Crawley Town put up for sale!!!

[middletoenail]

The ethnicity of a large proportion of the towns population don't care for football so that won't help.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Will be a lot of interest in Crawley I'd imagine, despite what people say on here their crowds are respecstble, have Zero debt and a very supportive local council. If someone invests in a new stadium with non match day facilities they will thrive and are easily capable of pushing for 10k averages. Good luck to them

They average about 3000 in League One, have a capacity of nearly 6000, and bar and social facilities already at the stadium - what investment are you talking about that is suddenly going to treble their gates and make them thrive!? Where are they going to get the money for it? The owners are selling for a reason, and it's because they've realised, like a house in a particularly area, no matter how much you tart it up, how big you make it, it will reach a ceiling for that area.

 

[pishhead]

So I guess this mysterious middle east backing that they supposedly had have now got bored?

 

[bomber130]

They average about 3000 in League One, have a capacity of nearly 6000, and bar and social facilities already at the stadium - what investment are you talking about that is suddenly going to treble their gates and make them thrive!? Where are they going to get the money for it? The owners are selling for a reason, and it's because they've realised, like a house in a particularly area, no matter how much you tart it up, how big you make it, it will reach a ceiling for that area.

As the saying goes you can't polish a turd

 

[wehatepalace]

That isn't what he was saying. Think you need to read his post again.

"Stuck like a tick in the London suburbs "

 

[portslade seagull]

Oh well bye bye Crawley on your tumble back down the leagues

 

[RexCathedra]

"Stuck like a tick in the London suburbs "

Crawley's no more, and perhaps less, it's own urban hub, and no further out of The Smoke, perhaps closer, thanks to the M23, than Guilford, or Slough, or Hemel Hempsted, or Basildon... It's as much London in its human geography as they are, whatever independence its market-town antecedents suggest.

I'm guessing it's not as nice as Chantilly, Virginia (Dulles International) -- but Chantilly's DC, and not the Shenandoah Valley, despite what the odometer says.

 

[wehatepalace]

Crawley's no more, and perhaps less, it's own urban hub, and no further out of The Smoke, perhaps closer, thanks to the M23, than Guilford, or Slough, or Hemel Hempsted, or Basildon... It's as much London in its human geography as they are, whatever independence its market-town antecedents suggest.

I'm guessing it's not as nice as Chantilly, Virginia (Dulles International) -- but Chantilly's DC, and not the Shenandoah Valley, despite what the odometer says.

You've been in the states for too long, apart from Basildon maybe no one ever thinks of those towns as part of London !

 

[Shoreham Gull]

I paid £16 for a standing ticket this week at Barnet v Fleetwood and £20 a fortnight or so ago at Cowdenbeath v Partick Thistle, so £20 seems far to watch league 1 football,

But 3000 crawley fans , do pay £20 per game..
Crawley is full of foreigners, i mean full. council benefit types and people who just don't support there local club!

 

[Brovion]

Sadly (for them) their arrival in the big time coincided with a £100 million pound stadium opening 20 miles down the road. ...

Indeed. If they'd enjoyed their current level of success whilst we were playing at Withdean (or even Gillingham) I reckon their support would have been much higher, hell they'd even be higher up the pyramid than we were for quite a time during 'the wilderness years'. I wonder if people would have been quite so dismissive of their potential threat to our fanbase then?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Sussex, or London? It's a real needle they have to thread. They're maybe closer in miles to Brighton than London, but to all intents and purposes, they're located in a London suburb. Hell, to the big world, Gatwick's synonymous with London, and it's in Crawley. They're not really a London club, despite being stuck like a tick in the London suburbs. And there's probably too much, or perilously close to too much, London football as it it. How many League teams are there inside the M25? How many of them hang by a thread?

Crawley's not a London suburb. It's not even a dormitory town for London (like say, Haywards Heath or East Grinstead). What it is and what makes it perhaps unique in Sussex is a prosperous working class town with a high population of ethnic minorities.
I have to say i love these threads, the level of ignorance about Crawley is always entertaining.

 

[Brovion]

You've been in the states for too long, apart from Basildon maybe no one ever thinks of those towns as part of London !

I do believe Mr Cathedra has been in the States all his life as he is a born and bred American.

 

[e77]

Personally I have softened on them since Steve Evans left. No bad thing to have another League team nearby if we can develop a mutually beneficial relationship with them for the purposes of loaning out players and giving them first refusal on anyone who hasn't quite made it with us.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I will never forget that blacked-up Crawley supporter celebrating on the pitch when they got promoted.

 

[wehatepalace]

I do believe Mr Cathedra has been in the States all his life as he is a born and bred American.

That would explain the complete lack of knowledge of London and the Home Counties !

 

[Dandyman]

The ethnicity of a large proportion of the towns population don't care for football so that won't help.

Crawley's demographics are here: http://www.crawley.gov.uk/pw/web/int010668

Which "large proportion" don't care for football ?

 

[clapham_gull]

You've been in the states for too long, apart from Basildon maybe no one ever thinks of those towns as part of London !

He isn't saying that.

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

Crawley's demographics are here: http://www.crawley.gov.uk/pw/web/int010668

Which "large proportion" don't care for football ?

I don't get this Crawley bashing on here.

 

[Red Side Of Sussex]

Crawley's demographics are here: http://www.crawley.gov.uk/pw/web/int010668

Which "large proportion" don't care for football ?

The date of that is from 2001.
The demographics have changed dramatically in 12 years.
The latest research shows Crawley having 78% of the population being White British.
Of course, we have always had a large aian population, and like most of the rest of the county the last 5 years has seen a significant increase of people fom all over the world.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Good luck to them, could prove to be a good thing as it would erase their debt and get the club a bit of cash to spend - there are worse clubs to buy after all !!

They dont/wouldnt ever impact on us and i cant see them getting promoted to the Championship.