The Crawley Town Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Harry McKirdy gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Harry McKirdy has just signed for Crawley Town, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Danilo Orsi signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Danilo Orsi commits to Crawley Town for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lewis Richards in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Crawley Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dion Pereira falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Crawley Town on John Wright
He is 14, and nobody at Crawley Town signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Crawley Town sign David Shaw, one for the future
David Shaw is 14, and Crawley Town have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market Crawley Town sign Timothy Butler, one for the future
- Market Crawley Town sign Charles Roberts, one for the future