Crawley Town put up for sale

The owners of Crawley Town have put the League One club up for sale.

The current backers bought a majority share in the team in 2010 before helping them achieve back-to-back promotions to the third tier of English football.

"Our owners have led this football club on a fantastic journey in the last three years and everyone associated with Crawley Town should be extremely proud to have played a part in what has been achieved so far," chief executive Richard Low told the club's official website.

"Crawley Town remain ambitious for its future. Our long-term strategy is focused on increasing our fan base, further improving the infrastructure, including the provision of new training-ground facilities, and producing a young, exciting team on the pitch capable of maintaining League One football and pushing upwards into the Championship.

"They recognise that for this to happen would require further substantial funding and believe that if the club is to continue to grow on and off the field the football club should actively seek new owners and investment."

Crawley are currently in 14th place in the League One table.