2011–12 Crawley Town F.C. season

Crawley Town F.C.
2011–12 season
Chairman Victor Marley
Manager Steve Evans (until 9 April 2012)
Craig Brewster (caretaker)
League 2 3rd (promoted)
FA Cup 5th round
League Cup 1st round
Football League Trophy 1st Round (South)
Top goalscorer League: Tyrone Barnett (13)
All: Matt Tubbs (18)
Highest home attendance League: 4,723 vs Crewe Alexandra (6 April 2012)
All: 4,723 vs Crewe Alexandra (6 April 2012)
Lowest home attendance League: 2,184 vs Morecambe (22 February 2012)
All: 2,184 vs Morecambe (22 February 2012)
Average home league attendance 3,257
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2011–12 season will be the 62nd season in which Crawley Town have played senior football, and the seventh as a fully professional team. It is the first time in the club's history that they will compete in The Football League. Crawley Town will compete in the Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Swindon Town (C, P) 46 29 6 11 75 32 +43 93 Promotion to Football League One
2 Shrewsbury Town (P) 46 26 10 10 66 41 +25 88
3 Crawley Town (P) 46 23 15 8 76 54 +22 84
4 Southend United 46 25 8 13 77 48 +29 83 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Torquay United 46 23 12 11 63 50 +13 81
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Results

Friendly matches

League Two

FA Cup

Main article: 2011–12 FA Cup

Football League Cup

Football League Trophy

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands Michel Kuipers 17 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 MF Republic of Ireland Scott Davies 21 2 17+3 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England Dean Howell 44 3 36+1 3 5+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF England Pablo Mills 25 2 19+2 2 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England Kyle McFadzean 45 3 36+1 2 5+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF Nigeria Hope Akpan 33 2 17+9 1 0+4 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
7 FW Republic of Ireland Billy Clarke 21 3 16+1 3 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Argentina Sergio Torres 46 4 37+1 3 5+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
9 FW England Gary Alexander 14 7 14+0 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England Josh Simpson 47 2 31+9 2 4+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF England Ben Smith 7 1 3+2 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
13 MF England David Hunt 35 0 26+1 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0
15 MF England Dannie Bulman 48 3 41+0 3 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 DF Wales Glenn Wilson 7 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 1+0 0
17 FW England John Akinde 29 1 7+18 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
18 DF Scotland John Dempster 10 1 6+1 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
20 DF England Charlie Wassmer 15 2 12+1 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF Wales Scott Neilson 35 3 11+19 3 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
23 FW England Tyrone Barnett 33 14 25+1 13 5+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
25 GK Scotland Scott Shearer 30 0 25+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF Jamaica Claude Davis 33 3 27+2 3 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players featured for Crawley but left before the end of the season:
10 FW England Wesley Thomas 7 1 2+3 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
9 FW England Matt Tubbs 31 18 23+1 12 4+0 5 2+0 1 1+0 0
Players on loan for Crawley Town who returned to their parent club:
26 DF England Tom Eastman 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF England Scott Griffiths 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Wales Michael Doughty 18 2 2+14 1 0+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW England Jon-Paul Pittman 4 1 0+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF England Sanchez Watt 16 2 6+8 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF Scotland Warren Cummings 9 0 6+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF Wales Lloyd James 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW England Leon Clarke 4 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 GK Republic of Ireland Rene Gilmartin 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF England Andy Drury 15 4 13+0 3 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW England Karl Hawley 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England Shaun Batt 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 FW England 9 Matt Tubbs 12 5 1 0 18
2 FW England 23 Tyrone Barnett 13 1 0 0 14
3 FW England 9 Gary Alexander 7 0 0 0 7
4 MF Argentina 8 Sergio Torres 3 0 1 0 4
= MF England 27 Andy Drury 3 1 0 0 4
6 DF England 3 Dean Howell 3 0 0 0 3
= MF England 15 Dannie Bulman 3 0 0 0 3
= DF Jamaica 28 Claude Davis 3 0 0 0 3
= FW Republic of Ireland 7 Billy Clarke 3 0 0 0 3
= MF Wales 22 Scott Neilson 3 0 0 0 3
= DF England 5 Kyle McFadzean 2 1 0 0 3
12 MF England 11 Josh Simpson 2 0 0 0 2
= MF Republic of Ireland 2 Scott Davies 2 0 0 0 2
= MF England 10 Sanchez Watt 2 0 0 0 2
= DF England 4 Pablo Mills 2 0 0 0 2
= DF England 20 Charlie Wassmer 2 0 0 0 2
= MF Nigeria 6 Hope Akpan 1 0 1 0 2
= MF Wales 21 Michael Doughty 1 1 0 0 2
19 MF England 12 Ben Smith 1 0 0 0 1
= FW England 10 Wesley Thomas 1 0 0 0 1
= FW England 17 John Akinde 1 0 0 0 1
= FW England 29 Jon-Paul Pittman 1 0 0 0 1
= FW England 39 Leon Clarke 1 0 0 0 1
= DF Scotland 18 John Dempster 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 73 9 3 0 85

