The Crawley Town Courier
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Crawley Town
Amin Nabizada and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Crawley Town
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Taylor Richards was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Latta N'Dabrou
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Francisco Vera
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
A promise honoured at Crawley Town
Something was said to Jack Powell and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Half-satisfied: Andrew Roberts on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Latta N'Dabrou: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Crawley Town will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
Match19 Dec 2026
Crawley Town draw a blank against Salford City
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Salford City defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Bookings catch up with Jonny Russell
One yellow too many, and a match watched from the stand. The most avoidable absence in football, and Crawley Town will feel it on Saturday.
In brief
- Looking ahead A reunion for Harry Forster
- Market Harry Griffiths told to find a new club
- Player ratings Jack Aitchison runs at them all day