The 2017–18 season will be

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team com ...

's 122nd season in their history and their third consecutive season in

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. Along with League Two, the club will also compete in the

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, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

First team squad

New contracts

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Pre-season

As of 22 June 2017, Crawley Town have announced seven pre-season fixtures against

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, Oakwood, Chelsea XI and

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Competitions

Overview

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League Two

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 9am.

FA Cup

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Crawley Town were drawn away to

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in the first round.

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Crawley Town were drawn in Southern Group A against

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, Fulham U23s and

Sussex Senior Cup

Statistics

Appearances

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Josh Lelan Joshua Kipkemboi Whittaker Lelan (born 21 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a central defender or right back for Farnham Town on a dual registration from Hayes & Yeading United. Born in England, he represents the Keny ...

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Top scorers

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Clean sheets

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Summary

{, class="wikitable" , - , Games played , , 51 (46

) (1

) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy) , - , Games won , , 16 (16

) , - , Games drawn , , 11 (11

) , - , Games lost , , 24 (19

) (1

) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy) , - , Goals scored , , 62 (58

) (1

) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy) , - , Goals conceded , , 81 (66

) (2

) (5 EFL Cup) (8 EFL Trophy) , - , Goal difference , , –19 (−8

) (−1

) (−4 EFL Cup) (−6 EFL Trophy) , - , Clean sheets , , 10 (10

) , - , Yellow cards , , 94 (88

) (2 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy) , - , Red cards , , 5 (5

) , - , Most appearances , , Enzio Boldewijn (48 appearances) , - , Top scorer , , Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals)
Jimmy Smith (10 goals) , - , Winning Percentage , , Overall: 16/51 (31.37%)

References

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