Crawley Town Supporters' Alliance demands meeting with club to discuss 'serious issues' following departure of Matthew Etherington and Tom Nichols

In a week of turmoil, owners WAGMI United have sold star player Tom Nichols to a relegation rival and have mutually parted ways with manager Matty Etherington and his assistant Simon Davies.

The CTSA recently request a meeting to discuss an article on therealefl.co.uk which claimed all players had been transfer listed. The meeting happened where director of Chris Galley explained what happened.

But now the CTSA have tweeted: “The CTSA have today demanded a meeting with Crawley Town FC to discuss the serious issues going on at the club. We will continue to push for answers and transparency from the club on behalf of the fans. We will update you as and when we can.”

CTSA chair Reuben Watt added: “I want to have a good relationship with them to be able to try and engage with them. However, there will come a point where that won't work and so will have to shift the way we go about speaking to them.”

WAGMI have been silent so far in responding to fans’ questions and calls for a statement on what is going on. The Crawley Observer has reached out to co-chairman and co-owner Preston Johnson with no response as yet.

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After no response, the CTSA later put out this statement: “Despite repeated requests from the CTSA to Chris Galley for a meeting today and after him initially agreeing to meet via Zoom when Preston landed in the UK this evening; Chris has now gone silent and is not responding to any communication. Clearly avoiding any contact or constructive dialogue.

“Sadly this appears indicative of how the club is being looked after under his stewardship.

“Given that Chris appears unwilling to engage directly with the supporters and that Preston is now in the UK, we will concentrate our efforts in getting time with Preston directly as soon as possible in order to gain some of the answers and transparency that the supporters of this great football club deserve.

“At this stage we would encourage all supporters of our club to get behind the team tomorrow and support them through what must be an increasingly challenging time both professionally and personally for all of them as much as it is for us.”

Crawley are yet to name a replacement – interim or permanent – for Etherington. They face Stevenage away tomorrow (Friday, December 30, 7.45pm ko).