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 (promoted)
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, 10 January 2011
Lowest home attendance	1,300
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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	[22]
24 August 2010	Bath City	Home	2–1	1,252	Tubbs, McAllister(pen)	[23]
28 August 2010	Hayes & Yeading United	Away	3–0	320	McAllister (2) Torres	[24]
30 August 2010	Forest Green Rovers	Home	1–0	1,458	Tubbs	[25]
4 September 2010	Fleetwood Town	Home	1–1	1,637	McAllister	[26]
11 September 2010	Histon	Away	2–0	497	McFadzean, Brodie	[27]
18 September 2010	Gateshead	Home	2–1	1,412	Tubbs (2)	[28]
21 September 2010	AFC Wimbledon	Away	1–2	4,018	Tubbs	[29]
25 September 2010	Rushden & Diamonds	Away	1–0	1,162	Tubbs	[30]
28 September 2010	Tamworth	Home	3–1	1,355	Tubbs (2) Smith	[31]
2 October 2010	Kidderminster Harriers	Home	2–0	1,483	McAllister, Neilson	[32]
5 October 2010	Luton Town	Away	2–1	6,895	Brodie, McAllister	[33]
9 October 2010	Barrow	Away	1–1	1,155	Tubbs	[34]
16 October 2010	Newport County	Home	2–3	2,566	Brodie, Neilson	[35]
30 October 2010	Mansfield Town	Away	4–1	2,615	Bulman McAllister (2) Tubbs	[36]
13 November 2010	Darlington	Away	1–1	2,012	Neilson	[37]
20 November 2010	Altrincham	Home	7–0	1,331	Tubbs (3) Brodie (2) Torres, Neilson	[38]
1 January 2011	Eastbourne Borough	Home	3–1	1,894	Smith, Tubbs (2)	[39]
3 January 2011	Forest Green Rovers	Away	3–0	1,027	McAllister Tubbs (2)	[40]
15 January 2011	Kettering Town	Home	2–1	1,812	Tubbs, Brodie	[41]
18 January 2011	Bath City	Away	2–0	836	Tubbs (2)	[42]
22 January 2011	Grimsby Town	Away	0–0	3,382		[43]
25 January 2011	Cambridge United	Home	3–0	3,241	McAllister (2) Cook	[44]
3 February 2011	Kettering Town	Away	0–0	1,216		[45]
12 February 2011	Wrexham	Home	3–2	3,331	Tubbs (3)	[46]
15 February 2011	Wrexham	Away	0–0	4,630		[47]
22 February 2011	Southport	Home	1–0	3,721	Mills	[48]
26 February 2011	Barrow	Home	3–2	3,941	Brodie, McAllister, Mills	[49]
5 March 2011	Histon	Home	5–0	3,031	Tubbs, Smith, Simpson, Hunt, Gibson	[50]
8 March 2011	Kidderminster Harriers	Away	0–0	1,816		[51]
12 March 2011	Fleetwood Town	Away	2–1	2,027	Brodie, Tubbs	[52]
15 March 2011	Hayes & Yeading United	Home	5–2	2,236	Dempster, Simpson, Tubbs (2), Mills	[53]
18 March 2011	AFC Wimbledon	Home	3–1	4,054	Tubbs, McFadzean, Dance	[54]
22 March 2011	Eastbourne Borough	Away	2–1	2,054	Wassmer, Torres	[55]
26 March 2011	Gateshead	Away	0–0	751		[56]
29 March 2011	Mansfield Town	Home	2–0	3,162	McFadzean, Tubbs	[57]
2 April 2011	Darlington	Home	1–0	3,554	Smith	[58]
5 April 2011	York City	Away	1–1	3,060	Torres	[59]
9 April 2011	Tamworth	Away	3–0	1,569	Tubbs (2) Wassmer	[60] C
12 April 2011	Luton Town	Home	1–1	3,326	Brodie	[61]
16 April 2011	Southport	Away	4–0	1,011	Brodie (2), Neilson, Simpson	[62]
22 April 2011	Rushden & Diamonds	Home	4–0	3,083	Cook, Tubbs (3)	[63]
25 April 2011	Newport County	Away	1–0	2,026	Howell	[64]
30 April 2011	York City	Home	1–1	2,945	Tubbs	[65]

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	–	[66]

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	Position	Name	Previous club[a]	Fee	Ref.
19 May 2010	GK	Michel Kuipers	(Brighton & Hove Albion)	Free	[67]
26 May 2010	DF	Danny Hall	(Chesterfield)	Free	[68]
3 June 2010	MF	Steven Masterton	(Greenock Morton)	Free	[69]
23 June 2010	FW	Liam Enver Marum	(Eastbourne Borough)	Free	[70]
23 June 2010	MF	Darragh Ryan	(Stevenage Borough)	Free	[70]
28 June 2010	FW	Craig McAllister	(Exeter City)	Free	[71]
29 June 2010	FW	Jamie Cook	(Oxford United)	Free	[72]
1 July 2010	FW	Matt Tubbs	Salisbury City	£70,000	[73]
2 July 2010	FW	Michael Malcolm	(Weymouth)	Free	[74]
6 July 2010	DF	Pablo Mills	(Rotherham United)	Free	[75]
8 July 2010	MF	Sergio Torres	Peterborough United	£100,000+	[76]
22 July 2010	MF	Chris Flood	Salisbury City	£10,000	[77]
22 July 2010	DF	Dean Howell	(Aldershot Town)	Free	[78]
16 August 2010	MF	Scott Neilson	Bradford City	Undisclosed	[79]
17 July 2010	MF	Jai Reason	(Cambridge United)	Free	[80]
14 August 2010	DF	Kyle McFadzean	Alfreton Town	Undisclosed	[81]
30 August 2010	FW	Richard Brodie	York City	£150,000	[82]
30 December 2010	MF	Dannie Bulman	Oxford United	Free	[83]
31 December 2010	MF	Josh Simpson	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[84]
1 January 2011	GK	Scott Shearer	Wrexham	Free	[85]
5 January 2011	DF	John Dempster	Kettering Town	Undisclosed	[86]
14 January 2011	MF	James Dance	Kettering Town	Undisclosed	[87]
31 January 2011	DF	Willie Gibson	Dunfermline Athletic	Undisclosed	[88]

Out

Date	Position	Name	Subsequent club[b]	Fee	Ref.
10 May 2010	FW	Jefferson Louis	(Gainsborough Trinity)	Mutual consent	[89]
14 May 2010	FW	Danny Forrest	(Barrow)	Declined terms	[90]
14 May 2010	FW	Lewis Killeen	(Droylsden)	Declined terms	[90]
14 May 2010	FW	Michael Malcolm	(Farnborough)	Declined terms	[90]
2 July 2010	FW	Charles Ademeno	Grimsby Town	£10,000	[74]
6 September 2010	MF	Darragh Ryan	(Southern Stars)	Mutual consent	[91]
22 September 2010	MF	Jai Reason	(Braintree Town)	Mutual consent	[92]
8 November 2010	MF	Eddie Hutchinson	(Eastbourne Borough)	Mutual consent	[93]
16 November 2010	FW	Liam Enver-Marum	(Ebbsfleet United)	Mutual consent	[94]
16 November 2010	FW	Barry Cogan	(Dover Athletic)	Mutual consent	[94]
7 January 2011	DF	Adam Quinn	Darlington	Undisclosed	[95]
11 February 2011	MF	Chris Flood	Dorchester Town	Undisclosed	[96]

See also

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

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