# 2019–20 Crawley Town F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Crawley Town's 124th season in their history and their fifth consecutive season in League Two. The club finished 13th in League Two, whilst they also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy, where they were eliminated in the second round, Fourth round and Group stage respectively. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Season summary

The 2019–20 season saw Crawley Town compete in League Two for the fifth consecutive season. Despite the club reaching the fourth round of the EFL Cup, their best performance in the competition, manager Gabriele Cioffi left the club by mutual consent on 2 December 2019, with the club having won just once in their previous 11 matches with the club 17th in League Two. Cioffi was replaced by former manager John Yems three days later on a deal until the end of the season. Following an upturn in the club's form, with Crawley losing just 2 of their following 11 matches, Yems' contract was extended until the end of the 2022–23 season in late January 2020. However, in March 2020, the League Two season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Crawley still having a further 9 games to play. The season was later cancelled, with Crawley finishing 13th after clubs agreed to base the final table on points per game.

## Players

    As of 19 May 2020
Players' ages as of 7 March 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | Glenn Morris | GK | 2016 | (1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (aged 36) | Gillingham |
| 24 | Alfie Jones | GK | 2019 | (2000-10-02)2 October 2000 (aged 19) | Milton Keynes Dons |
| 27 | Tom McGill | GK | 2020 | (2000-03-25)25 March 2000 (aged 19) | Brighton & Hove Albion (on loan) |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Lewis Young | RB/RM/LM | 2014 | (1989-09-27)27 September 1989 (aged 30) | Bury |
| 3 | Josh Doherty | CB/RB/LB | 2017 | (1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 23) | Ards |
| 5 | Joe McNerney | CB | 2015 | (1990-01-24)24 January 1990 (aged 30) | Woking |
| 6 | Tom Dallison | CB | 2019 | (1996-02-02)2 February 1996 (aged 24) | Falkirk |
| 18 | David Sesay | RB/LB/RM | 2018 | (1998-09-18)18 September 1998 (aged 21) | Watford |
| 19 | Jordan Tunnicliffe | CB | 2019 | (1993-10-13)13 October 1993 (aged 26) | AFC Fylde |
| 23 | George Forrest | CB | 2019 | | Free agent |
| 25 | Josh Dacres-Cogley | RB | 2019 | (1996-03-12)12 March 1996 (aged 23) | Birmingham City (on loan) |
| 37 | Emmanuel Adebowale | CB | 2020 | (1997-09-19)19 September 1997 (aged 22) | Eastbourne Borough |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 7 | Reece Grego-Cox | CF/RW | 2018 | (1996-11-12)12 November 1996 (aged 23) | Woking |
| 8 | Jimmy Smith | CM/RM/RB | 2014 | (1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 33) | Stevenage |
| 12 | Nathan Ferguson | CM | 2019 | (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 (aged 24) | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 14 | George Francomb | RM/RB/CM | 2018 | (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 (aged 28) | AFC Wimbledon |
| 15 | Ashley Nathaniel-George | RW | 2018 | (1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (aged 24) | Hendon |
| 21 | Dannie Bulman | CM/DM | 2017 | (1979-01-24)24 January 1979 (aged 41) | AFC Wimbledon |
| 28 | Panutche Camará | CAM/CF/RW | 2017 | (1997-02-28)28 February 1997 (aged 23) | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 30 | Bez Lubala | CAM/CF | 2019 | (1998-01-08)8 January 1998 (aged 22) | Birmingham City |
| 34 | Jack Powell | CM/CAM/LM | 2019 | (1994-01-29)29 January 1994 (aged 26) | Maidstone United |
| | Khaleel Rafiq Salah-Edine | CM | 2020 | | Cheshunt |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Ollie Palmer | CF | 2018 | (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 28) | Lincoln City |
| 10 | Ashley Nadesan | CF | 2019 | (1995-09-09)9 September 1995 (aged 24) | Fleetwood Town |
| 11 | Gyliano van Velzen | LW | 2019 | (1994-04-14)14 April 1994 (aged 25) | Roda JC Kerkrade |
| 13 | Ricky German | CF | 2019 | (1999-01-13)13 January 1999 (aged 21) | Hendon |
| 16 | Mason Bloomfield | CF | 2019 | (1996-11-06)6 November 1996 (aged 23) | Norwich City (on loan) |
| 17 | Tarryn Allarakhia | LW | 2018 | (1997-10-17)17 October 1997 (aged 22) | Colchester United |
| 26 | Brian Galach | CF | 2018 | (2001-05-16)16 May 2001 (aged 18) | Aldershot Town |
| 29 | Ibrahim Meite | CF | 2019 | (1996-08-26)26 August 1996 (aged 23) | Cardiff City |
| 33 | Paolo Okoye | CF | 2019 | | |
| Left club during season ||||||||
| 4 | Josh Payne | DM | 2016 | (1990-11-25)25 November 1990 (aged 29) | Eastleigh |
| 11 | Dominic Poleon | CF/LW/RW | 2018 | (1993-09-07)7 September 1993 (aged 26) | Bradford City |
| 22 | Filipe Morais | RW/LW/AM | 2018 | (1985-11-21)21 November 1985 (aged 34) | Bolton Wanderers |
| 31 | Denzeil Boadu | CF | 2020 | (1997-02-20)20 February 1997 (aged 23) | Borussia Dortmund II |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Nathan Ferguson | Dulwich Hamlet | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Beryly Lubala | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Ashley Nadesan | (Fleetwood Town) | Free transfer |
| 5 July 2019 | MF | Jack Powell | (Maidstone United) | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2019 | DF | Jordan Tunnicliffe | (AFC Fylde) | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2019 | DF | George Forrest | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2019 | GK | Alfie Jones | (Milton Keynes Dons) | Free transfer |
| 2 September 2019 | DF | Jamie Sendles-White | (Torquay United) | Free transfer |
| 3 September 2019 | MF | Denzeil Boadu | ( Borussia Dortmund) | Free transfer |
| 5 September 2019 | MF | Gyliano van Velzen | ( Roda JC) | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | Emmanuel Adebowale | Eastbourne Borough | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2020 | MF | Rafiq Khaleel | Free agent | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Mason Bloomfield | Norwich City | 30 June 2020 |
| 12 July 2019 | GK | Michael Luyambula | Birmingham City | 20 January 2020 |
| 8 August 2019 | DF | Josh Dacres-Cogley | Birmingham City | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | GK | Tom McGill | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | Subsequent club | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Yusuf Mersin | (Dover Athletic) | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Bondz N'Gala | (Ebbsfleet United) | Released |
| 2 September 2019 | FW | Dominic Poleon | (Newport County) | Contract cancelled |
| 20 January 2020 | MF | Denzeil Boadu | Free agent | Mutual consent |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Ricky German | Hemel Hempstead Town | 2 January 2020 |
| 3 August 2019 | FW | Ibrahim Meite | Woking | October 2019 |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | Filipe Morais | Oldham Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 6 September 2019 | DF | George Forrest | Leiston | October 2019 |
| 9 September 2019 | MF | Jimmy Smith | Yeovil Town | 1 January 2020 |
| 12 September 2019 | MF | Jack Powell | Aldershot Town | 1 January 2020 |
| 3 October 2019 | MF | Josh Payne | Ebbsfleet United | 30 June 2020 |
| November 2019 | DF | George Forrest | Brightlingsea Regent | 30 June 2020 |
| 3 January 2020 | FW | Brian Galach | Billericay Town | February 2020 |
| 21 February 2020 | MF | Gyliano van Velzen | Aldershot Town | March 2020 |
| 4 March 2020 | FW | Ibrahim Meite | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 June 2020 |

