Colin Kazim-Richards enjoyed a dream introduction to management as Crawley Town secured a crucial victory at the weekend…
The former Celtic forward oversaw a 2–0 win against Gillingham, with both goals arriving deep into stoppage time through strikes from Taylor Richards and Tobi Adeyemo.
The result lifted Crawley two points above the League Two relegation places and ended a run of 10 matches without a win, marking a stunning start to Kazim-Richards’ tenure as head coach.
Speaking via Sussex World post-match, the ex-Hoops striker said: “I just said to them inside, they’ve just given me an experience! The men in there and the ladies in there, in terms of the staff and everybody, have just given me an absolute unique experience that can never be taken away.”
“I said to them it’s one of the best feelings I’ve ever had in my career, but it’s one more round. It’s not done. They all mean nothing in the end if we don’t do what we’re supposed to do, and I hope people understand that.”
“It was great to get the win, score two goals, to keep a clean sheet. To keep a clean sheet, that is massive in terms of how this is going because everybody else, or a few other teams picked up results. When we get a nice clean sheet as well, we’re able to build off that foundation.”
Meanwhile, Sebastian Tounekti marked a milestone moment in his international career by netting his first goal for Tunisia in Saturday’s narrow 1-0 victory over Haiti.
It was Tounekti’s ninth appearance for his country since making his debut in 2021, and the strike finally saw him open his account at senior level for Tunisia.
Sebastian Tounekti goal for Tunisia against Haiti🍀 pic.twitter.com/dpGSdMaJqv
— Stacey Devlin (@StaceyDevlinx) March 29, 2026
Tunisia are set to feature in Group F at this summer’s World Cup, where they will face the Netherlands, Japan, and the winner of a play-off between Poland and Sweden.
If Sweden progress, Tounekti could come up against his Celtic teammate Benjamin Nygren.
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The world cup this summer, was always going to be a potential issue, for ourselves this season imo?
We currently stand at 7 players hoping for a world cup squad place for there countries at present.
Nygren will be hoping to increase that number to 8. And that’s without knowing what the status of Julian and Engels might be, in that regards?
So with ourselves, already having at least 8 high intensity matches on offer still, with massive pressure demands involved within them.
The question still remains as to where the mindset of these players involved, might be?
Would an involvement with there countries at a world cup, be regarded as a bigger achievements for themselves, than gaining domestic success with ourselves?
We are hardly in a position of carrying passengers ourselves, for the remainder of this season? But could we potentially be facing the prospect of having to many half hearted players on show, especially if there mindset is elsewhere, at this moment?
These are surely, some of the questions MoN and Maloney will have to consider?
Especially if it contributed to such a display in our last match imo?