As Scott Lindsey said in his pre-match interview we would see a better team performance and mind set – well we weren’t disappointed – that was a great team effort put in by all the players and despite some awful refereeing decision we managed to get a point at the end of 9 minutes added time. Swindon were very physical throughout the game and should have had even more yellow cards than they did and possibility of a red for the foul on Kellan Gordon. It was all level at half time with the Red Devils creating chances and hitting the bar but with no luck whatsoever.

Second half we took the lead through Klaidi Lolos deflected shot to send the home support into raptures, his first since his return to the club. Swindon got back into the game with a horrendous decision to award a penalty from a corner which Scott Malone just stood his ground at the back post and the Swindon player just fell over – absolute joke – and you could see that the players were extremely perplexed by this. But as we have seen in matches all season you get these diabolical decisions. The penalty was scored and the match levelled. Should Crawley have had a penalty – Wrights pull back on Russell in the area, this time the referee had blinkers on, going into the 9 minutes of added time which surprised everyone, Swindon took the lead totally against the run of play and to the dismay of the home support and players – Swindon supporters were full of if, baying at the Crawley support and players in their delight of taking the lead and obviously the three points to help their promotion push.

Red Devils were stunned having given everything to a man all game, but as we saw they never gave up and in the dying moments, some Crawley fans having already departed from the stadium must have heard the roar of the crowd as Kellan Gordon fired home a brilliant strike from just outside of the penalty area from a superb cut back from Harry Forster to the sent the supporters in wild celebration all around the stadium, the Swindon fan just stood in silence, in disbelief, then turned on their own players for conceding the goal. The final whistle went, the home support again were very loud in support of the team’s resolute effort, you could see the relief on the players that they had salvaged at least a point and in other matches would have been three on this performance. We have to take this now into the next match against Colchester on Friday evening.

We travel to Colchester on Friday for our next league match we have now only three seats remaining on the coach – we will not be adding a second coach now so once these seats are gone we will only have ones available if we get cancellations – full details below – please can you pay for your seats if you have not done so already.

We now have only 5 away games remaining this season – Colchester United, Fleetwood Town, Newport County, Bristol Rovers and Accrington Stanley – all are going to be difficult matches and we must pick up points at some of these, together with the 6 remaining home matches.

NEXT AWAY MATCHES

COLCHESTER UNITED – FRIDAY 13^th MAR 2026 – 7.45pm k/o –

50 booked on – only 3 seats remaining. We will start up a standby list once these three seats are gone – if we get sufficient numbers on the list we may put on a second coach.

We will be running a supporters coach to the game departing from the Broadfield Stadium at 4.00pm cost is £30.00 – We will be travelling non-stop to Colchester, especially as we are travelling on the M25 via the Dartford Crossing and the A12 which on a Friday evening both are going to be extremely. We will return straight after the game non-stop back to the Broadfield Stadium

FLEETWOOD TOWN – SATURDAY 21^st MARCH 2026 – 3.00pm k/o

 COACH DEPARTS FROM THE BROADFIELD STADIUM AT 6.30am – COST £40.00. (Only one coach will travel) at the moment we have 13 booked on so we need more supporters booking on if we are going to be able run this coach.

We will have a comfort/coffee break at the M6 Toll services at about 9.30am and then a buffet stop at the Foresters Arms, Standish – our first visit to this pub at about 11.30am. We will depart at 1.00pm to arrive at Fleetwood just after 2.00pm. Coach will park up near the stadium in Copse Road – about a 5 minute walk. We depart straight after the game and will have a break at some point on the return journey, depending on traffic conditions – either the M6 Toll again or Warwick. Match tickets are not yet on Sale for this game.

AWAY MATCH TICKET DELIVERY SERVICE

We know we have many exiled supporters around the country that are unable to collect tickets from the Broadfield Office if they are not sent to the away ground for collection – please remember for any away game that you can’t get to the Broadfield stadium to collect your match ticket/s up we will collect from the office and bring them up to the game on the coach provided we are running one. Just let us and the club know when buying your tickets that you want them collected and please make sure they put a contact telephone number on the envelope – we will text you when we have them so you don’t need to worry.

Full details of our current away matches are also on our website www.ghcoaches.co.u =k . To book on any of these coaches we will be in Redz before any home game – Saturdays or midweek – or you can book via Email, text messages to Alain – Email ghcoachesat@gmail.com Text or phone 07771-792346. Patrick via Facebook or X (Twitter). For coach payments this can be done either via Bank transfer or if in Redz cash. If you need our bank details then please ask.

Alain