# 2018–19 Crawley Town F.C. season

The 2018–19 season will be Crawley Town's 123rd season in their history and their fourth 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 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 3 November 2018.
| No. | Name | Position | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Games | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Glenn Morris | GK | 2016 | (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 41) | Gillingham | 104 | 0 |
| 12 | Yusuf Mersin | GK | 2016 | (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 (age 30) | Kasımpaşa | 18 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Lewis Young | RB/RM/LM | 2014 | (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 35) | Bury | 194 | 3 |
| 3 | Josh Doherty | CB/RB/LB | 2017 | (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28) | Ards | 30 | 0 |
| 5 | Joe McNerney | CB | 2015 | (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 35) | Woking | 75 | 5 |
| 6 | Mark Connolly | CB/DM/RB | 2016 | (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 33) | Kilmarnock | 183 | 9 |
| 16 | Joe Maguire | LB/CB/RB | 2018 | (1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 (age 29) | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 1 |
| 18 | David Sesay | RB | 2018 | (1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 (age 26) | Watford | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Romain Vincelot | CB/DM/CM | 2018 | (1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 39) | Bradford City | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | Bondz N'Gala | CB | 2018 | (1989-09-13) 13 September 1989 (age 35) | Dagenham & Redbridge | 8 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Josh Payne | DM | 2016 | (1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 (age 34) | Eastleigh | 83 | 6 |
| 7 | Reece Grego-Cox | CF/RW | 2018 | (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 28) | Woking | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Jimmy Smith | CM/RM/RB | 2014 | (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 38) | Stevenage | 168 | 20 |
| 11 | Luke Gambin | LW/LM | 2018 | (1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 31) | Luton Town | 9 | 1 |
| 14 | George Francomb | RM/RB/CM | 2018 | (1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 33) | AFC Wimbledon | 17 | 0 |
| 15 | Ashley Nathaniel-George | RW | 2018 | (1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 29) | Hendon | 14 | 3 |
| 21 | Dannie Bulman | CM/DM | 2017 | (1979-01-24) 24 January 1979 (age 46) | AFC Wimbledon | 342 | 13 |
| 22 | Filipe Morais | RW/LW/AM | 2018 | (1985-11-21) 21 November 1985 (age 39) | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 4 |
| 25 | Mark Randall | CM/DM/AM | 2017 | (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 35) | Newport County | 42 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Ollie Palmer | CF | 2018 | (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 33) | Lincoln City | 18 | 9 |
| 10 | Dominic Poleon | CF/LW/RW | 2018 | (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31) | Bradford City | 15 | 1 |
| 26 | Brian Galach | CF | 2018 | (2001-05-16) 16 May 2001 (age 23) | Aldershot Town | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Tarryn Allarakhia | LW | 2018 | (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 27) | Colchester United | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | Panutche Camará | CF/RW | 2017 | (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 28) | Dulwich Hamlet | 53 | 5 |

## New contracts

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Contract length | Contract end | Ref. |
| 4 July 2018 | RB | | Lewis Young | 2 years | 2020 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | George Francomb | AFC Wimbledon | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Brian Galach | Aldershot Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Ashley Nathaniel-George | Hendon | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Ollie Palmer | Lincoln City | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2018 | CF | Dominic Poleon | Bradford City | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2018 | CF | Reece Grego-Cox | Woking | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2018 | RW | Filipe Morais | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2018 | DM | Romain Vincelot | Bradford City | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2018 | LW | Tarryn Allarakhia | Colchester United | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2018 | RB | David Sesay | Watford | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2018 | CM | Robert Milsom | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2018 | CB | Bondz N'Gala | Dagenham & Redbridge | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2019 | CF | Ricky German | Hendon | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2019 | CB | Tom Dallison | Falkirk | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2019 | CF | Ibrahim Meite | Cardiff City | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 28 June 2018 | LW | Dean Cox | Eastbourne Borough | Mutual consent |
| 30 June 2018 | CM | Billy Clifford | Boreham Wood | Released |
| 30 June 2018 | CM | Kaby Djaló | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2018 | CB | Josh Lelan | Aldershot Town | Released |
| 30 June 2018 | LW | Jordan Roberts | Ipswich Town | Released |
| 30 June 2018 | DM | Aryan Tajbakhsh | Dover Athletic | Released |
| 3 July 2018 | RW | Moussa Sanoh | CSM Politehnica Iași | Mutual consent |
| 4 July 2018 | RW | Enzio Boldewijn | Notts County | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2018 | CB | Josh Yorwerth | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2018 | CF | Thomas Verheydt | Go Ahead Eagles | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2019 | CM | Robert Milsom | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 22 January 2019 | DM | Romain Vincelot | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | CB | Mark Connolly | Dundee United | Undisclosed |
| 5 February 2019 | CM | Mark Randall | Free agent | Mutual consent |
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### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 31 August 2018 | LW | Luke Gambin | Luton Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | LB | Joe Maguire | Fleetwood Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CM | Matty Willock | Manchester United | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 31 August 2018 | CM | Robert Milsom | Notts County | 31 December 2018 |
| 17 November 2018 | CF | Brian Galach | Burgess Hill Town | 17 December 2018 |
| 8 January 2019 | RM | Tarryn Allarakhia | Wealdstone | 5 February 2019 |

