2021–22_Crawley_Town_F.C._season

2021–22 Crawley Town F.C. season

2021–22 Crawley Town F.C. season

Crawley Town 2021–22 football season

The 2021–22 season is Crawley Town's 126th year in their history and seventh consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

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Background and pre-season

Pre-season

Crawley Town announced they would play friendly matches against Walton Casuals,[1] Horley Town,[2] Burgess Hill Town,[3] Three Bridges,[4] Horsham,[5] Southampton U23s,[6] East Grinstead Town,[1] West Ham United U23,[7] Tottenham Hotspur U23[8] and Beckenham Town[9] as part of their pre-season preparations. However, the scheduled fixture against Southampton U23s was later confirmed as cancelled.[10]

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Crawley's first match was away to the previous season's National League play-off winners, Hartlepool United which they lost 1–0 after a late winner from Gavan Holohan.[20] The club then faced League One side Gillingham in the first round of the EFL Cup and the away side went ahead in the 3rd minute after Gerald Sithole scored in "controversial circumstances".[21] Crawley equalised in the 55th minute when Sam Ashford tapped in from close range and after a Daniel Phillips volley put the visitors ahead for the second time in stoppage time, Archie Davies equalised for the hosts on the 90+7th minute to take the match to a penalty shoot-out.[21] Crawley lost 10–9 in the penalty shoot-out, with Crawley scoring their first nine penalties of the shoot-out before a miss from Ludwig Francillette.[21] The match against Harrogate Town on 14 August 2021 was postponed due positive cases of COVID-19 within the Harrogate Town squad.[22]

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2021–22 EFL League Two

League table

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Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[23]

Matches

Crawley Town's fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.[24]

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    FA Cup

    Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

    Crawley were drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers in the first round.[70]

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    EFL Cup

    Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

    Crawley were drawn at home to Gillingham in the first round.[72][73]

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    EFL Trophy

    Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

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    Transfers

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    Appearances and goals

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    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Crawley.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
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    Notes

    1. Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Crawley
    2. Brackets around club names denote the player joined that club after his contract with Crawley expired

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