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Crawley suffer at Swindon

Michel Kuipers is beaten last night Michel Kuipers is beaten last night

Crawley suffered at the hands of Swindon Town for the second time this season as they went down 3-0 to their promotion rivals at the County Ground.

It was only the Reds' second defeat in 24 league and cup games since losing by the same scoreline to Swindon at the Broadfield Stadium in September.

Michel Kuipers made his first start since that home game with the Robins after regular Scott Shearer was only deemed fit enough for a place on the bench due to a knee injury.

Within two minutes Crawley hit the woodwork when Dean Howell's intended cross hit the face of the crossbar.

Swindon had the ball in the net on 25 minutes but an offside flag denied Paul Benson from close range.

The breakthrough came in the 38th minute when a terrific free-kick from the right by Alessandro Cibocchi rattled the crossbar, Luke Rooney controlled the rebound before rifling home via Kuipers' left-hand post.

Crawley were twice denied an equaliser by keeper Wes Foderingham in first-half stoppage time. First he tipped over a Pablo Mills header, then he pushed Kyle McFadzean's poked shot away for a corner.

Swindon doubled their advantage eight minutes into the second half when Billy Bodin turned well from a quick throw and walloped the ball into the far corner from 25 yards.

A third goal followed on 68 minutes when Alan McCormack made a powerful run from the back, swapped passes with Bodin and crossed for Benson to fire home at the back of the six-yard box.

Crawley will now swiftly turn their attention to Sunday's FA Cup fifth round clash at home to Stoke City.

For a full match analysis, pictures and reaction see The Argus tomorrow.

Comments(8)

Chish and Fips says...
6:41am Wed 15 Feb 12

You have a good side , but your manager's gamemanship is a disgrace to the game.

Not sure how much longer he will get away with these antics on the touchline of constant harassment of the 4th official and the referee, and his after match comments seem to include veiled threats. All to me, seems rather thuggish.

LeGod says...
7:46am Wed 15 Feb 12

You were well beaten by the best side nad Fat Boy Evans is a total disgrace appealing for every decision and constanlty in the face of the fourth official and going into the Swindon technical area but nothing ever happens to this disgraceful vile bloke. Wheras Di Canio has been banned for two games for waving his arms about.

On the game first 20 minutes you were ok but we then took over and football won the day as all the Crawley tactics were to rough up Caddis and Ritchie and proper footballers won the day by playing on the floor. The Crawley tactics of hoofball and being physical and relying on the long throw to score is a dire style. To me you seemed like the Stoke City of L2 and a game to miss i would say on sunday watching two teams just launching long balls in the box.

Evans deserved all he got when our players celebrated in front of him as all during the first half he was constantly having a go at Caddis and Ritchie but Fat Boy Evans doesnt like it when a celbration is done in front of him.

The guy is a disgrace and shoudlnt be allowed to manage a team.

Really glad we beat you and beat you well and really we could have had five or six. As for your keeper glad he got three goals put past him as he's a prat as well. Your centre back should have been sent off for bringing one of our players down when he was last man but got away with it and another of your players got away with stamping on one of our players.

Dont like Evans as a manager in fact i hate him and your tactics may have worked with alaot of teams in the league but you came up against a proper football team last night and you lost.

So thats twice this season we have beaten you 3-0 and i hope we dont play you again for a long time if that prat Evans is still with you.

The FA need to throw the book at him but i doubt it and you get the impression the officials are scared of him.

notso says...
8:25am Wed 15 Feb 12

Chish and fips / LeGod,

Remind me why your De Canio wasn't on the touchline last night and was watching from the stands?

Pot, kettle & black comes to mind.

Chish and Fips says...
9:24am Wed 15 Feb 12

notso wrote:
Chish and fips / LeGod,

Remind me why your De Canio wasn't on the touchline last night and was watching from the stands?

Pot, kettle & black comes to mind.
With respect, for very little compared to that obnoxious manager of yours - who will suffer the same fate or should do for being an absolute slob, and this gamesmanship he lowers himself to.

PDC was for passion and commitment, and agreed showing dissent for one of the stupid decisions a ref gave, your man does this from the kick off and also the henchman who mimics each move the Fatman makes, constantly shouting at the 4th official and trying to influence the referee with these antics and side line charades
.

You have a good side granted but your leader is not a nice person and football does not these types.

So to put it politely - stuff your 'pot kettle black' where the sun doesn't shine.

LeGod says...
10:07am Wed 15 Feb 12

Are you one of the ticko's of this world notso Di Canio was banned for waving his arms nothing else your ex-prisoner Evans is a total disgrace but the nice thing is you were outplayed and his comments that was your worst performance for 18 months the reason is he played a team that play football and dont rely on dirty tactics on and off the pitch and your reliance on launching long throw ins is a joke.

You were outplayed in the end out fought in the end and guess what no goals against at home since October.

two 3-0 victories against Fat Boy ex prisoner Evans and his fat assistant mate who is as bad as him. Evans is a sunday morning league manager.

We are going up but i fear for Creepy Crawley if you blow it your team will be torn apart at the ned of the season and still lots of rumour about wage cap with you lot Evans did at Boston and wouldnt surprise me of the same happenned with you.

STFC are a proper professional club run properly.

Your support is dire 275 there last night is a joke just like your manager.

3-0 TWICE THIS SEASON

LeGod says...
10:25am Wed 15 Feb 12

Crawley Town fc - Poor Ground - poor support - Horrible manager stuffed twice by STFC 3-0 this season.

As a supposed top side in this league 275 supporters away form home is dire - no singing from your fans mind you they were mesmerised as they saw football played on the floor not hoofball as Crawley used so i can understand your fans silence seeing football played the right way by STFC.

Evans got a lesson last night in how to play properly and his tactics of trying to take out Ritchie and Caddis back fired big time as they were too tricky for you slogger players.

Never mind i really hope you dont get promoted as its Evans that makes me despise your club one of societies nasty horrible people that needs to be sorted by the FA.

Oh has Evans bought Tax for his car yet as i understood he was drin=ving with no Tax.??? hopefully not and he ends up back in Prison.

Stonewaller says...
5:35pm Thu 16 Feb 12

When has Evans ever been in prison ? As for:


"still lots of rumour about wage cap with you lot Evans did at Boston and wouldnt surprise me of the same happenned with you"

...well be surprised as that's not going to happen, you think we haven't heard all this before ? Two......plus two......and you come up with about 100.

As for saying Davis should've been sent off - "being the last man" is not a sending-off offence, sounds like you've been watching too much televised football.

Chish and Fips says...
5:44pm Thu 16 Feb 12

Stonewaller wrote:
When has Evans ever been in prison ? As for:


"still lots of rumour about wage cap with you lot Evans did at Boston and wouldnt surprise me of the same happenned with you"

...well be surprised as that's not going to happen, you think we haven't heard all this before ? Two......plus two......and you come up with about 100.

As for saying Davis should've been sent off - "being the last man" is not a sending-off offence, sounds like you've been watching too much televised football.
Hope your figures are right for your sakes - must admit from the outside its difficult to see where they tally looking at your average home gates - but hey your problem eh ! if that is the case.

Your manager is a disgrace to football.

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