Devilish Factitous Doodahs

Crawley Town FC related matchday stats, facts and other bits n’ bobs. For more Reds content check out @devilishdoodahs and @heroesnzeroes.

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🔱 Bromley boss Andy Woodman has led his side against Crawley twice, beating then Scott Lindsey’s Red Devils on both occasions.

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🔱 Current Crawley skipper Jude Arthurs left League Two title-winning Bromley to join the Reds ahead of the current season having made 205 league appearances from 2019-2026. Arthurs featured in both of Bromley’s league wins over Crawley last season.

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🔱 Crawley have never faced Bromley in the EFL Trophy but have played them in the FA Trophy in 2007 at Broadfield. At the time, the Reds sat in the division above the visitors and the match ended 1-0 to the higher-ranked side.

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@mrmiddle09 There’s a lot of understandable apathy towards this competition since the introduction of Premier League academy sides.

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🔱 The largest attendance for an MK Dons v Crawley Town match at Stadium MK stands at 10,053, including 1,630 travelling Reds, for the second leg of the 2024 League Two Play-Off semi-final.

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🔱 Aaron Farmer has been appointed to referee tomorrow’s EFL Trophy match. It will be the first time he has taken charge of a Crawley game. His most recent involvement came as Fourth Official for the Reds’ win away at Newport towards the end of last season.

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🔱 In February 2025, current Crawley striker Danilo Orsi joined MK Dons on loan, signed by former Crawley boss Scott Lindsey. Orsi made 18 appearances for the Dons, scoring 3 goals.

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🔱 MK Dons forward Rushian Hepburn-Murphy joined from Crawley in June 2025 for an undisclosed fee. He made 46 appearances and scored 11 goals in all competitions for the Red Devils during the 2024/25 League One season.

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🔱 The only other time Crawley have played at Stadium MK in anything other than a league match was in May 2024 when a 5-1 win, that included a Dan Orsi hat-trick, capped off a record-breaking play-off semi-final.

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🔱 After losing away to Grimsby in Oct 2022, Crawley boss Kevin Betsy was sacked the following day. He had been in charge of 12 league matches (W1 D3 L8 WR: 8.33%).

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🔱 The largest Grimsby v Crawley crowd at Blundell Park was 6,806, including 221 travelling Reds, for last season’s opener. The lowest was 3,382 in Jan 2011, Crawley’s first visit during their promotion-winning Conference campaign.

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🔱 Danilo Orsi originally transferred to Crawley from Grimsby Town in 2023 where he had made 24 league appearances and featured in their epic run to the FA Cup quarter-final.

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🔱 David Artell has set teams up against Crawley on 10 occasions, seven times as Crewe boss and three with Grimsby. His record against the Red Devils stands at W8 D0 L2 WR: 80%.

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🔱 Crawley have played Grimsby at Blundell Park nine times, once in the Conference and the rest in League Two (W1 D4 L4). Crawley’s only win came during their 2023/24 play-off promotion campaign when Danilo Orsi scored the winner in stoppage time.

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🔱 Last time Crawley lost their first three home games was 2022/23. They finished 22nd, just above Hartlepool United 😬.

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🔱 Referee Ben Toner was in charge of the same fixture in August 2019. On that day, Ollie Palmer scored the only goal of the game and Toner issued 3 yellow cards, two to Crawley players.

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@peterbellamy More interested in how many times we can use “you can guarantee that we’re grinding” line.

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🔱 Crawley biggest win against Cheltenham at Broadfield Stadium was 4-2 during their 2011/12 League Two promotion winning campaign. Their heaviest defeat at home was 3-5 in March 2018.

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🔱 Ben Toner has refereed 15 Crawley matches (W6 D3 L6), including the 2024 Wembley play-off final. He has shown 60 yellows (31 to CTFC), with three leading to red (2 to CTFC), one straight red (CTFC), and awarded three penalties (1 to CTFC).

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🔱 The largest attendance for a Crawley v Cheltenham fixture at Broadfield Stadium was in February 2012, during the Red Devils’ inaugural Football League season, when 3,871 fans were recorded.

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