News about Kevin Betsy

LEWIS STEELE: As the Football League returned from its World Cup hiatus last month, Sportsmail published a column in which each division addressed the promotion and relegation fights. Unlike previous years, League Two does not have a basket-case team,' it read. It's time to rewrite that argument. Crawley Town (pictured): Welcome to the band of basket cases. Macclesfield, Southend, Oldham, Bury, and Scunthorpe fans deserve a bit more. We know the script: a lack of judgement by a charlatan owner and, in the correct direction, a team that is ineffective enough to stay in the Football League. In a revealing chat with Sportsmail, owner Preston Johnson, the maker of a cryptocurrency sports company, says, 'It's been a tough first year.' We were thrown into the deep end and have been trying to learn to swim on the fly for the first time ever.' Crawley is flopping against the tide without a life raft and is in danger of sinking.

Wigan, a championship failure, has fired Kolo Toure after just 58 days as boss at the DW Stadium. Toure has been in nine matches as head coach, with the most notable losing being a 2-0 loss to Luton Town in the Championship, only days after the Hatters kicked them out of the FA Cup. More to follow

Following Leam Richardson's dismissal earlier this month, Wigan Athletic have named Kolo Toure as their new manager. Toure has just under a fortnight to brace for his managerial debut. On Saturday, he will be in the dugout against Millwall. Consequently, he will fly to Turkey to visit the First Team, who are currently in mid-season training camp.

It's rare for a player to be capped at international level before making his team's first-team debut. Marcelo Flores of Arsenal is one of few notable exceptions, though he is not the only one. Since being born in Georgetown, Ontario, the highly rated attacking midfielder was eligible to play for Canada. Due to his mother's English descent, he was also of concern to England, who called him up to the under-16 setup in 2019. However, Flores, the son of former Mexican footballer Ruben, retaliated against both countries in favor of Mexico after months of speculation.

LEWIS STEELE AT BROADFIELD STADIUM: As the League Two team stunned top-flight Fulham by closing a gap of 84 league positions, Crawley Town delivered the shock of the round. Tom Nichols and 18-year-old Liverpool loanee James Balagizi fired Kevin Betsy's side to their first victory of the season against the heavily rotated Cottagers in either half. Betsy, who took his first managerial role after coaching England's youth teams and Arsenal Under 23s, had been thrown out of fire.