Oakroader. Thanks for your note re Crawley and adding some balance to the debate. I am sure that many clubs would swapy places with our current position given half the chance. I agree with SFuttonCrawleys comments, however i personally think our crowds will continue to rise and we will achieve a base number of 1,800+ home fans which is respectable in this league. The catchment area around Crawley is massive and i firmly believe if we do make it to league two our gates will be equal to many of the clubs in that league. Its exciting times for us at Crawley and after many years of suffering we are going to enjoy the moment no matter what other BSP team supporters say about us. RED ARMY

delboystag...(come on you yellows bye the way) i understand the cap on wages (aproved players budget)was lifted last season and it is now down to each club to managed their own players budjet.however the threat of points deduction and expultion from the league should be enough for most teams to stick very closely to a tight budjet and work within its own constraints,the stags are a great example of what can be done. It would seem totaly foolhardy to pay players stupid wages if you could not efford to pay for the team bus to the next match.(i think crawley have a cycle to work scheme!!!) with ref to Crawley ...they can spend money to get the so called big players in but big players dont make a team(ask notts OAP county) MPACKHAMREED.."the crowds will grow" will they and to what level 2000? huge fan base that.."and the direction it should be" where exactly should the might Crawley be...get real you are a small club , badly run for many years and now because someone has invested in you, you think you can buy your way out of the BSP and on to greatness!!!! Jealous yes i am a little ,our previous chairman whos name i carnt bring myself to type sold all our players and never reinvested we would no doubt still been in the league if we had the investment ,the league that we had never been religated from since joining in 1931 . Crawley however in their 100+ years have never made the football leauge Crawley Town great football team ??

mpackhamreed,THERE ARE RULES!!! If the rule still exists,that a Club cannot pay more than 60% of it`s gate receipts on Players wages,how in God`s name are Crawley doing it,on LESS than 1,500 fans???

The Issue of crawley home support is still something that needs attention, Ive been a regular at crawley since the promotion season, Ive been through the Majeed era when the 'fans' boycotted, Ive seen crowds of 400 or less here. Any Town fans saying this isn't an issue are in denial, yeah weve been getting good crowds so far this season, but I for one am still expecting those numbers to fall come the cold weather and/or a defeat or two. However, In reply to Nico and anybody else interested, I believe that as a town, we have potential to be a great addition to the football league. There are 100,000 people in this town, far too many would rather go and watch Chelsea, Spurs etc. I re-iterate that we have great potential at this club, and live in hope that the town will continue attending to see a winning team.

boys,boys,BOYS!!! lets be carefull at casting aspersions towards crawley. we want to see fair play and a level playing field(scuse the pun!) but every league has got its own big charley moneybags team..ours now included!! using wigan and wimbledon(afc) as an example..it is possible to progress through leagues with low attendances.staying there is a different matter!! dave whelan at wigan obviously bankrolls his team. crawleys guvnor might do the same. lets not blame crawley fans for "riding the wave" im sure we would all gloat if it was us!!?? one persons dream is anothers chance to dare!! ktf bring me sunshine harry haslams barmy army

Dissapointed at first but after knowing brodie didnt want to leave and was forced out im angry but 300k is ALOT of cash to invest in the squad! This season i think the best we can hope for is mid table finish but with players we buy in jan and next summer we could win the league next year!

Crawley fans, what do you genuinely think about your clubs new look? surely you must feel that you were a mediocre conference side with a small following so this injection of cash adds nothing to your club other than good players but for the long term can you really see your club getting to where the owners think? Can you draw in 2-3000 more fans that your club essentially needs to succeed and for the project to be a success. I would like to think alot of proper Crawley fans, not the part time fans who support Chelsea too, would think its slightly from a dream world and Crawley will never be a big league 1 or league 2 club. I know they're aren't many of you but I am genuinely interested as are other BSP fans...

I would like to reply to needs1 and neilybabes comments today re Crawley. I am not sure where the issue of the Crawley home support is coming from. We had 1458 at home on Monday of which less than 50 were from FGR. The crowds will continue to grow as fans start to see their football club move in the direction it should be. We have been held back by mis management from previous owners, points deductions etc for a number of years. Our time has come to see our club get the right backing so am bemused why there is such much resentment towards us. We have suffered for years and now our time has come. Promotion is about the football you play and the results you achieve and not the size of your home gates. Come on you reds.

