Providing the official Red Devil supporters transport to away games - We are back now taking bookings for coaches for this season which is going to be exciting - come and support your team on the road.
I was in two minds about travelling by coach. As I said to Pat on Saturday I thought it might be a closed shop/bit of a clique. Well I got that totally wrong. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming - and from one of our pubs we visit - Hello Alain. I hope that you have recovered after Saturdays result, disappointing but I suspect that some of your group didn’t know the result due to the amount of shots that were consumed just prior to jumping on the coach. As always it was an absolute pleasure to play host to you all, a more polite and social group would be hard to find anywhere. Please pass our thanks and regards to all members of the group as we enjoyed the day, one of the best we have had in eighteen years! Regards Andy & Donna Cross Keys and another from Supporter Neil Webster - Hi Alain Tony Bish and I really enjoyed yesterday and as you say, you have us hooked now!Status of away travel
WE SURVIVED THE LAST DAY OF THE SEASON AND WILL BE IN THE EFL LEAGUE TWO NEXT SEASON
COME AND WATCH THE RED DEVILS BOTH AT HOME AND ON THE ROAD NEXT SEASON OUR 14th IN THE EFL. WE ALL TRAVEL UNITED IN SUPPORTING OUR TEAM THE RED DEVILS – THAT IS CRAWLEY OF COURSE – NOT THE OTHER ONE
Caraboa Cup Preliminary Round
YORK CITY – Monday 3rd August – 7.30pm kick off
We hope to run a supporters coach to this game – depending on numbers – full details below.
IF YOU WANT TO BE KEPT UPDATED ABOUT AWAY TRAVEL THEN SEND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO US AND WE WILL ADD YOU TO THE GROWNING NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS WHO GET OUR TRAVEL EMAIL UPDATES.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER AND SEE YOU IN JULY FOR THE PRE-SEASON MATCHES – LEAGUE 2 FIXTURE ARE RELEASED IN LATE JUNE SO WE WILL BE ORGAINSING THE AWAY TRAVEL FROM THEN
Morning All
The team were put through their paces at a training game against Chelsea at their training base at Cobham – the Red Devils losing 3 – 1 as opposed to the 7 – 0 result that was put on line by someone – our goal scorer was Danilo Orsi. Neither club has said anything about the game in any of their media platforms.
There has been some good interview by the club and Crawley Observer with manager Colin Kazem-Richards, Danilo Orsi and Pele Argan-McDermott (PAM in the future) – all of whom have been very positive about the coming season and the squad being put together- with potentially more to come in.
Work has started on the improvement to the ticketing collection system on match day’s with the new ticketing windows being installed which they hope to finish by this weekend, but as we know with any construction project there are always delays for something. For the time being use the reception for any collections.
As I was at the ground on Monday early afternoon as the team were preparing to depart on the team coach to an away friendly on Tuesday, again it is a match behind closed doors and neither club have said who they are playing – but extremely strong rumours suggest that it’s against Cardiff City.
It’s again been quiet on the player situation with no new signings announced, but there are a number of trialists being looked at. We get our first glimpse of the team this Saturday afternoon when they play Eastleigh, another game on the road, kick off at 3.00pm. Match tickets are available on their website, if you are going we’ll see you there.
We have been busy trying to improve our match day advertising posters, they are a marked improvement to what we have been putting over the past few seasons and thanks to Lee Willis and Andy Harper (yes, yet another one of mine) for doing this.
The first away match is to York City for the Carabao Cup preliminary round in the “Southern Section of the draw”
CARABAO CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND – YORK CITY – MONDAY 3rd AUGUST 2026 – 7.30pm KICK OFF
This coach will travel provided we get sufficient support, but as of today we have only 14 booked on which as you will appreciate is not enough to run it. It doesn’t help being a Monday evening which we know many of our regular travellers can’t get the time off work for basically two days. We will make a decision by Tuesday 28th July if it travels to York.
