Crawley display 'not good enough', says Wollacott

Crawley Town goalkeeper Joe Wollacott says the team "let the fans down" in Saturday's FA Cup first round exit at National League side Boreham Wood.

The Reds are also in the League Two relegation places after just three wins in their opening 14 matches and Wollacott told BBC Radio Sussex: "We just weren't good enough.

"They're obviously a good side, but I don't think we applied the things we worked on during the week.

"For the first 10 minutes of the game, we just weren't good enough, including myself. So we've all got to show some accountability and move on from it."

The League Two side were 2-0 down inside the opening 15 minutes and then had Ryan Loft sent off just before half-time.

Wollacott is not interested in excuses.

"I still think we have to show character. Whether you're playing with 11, 10 or nine men it doesn't matter, we just weren't on it today," he said.

"We shot ourselves in the foot in the first half. It's a difficult mountain to climb in the second half, but we just have to be better from the start. Now the most important thing is to concentrate on the league."

'No time to dwell on things in football'

The Reds dropped down to League Two in May after just one season back up in the third tier. They went into the FA Cup tie on the back of an encouraging 4-0 home victory over Bristol Rovers - their first league win in six games.

Just a week later, however, 500 Crawley supporters were leaving Boreham Wood having watched the team's eighth away defeat in 10 matches in all competitions this season.

"I really appreciate the fans' support," Wollacott continued. "They're always with us through thick and thin. Obviously we've let them down today and just have to look at what we weren't good at, and correct it quickly."

Crawley's next game is at home to Fleetwood in League Two on Saturday.

"We have to address it quickly, and move on," Wollacott added. "I don't think there's time in football to dwell on things. We'll have to review it, look at what we weren't good at, try and take some positives and move on to Saturday."