Walton Casuals (A)
Tuesday, July 6. 19:45 kick-off.
Location: The Xcel Sports Hub
The Reds will kick-off their pre-season campaign with a midweek trip up to Walton-on-Thames, to face Southern League Premier Division South side, Walton Casuals.
250 tickets will be available on the day at the venue on a first come, first served basis at the cost of £5.
The Casuals are chaired by Ex-West Ham star, Tony Gale, and is managed by his son, Anthony Gale.
Walton started their pre-season with a 3-1 defeat to Carshalton Athletic on Saturday.
Horley Town (A)
Saturday, July 10. 15:00 kick-off.
Location: The New Defence Stadium
Under 16s accompanied with a paying adult go free. Tickets can be found here.
Prices: Adults £7.50 Children £4.50
The long-awaited pre-season clash with Horley Town will follow our trip to Walton-on-Thames, as striker Ashley Nadesan will head back to his boyhood club.
Horley Town play in the Combined Counties League Premier Division South, and are managed by Anthony Jupp.
Between his final two seasons with Horley Town before his big transfer to Fleetwood Town of League One, Nadesan scored an incredible 99 goals.
Burgess Hill (A)
Tuesday, July 13. 19:30 kick-off.
Location: More Than Tyres Stadium
Prices: Adults £10 Concessions (Over-65s, Students with ID, Disabled) £6 U18’s £1
We will play our second consecutive Tuesday evening away game at Burgess Hill Town, a team that we last played six years ago in July of 2015, when we won 0-4 at More Than Tyres Stadium thanks to goals from Roarie Deacon, Shamir Fenelon and a brace from Izale McLeod.
All tickets will be pay-on-the-day.
Three Bridges (A)
Friday, July 16. 19:00 kick-off.
Location: Three Bridges Football Club
Our most local pre-season friendly will take place at Three Bridges on a Friday evening, as we face The Bridges for the first time since our 0-6 victory in the summer of 2016, when goals were scored by James Collins, Lanre Oyebanjo, Jordan Roberts, Josh Payne and Jason Banton.
Ticket details to be announced
Horsham (A)
Saturday, July 17. 15:00 kick-off.
Location: Camping World Community Stadium
Tickets can be purchased here.
Prices: Adults £10 Seniors (60+) £6 U18s £6 Students £6 U16s £1
Reds will play at the familiar Camping World Community Stadium to take on local side Horsham, who play in the Isthmian Premier Division.
The Stadium will again be our main training facility for the 2021/22 season and has been the base for many of our mid-season friendlies in the past few years.
Crawley last played Horsham in July of 2019 when we lost out 3-1 in an impressive Horsham performance. Reece Grego-Cox was the scorer of the Crawley goal.
Southampton U23 (H)
Tuesday, July 20. 19:00 kick-off.
Location: The People’s Pension Stadium
Crawley will play their first game at The People’s Pension Stadium of the 2021/22 season against Southampton after the fixture was recently confirmed to complete our busy pre-season schedule.
Southampton U23 finished bottom of the Premier League 2 last season after a tightly contested season in which Manchester City ended up as champions.
The Saints lost out 4-0 to Everton U23 on the final day of the season in May and will look to bounce back with a healthy pre-season under their belt as they look to play their football in ‘Group 2’ next season, where they will face the likes of Newcastle and Aston Villa.
Crawley fans may remember our EFL Trophy defeat to Southampton at St Mary’s in 2016, when we lost 4-0 to a side that went on to win the group.
Ticket information to come soon after yesterday’s government announcement.
East Grinstead Town (A)
Saturday, July 24. 15:00 kick-off
Location: East Court
Prices: Adults £10 Concessions (Over-65s, NUS Students, 18-21 year olds) £5 Under 18s £1
All tickets will be sold on the day.
Next on the fixture schedule is East Grinstead Town, who play their Isthmian League South East Division football at East Court.
Harry Kewell took charge of his first Crawley game in our last meeting with East Grinstead Town which came in July of 2017. The Reds were 1-6 victors thanks to goals from Matt Harrold, Enzio Boldewijn, Dean Cox, Panutche Camara and Jimmy Smith.
West Ham U23 (H)
Monday, July 26. 19:00 kick-off
Location: The People’s Pension Stadium
After hosting Southampton’s youngster’s the week before, West Ham will travel down to West Sussex on a Monday night.
The Hammers’ U23 side narrowly missed out on relegation from the Premier League 2 last season, but finished with eight more points than Southampton. 18-year-old Irishman Ademipo Odubeko is one to look out for and has scored 11 goals in 10 PL2 appearances.
Ticket information to come soon after yesterday’s government announcement.
Tottenham Hotspur U23 (H)
Saturday, July 31. 15:00 kick-off
Location: The People’s Pension Stadium
Our third and final home friendly of the schedule will be against Tottenham Hotspur U23, who are arguably the toughest test of the bunch, as they finished third in the Premier League 2 last season behind Manchester City and Chelsea.
Tottenham’s most notable names are Alfie Devine and Dane Scarlett who had both been in and around the first team squad under Jose Mourinho towards the end of last season. Scarlett has scored an impressive 18 goals from 20 U18 appearances.
Crawley fans should remember our last meeting with Tottenham which came in the EFL Trophy in 2018 when we defeated the young side in a dramatic penalty shootout in which David Sesay scored the decisive spot-kick.
Ticket information to come soon after yesterday’s government announcement.
Beckenham Town (A)
Tuesday, August 3. 19:00 kick-off
Location: Eden Park Avenue
Our final pre-season friendly falls just four days ahead of our league opener against Hartlepool United, as we make the trip up to Beckenham on Tuesday, August 3.
Beckenham are members of the Southern Counties East League Premier Division, and play at Eden Park Avenue which holds a maximum of 4,000 people.
Ticket information to be announced soon.
