Crawley Town are playing at Wembley for the first time in their history when they face Crewe in the League Two play-off final. Fans were on hand to wish players good luck as they boarded the coach ready for their trip to Wembley.
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00:00 [Sounds of traffic]
00:28 How you doing mate? Good and you? Yeah good.
00:31 So I'm here with Steve Leake, a lifelong Crawley Town fan. I hear the players are just about to leave to go to Wembley. How excited are you for this weekend Steve?
00:42 Well I'm not as nervous as I thought I'd be because I think we're going to win it. There's no doubt, it's something about the crew, the strategy so far has been top notch.
00:54 What's your score prediction for Sunday? 3-1. I've had a lot of people say that, you must be very confident. I mean the job Scott and the players have done this.
01:07 5-1 over Neil De Keys. It should have been 5-0 really because he shouldn't have been on the pitch to score his goal should he?
01:14 [Laughs]
01:16 We'll be fine. Well enjoy the game on Sunday. Thanks very much.
01:20 [Sounds of traffic]
01:37 Cheers guys.
01:39 [Sounds of traffic]
01:50 Will Wright over there. Lots of fans standing here watching the team go off. Nick Cerrula, there you go. Give us a thumbs up Nick, good luck.
02:01 There's Liam Kelly.
02:04 [Sounds of traffic]
02:18 There's a player inside the coach there.
02:22 Oh, I'm in the way of the photographer, James Boardman. Sorry James.
02:29 Players have been taking selfies there with top scorer Danilo Orsi taking selfies with fans there. Good luck Dan.
02:41 Darren Ford, the legend.
02:49 BBC are here. James Dunne from the BBC filming me. Steve Leak, the legend that is Steve Leak. You're live on Facebook Steve.
03:00 [Sounds of traffic]
03:12 Now this is the coach that's taken them to Wembley. They face Crewe at 1pm on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.
03:20 The first ever trip to Wembley for Crawley Town Football Club. So far more than 16,000 tickets have been sold for the trip.
03:29 And yeah, it's going to be great.
03:36 That's Harry Maynard, Tom Allman, people who have been working so hard this morning on the merchandising.
03:42 Hope you've come and picked up your shirt you ordered. There was loads of them on the floor this morning. You can see a video of that on Sussexworld.co.uk.
03:54 Hi there, I'm currently live on Facebook. How excited are you about Crawley Town, going to Wembley?
03:59 It's the story of my life and I'm rooting for them all. They're all good boys.
04:04 Excellent stuff. How long have you been supporting Crawley?
04:07 About 18 months.
04:09 About 18 months? Yeah, you've jumped on the bandwagon which is great. They need more supporters. Are you going Sunday?
04:15 I'm going Sunday. I'm on New Reds.
04:17 Excellent, thank you very much.
04:19 You're welcome. Have a nice day.
04:21 Yeah, you too.
04:23 [Sounds of traffic]
04:28 Ben Harwood, the pitch guy there.
04:30 [Sounds of traffic]
04:33 Still going? I thought you were sitting in.
04:35 [Sounds of traffic]
04:42 Are you BBC?
04:43 No, I'm from Crawley Observer, Sussexworld.
04:45 Oh, okay.
04:46 How are you doing? Are you excited about the game?
04:48 Very much so, yeah.
04:49 Yeah?
04:50 Yeah, looking forward to it.
04:51 Are you going, yeah?
04:52 Hopefully. We haven't got the ticket yet.
04:54 Oh, right, okay. But you'll be going, yeah. Excellent. They've done an amazing job this year, haven't they?
04:58 Yeah.
04:59 Fantastic. Yeah. Excellent. Well, I hope you enjoy the day.
05:03 Yeah, we'll enjoy it, yeah.
05:05 [Sounds of traffic]
05:18 See if I can photobomb the BBC's coverage.
05:20 [Sounds of traffic]
05:23 There you go, yeah, I'm definitely on the BBC. That's good.
