Crawley Town sign midfielder Chris Atkinson on loan from Crewe

Crawley Town have signed midfielder Chris Atkinson on a month's loan from Crewe Alexandra.
Crawley Town FC unveil their new manager Mark Yates 19-05-2015.  SR1510742. Pic by Steve Robards SUS-150519-152408001Crawley Town FC unveil their new manager Mark Yates 19-05-2015.  SR1510742. Pic by Steve Robards SUS-150519-152408001
Crawley Town FC unveil their new manager Mark Yates 19-05-2015. SR1510742. Pic by Steve Robards SUS-150519-152408001

The 6ft tall 23-year-old has been registered in time to be available for selection for Saturday’s home game against Notts County.

Manager Mark Yates said: “With Jimmy Smith out for a while we needed another option in midfield and Chris is a player who’s been on our radar for a while.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Chris is someone I have been tracking for a little while and managed to get him out initially for a month with a view to seeing where we go with it.

“He is a player I have always liked. He has scored goals against my teams in the past and really glad he is here.

“With Jimmy out we felt we needed some more energy in there and a goal threat so hopefully Chris will come in and pose that for us.”

Chris started his career with home town club Huddersfield Town.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

In four years with the club he made 13 appearances but also went on loan to Darlington, Chesterfield, Bradford City and Tranmere to gain further experience.

He joined Crewe on a permanent basis in 2014 and has made 39 appearances for the club.

He played in both games with Reds last season, which both ended in draws, and has played 16 times this campaign.

Chris will wear squad no. 11.

Don’t miss out on all the latest breaking news where you live.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Here are four ways you can be sure you’ll be amongst the first to know what’s going on.

1 Make this website your homepage

2 Like our Facebook page at facebook.com/pages/Sport-Sussex

3 Follow us on Twitter @SportSussex

4 Register with us by clicking on ‘sign in’ (top right corner). You can then receive our daily newsletter AND add your point of view to stories that you read here.

And do share with your family and friends - so they don’t miss out!