2010–11 Crawley Town F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was the 61st season in which Crawley Town played senior football, and their seventh in the Football Conference. On 1 July 2010, following a number of signings, the club held a press conference to declare their intentions for the coming season. They confirmed that the club had cleared £1,000,000 of debt and was now debt-free, and that Bruce Winfield has bought the shareholding formerly held by the Prospect Estates group. On 9 April, Crawley won the Conference National, beating Tamworth 3–0, and by doing this they will be a Football League club for the first time in their history.

Crawley Town

2010–11 season
Chairman	Victor Marley
Manager	Steve Evans
Conference National	1st (Champions)
FA Cup	Fifth Round
FA Trophy	First round
Sussex Senior Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Matt Tubbs (37) All: Matt Tubbs (40)
Highest home attendance	4,108 vs Derby County FA Cup Third Round
Lowest home attendance	1,300

Season summary

Prior to the beginning of the season, the club spent around £600,000 on players, signing the likes of Matt Tubbs from Salisbury City, Sergio Torres from Peterborough United and Richard Brodie from York City for a non-league record fee, financed in part by anonymous Far Eastern investors.[1][2] The club saw success in the league losing just thrice all season[2] before being promoted to the Football League for the first time in their history on 9 April 2011 following a 3–0 victory away to Tamworth.[3][4] They finished top of the league on 105 points, a division record.[2] The club also saw success in the FA Cup, reaching the fifth round of the competition before being eliminated by eventual Premier League champions and FA Cup semi-finalists Manchester United.[5]

In 2017, football magazine FourFourTwo rated the Crawley Town team of the 2010–11 season the 21st most hated team of all time in British football, as a result of the club's significant financial backing and their unpopular manager Steve Evans, who was found guilty of tax evasion at his previous club Boston United.[6] Due to the club's significant financial backing from anonymous foreign investors, they were referred to as the 'Manchester City' of non-league football.[7][8] The anonymous owner was later revealed to be Hong-Kong-based Paul Hayward.[2]

Match results

Crawley Town results given first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Notes
10 July 2010	Millwall	Home	1–1	1030	Quinn	[9]
13 July 2010	Crystal Palace	Home	1–0	1447	Tubbs	[10]
16 July 2010	Dorchester Town	Away	6–0		Quinn, Enver-Marum (3), Coward (own goal), Napper	[11]
17 July 2010	Weymouth	Away	2–0	455	McAllister (2 (1 penalty))	[12]
20 July 2010	Arsenal XI	Home	2–2	1150	Wilson, Tubbs	[13]
24 July 2010	Chelsea XI	Home	3–0	813	Hall, Tubbs, Malcolm	[14]
28 July 2010	Queens Park Rangers	Home	2–0	1110	Tubbs (2)	[15]
31 July 2010	St. Albans City	Away	0–0	122	—	[16]
7 August 2010	Bromley	Away	0–1		—	[17]
7 September 2010	Three Bridges	Away	7–0			[18]

[19]

Conference National

For information on this season's Conference National, see 2010–11 Football Conference.

