2010–11 Crawley Town F.C. season
Crawley Town 2010–11 football 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.
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
Friendlies
[ 19]
Conference National
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
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
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
Out
See also
Notes
^ Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Crawley
^ Brackets around club names denote the player joined that club after his contract with Crawley expired
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