2017–18 Crawley Town F.C. season
# 2017–18 Crawley Town F.C. season

The 2017–18 season will be Crawley Town's 122nd season in their history and their third consecutive season in League Two. 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

    As of 5 May 2018

| 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 39) | Gillingham | 87 | 0 |
| 12 | Yusuf Mersin | GK | 2016 | (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 (age 28) | Kasımpaşa | 15 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Lewis Young | RB | 2014 | (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 33) | Bury | 177 | 3 |
| 3 | Josh Doherty | LB | 2017 | (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 27) | Ards | 16 | 0 |
| 5 | Joe McNerney | CB | 2015 | (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 33) | Woking | 69 | 5 |
| 6 | Mark Connolly | CB | 2016 | (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 31) | Kilmarnock | 167 | 8 |
| 15 | Josh Yorwerth | CB | 2016 | (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 28) | Ipswich Town | 91 | 4 |
| 19 | Cedric Evina | LB | 2017 | (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 31) | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | 0 |
| 22 | Josh Lelan | CB | 2017 | (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 28) | Derby County | 46 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Josh Payne | DM | 2016 | (1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 (age 32) | Eastleigh | 72 | 6 |
| 8 | Jimmy Smith | CM | 2014 | (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 36) | Stevenage | 165 | 19 |
| 9 | Karlan Ahearne-Grant | AM | 2018 | (1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 25) | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 9 |
| 10 | Dean Cox | LW | 2016 | (1987-08-12) 12 August 1987 (age 35) | Leyton Orient | 27 | 2 |
| 11 | Jordan Roberts | LW | 2016 | (1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 (age 29) | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 62 | 11 |
| 17 | Kaby Djaló | CM | 2016 | (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 31) | PS Kemi | 39 | 1 |
| 18 | Billy Clifford | CM | 2016 | (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 30) | Boreham Wood | 54 | 2 |
| 20 | Aryan Tajbakhsh | DM | 2016 | (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 (age 32) | Cray Wanderers | 31 | 0 |
| 21 | Dannie Bulman | CM | 2017 | (1979-01-24) 24 January 1979 (age 44) | AFC Wimbledon | 328 | 12 |
| 25 | Mark Randall | CM | 2017 | (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 33) | Newport County | 33 | 1 |
| 27 | Moussa Sanoh | RW | 2017 | (1995-07-20) 20 July 1995 (age 28) | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Enzio Boldewijn | RW | 2016 | (1992-11-17) 17 November 1992 (age 30) | Almere City | 100 | 16 |
| 23 | Thomas Verheydt | CF | 2017 | (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 31) | MVV Maastricht | 22 | 2 |
| 28 | Panutche Camará | CF | 2017 | (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 26) | Dulwich Hamlet | 34 | 3 |

## New contracts

| Date | Position | Name | Contract length | Contract end |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 September 2017 | CB | Josh Yorwerth | 3 years | 2020 |
| 31 January 2018 | GK | Glenn Morris | 2.5 years | 2020 |
| 1 February 2018 | CM | Josh Payne | 2.5 years | 2020 |
| 2 May 2018 | RB | Josh Doherty | 2 years | 2020 |

## Transfers

### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Dannie Bulman | AFC Wimbledon | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Panutche Camará | Dulwich Hamlet | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Mark Randall | Newport County | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | RW | Moussa Sanoh | RKC Waalwijk | Free |
| 6 July 2017 | CF | Thomas Verheydt | MVV Maastricht | Undisclosed |
| 5 September 2017 | CB | Josh Doherty | Ards | Free |
| 13 October 2017 | CB | Nathan Okoye | Waltham Forest | Free |

### Out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2017 | LW | Jason Banton | Woking | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | RM | Bobson Bawling | Woking | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | CM | Conor Henderson | Eastbourne Borough | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | James Collins | Luton Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | LB | Chris Arthur | Aldershot Town | Mutual consent |
| 25 August 2017 | LB | Andre Blackman | Barnet | Mutual consent |
| 31 August 2017 | CF | Matt Harrold | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 18 January 2018 | CB | Addison Garnett | Bedfont Sports | Mutual consent |
| 13 February 2018 | CB | Nathan Okoye | Romford | Free |

* ↑ Jason Banton joined Woking following his release.
* ↑ Bobson Bawling joined Woking following his release.
* ↑ Conor Henderson joined Eastbourne Borough following his release.
* ↑ Chris Arthur joined Aldershot Town following his release.
* ↑ Andre Blackman joined Barnet following his release.
* ↑ Addison Garnett joined Bedfont Sports following his release.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Cedric Evina | Doncaster Rovers | 30 June 2018 |
| 6 July 2017 | RW | Dennon Lewis | Watford | 31 December 2017 |
| 25 August 2017 | CF | Ibrahim Meite | Cardiff City | 1 January 2018 |
| 30 January 2018 | FW | Karlan Ahearne-Grant | Charlton Athletic | 30 June 2018 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 August 2017 | CB | | Addison Garnett | Whitehawk | 7 October 2017 | |

## Pre-season

As of 22 June 2017, Crawley Town have announced seven pre-season fixtures against Brighton & Hove Albion, East Grinstead Town, Dulwich Hamlet, Bognor Regis Town, Oakwood, Chelsea XI and Portsmouth.

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| League Two | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 034.78 |
| FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| EFL Trophy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Total | 51 | 16 | 11 | 24 | 62 | 81 | −19 | 031.37 |

Updated to match played 5 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 64 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 62 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 59 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 56 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 55 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 5 May 2018. Source:

**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 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 22 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 9am.

### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

On 16 June 2017, Crawley Town were drawn away to Birmingham City in the first round.

### EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Crawley Town were drawn in Southern Group A against Charlton Athletic, Fulham U23s and Portsmouth.

| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L1 | Portsmouth (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Charlton Athletic (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Fulham U21 (E) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | L2 | Crawley Town (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics

### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Name | 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 |

Last updated: 5 May 2018. 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 | 7 | Enzio Boldewijn | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 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 |
| 6 | FW | 26 | Ibrahim Meite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 28 | Panutche Camará | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 6 | Mark Connolly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 23 | Thomas Verheydt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 5 | Joe McNerney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 15 | Josh Yorwerth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 18 | Billy Clifford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 25 | Mark Randall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 27 | Moussa Sanoh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 62 |

Last updated: 5 May 2018. 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 | 1 | Glenn Morris | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 12 | Yusuf Mersin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

Last updated: 13 February 2018. Source: Crawley Town F.C.

### 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%) |

Last updated: 5 May 2018. Source: Crawley Town F.C.