05:25 [Laughs]
05:27 That's what you did the other day.
05:29 [Sounds of traffic]
05:46 [Laughs]
05:47 Someone very excited about getting on the BBC.
05:49 [Laughs]
05:52 There's Laurence McGuire there, just about to get on the thing.
05:55 Here comes Jay Williams. Good luck, Jay.
05:58 [Sounds of traffic]
06:18 So the merchandise, yeah, like I said, there's a video on Sussexworld.co.uk about how all the merchandise, all the t-shirts on the floor, and I was told that they've sold half the amount of merchandise in the last three days, and they have all season.
06:38 So, yeah, it's incredible.
06:41 [Sounds of traffic]
06:44 There you go, there's Jay Williams there walking off, getting ready for the coach.
06:49 [Sounds of traffic]
07:02 Laurence McGuire getting photos.
07:04 [Sounds of traffic]
07:10 There's Harry Forcer.
07:12 [Sounds of traffic]
07:14 Been so good in the last few games of the season, Harry Forcer, been part of the secret of their success getting to Wembley.
07:21 [Sounds of traffic]
07:25 Sam's looking for an interview. You're live on Facebook, Sam, want to say anything?
07:28 Yeah, we need 20,000 now according to Mr Lindsay, so don't disappoint him because he's a very angry man.
07:35 [Laughs] Fair enough. Excellent, thanks, Sam. Well done on all your hard work so far.
07:39 [Sounds of traffic]
07:45 Good luck, Clydie.
07:46 Cheers, mate.
07:47 [Sounds of traffic]
07:56 Actually, Tom, are you able to give us an update on the merchandise, how well that's gone this morning?
08:00 Incredibly well.
08:01 Yeah?
08:02 So well that I've had enough of looking at it and I'm sitting in it.
08:05 [Laughs] Well, enjoy the trip to Wembley, you deserve it. Cheers. Good luck, Joy.
08:09 Cheers, thank you.
08:10 [Sounds of traffic]
08:14 There's Cory having some pictures.
08:16 [Sounds of traffic]
08:29 Good luck, Cory.
08:30 [Sounds of traffic]
08:38 Good luck, Ricky. Enjoy the trip.
08:40 [Sounds of traffic]
09:04 How's that, Ian Rath?
09:05 [Sounds of traffic]
09:21 Good luck, Addy. Good luck, Rath. Cheers.
09:23 [Sounds of traffic]
09:50 [Sounds of traffic]
09:54 Sorry, I'm in a lot of your videos, Lee.
09:56 [Laughs]
09:57 [Sounds of traffic]
10:07 James, I'm currently live on Facebook. Do you want to have a quick chat?
10:11 Yeah, yeah.
10:12 Yeah, is that alright? I'm with James from the BBC here. James, how much fun have you had following Crawley Town this season?
10:18 I mean, it's just been an absolutely amazing journey, really. I mean, I remember I went to the first game at Bradford, well, here.
10:25 Yes.
10:26 Against Bradford. I think probably a lot of people were a bit surprised with how that went. And then, you know, I haven't followed it, you know, I haven't been at every game like you have, Mark.
10:35 But, I mean, the last sort of three games have just been absolutely spectacular.
10:39 And it's just been really nice, you know, you get good access to the club like this. You're much more connected to it than you are with, you know, anyone who supports Premier League clubs.
10:47 Yeah.
10:48 And it's just been a real joy, really, to watch the sort of buzz and excitement build around here, not just among fans, but, you know, among the players and the manager as well.
10:58 Yeah, you've got a real family sort of feel around the club, isn't there? As we've been here, I mean, Scotland's here, it's great, isn't it, to talk to and deal with, and everybody at the club.
11:06 Absolutely. And, you know, I think whether they would say the same, you know, next season or in the long term, I think probably everyone would say they didn't really expect to be here this season.
11:15 Yeah.
