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Re: Crawley in League 1

PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:37 am
by steveizy
Metropolitan Police vs Crawley Town Ticket details have been released, we have an initial allocation of 1000 terrace and 99 seats. £15 to stand or £20 to sit. Tickets are available to season ticket holders from today (1 ticket per STH) then to CTSA members on Monday before general sales on Tues. The implication is that we will be able to get more if needed but at these prices this may not happen :scratch

Full details: http://www.crawleytownfc.com/news/artic ... 41727.aspx

Re: Crawley in League 1

PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:47 am
by steveizy
Crawley 1 Oldham 1

A tough game and one that could easily have gone either way sees us move up to second in League 1 for the time being.

The game started off equally with both teams having chances either saved or missed before Crawley were given a man advantage when their Mvoto was dismissed for a raised hand incident off the ball. 11 vs 10 but Oldham weren't listening and Crawley seemed to go off the boil. The deadlock continued into the second half until it was broken in the 67th minute by their Jose Baxter scoring with a close in shot high into our net 0-1 after the man advantage we had failed to capitalise on was cancelled out when our Hope Akpan was shown a red card for a high footed challenge on 62 minutes.

Much of the same followed until centre half Kyle McFadzean put us on level terms with a low shot from the edge of the box which seemed to go through a gap between players miraculously :applause and that was that, both teams but mainly Crawley trying for a winner to no avail.

A bad tempered game, that wasn't good to watch not helped by a poor referee who blew for everything. Interestingly none of the teams playing at home in League 1 were able to take three points, all being draws or away wins.

Attendance was 3375 with 350 Latics so our home crowd was quite good by our standards especially on such a bitterly cold and wet afternoon.

Next for us is in the FA Cup on Saturday 3rd Nov. when we travel to Hampton Court to face the Metropolitan Police. A game we should win but we will have to watch out for the proverbial banana skin! Next in the league is away to Coventry on Sat. 6th Nov. I will be at both matches and report back.

:scarf :scarf :scarf COME ON YOU REDS! :scarf :scarf :scarf

Re: Crawley in League 1

PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:50 am
by steveizy
Metropolitan Police 1 Crawley 2

After we dominated play and went one up on 35 minutes from a low shot by Josh Simpson the Met Police tried to get back into the game and held us at bay for the remainder of the first half. Another goal in the 69th minute from Billy Clarke, close in should have put the match to bed but the Met Police had other ideas and got one back in the 83rd minute and after that, inspired, they came really close to levelling on a couple of occasions. We held on and progress to the second round. That's it. There isn't much to add to the report on what was a lacklustre game, I'm afraid :scratc

Imber Court has wonderful facilities for a non-league side, a good pitch, the best chips I've had anywhere at football and a social club/bar that would be the envy of a lot of much bigger clubs including ours! We were all made very welcome and a friendly atmosphere prevailed. The only downside is that the expected sell-out didn't happen and a total crowd of only 1455 attended. Strange really considering the short distance from Crawley.

We have been drawn at home to Chelmsford City who we have met previously in our non-league days. The Clarets are presently second in the Blue Square or Conference South, some three tiers below us but they'll be up for this having beaten our league one rivals Colchester 3-1 to progress this far. So another tough match beckons! The match will take place on the weekend of 1st or 2nd December - watch this space...

Back to league action tomorrow evening when we travel to Coventry City, then on Saturday we are off to Notts County so we will be doing a bit of travelling this week! I'm going to both matches of course and will report back :yes

:scarf :scarf :scarf COME ON YOU REDS! :scarf :scarf :scarf

Re: Crawley in League 1

PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:44 pm
by steveizy
Two reports this time.

Coventry 3 Crawley 1

Our trip to the truly magnificent Ricoh Arena which even has a huge casino where we were made welcome was the only high point in a poor evening at the office for us Reds supporters last Tuesday. After Old Trafford, I think that the Ricoh Arena at 32,500 seats is the second biggest stadium we have played in. Our lack of a hungry goalscoring forward really showed. That and mistakes in defence cost us dearly in a match where we had more possession more shots on target and more corners than The Sky Blues.

Two first half goals saw us go into the break in a pretty poor position. Billy Clarke pulled one back for us early in the second half which gave us a little hope of salvaging a point but it was not to be. They cancelled out that goal with a third midway through the second half. That was that.