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 Netherlands GK Michel Kuipers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 Republic of Ireland MF Scott Davies 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
3 England DF Dean Howell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 England DF Pablo Mills 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
5 England DF Kyle McFadzean 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 Nigeria MF Hope Akpan 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 2
8 Argentina MF Sergio Torres 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 1
9 England FW Gary Alexander 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 England FW Matt Tubbs 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 England FW Wesley Thomas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 England MF Sanchez Watt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 England MF Ben Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
13 England MF David Hunt 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
15 England MF Dannie Bulman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 Wales MF Glenn Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 England FW John Akinde 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
18 Scotland DF John Dempster 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
19 England DF Scott Griffiths 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 England DF Charlie Wassmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 Wales MF Michael Doughty 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 England MF Shaun Batt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Wales MF Scott Neilson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
23 England FW Tyrone Barnett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 England DF Tom Eastman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 England DF Andy Drury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 Jamaica DF Claude Davis 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
29 England FW Jon-Paul Pittman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Scotland DF Warren Cummings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
39 England FW Leon Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 63 6 4 0 6 1 2 0 75 7

Transfers

In

Pos Player From Fee Date Notes
DFEngland Jamie DayRushden & DiamondsFree27 May 2011[1]
FWEngland John AkindeBristol CityFree27 May 2011[2]
MFRepublic of Ireland Scott DaviesReadingFree31 May 2011[3]
FWEngland Wesley ThomasCheltenham TownFree31 May 2011[4]
MFNigeria Hope AkpanEvertonFree14 June 2011[5]
FWEngland Tyrone BarnettMacclesfield TownUndisclosed29 June 2011[6]
MFWales Michael DoughtyQueens Park Rangerssix-month loan19 August 2011[7]
DFEngland Scott GriffithsPeterborough Unitedone-month loan8 September 2011[8]
FWEngland Jon-Paul PittmanOxford Unitedthree-month loan12 September 2011[9]
DFEngland Tom EastmanColchester Unitedone-month loan13 September 2011[10]
MFEngland Andy DruryIpswich Town93-day loan15 September 2011[11]
DFJamaica Claude DavisFree AgentFree16 September 2011[12]
MFEngland Sanchez WattArsenalseason loan26 January 2012[13]
FWEngland Karl HawleyNotts Countyseason loan31 January 2012[14]
FWRepublic of Ireland Billy ClarkeBlackpoolUndisclosed31 January 2012[15]
GKRepublic of Ireland Rene GilmartinWatfordone-month loan17 February 2012[16]
MFEngland Shaun BattMillwallone-month loan21 February 2012[17]
DFScotland Warren CummingsBournemouthone-month loan2 March 2012[18]
DFWales Lloyd JamesColchester Unitedone-month loan2 March 2012[18]
FWEngland Gary AlexanderBrentfordseason loan8 March 2012[19]
FWEngland Leon ClarkeCharlton Athleticseason loan17 March 2012[20]

Out

Pos Player To Fee Date Notes
MFScotland Simon RuskRetirement N/A13 May 2011[21]
GKEngland Nick Jordan Free13 May 2011[21]
DFEnglandDanny HallStockport County Free13 May 2011[21]
DFEngland Sam RentsGateshead Free13 May 2011[21]
FWEngland Jamie CookBath City Free13 May 2011[21]
FWScotland Craig McAllisterNewport County Free13 May 2011[21]
MFScotland Steven MastertonMontrose Free13 May 2011[21]
STEngland Tommy Brewer Free13 May 2011[21]
STEngland Ben WrightBraintree TownFree13 June 2011[22]
MFEngland James Dance Luton TownUndisclosed18 July 2011[23]
MFScotland Willie GibsonSt JohnstoneFive-month loan24 August 2011 [24]
FWEngland Wesley ThomasBournemouth93-day loan9 September 2011 [25]
DFScotland John DempsterKettering Townone-month loan23 September 2011 [26]
MFEngland Ben SmithKettering Townone-month loan23 September 2011 [26]
DFEngland Charlie WassmerFleetwood Town93 day loan12 October 2011 [27]
DFWales Glenn WilsonFleetwood Town93 day loan12 October 2011 [28]
MFRepublic of Ireland Scott DaviesAldershot Townhalf season loan27 October 2011 [29]
DFEngland Jamie DayAldershot Townhalf season loan27 October 2011 [30]
DFScotland John DempsterMansfield Town93 day loan22 November 2011 [31]
MFEngland Ben SmithWokingone-month loan25 November 2011 [32]
FWEngland Wesley ThomasBournemouth£200,0001 January 2012 [25]
FWEngland Matt TubbsBournemouth£800,00031 January 2012 [33]
MFScotland Willie GibsonFalkirkFree31 January 2012 [34]
MFEngland Ben SmithAldershot Town93 day loan31 January 2012 [35]
FWEngland Tyrone BarnettPeterborough Unitedseason loan21 February 2012 [36]
DFEngland Charlie WassmerDagenham & Redbridgeseason loan17 March 2012 [37]
FWEngland John AkindeDagenham & Redbridgeseason loan17 March 2012 [37]

Awards

End of Season Awards Winner[38]
Player of the Year Dannie Bulman
Young Player of the Year Hope Akpan
Goal of the Season Scott Davies vs Torquay United
Best Individual Performance Michel Kuipers vs Crewe Alexandra

References

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  10. "Eastman moves to Crawley on loan". BBC News. 13 September 2011.
  11. "Crawley complete double signing". BBC News. 15 September 2011.
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  31. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/15845383
  32. http://www.wokingfc.co.uk/news/article/3147/ben-smith-joins-on-loan/
  33. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16794214
  34. http://www.centralfm.co.uk/news/sport/11335-falkirk-sign-willie-gibson
  35. http://www.teamtalk.com/league-two/7469361/Smith-makes-Shots-loan-move
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