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2022–23 Crawley Town F.C. season
Crawley Town FC 2022–23 football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2022–23 season was Crawley Town's 127th season in their history and eighth consecutive season in League Two. The club finished 22nd in the league, three points above relegated side Hartlepool United, and also competed in the FA Cup, where they were eliminated in the first round, the EFL Cup, where they were eliminated in the third round, and the EFL Trophy, where they were eliminated in the group stage. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
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In April 2022, the club was taken over by American cryptocurrency investment group WAGMI United,[5] whose stated goal was "to reinvent broken legacy sports management models" and wanted to turn the club into "the internet's team".[6] Upon taking over the club they set the target of achieving promotion to EFL League One by the end of their second season.[5] After manager John Yems was suspended by the club and later banned from football for 18 months for racist abuse of his own playing squad,[7] the club brought in Kevin Betsy as manager ahead of the 2022–23 season,[8] who wanted to implement a possession-based style of football and instilled new training methods to the club, such as the use of a drone to record training sessions, and collecting urine samples from players to monitor hydration levels.[9] Betsy was sacked on 9 October 2022 however, with the club bottom of League Two and having won one of 12 league matches,[10] and his assistant manager Lewis Young took over on an interim basis. Young's tenure at Crawley saw the club pick up 12 points from seven matches, but despite his expectation to be given the manager role on a permanent basis, the club instead decided to appoint Matthew Etherington as manager on an 18-month contract, with co-owner Eben Smith later explaining in a thread on Twitter that he felt the club's underlying statistics were much worse than the results they picked up, and that "there was a better chance we'd be relegated with him than without him".[11][12] However Etherington was sacked a month later, having managed just three matches as manager, and Darren Byfield took over from him on an interim basis.[13] Byfield was joined in the dugout by co-chairman Preston Johnson for an away defeat to Stevenage, with Johnson the subject of ridicule online when he was overheard asking the fourth official how substitutions work.[14][12] Swindon Town manager Scott Lindsey took over as manager on 11 January 2023 alongside his assistant Jamie Day, with the club 21st in the league.[15] Linsey won his first match as manager of Crawley, a 3–2 win at home to Salford City,[16] but were winless in their following 8 matches.[6] Despite this, a 2–0 win away to relegation rivals Hartlepool United on 22 April left the club needing a single point from their remaining two matches to confirm safety,[17] which they picked up in the following match with a 0–0 draw against Walsall.[18]
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Competitions
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Pre-season
Horsham revealed a friendly with Crawley on 10 May 2022,[19] though this fixture was later cancelled.[20] Sutton Common Rovers did likewise on 17 May,[21] though this fixture was later cancelled.[22] On 22 June, the Reds confirmed their first four pre-season friendlies, against Eastbourne Borough, East Grinstead Town, Charlton Athletic U23s and Aldershot Town.[23] Two days later, a home fixture against Queens Park Rangers was confirmed.[24] An eight addition was added to the schedule, against Three Bridges.[25] A trip to Murcia and a friendly against Qatar SC were announced on 1 July,[26] but the match against Qatar SC was cancelled later that day.[27] the Another match was added to pre-season calendar, against Heart of Midlothian.[28]
On 20 December, Crawley announced they would travel to the training ground of West Ham United to play a behind-closed-doors friendly against their U21 side.[29]
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League Two
League table
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[38]
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[38]
(R) Relegated
Results summary
Source: Sky Sports
Matches
On 23 June 2022, the League Two fixtures were announced for the forthcoming season.[39]
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FA Cup
The Reds were drawn at home to Accrington Stanley in the first round.[91]
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EFL Cup
Crawley Town were drawn at home against Bristol Rovers in the first round and to Fulham in the second round.[93][94]
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EFL Trophy
On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Crawley Town with AFC Wimbledon and Portsmouth.[98] Three days later, Aston Villa U21 joined Southern Group B.[99]
Source: EFL.com
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Transfers
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- The transfer was announced on 21 June, and will become official on 1 July, once his Crewe Alexandra contract expires
- The transfer was announced on 24 June, and will become official on 1 July, once his Newport County contract expires
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