February 2017 29	Luton Town	2–1	Crawley Town	Luton
15:00 GMT	Hylton  70', 76' Palmer  90' Rea  90+7'	Report	Lelan  48' Collins  60'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 7,316 Referee: Chris Sarginson

14 February 2017 30	Colchester United	2–3	Crawley Town	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Johnstone  18' Dickenson  90+3'	Report	Smith  23', 34', 51'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 2,675 Referee: Lee Collins

18 February 2017 31	Crawley Town	1–3	Morecambe	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Collins  77' (pen.) Lelan  87' Boldewijn  89'	Report	Turner  3' Mullin  6',  7', 40' Evans  52' Wakefield  76'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,091 Referee: Charles Breakspear

25 February 2017 32	Wycombe Wanderers	1–2	Crawley Town	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Akinfenwa  15' de Havilland  49' Cowan-Hall  55' O'Nien  83' Müller  90+2'	Report	McNerney  43' Connolly  69' Payne  84'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,206 Referee: Gavin Ward

28 February 2017 33	Crawley Town	1–2	Exeter City	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Djaló  48' Connolly  90+1' Clifford  90+2'	Report	Watkins  50' Moore-Taylor  68'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,826 Referee: Dean Whitestone

4 March 2017 34	Crawley Town	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Crawley
15:00 GMT	McNerney  54' Smith  55' Boldewijn  83'	Report	Baudry  63' Alcock  90+3'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,417 Referee: Michael Salisbury

7 March 2017 35	Crawley Town	0–2	Portsmouth	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Young  38'	Report	Burgess  54' Bennett  71' Hunt  72' Doyle  90+4'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 5,350 Referee: Kevin Johnson

11 March 2017 36	Barnet	2–2	Crawley Town	Canons Park
15:00 GMT	Akinola  39' Campbell-Ryce  88',  89'	Report	Murphy  31' Henderson  38' Boldewijn  54'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,701 Referee: David Webb

14 March 2017 37	Crawley Town	0–3	Crewe Alexandra	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Smith  35' Yorwerth  82'	Report	Jones  37' (pen.) Bowery  50' Dagnall  52' Bakayogo  73'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,566 Referee: Darren Deadman

18 March 2017 38	Grimsby Town	1–1	Crawley Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Jones  22' Collins  49'  81' Pearson  83'	Report	Collins  45+1' Payne  80'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,263 Referee: Carl Boyeson

25 March 2017 39	Crawley Town	3–0	Leyton Orient	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Collins  23' McNerney  29' Boldewijn  32' Clifford  84'	Report	Kelly  28'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,918 Referee: Trevor Kettle

1 April 2017 40	Newport County	1–0	Crawley Town	Newport
15:00 BST	Demetriou  18'  80' Labadie  51'	Report	Djaló  21' Yorwerth  51' Payne  64' Boldewijn  85'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,946 Referee: Darren England

8 April 2017 41	Crawley Town	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Crawley
15:00 BST	Cox  28' Collins  60'  79' McNerney  67'	Report	Carey  63' (pen.) Taylor  90+4'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,432 Referee: Ben Toner

14 April 2017 42	Crawley Town	0–0	Cheltenham Town	Crawley
15:00 BST	Smith  21' Blackman  26' Payne  88'	Report	Wright  37' Davis  42' Pell  52' Boyle  82'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,008 Referee: Charles Breakspear

17 April 2017 43	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Crawley Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	Hughes  40' McCartan  48'	Report	McNerney  53'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,652 Referee: David Webb

22 April 2017 44	Crawley Town	3–3	Carlisle United	Crawley
15:00 BST	Collins  12', 25' (pen.) Smith  45+1',  90+2' Yorwerth  45+4'	Report	Gillespie  25' Ibehre  29' Proctor  42' Lambe  59',  71' Bailey  85'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,003 Referee: Darren Deadman

29 April 2017 45	Cambridge United	2–0	Crawley Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Wharton  35' Legge  45' McDonagh  62' Berry  90' (pen.)	Report	Djaló  43' Blackman  45+1' Smith  82' Payne  89'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,675 Referee: Brett Huxtable

6 May 2017 46	Crawley Town	2–2	Mansfield Town	Crawley
17:30 BST	Cox  34',  57' Connolly  54' Roberts  55',  77'	Report	Rose  12' Whiteman  23' Pearce  29' White  57'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,635 Referee: Carl Boyeson

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 November 2016 First round	Crawley Town	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Crawley
12:00 GMT	Blackman  19'  69' Smith  32' Clifford  35'	Report	Brown  15' Harrison  72'	Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium Attendance: 2,281 Referee: Darren Deadman

15 November 2016 First round replay	Bristol Rovers	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Crawley Town	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Taylor  34', 102' (pen.) Gaffney  52', 96'	Report	Roberts  45+1' Harrold  65' Garnett  80' Collins  114'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,676 Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 August 2016 First round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Crawley Town	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Mason  7' Teixeira  57' Coady  76'	Report	Connolly  2'  89' Boldewijn  13'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 8,252 Referee: Ross Joyce

EFL Trophy

Group stage

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Southampton U21	3	2	0	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Crawley Town	3	2	0	0	1	3	4	−1	6
3	L1	Charlton Athletic	3	0	1	1	1	1	3	−2	3
4	L2	Colchester United	3	0	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 1	Crawley Town	1–0	Colchester United	Crawley
19:45 BST	Collins  34' Tajbakhsh  74' Yorwerth  75'		Szmodics  50' Bonne  54' Kinsella  60'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 881 Referee: Tim Robinson

4 October 2016 2	Charlton Athletic	0–2	Crawley Town	Charlton
19:45 BST		Report	Yussuf  44' Collins  50'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 1,186 Referee: James Linington

9 November 2016 3	Southampton U23	4–0	Crawley Town	Southampton
19:45 GMT	Mersin  3' (og.) Mdlalose  9' Slattery  34',  58' Olomola  78'	Report	Djaló  50'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 495 Referee: Keith Stroud

Knockout phase

7 December 2016 Second round	Coventry City	1–0	Crawley Town	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Sordell  28' Turnbull  45'	Report		Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 1,338 Referee: Graham Horwood

Sussex Senior Cup

29 November 2016 Second round	Langney Wanderers	1–3	Crawley Town	Eastbourne
19:45 GMT	58' (pen.)	Report	Henderson  5', 28' Boldewijn  8'	Stadium: The Oval Referee: Matthew Goldsmith

13 December 2016 Third round	Horsham YMCA	0–3	Crawley Town	Horsham
19:45 GMT		Report	Yussuf  36' Henderson  44' Watt  65'	Stadium: Gorings Mead Referee: Jacob Miles

10 January 2017 Quarter final	Crawley Town	3–1	Whitehawk	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Henderson  4' Bawling  12', 26'	Report	Lisbie  3'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 390 Referee: Marc Meeten

21 February 2017 Semi final	Bognor Regis Town	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Crawley Town	Lancing
19:15 GMT	El-Abd  27' Pearce  90'	Report	Young  8' Bawling  78' Boldewijn  119'	Stadium: Culver Road Attendance: 507 Referee: Marc Meeten

3 May 2017 Final	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Crawley Town	Brighton
19:45 BST	Hutchinson  67' Tilley  96' Towell  111' Ward  114'	Report	Roberts  65'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 1,316 Referee: Jacob Miles

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

Last updated: 6 May 2017.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	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

Last updated: 6 May 2017.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Clean sheets

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

Rnk	No.	Player	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	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

Last updated: 14 April 2017.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

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%)

Last updated: 6 May 2017.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

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