Notts County 1 Crawley 1

Crawley have not yet lost two league games in a row but this was nearly ended at Meadow Lane yesterday. The Magpies took an early lead in the 13th minute and controlled most of the first half, that is until our loanee Jonathan Forte put us level with a tap in just a minute before half time. We looked brighter in the second half but, again, were unable to convert any of our chances into goals and nearly conceded a few in the process. Brilliant goalkeeping by Paul Jones was a major factor here. On another day we probably would have come away with nothing so a point is most welcome. That point keeps us in 4th place in League One, which all things considered, is a pretty good place to be and well above most of our supporter's expectations at the start of the season :cheers

Next up for us is at home on Saturday 17th Nov. when we face lower mid table Walsall. No midweek match this week. Tickets are on sale for the Walsall match and details can be found here

:scarf :scarf :scarf COME ON YOU REDS! :scarf :scarf :scarf

Re: Crawley in League 1

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:54 pm
by steveizy
Two poor games to report this time as Crawley's poor home form continues .

Crawley 2 Walsall 2 Sat. 17 Nov.

Crawley came back from behind twice to grab a draw. We were outplayed by Walsall for long parts of the game and they could have had a better score. A late equaliser from Jonathan Forte, in his last piece of action before returning to Southampton and some super goalkeeping by Paul Jones in the last seconds got us an undeserved point.

Crawley 0 Yeovil 1 Tues. 20 Nov.

Crawley looked better than they did on Saturday but our luck is starting to run out. Crawley had twice the number of shots on goal, 25 in all, but none of them came to anything. Our lack of a goal hungry striker is starting to haunt us. In the end, the game was settled by an own goal from our player David Hunt when he accidentally headed in from one of their corners in the last minute of normal time. Poor David!

These two home games got us one point from a possible six and we have dropped out of the play off zone for the first time this season into ninth place. Still not bad for little old Crawley in our first season in league one and a lot better than languishing down in the relegation zone but the heady thoughts of only a month or so ago about Championship football next season have had a reality check for now!

Next up for us is away to Crewe Alexander on Saturday, I'm going of course with Carol. We visited Gresty Road last December when we had a tough battle with the Railwaymen ending 1-1. I'd happily take that score this time if offered!

Next at home is our FA Cup clash with Chelmsford on Sat 1st December - we should win that but giant killings are common in the cup as we know so well from our past triumphs so we'll really have to be on our guard!

:crawleyscarf :scarf :scarf COME ON YOU REDS! :scarf :scarf :crawleyscarf

Re: Crawley in League 1

PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:21 pm
by mzawf
The :reddevils appear to be experiencing tougher times of late, although, the recent win against Chelmsford saw Crawley Town advance to Round Three of the FA Cup.
To play alongside the Premier League giants, a welcome respite for supporters.
Crawley Town have in recent weeks struggled to maintain the earlier successes of the season, when they won 8 out of the first eleven matches played :thunbsup
Vis a vie winning six out of the last eleven played. :scratc
Next up to the line is Shrewsbury :clap (The Blues).
:crawleyscarf recent form, makes me think this match will go either way :scratch but I hope on the day, Crawley will bag a win and those much needed points :scarf :scarf :scarf
I'm sure that the Crawley Town football family will be in attendance to cheer the team along, and banging the drum :-D :clap :crawleyscarf :clap
As we move forward to the halfway point in this seasons matches, a bumper year is still up for the take !
We look forward to your updates steveizy (an official CTFC family member) on the fortunes of Crawley Town FC.
Love your blog :yes thanks for sharing it with :mz
:youreds

Re: Crawley in League 1

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:03 pm
by steveizy
Crawley 2 Shrewsbury 2

Another poor performance to report. After taking the lead from a first minute goal, by midfielder Josh Simpson, Crawley seemed to think it was going to be a pushover against the struggling Shrews and eased off. Big mistake. By half time we were 1-2 behind. The second half wasn't great and only the 81st minute equaliser from Josh, again, salvaged a point.

We are poor in defence - often mistakes gifting our opponents and our strikers seem to have forgotten what the goal looks like. Apart from Gary Alexander scoring from a penalty recently, he nor any other striker has scored since Preston North End way back in September! Clearly something is not right but week after week Richie Barker persists in starting Gary Alexander despite calls from the fans to give big John Akinde a start. John isn't famed for finding the net himself but must be worth a try over Alexander. You get 100% effort from big John and he does cause havoc with defences - neither attribute would suit Alexander recently :thumbsdown

This draw along with other recent results sees us slip to 10th place in league one, so we are still in a reasonable position all things considered but we will continue with our downward slide unless the team can start defending and scoring goals.

Enough doom and gloom, on Saturday we are off to Stevenage - a club with a similar recent history to us. They are fifth in the table so we will have our work cut out there and only luck or a change or two to our team will see us come away with anything! Hopefully I'll be able to report some good news next week!

:crawleyscarf :scarf :crawleyscarf COME ON YOU REDS! :crawleyscarf :scarf :crawleyscarf