Crawley Town have sacked head coach Colin Kazim-Richards with the side five points adrift at the bottom of League Two.

Kazim-Richards was dismissed after his side’s 3-2 loss at home to Shrewsbury Town on Tuesday night.

It was their seventh loss in 10 league games – the Red Devils have won just once in League Two all season.

Kazim-Richards’ assistant Julian Gray has also been relieved of his duties while director of football Erdem Konyar will leave the club too.

“The club would like to place on record its sincere thanks to Colin and Julian, who joined during a challenging period and played an important role in securing the club’s EFL status at the end of last season,” a club statement read., external

“We would also like to thank Erdem for his hard work and commitment since returning to the club last year.

“All three depart with the best wishes of everyone at Crawley Town, and we wish them every success in their future endeavours.”