Can Crawley Town find the form of 2011 and surge up the League Two table? - Steve Leake

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New Year's Day 10am: Just a month ago, I gave up drinking beer because of medical reasons to do with my Parkinson’s medication.

I have to say I have not really missed it, thanks to the multitude of nonalcoholic ales on the market. However, the same cannot be said for going without football.

Yes, there have been a multitude of televised games over Christmas, some of which I have watched, but to be quite honest I would rather be playing Obama Llama or Herd Mentality with the family than listening to how hard it is to play football at the highest level over the Christmas period.

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Life at our level is somewhat different, firstly our players play eight more league games than the Premier league do, on a tiny fraction of their wages whilst, at even lower levels, semi-professional players also have their day jobs to fit in as well. Going without watching Crawley Town over Christmas has been far harder than giving up beer, especially when the games are scheduled to be played and then are postponed just as you are getting prepared for the event.

I would have missed Stevenage because of no trains on Boxing Day, so at least that cloud has a silver lining as now I will be able to attend, but I would have loved to see Crawley beat Joey Barton’s Gasmen on the Wednesday evening under the lights at the PPS, not just for the football but also to meet up with friends and family to do what we love doing together. Supporting the Mighty Red Devils, the only Football League team in West Sussex.

In the calendar year 2021 we have played 45 games, winning 15, drawing 10 and losing 20. This would mean 55 points which would just about mean survival, if across one season.