Something rotten in the state of Crawley

Take the following ingredients, add together and see if there's anyway you think this cake will turn out well: -

• A large dollop of convicted fraudster Steve Evans
• A dash of Crawley Town who were in Administration in 2006 and subject to a winding-up order in February 2010.
• A generous helping of unknown "investors".
• The liberal sprinkling of a whole new squad, including six expensive strikers, with Richard Brodie rumoured to have cost upwards of £300,000 himself.

Ordinarily we would have waited until we played Crawley to start sticking the knife in, but, given that we aren't due to come up against these Non-League Galacticos until January, we thought it best not to wait until then and miss our chance!

Steve, with friend.

We just hope that when the shit hits the fan that the players don't try to pass themselves off as innocent parties.  They've all stuck their noses deep into this gravy train, knowing full well that their money isn't coming from a sustainable source.  They probably can't believe their luck, and intend to fill their boots until the bubble bursts, and then grab everything that isn't nailed down shortly thereafter!

Mind you, we all know that Steve Evans's name is a byword for honest financial dealings.  We recall the case of the seemingly innocent or should that be simple Ken Charlery when he played under Evans at Boston.  He was paid a signing on fee of £15,000 in readies and £620.00 per week.  A contract he signed and which was registered with the League was a teensy bit different in that it didn't mention any signing-on fee, and gave his wages at £120.00 per week.  A typo, surely?  The Courts decided differently!

What price AFC Crawley playing in the West Susses Senior League this time next year and Evans coaching the Wormwood Scrubs team?