## Pre-season

Crawley Town announced friendlies with Fulham, Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic.

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 56 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 54 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 53 |
| 20 | Port Vale | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 49 |
| 21 | Cambridge United | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 47 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source:

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
The fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 21 June 2018 at 9am.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Portsmouth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Tottenham Hotspur U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Gillingham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Crawley Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances

Players included in matchday squads :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Glenn Morris | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Lewis Young | 33 (4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 (4) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NIR | Josh Doherty | 12 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 (6) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Josh Payne | 24 (3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 (3) | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Joe McNerney | 25 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 (3) | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Reece Grego-Cox | 14 (13) | 2 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 (15) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jimmy Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ollie Palmer | 39 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 41 (1) | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Dominic Poleon | 21 (9) | 5 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 (11) | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | MLT | Luke Gambin | 21 (5) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 (5) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | TUR | Yusuf Mersin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Ricky German | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | George Francomb | 38 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 (2) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Ashley Nathaniel-George | 14 (15) | 5 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 (18) | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Joe Maguire | 24 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 26 (4) | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Tom Dallison | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | David Sesay | 15 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 16 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Matty Willock | 6 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Dannie Bulman | 29 (7) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 (8) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | POR | Filipe Morais | 30 (3) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 (3) | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | POL | Brian Galach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | GNB | Panutche Camará | 33 (11) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 (11) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Ibrahim Meite | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Bondz N'Gala | 12 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | IRL | Mark Connolly | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Romain Vincelot | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Robert Milsom | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Mark Randall | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 4 (6) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Tarryn Allarakhia | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 27 April 2019. 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 | 9 | Ollie Palmer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 22 | Filipe Morais | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 15 | Ashley Nathaniel-George | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 28 | Panutche Camará | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 6 | Mark Connolly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Jimmy Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Dominic Poleon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Luke Gambin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 16 | Joe Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 21 | Dannie Bulman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 33 | Bondz N'Gala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
Last updated: 3 November 2018. 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 | 1 | Glenn Morris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 12 | Yusuf Mersin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Last updated: 6 October 2018. Source: Crawley Town F.C.

### Summary

| Games played | 20 (17 League Two) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy) |
| Games won | 7 (7 League Two) |
| Games drawn | 3 (2 League Two) (1 EFL Trophy) |
| Games lost | 10 (8 League Two) (1 EFL Cup) (1 EFL Trophy) |
| Goals scored | 26 (24 League Two) (1 EFL Cup) (1 EFL Trophy) |
| Goals conceded | 33 (29 League Two) (2 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy) |
| Goal difference | –7 (−5 League Two) (−1 EFL Cup) (−1 EFL Trophy) |
| Clean sheets | 4 (4 League Two) |
| Yellow cards | 42 (37 League Two) (2 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy) |
| Red cards | 4 (3 League Two) (1 EFL Cup) |
| Most appearances | Panutche Camará (19 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Ollie Palmer (9 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 7/20 (35.00%) |
Last updated: 3 November 2018. Source: Crawley Town F.C.