# 2016–17 Crawley Town F.C. season

The 2016–17 season will be Crawley Town's 121st season in their history and their second consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 6 May 2017
| No. | Name | Position | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Games | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 12 | Glenn Morris | GK | 2016 | (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 41) | Gillingham | 41 | 0 |
| 13 | Yusuf Mersin | GK | 2016 | (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 (age 30) | Kasımpaşa | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Lewis Young | RB | 2014 | (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 35) | Bury | 134 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Arthur | LB | 2016 | (1990-01-25) 25 January 1990 (age 34) | Woking | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Mark Connolly | CB | 2016 | (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 33) | Kilmarnock | 126 | 6 |
| 14 | Andre Blackman | LB | 2016 | (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990 (age 34) | MAS Fez | 35 | 0 |
| 15 | Josh Yorwerth | CB | 2016 | (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 29) | Ipswich Town | 48 | 3 |
| 16 | Addison Garnett | CB | 2016 | (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 (age 28) | Hendon | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Joe McNerney | CB | 2015 | (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 35) | Woking | 48 | 4 |
| 25 | Josh Lelan | CB | 2017 | (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 30) | Derby County | 13 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Josh Payne | DM | 2016 | (1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 (age 34) | Eastleigh | 33 | 1 |
| 7 | Enzio Boldewijn | RW | 2016 | (1992-11-17) 17 November 1992 (age 32) | Almere City | 52 | 6 |
| 8 | Jimmy Smith | CM | 2014 | (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 38) | Stevenage | 126 | 9 |
| 11 | Jordan Roberts | LW | 2016 | (1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 (age 31) | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 26 | 4 |
| 17 | Bobson Bawling | RM | 2014 | (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29) | Watford | 81 | 0 |
| 18 | Billy Clifford | CM | 2016 | (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 32) | Boreham Wood | 42 | 1 |
| 20 | Aryan Tajbakhsh | DM | 2016 | (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 (age 34) | Cray Wanderers | 9 | 0 |
| 24 | Kaby Djaló | CM | 2016 | (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) | PS Kemi | 33 | 1 |
| 28 | Dean Cox | LW | 2016 | (1987-08-12) 12 August 1987 (age 37) | Leyton Orient | 22 | 2 |
| 44 | Conor Henderson | CM | 2016 | (1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 33) | Grimsby Town | 36 | 2 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Matt Harrold | FW | 2014 | (1984-07-25) 25 July 1984 (age 40) | Bristol Rovers | 77 | 11 |
| 19 | James Collins | FW | 2016 | (1990-12-01) 1 December 1990 (age 34) | Shrewsbury Town | 51 | 22 |
| 39 | Rhys Murphy | FW | 2017 | (1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 (age 34) | on loan from Forest Green Rovers | 31 | 10 |

## New contracts

| Date | Position | Name | Contract length | Contract end |
| 28 October 2016 | CM | Jimmy Smith | 2 years | 2019 |
| 3 March 2017 | CB | Joe McNerney | 2 years | 2019 |
| 10 March 2017 | GK | Glenn Morris | 2 years | 2019 |
| 30 May 2017 | CB | Josh Yorwerth | 1 year | 2018 |
| 29 June 2017 | CF | Matt Harrold | 1 year | 2018 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | ENG | Chris Arthur | Woking | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | LM | ENG | Jason Banton | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | RW | NED | Enzio Boldewijn | Almere City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | TUR | Yusuf Mersin | Kasımpaşa | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | ENG | Glenn Morris | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | DM | ENG | Josh Payne | Eastleigh | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | LM | ENG | Jordan Roberts | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | WAL | Josh Yorwerth | Ipswich Town | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2016 | CB | IRL | Mark Connolly | Kilmarnock | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2016 | RB | TUR | Alper Tursun | Alanyaspor | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2016 | CF | IRL | James Collins | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2016 | RM | ENG | Aryan Tajbakhsh | Cray Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2016 | CB | ENG | Addison Garnett | Hendon | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2016 | LB | ENG | Andre Blackman | MAS Fez | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2016 | CM | ENG | Billy Clifford | Boreham Wood | Free transfer |
| 9 August 2016 | CB | GHA | Daniel Pappoe | Hemel Hempstead Town | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2016 | CM | GNB | Kaby Djaló | PS Kemi | Free transfer |
| 13 September 2016 | LW | ENG | Dean Cox | Leyton Orient | Free transfer |
| 1 November 2016 | CM | IRL | Conor Henderson | Grimsby Town | Free transfer |
| 1 November 2016 | LW | ENG | Sanchez Watt | Kerala Blasters | Free transfer |
| 26 January 2017 | CB | KEN | Josh Lelan | Derby County | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | ENG | Jon Ashton | Braintree Town | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | ENG | Lee Barnard | Braintree Town | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | ENG | Andy Bond | AFC Fylde | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | LM | ENG | Roarie Deacon | Sutton United | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | LW | ENG | Lyle Della-Verde | Welling United | Released |
| 24 June 2016 | RW | WAL | Gwion Edwards | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | IRL | Shamir Fenelon | Aldershot Town | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | IRL | Lanre Oyebanjo | York City | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | WAL | Callum Preston | Altrincham | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | ENG | Gavin Tomlin | Dulwich Hamlet | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | ENG | Simon Walton | Garforth Town | Released |
| 11 July 2016 | CB | ENG | Sonny Bradley | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2016 | RB | TUR | Alper Tursun | Darıca Gençlerbirliği | Released |
| 11 January 2017 | CB | GHA | Daniel Pappoe | New Radiant | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2017 | LW | ENG | Sanchez Watt | Billericay Town | Released |
* ↑ Following Ashton's release, he joined Braintree Town.
* ↑ Following Barnard's release, he joined Braintree Town.
* ↑ Following Bond's release, he joined AFC Fylde.
* ↑ Following Deacon's release, he joined Sutton United.
* ↑ Following Della-Verde's release, he joined Welling United.
* ↑ Following Fenelon's release, he joined Aldershot Town.
* ↑ Following Oyebanjo's release, he joined York City.
* ↑ Following Preston's release, he joined Altrincham.
* ↑ Following Tomlin's release, he joined Dulwich Hamlet.
* ↑ Following Walton's release, he joined Garforth Town.
* ↑ Following Tursun's release, he joined Darıca Gençlerbirliği.
* ↑ Following Watt's release, he joined Billericay Town.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | ENG | Mitchell Beeney | Chelsea | 3 January 2017 |
| 2 August 2016 | CF | TAN | Adi Yussuf | Mansfield Town | 1 January 2017 |
| 11 August 2016 | CB | SCO | Alex Davey | Chelsea | 3 January 2017 |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | IRL | Rhys Murphy | Forest Green Rovers | End of Season |
* ↑ Yussuf's loan was terminated on 1 January 2017.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until |
| 22 September 2016 | LW | ENG | Dean Cox | Burgess Hill Town | 1 January 2017 |
| 8 October 2016 | CB | WAL | Josh Yorwerth | Merthyr Town | 14 November 2016 |
| 31 January 2017 | LB | ENG | Chris Arthur | Woking | 8 April 2017 |
| 31 January 2017 | LM | ENG | Jason Banton | Partick Thistle | End of season |
| 17 February 2017 | DM | ENG | Aryan Tajbakhsh | Wealdstone | 18 April 2017 |
* ↑ Yorwerth's loan was extended on 4 November 2016, until 4 January 2017.
* ↑ Yorwerth's loan was terminated on 14 November 2016.
* ↑ Arthur's loan was extended on 3 March 2017, until 8 April 2017.
* ↑ Tajbakhsh's loan was extended on 17 March 2017, until 18 April 2017.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| League Two | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 028.26 |
| FA Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Trophy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | 53 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 60 | 83 | −23 | 028.30 |
Updated to match played 6 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 55 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 53 | 73 | −20 | 52 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 51 |
| 20 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 50 |
| 21 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 50 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 May 2017. Source: League Two