11:16 Because, you know, everyone had a lot of faith in Scotland, and you've done a lot of good things. When you did come here, it kind of felt like something different, like the club had turned a page and then saved them last season.
11:25 And I think, you know, they always say that even though everyone else had ripped them off, they had faith in themselves.
11:34 Yeah.
11:35 And you do have to believe them, really.
11:37 Yeah, you do. Yeah, absolutely.
11:38 And, you know, you can just see that they've proven everyone wrong, but it's nice to know that they always had that self-confidence. And, you know, now you can see why.
11:46 Yeah, and how much are you looking forward to going to Wembley for the day?
11:49 I can't wait. I mean, Wembley's always special, no matter what circumstances, but, you know, for a club like this, you know, you've spoken to some of the same people that I've spoken to who said that never, you know, when they were sat around, you know, farmers' fields 40 years ago, they never expected to be going to Wembley.
12:04 With Crawley Town. So, you know, this is something special that people will never forget. And, you know, it sort of sounds cliché, but it's not just football for people, you know.
12:13 They are making memories with people they love, with their mates, with their family, and it will last forever.
12:19 Yeah. Excellent. Thanks, James. Enjoy the day at Wembley. Yeah. Yeah, you're going live now. He's going live. So I'll leave him alone.
12:26 Taxi's better.
12:46 Taxi's better.
13:01 There's Dion Conroy.
13:08 There's the gaffer.
13:13 Last message for the fans, Scott.
13:17 How many are we on there? 120?
13:19 It's brilliant. We are currently at around 16,500 probably by the time everybody's picked theirs up. Probably around 17,000. We need three more thousand because we want to try and get over 20.
13:32 It'd be great.
13:33 It's brilliant what they've done so far. The fans are unbelievable. Unbelievable. Yeah, if we can get 20,000, that'd be incredible, wouldn't it?
13:39 It's incredible anyway.
13:40 Yeah.
13:41 It's incredible anyway.
13:43 And how much are you looking forward to walking onto that Wembley pitch?
13:45 Oh, yeah. It's everybody's dream, isn't it? You know, as a manager or player, it's everybody's dream to be part of that and certainly walking them out.
13:55 And especially being the first manager to be able to do that for this magnificent football club. I'm really proud. So, yeah.
14:00 Yeah, well, good luck, son.
14:01 Thank you.
14:02 Cheers. Thanks, son.
14:03 Come on! Yeah! Woo!
14:09 Well done, son.
14:10 Well done, son.
14:11 Well done, son.
14:12 Well done, son.
14:14 Can I drive, please?
14:17 [Laughter]
14:20 [Laughter]
14:33 Hang on. Hang on.
14:35 Sorry, mate.
15:00 Can I have a chocolate, please?
15:02 Cheers, mate.
15:03 I won't leave, Rob.
15:05 [Laughter]
15:06 Yeah, let's hope they don't leave out Sam Gadsden. He's vital.
15:25 The cameraman. He'll be there catching all the footage on Sunday.
15:30 Yeah.
15:31 Don't break the cameras.
15:34 Yeah, don't break the cameras. Good shout.
15:36 [Laughter]
15:37 We want some good photos in the paper next week.
15:41 [Laughter]
15:45 That's all right.
15:46 Sitting next to that man's leg.
15:48 [Laughter]
15:52 He's cleared a cameraman this weekend.
15:55 Smile, Claire!
16:20 He's got...
16:22 That's Hunter. How you doing, Hunter? You all right?
16:29 Here we go. The door is closed.
16:33 They're going off.
16:35 [Horn honking]
16:40 [Cheering]
16:42 [Horn honking]
16:44 [Applause]
16:46 So there we go.
17:00 I've had... Nick Paul is asking me what my score prediction is.
17:09 Nick, if you're still watching, I'm going for a 3-1 win as well.
17:13 I think Clydey Lollos is definitely going to score.
