Crawley Town chiefs 'can't talk' about Tom Nichols as fans demand answers and transparency from owners

WAGMI United and director Chris Galley were called out by the Crawley Town Supporters’ Alliance at the weekend when they requested an urgent meeting following an online article by therealefl.co.uk which claimed a club source had said all Reds players had been transfer listed.

The article also said Tom Nichols is ‘leaving to join Colchester United for £60,000’. Nichols had been left out of the last two matchday squads after the club had received ‘serious offers for the striker.

The article sparked an open by interim chair of the CTSA Reuben Watt, which said: “To WAGMI United, Crawley Town supporters, and those with a link to this great club, Earlier today, we at the Crawley Town Supporters Alliance, were alerted to a news article.

“The CTSA would urgently like to request a meeting with WAGMI United and Chris Galley to address this news article and the owners plan for the football club going forward.

“Since the clubs formation in 1896, the club have been through thick and thin. It is never nice to read news articles about the club that we put our hard earned time and money into. It is important that we, as fans, come together and support our local football club.”

Watt has told the Observer a meeting is arranged for December 22.

On the article, Galley told the Crawley Observer: “It’s something that has been massively blown out of proportion. No one at the club has been transfer listed.”

This caused further upset among a section of Reds fans who asked for more answers and transparency form WAGMI. Reds fan Dan Maguire tweeted: “Not quite the transparency the owners promised on arrival.”

Co-owner Johnson understands the supporters frustrations. He told us: “We can’t speak on Tom Nichols for a number of variables. We are sympathetic that people want to know about Tom, I understand that.

"People are saying we are not as transparent as we have been, but what else do people want to know about? We can’t speak about Tom.

“The other article was blown out of all proportion but if there is something else they want to know about, I have told fans directly over the weekend, I am happy to address anything else. People are saying we are not being transparent now but noone has asked me a single thing.”