Crawley Town column: A festive season to forget for the Reds
To be fair it’s not just the festive bit of this campaign, it’s the season as a whole. Just when the team start looking like they are playing decent football again and about to turn a corner they self implode.
Crawley Town finished the Christmas fixtures with a humiliating 3-0 defeat in Gloucestershire at Cheltenham Town. A game that was played at lunchtime thanks to Sky Sports selecting the fixture for live coverage. It meant a difficult journey for many. Myself and others setting off as early as 5am in the morning. An impressive 200 plus Crawley fans made the pilgrimage, although most will wish they hadn’t bothered as we succumbed to yet another defeat.
The loss followed on from the 2-1 defeat at Barnet just three days earlier when Crawley looked good value for at least a point, after Harry McKirdy had levelled the game with a cheeky finish. But another defensive howler this time from goalkeeper Harvey Davis meant we left North London with our tails between our legs. The other result prior to Barnet was the 3-1 home defeat by Bromley which matched the 3–1 loss at Bromley just twenty days earlier.
So including the Swindon game on the 20th December our Christmas results reads played 5 lost 4, drawn 1. With our measly point coming at home to Colchester on Boxing Day. It’s been a terrible return.
Scott Lindsey has a huge task on his hands to get the team firing. He’s already signed no fewer than five players in the January window. With almost two weeks off, now is the time to gel these players into the squad and get us winning football matches again.