17:17 Orsi is definitely going to score. But a 3-1 win is what I'm predicting.
17:20 I think James Dunne is just about to go live again to the BBC.
17:24 So I'll get out of the background.
17:26 Make sure I get in the background of the footage.
17:29 Here we go.
17:38 There goes the bus, giving another honk.
17:41 Warren Five Ash, former colleague, legend, was a.
17:47 Yeah, he's saying, "Can we get more than 20,000 tickets?"
17:51 That's what Scotland's really hoping for.
17:54 And I think with an extra push they can get it.
17:59 There will be those ones who didn't know if they could go on Sunday or not.
18:03 Most people would have got their tickets now.
18:06 But I still think there will be people who get theirs last minute.
18:10 Fingers crossed we can get to 20,000. That would be an incredible achievement, wouldn't it?
18:14 I know Wazza was up at Old Trafford with us in 2011.
18:24 Which was incredible.
18:26 I don't know. I think 18,000 is probably a good conservative estimate.
18:33 But if they can get 20,000 it would be great.
18:36 I'm just going to go into the ticket office now.
18:39 Oh, sorry.
18:42 I'm just going to go into the ticket office now.
18:45 People are collecting their merchandise.
18:51 So I'm just going to go through.
19:01 There's Alan Harper. I'm live on Facebook, Alan.
19:04 How many coaches have you got going on Sunday?
19:06 We've got 10 now.
19:08 All leaving at the stadium at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
19:12 Loading up at half 8.
19:14 So it will be a great trip up to the last stadium.
19:17 It's a great response you've got for that, isn't it?
19:19 Brilliant.
19:20 What's your score prediction?
19:22 Oh, in a week?
19:23 Yes. Any specific score line?
19:26 No.
19:27 Just a win will do. Excellent.
19:31 I'm just going to go quickly through the merchandise here.
19:34 Look at that. He's rolling up the flags.
19:37 Look at this. Incredibly well organised. Look at this.
19:40 Loads of scarves, loads of shirts.
19:49 Incredible.
19:55 Oh, it's nice to see they've got a Crawley Observer newspaper on the desk over there.
19:59 Lovely to see. Special edition. Eight pages this week it was.
20:02 A lot of work went into that.
20:04 So I'm going to finish the broadcast there. Sorry.
20:12 I'm just going to go outside and finish this broadcast.
20:16 So there we are. Crawley on their way to Wembley.
20:21 The link in above shows the schedule of what Crawley are doing.
20:26 So they're travelling up to Wembley now.
20:28 They have a familiarisation at Wembley, so they know where everything is at Wembley.
20:33 Changing rooms, what changing room they're in.
20:35 We know they're in the England Dressing Room, but they get to scope out what Wembley is like.
20:40 Excuse me.
20:42 And then they are having dinner in Kensington tonight.
20:46 A 45-man dinner, I've been told.
20:48 And then tomorrow they're training at Bisham Abbey.
20:53 And then a relaxing night.
20:55 And then Sunday morning, team meeting as they always do for every away game at the hotel.
20:59 And then off to Wembley. One o'clock kick-off.
21:02 Plenty of Crawley fans will be there early.
21:05 They're going to the Green Man pub. They're going to Box Park.
21:07 It is going to be immense.
21:09 So good luck to Crawley Town.
21:12 We're going to be there. You can follow us all.
21:14 We're going to have a live blog running.
21:15 We'll have picture galleries of fans, of the action, videos, everything.
21:20 So here's to a Crawley Town win and in League One next season.
21:24 Thanks for watching everyone and thanks for all those who put their comments in.
21:27 I love the idea, Martin Longley, of Corey Wiggs for merchandise.
21:31 I think they've missed the opportunity to do that, but maybe that's a line you can go down, get some profit.
21:36 So, yeah, great stuff.
21:38 Good to see so many fans here.
21:40 To wave them off.
21:41 All the best.
21:42 See you soon.