2025–26 Crawley Town F.C. season

Crawley Town
2025–26 season
OwnerWAGMI United
ChairmanDaniel Khalili, Ryan Gilbert
& Maxwell Strowman
ManagerScott Lindsey
StadiumBroadfield Stadium

The 2025–26 season is the 130th season in the history of Crawley Town Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2023–24 season, following relegation from League One in the preceding season. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
23 June 2025[a] CM  Reece Brown (ENG) Free agent — [1]
27 June 2025 DM  Jay Williams (SKN)  Milton Keynes Dons (ENG) Undisclosed [2]
1 July 2025[b] CF  Danny Cashman (ENG)  Worthing (ENG) Free [3]
1 July 2025[c] RW  Harry McKirdy (ENG)  Bromley (ENG) [4]
1 July 2025 CF  Kabongo Tshimanga (ENG)  Peterborough United (ENG) [5]
4 July 2025 CF  Louis Flower (ENG)  Brighton & Hove Albion (ENG) [6]
LW  Dion Pereira (ATG)  Luton Town (ENG) [7]
17 July 2025 CM  Kyle Scott (USA)  Orange County (USA) Undisclosed [8]
2 August 2025 RW  Fate Kotey (ENG)  Sutton Common Rovers (ENG) Free [9]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 29 May, and would become official on 23 June
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 19 June, and would become official on 1 July, following the expiry of his Worthing contract.
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 2 June, and would become official on 1 July, following the expiry of his Bromley contract.

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
11 June 2025 CF  Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (ENG)  Milton Keynes Dons (ENG) Undisclosed [10]
CB  Toby Mullarkey (ENG)  Fleetwood Town (ENG) [11]
20 June 2025 CM  Panutche Camará (GNB)  Dundee United (SCO) [12]
AM  Junior Quitirna (GNB)  Wycombe Wanderers (ENG) [13]
23 June 2025 RB  Rory Feely (IRL)  Cork City (IRL) [14]
28 June 2025 CF  Will Swan (ENG)  Bradford City (ENG) [15]
4 July 2025 CB  Benjamin Tanimu (NGA)  MAS Fès (MAR) [16]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
26 June 2025 GK  Harvey Davies (ENG)  Liverpool (ENG) 31 May 2026 [17]
15 August 2025 RW  Kaheim Dixon (JAM)  Charlton Athletic (ENG) 31 May 2026 [18]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
8 August 2025 GK  Ryan Sandford (ENG)  Eastbourne Borough (ENG) 31 December 2025 [19]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CF  Sonny Fish (WAL)  Torquay United (ENG) 1 July 2025 [20]
LM  Jeremy Kelly (USA)  Charleston Battery (USA) [21][22]
GK  Jasper Sheik (ENG)  South Shields (ENG) [20][23]
DM  Liam Fraser (CAN)  Reading (ENG) 23 July 2025 [24]
CF  Tyreece John-Jules (ENG) [20]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player End date Ref.
23 June 2025 LM  Harry Forster (ENG) 30 June 2026 [25]
24 June 2025 CB  Joy Mukena (ENG) [26]
GK  Ryan Sandford (ENG) 31 December 2025 [26]
27 June 2025 CB  Dion Conroy (ENG) 30 June 2027 [27]
5 August 2025 GK  Will Heater (ENG) Undisclosed[a] [28]
  1. ^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 30 May, Crawley Town announced a seven-day warm-weather training camp in Murcia, where they would take on Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian.[29][30] Further friendlies against Three Bridges, East Grinstead Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, Portsmouth and Southampton XI were also confirmed.[31] A seventh friendly was later added, against Crystal Palace.[32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

4 July 2025 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 3–1 Crawley Town San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
18:00 CEST
  • Own goal 4'
  • Forrest 20'
  • Wilson 69'
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
8 July 2025 Friendly Three Bridges 0–5 Crawley Town Three Bridges
19:45 BST Report
Stadium: Jubilee Field
12 July 2025 Friendly East Grinstead Town 1–5 Crawley Town East Grinstead
15:00 BST
  • Green 75'
 Report
Stadium: East Court
15 July 2025 Friendly Dagenham & Redbridge 1–5 Crawley Town Dagenham
19:30 BST
  • Haigh 49'
 Report
Stadium: Victoria Road
19 July 2025 Friendly Crawley Town 0–1 Portsmouth Crawley
15:00 BST
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially postponed at the Broadfield Stadium due to heavy rainfall, however the game went ahead behind closed doors.[33]
22 July 2025 Friendly Southampton XI 2–1 Crawley Town Marchwood
13:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Southampton FC Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
25 July 2025 Friendly Crawley Town 0–3 Crystal Palace Crawley
19:30 BST Report
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Accrington Stanley 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
21 Bristol Rovers 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1
22 Crawley Town 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1
23 Shrewsbury Town 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1 Relegation to National League
24 Cheltenham Town 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. 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[34]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
3 0 0 3 1 6  −5 0 0 0 1 1 2  −1 0 0 2 0 4  −4