## Pre-season

The Reds have announced pre-season friendlies against Swansea City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Horsham and Portsmouth.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 9 | Bradford City | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 54 | 1.46 |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 49 | 1.36 |
| 11 | Salford City | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 50 | 1.35 |
| 12 | Walsall | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 47 | 1.31 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 | 1.30 |
| 14 | Newport County | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 46 | 1.28 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 47 | 1.27 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 45 | 1.22 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 42 | 1.17 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 16 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.
On 13 March 2020, the EFL, alongside the FA announced the suspension of all domestic football until 3 April due to the rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic. On 3 April 2020, this suspension was extended indefinitely.
On 15 May 2020, the clubs voted to end the season with immediate effect with the final table being determined on a points-per-game basis. No decision was made as to promotion and relegation. The play-offs would be played as normal. The decision meant Swindon Town would be crowned champions and would be joined by Crewe Alexandra and Plymouth Argyle in League One the following season.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports. The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Portsmouth | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Oxford United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Norwich City U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Crawley Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 26 May 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Glenn Morris | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Lewis Young | 21 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NIR | Josh Doherty | 37 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Josh Payne | 5 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Joe McNerney | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Tom Dallison | 30 | 1 | 20+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | IRL | Reece Grego-Cox | 34 | 6 | 24+4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jimmy Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ollie Palmer | 33 | 14 | 22+6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Ashley Nadesan | 31 | 7 | 22+3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Gyliano van Velzen | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Nathan Ferguson | 39 | 6 | 29+2 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Ricky German | 8 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | George Francomb | 20 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Ashley Nathaniel-George | 22 | 5 | 7+9 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Mason Bloomfield | 24 | 4 | 10+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Tarryn Allarakhia | 24 | 0 | 7+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | David Sesay | 31 | 0 | 18+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Jordan Tunnicliffe | 45 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | NIR | Jamie Sendles-White | 17 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Dannie Bulman | 34 | 1 | 28+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | POR | Filipe Morais | 7 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | George Forrest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Alfie Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Josh Dacres-Cogley | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | POL | Brian Galach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ENG | Tom McGill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GNB | Panutche Camará | 34 | 1 | 23+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Ibrahim Meite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | COD | Beryly Lubala | 41 | 13 | 32+2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Denzeil Boadu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Paolo Okoye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Jack Powell | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | COD | Michael Luyambula | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Emmanuel Adebowale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### 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 | 30 | Bez Lubala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | 12 | Nathan Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Last updated: 10 August 2019. Source: BBC Sport