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Notes
14 August 2010	Grimsby Town	Home	0–1	2428		[20]
17 August 2010	Cambridge United	Away	2–2	2558	Tubbs (2)	[21]
21 August 2010	Altrincham	Away	1–0	776	Masterton	Match Report
24 August 2010	Bath City	Home	2–1	1,252	Tubbs, Mcallister(pen)	Match Report
28 August 2010	Hayes & Yeading United	Away	3–0	320	Mcallister (2) Torres	Match Report
30 August 2010	Forest Green Rovers	Home	1–0	1,458	Tubbs	Match Report
4 September 2010	Fleetwood Town	Home	1–1	1,637	Mcallister	Match Report
11 September 2010	Histon	Away	2–0	497	Mcfadzean, Brodie	Match Report
18 September 2010	Gateshead	Home	2–1	1,412	Tubbs (2)	Match Report
21 September 2010	AFC Wimbledon	Away	1–2	4,018	Tubbs	Match Report
25 September 2010	Rushden & Diamonds	Away	1–0	1,162	Tubbs	Match Report
28 September 2010	Tamworth	Home	3–1	1,355	Tubbs (2) Smith	Match Report
2 October 2010	Kidderminster Harriers	Home	2–0	1,483	Mcallister, Neilson	Match Report
5 October 2010	Luton Town	Away	2–1	6,895	Brodie, Mcallister	Match Report
9 October 2010	Barrow	Away	1–1	1,155	Tubbs	Match Report
16 October 2010	Newport County	Home	2–3	2,566	Brodie, Neilson	Match Report
30 October 2010	Mansfield Town	Away	4–1	2,615	Bulman Mcallister (2) Tubbs	Match Report
13 November 2010	Darlington	Away	1–1	2,012	Neilson	Match Report
20 November 2010	Altrincham	Home	7–0	1,331	Tubbs (3) Brodie (2) Torres, Neilson	Match Report
1 January 2011	Eastbourne Borough	Home	3–1	1,894	Smith, Tubbs (2)	Match Report
3 January 2011	Forest Green Rovers	Away	3–0	1,027	Mcallister Tubbs (2)	Match Report
15 January 2011	Kettering Town	Home	2–1	1,812	Tubbs, Brodie	Match Report
18 January 2011	Bath City	Away	2–0	836	Tubbs (2)	Match Report
22 January 2011	Grimsby Town	Away	0–0	3,382		Match Report
25 January 2011	Cambridge United	Home	3–0	3,241	Mcallister (2) Cook	Match Report
3 February 2011	Kettering Town	Away	0–0	1,216		Match Report
12 February 2011	Wrexham	Home	3–2	3,331	Tubbs (3)	Match Report
15 February 2011	Wrexham	Away	0–0	4,630		Match Report
22 February 2011	Southport	Home	1–0	3,721	Mills	Match Report
26 February 2011	Barrow	Home	3–2	3,941	Brodie, Mcallister, Mills	Match Report
5 March 2011	Histon	Home	5–0	3,031	Tubbs, Smith, Simpson, Hunt, Gibson	Match Report
8 March 2011	Kidderminster Harriers	Away	0–0	1,816		Match Report
12 March 2011	Fleetwood Town	Away	2–1	2,027	Brodie, Tubbs	Match Report
15 March 2011	Hayes & Yeading United	Home	5–2	2,236	Dempster, Simpson, Tubbs (2), Mills	Match Report
18 March 2011	AFC Wimbledon	Home	3–1	4,054	Tubbs, Mcfadzean, Dance	Match Report
22 March 2011	Eastbourne Borough	Away	2–1	2,054	Wassamer, Torres	Match Report
26 March 2011	Gateshead	Away	0–0	751		Match Report
29 March 2011	Mansfield Town	Home	2–0	3,162	Mcfadzean, Tubbs	Match Report
2 April 2011	Darlington	Home	1–0	3,554	Smith	Match Report
5 April 2011	York City	Away	1–1	3,060	Torres	Match Report
9 April 2011	Tamworth	Away	3–0	1,569	Tubbs (2) Wassamer	Match Report C
12 April 2011	Luton Town	Home	1–1	3,326	Brodie	Match Report
16 April 2011	Southport	Away	4–0	1,011	Brodie (2), Neilson, Simpson	Match Report
22 April 2011	Rushden & Diamonds	Home	4–0	3,083	Cook, Tubbs (3)	Match Report
25 April 2011	Newport County	Away	1–0	2,026	Howell	Match Report
30 April 2011	York City	Home	1–1	2,945	Tubbs	Match Report

