The Crawley Town Courier
Squad24 Aug 2026
3 goals for Louie Watson
The match ball belongs to Louie Watson, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Jacob Chapman keeps Crawley Town in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Joshua Ajala is a medical away from Crawley Town
The deal with West Ham United is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
No thanks: Bright Osayi-Samuel rejects the move
Crawley Town had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Birmingham, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Match22 Aug 2026
6 goals as Crawley Town and Grimsby Town go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Crawley Town and Grimsby Town, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Match22 Aug 2026
Crawley Town see off Grimsby Town
Three points for Crawley Town, 4‑2 the final word against Grimsby Town in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Crawley Town training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Taylor Richards is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Newcastle United tell Crawley Town: Sean Steur is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
One of those days for Louie Watson
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.21, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ade Adeyemo
- The dugout Peter Russell: “That is the standard”
- The dugout No hiding place for Ivan Gulko