Crawley chairman Azwar Majeed took a swipe at the supporters boycotting home matches and said: "You are letting the team down."

Majeed spoke for the first time since the club were plunged into administration after Reds' opening pre-season friendly against Millwall.

He refused to comment on the spiralling £1.3 million debt or creditors' meeting on July 25, which is set to decide the future of the crisis club.

But he did criticise fans who stayed away from the Broadfield Stadium in protest at the way Majeed and his brother Chas have run the Conference outfit.

The newly formed Supporters' Trust called for a boycott before the game in a bid to force administrator Rob Sadler to sell the club.

The Trust wants to restrict the gate money in order to limit the amount Sadler can offer the creditors in his repayment proposals.

The lower the proposals, the more likely the creditors will turn them down and Sadler would probably then be forced to sell to new owners.

Around 50 fans, mainly adults, stood outside the ground on Saturday in protest, while many supporters simply stayed away.

No official attendance was given but a rough estimate would be no more than 500, including Millwall fans.

Compare that to the same fixture last year, when 1,593 turned up, and it would appear that most fans are unhappy with the Majeeds.

But Majeed said: "We saw 20 or 30 of them out there and the majority of them were young children.

"Most of our supporters were here at the club and we are happy with the people who are supporting us.

"If they feel they don't want to support us that is entirely up to them, they are letting the team down."

Majeed reiterated that he and Chas have no plans to leave, although he says they would consider a bid from the Trust, who have expressed an interest in buying the club.

He said: "If they (the Trust) want to make a decent bid then we will consider it but until then, we will continue to run the club."

Ironically, it was the same warm-up game against the Lions 12 months ago that heralded the beginning of the Majeed regime. There was a buzz of optimism at the time following the promises of a £2million investment over three years and talk of reaching the Football League.

A year on and optimism is hard to come by at the Broadfield.

The fans who had wrestled with their conscience and decided to take their seats had a surreal experience of cheering on players they had never heard of.

Manager John Hollins cobbled together a squad made up mainly of trialists, although they cannot really be said to be on trial as the club currently cannot sign any player.

There were a few familiar faces from last season Ben Judge, Dave Woozley, Lee Blackburn and Tony Scully, while Danny Brown watched from the stands all of who can walk out at any time after having their contracts breached.

Like the players, Hollins' position is also up in the air. He is working for free as he does not have a contract and can leave if he gets a better offer.

Hollins is remaining positive, though, despite the worrying situation. He said: "At the moment I'm here and I want this to work. As far as I'm concerned it has to come out of administration some time.

"We are working to a plan we have got with the budget so it is there whenever it does come out."

Whether that budget can eventually stretch to signing any of the trialists on show remains to be seen.

There were some impressive performances, especially from the front two of Ben Strevens and Jake Edwards, who scored a goal apiece in the first half, but they are unlikely to come cheap.

Strevens was playing for Barnet in League Two last year and Edwards is a proven Conference goalscorer following spells at Tamworth and Exeter.

Even if Reds can afford them, it is hard to see why they would join a club in administration and with a poor track record of paying players when they must have interest from elsewhere.

Hollins said: "I've set a target that I need a couple of young boys and maybe nine to 11 strong, proven players to enable us to perform in this league.

"But we know that when we perform like we did people will be watching and will approach these players."

Scott Marshall, who played a handful of first team games last season, came off the bench to score the winner five minutes from time.

Ross Gaynor and Barry Cogan were on target for Millwall at the end of each half.

Crawley will play a friendly against an Albion XI at the Broadfield Stadium on Thursday July 27 (7.45pm).

Crawley: Knowles (Cronin 46), Hiley, Huckle, E'Beyer (Marshall 79), Judge, Woozley (McLeod 69), Scully (Stapleton 69), Blackburn (Booth 52), Edwards (Rawle 57), Strevens (Francesco 61), Osman (Mills 46).

Millwall: Brooks, Cottrell (Payne 63), Obersteller, Hendry (M. Phillips 46), Bostwick (Callaghan 63), Pooley, Cogan, D. Phillips (Noon 63), Grant, Braniff, Gaynor (Fucini 46). Referee: K. Stroud.