Jersey Mike's Trophy: Crawley Town v Brentford U21s in pictures

The result meant they failed to reach the knockout stages of the EFL Trophy – another setback in a season of struggle for the Reds.

One bright spot was a couple of new signings on show, one of whom, Connor Wickham, scored from the spot on his debut to give his side late hope of saving the game.

On this page and the ones linked are Thomas Forbes’ pictures from the match, which was Crawley’s last action until Saturday week, when Fleetwood Town are their next visitors.