FA Cup

For information on this season's FA Cup, see 2010–11 FA Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Notes
4Q	23 October 2010	Newport County	Away	1–0	2,274	Craig McAllister
1R	6 November 2010	Guiseley AFC	Away	5–0		Matt Tubbs, Scott Neilson, Danny Hall, Richard Brodie, Sergio Torres
2R	26 November 2010	Swindon Town	Home	1–1	3,895	Matt Tubbs
2RR	7 December 2010	Swindon Town	Away	3–2 AET	2,995	Ben Smith, Michael Rose (OG), Ben Smith
3R	10 January 2011	Derby County	Home	2–1	4,145	Craig McAllister, Sergio Torres
4R	29 January 2011	Torquay United	Away	1–0	5,065	Matt Tubbs
5R	19 February 2011	Manchester United	Away	0–1	74,778

FA Trophy

For information on this season's FA Trophy, see 2010–11 FA Trophy.

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Notes
1	11 December 2010	Dartford	Home	3–3	1,031	Brodie, Mcallister, Howell
1R	14 December 2010	Dartford	Away	0–1	605

Sussex Senior Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Notes
2	16 November 2010	Horsham	Away	0–2	180	–	[22]

Player statistics

Correct as of 23 April 2011. Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes.

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Michel Kuipers	26	0	6	0	1	0	33	0	1	2
2	MF	Simon Rusk	9 (7)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	9 (8)	0	2	0
3	DF	Sam Rents	4 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	2	0	8 (2)	0	0	0
4	MF	Eddie Hutchinson	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
4	MF	David Hunt	22 (3)	1	1 (2)	0	0	0	23 (5)	1	5	0
5	DF	Adam Quinn	11 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	11 (1)	0	1	0
5	DF	John Dempster	8 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	8 (2)	1	3	0
6	DF	Danny Hall	9 (5)	0	1 (1)	1	2	0	12 (5)	1	3	0
7	MF	Ben Smith	22 (7)	4	6 (1)	2	0	0	28 (8)	6	2	0
8	MF	Sergio Torres	34 (5)	4	6 (1)	2	1 (1)	0	40 (7)	6	7	0
9	FW	Matt Tubbs	38 (3)	37	6	3	1	0	45 (3)	40	5	0
10	FW	Liam Enver-Marum	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
10	MF	Josh Simpson	21 (6)	3	0	0	0	0	21 (6)	3	1	0
11	MF	Steve Masterton	12 (1)	1	2	0	2	0	16 (1)	1	3	0
12	GK	Nick Jordan	5 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	6 (2)	0	0	0
14	FW	Craig McAllister	28 (13)	12	6 (1)	2	1 (1)	1	35 (15)	15	0	0
15	DF	Darragh Ryan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Dannie Bulman	31	1	7	0	1	0	39	1	1	1
16	DF	Glenn Wilson	32 (7)	0	6	0	2	0	40 (7)	0	4	0
17	MF	Barry Cogan	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
17	MF	Willie Gibson	11 (3)	1	1	0	0	0	12 (3)	1	3	0
18	FW	Jamie Cook	6 (15)	2	1 (5)	0	1	0	8 (20)	2	0	0
19	MF	Michael Malcolm	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
19	MF	James Dance	2 (5)	1	0	0	0	0	2 (5)	1	1	0
20	MF	Chris Flood	0 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (3)	0	0	0
20	DF	Charlie Wassmer	10 (2)	2	0	0	0	0	10 (2)	2	5	1
21	MF	Byron Napper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Pablo Mills	32	3	7	0	1	0	40	3	8	0
23	DF	Dean Howell	35	1	7	0	1 (1)	1	42 (2)	1	3	1
24	MF	Jai Reason	0 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (4)	0	1	0
26	MF	Scott Neilson	24 (3)	5	5	1	0 (1)	0	29 (4)	6	6	0
27	DF	Kyle McFadzean	34 (3)	3	7	0	1	0	42	3	9	1
29	FW	Richard Brodie	25 (13)	11	1 (5)	1	1	1	27 (18)	13	9	0
30	GK	Scott Shearer	15 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	15 (1)	0	0	0