Last updated: 16 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round123
GroundAHA
ResultLLL
Position242323
Points000
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Grimsby Town 3–0 Crawley Town Cleethorpes
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 6,806
Referee: Scott Jackson
9 August 2025 2 Crawley Town 1–2 Newport County Crawley
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,189
Referee: James Oldham
16 August 2025 3 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Crawley Town Crewe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,062
Referee: Seb Stockbridge

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Swansea City 3–1 Crawley Town Landore
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Attendance: 5,095
Referee: Benjamin Speedie

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Crawley were drawn against Leyton Orient, Peterborough United and Aston Villa U21 in the group stage.[35]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Crawley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L1 Peterborough United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Aston Villa U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 September 2025 South Group F Crawley Town v Aston Villa U21 Crawley
19:45 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
7 October 2025 South Group F Leyton Orient v Crawley Town Leyton
19:00 BST Stadium: Brisbane Road
11 November 2025 South Group F Crawley Town v Peterborough United Crawley
19:45 GMT Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 19 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Harvey Davies 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Charlie Barker 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF England ENG Josh Flint 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Dion Conroy 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF England ENG Joy Mukena 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF England ENG Reece Brown 5 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF Cyprus CYP Jack Roles 5 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN Jay Williams 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Louie Watson 5 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Max Anderson 4 1 1+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Gavan Holohan 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 MF United States USA Kyle Scott 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF England ENG Antony Papadopoulos 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
7 MF England ENG Harry Forster 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Kabongo Tshimanga 5 1 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
14 FW England ENG Louis Flower 5 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
13 FW England ENG Harry McKirdy 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW Denmark DEN Ade Adeyemo 4 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW England ENG Fate Kotey 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 FW England ENG Danny Cashman 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW Jamaica JAM Kaheim Dixon 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW England ENG Tola Showunmi 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goals record

As of match played 19 August 2025
No. Nat. Pos. Name League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
9 England FW Kabongo Tshimanga 0 0 1 0 1
6 Scotland MD Max Anderson 1 0 0 0 1
22 England FW Ade Adeyemo 1 0 0 0 1
Total 2 0 1 0 3

Squad

As of 19 August 2025
No. Player Nationality Date of birth (age) CTFC Apps CTFC Goals Career Apps Career Goals

INT Caps

INT Goals

Career Honours
Goalkeepers
1 Harvey Davies England (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003 5 0 36 0 0 0 1
Defender
5 Charlie Barker England (2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 50 2 149 5 0 0 0
28 Josh Flint England (2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 25 1 114 6 0 0 0
20 Joy Mukena England (1999-07-03) 3 July 1999 51 1 161 4 0 0 0
3 Dion Conroy England (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 86 3 226 5 0 0 2
Midfielders
10 Reece Brown England (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 5 0 222 20 0 0 0
11 Jack Roles Cyprus (1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 77 9 151 20 0 0 1
26 Jay Williams Saint Kitts and Nevis (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 63 3 135 8 0 0 2
27 Louie Watson Republic of Ireland (2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 12 0 64 1 0 0 0
6 Max Anderson Scotland (2001-05-17) 17 May 2001 57 4 193 15 0 0 1
8 Gavan Holohan Republic of Ireland (1991-12-15) 15 December 1991 29 1 391 65 0 0 3
17 Kyle Scott United States (1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 2 0 81 3 0 0 0
25 Antony Papadopoulos England (2002-11-12) 12 November 2002 9 1 119 15 0 0 0
7 Harry Forster England (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000 58 5 142 7 0 0 0
Forwards
9 Kabongo Tshimanga England (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 5 1 384 155 0 0 0
14 Louis Flower England (2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 5 0 16 0 0 0 0
13 Harry McKirdy England (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 5 0 197 48 0 0 0
22 Ade Adeyemo England (1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 67 7 146 29 0 0 1
23 Fate Kotey England (2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
18 Danny Cashman England (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 2 0 153 39 0 0 0
24 Kaheim Dixon Jamaica (2004-10-04) 4 October 2004 2 0 23 6 18 3 0
29 Tola Showunmi England (2000-07-03) 3 July 2000 29 7 157 41 0 0 0

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  2. ^ "Jay Williams Is Back". Crawley Town FC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Danny Cashman Signs For His Home-Town Team". Crawley Town FC. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
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  7. ^ "Dion Pereira Joins Lindsey's Reds". Crawley Town FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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