Maths is not exactly Evans' strong point is it?
It has to be squeaky clean, and seen to be, not just because of Crawley’s history but also because of the history of manager Steve Evans, who received a one-year suspended jail sentence in 2006 for his part in a tax fraud conspiracy when he was manager of Boston United in 2002.
Evans, understandably, was not keen on ancient history being raked up. “It was 10 years ago. I said sorry then, I’m not going to say sorry again,” he said, when I suggested rival fans had long memories. “I don’t think somebody who made a mistake 10 years ago, and who’s learned from it and moved on, should have it brought up 10 years later.”