i think theres alot of pent-up jealousy going around at the moment.including myself!!! if,at the end of the season,crawley get promoted,thanks to a generous benefactor,who will have the last laugh? they will only do this by winning the most games and by loosing the least."simples". if our teams want to sell and not keep their best players,for whatever reasons,then we must trust the chairmen,managers and directors that "the ends justify the means" big squad rotation is good on paper,but often leads to internal disputes. a smaller squad can lead to better teamwork and attitude. lutons downfull is usually bad discipline on the field-could it be due to a player being too fired up in order to impress and keep his place for the following week? its a long season with plenty of surprises in store.buying up the previous seasons best players wont necceseraly guarantee success the following season!!not all good players have 2 consecitive good seasons! let us see! keep the faith all harry haslams barmy army

luton fans - get over it. at the end of the day, craddock's gone. yes he was a great striker, but he can't throw a tantrum if he hasn't forced the in-form striker out of the side. At the end of the day, he wasn't happy at not getting first-team football, which is understandable, but instead of proving he deserves it, he demands to leave. I still don't believe he'll be a regular in the Oxford side but we'll wait to see. As for us, we still have 3 quality strikers, and a couple coming through, so get off the side's back so early in the season and give them some support. hopefully this is our bad patch for the season and we'll have a 100% record from now on. Anything can happen. As for crawley's bid to buy the league...won't happen. COYH and get behind Money and the lads. Also congrats to MBH and Jake Howells for their call-ups

Am I missing something here? I thought Clubs could only pay wages up to 60% of their gate receipts? If so,are the Crawley players playing for a free Big mack? Strange that it`s Mr Evans who`s Manager there.Anyone remember his track record at Boston??? If the 60% rule DOES apply,will the Conference Administrators be looking at Crawley`s books,or will they wait? See if they finish top,like Boston? Then `Punish` them,as they did with Boston, by allowing them to be Promoted???

confident in 3 points at Blundell Park docks this weekend...nothing fishy about it

needs1 i think if Kedwell was offered league football and big money he would go mate...so dont kid yourself.....there is no loyalty in football anymore.

this crawley thing is getting rediculous. the fact that ive seen very few comments from crawley fans on this page explains it all! how can any businessman possibly think that investing vast amounts of cash in a nothing football club will work?? you need some sort of a fan base to start with, surely?? as for Luton, im suprised in the sale of craddock whos a very good player, whers your ambition? i understand that crawley offered us (afc wombles) a six figure sum for our very own Danny Kedwell, which we turned down immediatly, which kind of explains our intent! after all he would never leave us, as its the club he loves!! come on you dons!!

Well done Terry Brown well deserved on the award! Could have gone to him, David Holdsworth or Fleetwoods boss perhaps but I think the BSP just like the wombles the most... fair enough really!! YOUUUU DONNNSSSS!!

you can buy players but you can't buy fans. Even if they went up would they get any more fans through the door - unlikely!!!!

Where do you think big-spending Crawley Town will find themselves at the end of the 2010/11 campaign? a: in debt! b: in administration! c: in court fighting off the taxman!

oakroader was that the dreaded manager of the month, ooooh don't like those, you start losing games after that!!! always a first time tho heh, good look for the weekend all come on u HARRIERS

Ok so craddock has gone now it's time for the other strikers to do there job. Still think we can do it. Ok we are going through A bad spell but every club does at some point in the season so hopefully this will be our only blip in our promotion season. Come on you hatters

fair play,wombles,on your managers award.well deserved. however,all things considered,dont you think codaplentys fleetwood manager should have got it?? a better than expected team achievement at this stage of the season??!!

who in their right minds decides to sell the best forward to another competitor? have we thrown the towel in so early? can we survive and progress on our current squad strength? if my auntie had balls would she be my uncle????

Well, well, looks like Mr Money might be on borrowed time. If the result and performance at Grimsby aren't up to scratch, I think we'll be looking for a new manager. After all, the media can be a very persuasive machine and so can several thousand disgruntled supporters.

Oxford starting to look like Luton reserves...........

crawley were lucky basses when they beat forest green 1-owhen forest green missed a pen....................................................................MANSFIELD TOWN ARE MAGIC ARE MAGIC ARE MAGIC..........................................................

Just read brodes interview, let's have a sense of perspective around it, 300k is silly money and we were right to accept, brodie was told to leave for the clubs best interests as he'd already rejected a move to Crawley twice before, it's just a shame when your chairman rings up and sells you, for me I shall not be attending anymore city games with that guy as the chairman, and other York fans get a grip rankine is g*sh and will never score more than 15 in a season and gash is a creater not a scorer so niether will he, we at best will be mid table now unless we sign messi upfront and then when 6/7 players depart along with our management team at the end of the season then we really will be screwed, oh well a G*sh season ahead for is now!!! Rip York city!!!