Tranmere Rovers 5-1 Crawley Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 October 2018

Result

Tranmere Rovers 5-1 Crawley Town

League Two · Saturday 27 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Tranmere Rovers 5-1 Crawley Town: match report

Tranmere Rovers defeated Crawley Town 5-1 in the League Two on Saturday 27 October 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Connor Jennings opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Connor Jennings (25'), James Norwood (43'), James Norwood (54'), Adam Buxton (58', penalty) and Paul Mullin (60'). Crawley Town scored through Ollie Palmer (65').

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received no yellow cards; Crawley Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 7th on 24 points from 15 and Crawley Town 9th on 23 points from 15. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 2nd with 80 points, and Crawley Town 19th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tranmere Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Crawley Town.

Going into the match Tranmere Rovers's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Crawley Town's D-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · G. FrancombCrawley Town
  • 25'Goal · Connor JenningsTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · James NorwoodTranmere Rovers · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · James NorwoodTranmere Rovers · 3-0
  • 58'Penalty goal · Adam BuxtonTranmere Rovers · 4-0
  • 60'Goal · Paul MullinTranmere Rovers · 5-0
  • 65'Goal · Ollie PalmerCrawley Town · 5-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 2, draws 1, Crawley Town 1.

Team news

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Scott Davies, Adam Buxton, Jake Caprice, Luke McCullough, Stephen McNulty, Manny Monthe, Connor Jennings, Ollie Banks, Paul Mullin, Larnell Cole, James Norwood

Crawley Town line-up

Glenn Morris, Lewis Young, Joseph Maguire, Castro, Mark Connolly, Romain Vincelot, George Francomb, Filipe Morais, Ollie Palmer, Luke Gambin, Panutche Camara