Crawley Town have sacked head coach Colin Kazim-Richards, with the Red Devils stuck five points adrift at the foot of League Two.
Crawley Town have pulled the trigger. Head coach Colin Kazim-Richards has been sacked, with the club bottom of League Two and five points from safety.
The gap is the kind that turns nervous murmurs into full-blown alarm. With the table tightening and the clock running down, the Crawley hierarchy has decided a change is needed to give the squad a fresh jolt before the drop becomes unavoidable.
Kazim-Richards arrived in the dugout with a big-name playing résumé. The former Turkey international starred for giants such as Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, and also played in England and the Netherlands. Management has proved a tougher test, and the results at Crawley were not enough to buy him more time.
Now the focus turns to who steps in next and how quickly they can stabilise a side in the bottom spot. Five points is not an impossible deficit in League Two, but Crawley need a rapid response in performances and results to keep their survival hopes alive.
