The Crawley Town Courier
Squad14 Dec 2026
A one-man rearguard from Jacob Chapman
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
A brace, and Idan Toklomati takes the afternoon — 8.92
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Idan Toklomati provided it, and the 8.92 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Match14 Dec 2026
Crawley Town sink to position 22
10 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match12 Dec 2026
At last: Crawley Town win one
7 matches without a win, and then this, against Cambridge United. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Crawley Town
Jack McMillan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces14 Dec 2026
The crowd has taken to Idan Toklomati
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match12 Dec 2026
Idan Toklomati sends Crawley Town past Cambridge United
It finished 2‑0, and it was Idan Toklomati’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Crawley Town.
Market14 Dec 2026
One of our own: John Williams joins the Crawley Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Williams is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Richard Palmer: “That is the standard”
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑0, already talking about the next one.
In brief
- The dugout Harry Marshall asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout When it matters, Jacob Chapman plays
- The dugout Harry Marshall does not fit this one