Should the coach run it will depart from the Broadfield Stadium at 1.00pm and the cost is £50-00. We are getting supporters booking on so we are hopeful that we will be able to run a supporters coach to the game but it will depend on numbers travelling, we will need a minimum of 35 supporters to run the coach. The cost of travel to York is £50.00. Please just book your seats at the moment, we will take payment once we know that the coach will travel to the game. Match ticket details have yet still to be confirmed.
We will have stops on both journeys at a motorway service station – we may if time allows have a pub stop but just for drinks on the way depending on timing and route taken either A1 or M1.
If we win we are then away to Watford the following Saturday 8th August with a 3.00pm kick off – it will be a short turn around for getting supporters booked on coaches for this trip – we have the coach details but will announce them on the Tuesday morning 4th August.
Firstly I should apologise for the last update I made a couple of errors on the departure times of the coaches to Rochdale and Accrington Stanley from the Broadfield Stadium – these have now been corrected on this update, so please ignore the previous times.
Our first three Away League Matches
ROCHDALE – SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST 2026 – 3.00pm k/o
Coach departs from the Broadfield Stadium at 7.00am – cost is £50.00 – We will have a comfort/coffee break at the M6 Toll services at about 9.45am and then a buffet stop at the Fox & Hounds, Spronston Green at about 11.30am – We will depart at 1.00pm to arrive at Rochdale at about 2.00pm. Coach will park up about a 5 minute walk to the stadium. We will 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 Services.
NORTHAMPTON TOWN – TUESDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2026 – 7.45pm k/o
Coach departs from the Broadfield Stadium at 4.00pm – cost is £40.00. We will travel non-stop to and from Northampton for this game. Hopefully the M25 & the M1 will not be too busy for this trip. We will leave straight after the game finishes.
ACCRINGTON STANLEY – SATURDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2026 – 3.00pm k/o
Coach departs from the Broadfield Stadium at 6.30am – cost is £50. We will have a comfort/coffee break at the M6 Toll services at about 9.15am and then a buffet stop at the Foresters Arms, Standish at about 11.30am – We will depart at 1.00pm to arrive at Accrington at about 2.00pm. Coach will park up by the stadium. We will 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 Services.
TO BOOK YOUR SEATS ON ANY OF THE COACH PLEASE CONTACT EITHER ALAIN HARPER ON 07771-792346 OR VIA E MAIL – ghcoachesat@gmail.com OR PATRICK HARPER VIA X (TWITTER) OR FACEBOOK. WE WILL CONFIRM ALL BOOKINGS – PAYMENT IS VIA BANK TRANSFER TO OUR ACCOUNT OR WITH CASH ALL TO BE PAID BEFORE TRAVEL. WE ARE IN REDZ BEFORE ANY HOME GAME
EFL Trophy – we know the teams, we now know that we will be at home to both Bromley and Brentford and away to MK Dons. Our first game is the away trip to MK Dons on Tuesday 22nd September with a 7.00pm kick off. We then are at home for the last two matches Bromley in October date and kick-off to be confirmed, and then finally Tuesday 10th November against Brentford with a 7.30pm kick off.
Thanks to everyone who has made contact to confirm their details with us for next season – over 180 supporters so far have responded – there were a couple of supporters that we needed to contact again to re-submit the form as we had a problem with a corrupted file and lost details. We are also getting new supporters sending their details for next season’s away travel which is encouraging. I should also have said that if you don’t want to get our travel updates in the future then let me know and we will remove your records.
Confirmed Pre-Season Fixtures
- Eastleigh (A) – Saturday, the 25th July – 15:00
We will not be running any supporters transport to this game – Match Tickets available via their website, also parking is available to pre-book.
- Oxford United (A) – Tuesday, the 28th July – 19:00
We will not be running any supporters transport to this game – Match Tickets available via their website.
- Reading (H) – Friday, the 31st July – 19:30
Match tickets for this pre-season match are now available on the website or from the office.
Alain