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 19 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 22 June 2016 at 9am.

### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Trophy
#### Group stage

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Southampton U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Crawley Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Colchester United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |

#### Knockout phase
### Sussex Senior Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 2 | DF | Lewis Young | 42 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 (1) | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Chris Arthur | 3 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Josh Payne | 23 (9) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 (9) | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Mark Connolly | 40 (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 (1) | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Enzio Boldewijn | 43 (3) | 5 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 (2) | 0 | 46 (6) | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jimmy Smith | 46 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 49 (1) | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Matt Harrold | 1 (10) | 0 | 0 (2) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (14) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Jordan Roberts | 14 (9) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 16 (10) | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Glenn Morris | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Yusuf Mersin | 6 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Andre Blackman | 31 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 33 (2) | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Josh Yorwerth | 14 (7) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 (7) | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Addison Garnett | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Bobson Bawling | 1 (27) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 (28) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Billy Clifford | 26 (10) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 31 (11) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | James Collins | 45 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 2 | 50 (1) | 22 | 9 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Aryan Tajbakhsh | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 (3) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Joe McNerney | 33 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 (1) | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Kaby Djaló | 24 (4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 (4) | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Josh Lelan | 10 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Dean Cox | 20 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Rhys Murphy | 7 (8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (8) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Conor Henderson | 8 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 8 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan |||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Mitchell Beeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Alex Davey | 8 (6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 (6) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jason Banton | 11 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 15 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Adi Yussuf | 6 (10) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 (12) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Daniel Pappoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Sanchez Watt | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 6 May 2017. Source: Crawley Town F.C.

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 19 | James Collins | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Jimmy Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Enzio Boldewijn | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Jordan Roberts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 6 | Mark Connolly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 15 | Josh Yorwerth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 21 | Adi Yussuf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 22 | Joe McNerney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 28 | Dean Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 4 | Josh Payne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 9 | Matt Harrold | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 18 | Billy Clifford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 24 | Kaby Djaló | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 39 | Rhys Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 60 |
Last updated: 6 May 2017. Source: Crawley Town F.C.

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 12 | Glenn Morris | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | Mitchell Beeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 13 | Yusuf Mersin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
Last updated: 14 April 2017. Source: Crawley Town F.C.

### Summary

| Games played | 53 (46 League Two) (2 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy) |
| Games won | 15 (13 League Two) (2 EFL Trophy) |
| Games drawn | 13 (12 League Two) (1 FA Cup) |
| Games lost | 25 (21 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy) |
| Goals scored | 60 (53 League Two) (3 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy) |
| Goals conceded | 83 (71 League Two) (5 FA Cup) (2 EFL Cup) (5 EFL Trophy) |
| Goal difference | –23 (–18 League Two) (–2 FA Cup) (–1 EFL Cup) (–2 EFL Trophy) |
| Clean sheets | 14 (12 League Two) (2 EFL Trophy) |
| Yellow cards | 110 (102 League Two) (4 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy) |
| Red cards | 6 (4 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) |
| Most appearances | Enzio Boldewijn (52 appearances) |
| Top scorer | James Collins (22 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 15/53 (28.30%) |
Last updated: 6 May 2017. Source: Crawley Town F.C.