AFC Fylde have confirmed that highly rated youngster Tom Crawford has joined the Coasters on loan until the end of the season from Notts County.
The 19-year-old made seventeen appearances for Chester in the National League last season, scoring on his final appearance in a City shirt on the last day of the season at Barrow AFC.
Following the expiration of his contract with Chester, Crawford was snapped up by Notts County, immediately joining up with the senior squad at Meadow Lane.
He impressed in his first competitive appearance, opening the scoring in the Carabao Cup against Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium, before the youthful County side went on to lose on penalties.
Crawford kept his place in Kevin Nolan’s Notts County side, making his Football League introduction from the bench at Yeovil, doing enough to impress and earn a starting spot against Lincoln the following weekend.
The central midfielder was then dealt an unlucky blow, suffering a foot injury in a behind-closed-doors match, before Kevin Nolan was sacked and Harry Kewell replaced him.
The new signing told AFC Fylde‘s official club website, “I had a good start at County, but was in and out of the team, picked up an injury and then had a change of managers – it’s just the way football is.”
“For myself personally to get games and minutes is needed, and for me to come to a club like Fylde is a great opportunity for me.”