Annual awards

Crawley News Player of the Year

Matt Tubbs

Crawley Observer Player of the Year

Pablo Mills

Crawley Observer Young Player of the Year

Kyle McFadzean

CTFC.net Player of the Year

Kyle McFadzean

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee	Notes
19 May 2010	Michel Kuipers	Free agent^1	Free	[23]
26 May 2010	Danny Hall	Free agent^2	Free	[24]
3 June 2010	Steven Masterton	Free agent^3	Free	[25]
23 June 2010	Liam Enver Marum	Free agent^4	Free	[26]
23 June 2010	Darragh Ryan	Free agent^5	Free	[26]
28 June 2010	Craig McAllister	Free agent^6	Free	[27]
29 June 2010	Jamie Cook	Free agent^7	Free	[28]
1 July 2010	Matt Tubbs	Salisbury City	£70,000	[29]
2 July 2010	Michael Malcolm	Free agent^8	Free	[30]
6 July 2010	Pablo Mills	Free agent^9	Free	[31]
8 July 2010	Sergio Torres	Peterborough United	£100,000+	[32]
22 July 2010	Chris Flood	Salisbuy City	£10,000	[33]
22 July 2010	Dean Howell	Free agent^10	Free	[34]
16 August 2010	Scott Neilson	Bradford City	Undisclosed	[35]
17 July 2010	Jai Reason	Free agent^11	Free	[36]
14 August 2010	Kyle McFadzean	Alfreton Town	Undisclosed	[37]
30 August 2010	Richard Brodie	York City	£150,000	[38]
30 December 2010	Dannie Bulman	Oxford United	Free	[39]
31 December 2010	Josh Simpson	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[40]
1 January 2011	Scott Shearer	Wrexham	Free	[41]
5 January 2011	John Dempster	Kettering Town	Undisclosed	[42]
14 January 2011	James Dance	Kettering Town	Undisclosed	[43]
31 January 2011	Willie Gibson	Dunfermline Athletic	Undisclosed	[44]

Notes

• 1 – Last played for Brighton & Hove Albion
• 2 – Last played for Chesterfield
• 3 – Last played for Greenock Morton
• 4 – Last played for Eastbourne Borough
• 5 – Last played for Stevenage Borough
• 6 – Last played for Exeter City
• 7 – Last played for Oxford United
• 8 – Last played for Weymouth
• 9 – Last played for Rotherham United
• 10 – Last played for Aldershot Town
• 11 – Last played for Cambridge United

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee	Notes
10 May 2010	Jefferson Louis	Released^1	Mutual consent	[45]
14 May 2010	Danny Forrest	Released^2	Declined terms	[46]
14 May 2010	Lewis Killeen	Released^3	Declined terms	[46]
14 May 2010	Michael Malcolm	Released^4	Declined terms	[46]
2 July 2010	Charles Ademeno	Grimsby Town	£10,000	[30]
6 September 2010	Darragh Ryan	Released^5	Mutual consent	[47]
22 September 2010	Jai Reason	Released^6	Mutual consent	[48]
8 November 2010	Eddie Hutchinson	Released^7	Mutual consent	[49]
16 November 2010	Liam Enver-Marum	Released^8	Mutual consent	[50]
16 November 2010	Barry Cogan	Released^9	Mutual consent	[50]
7 January 2011	Adam Quinn	Darlington	Undisclosed	[51]
10 February 2011	Josh Verrills	Released	Released from Contract	[46]
11 February 2011	Chris Flood	Dorchester Town	Undisclosed	[52]

Notes

• 1 – Next played for Gainsborough Trinity
• 2 – Next played for Barrow
• 3 – Next played for Droylsden
• 4 – Next played for Farnborough
• 5 – Next played for Southern Stars
• 6 – Next played for Braintree Town
• 7 – Next played for Eastbourne Borough
• 8 – Next played for Ebbsfleet United
• 9 – Next played for Dover Athletic

See also

• 2010–11 Football Conference
• 2010–11 in English football

References

General

• Crawley Town F.C. Official Website
• CTFC.net
• BBC Sport Crawley Town site

Specific

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