Loan report: Doyle on target again

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Albion youngster impressing for League One Crawley Town.

Matt Bishop

2025-02-24T14:45+00:00

On-loan Kamari Doyle scored his second goal for Crawley in the defeat to Blackpool on Saturday.

Kamari Doyle’s second goal for Crawley and third goal involvement in as many games wasn’t enough to prevent the Red Devils from losing 3-1 to Odel Offiah’s Blackpool on Saturday.

After grabbing an assist against Wigan last week and scoring a fortnight ago against Stevenage, Doyle calmly slotted home from 15 yards against the Tangerines just before the break.

The 19-year-old’s goal halved the deficit moments after Blackpool raced into a two-goal lead, but Steve Bruce’s side scored again in the second half, with Offiah playing the full 90, to leave Crawley third bottom in League One and five points from safety.

Kamari Doyle in action for Crawley Town.

Malick Yalcouye was also in the goals for his side as the Malian scored what turned out to be the winner for Sturm Graz in their Austrian Bundesliga tussle with Blau-Weiss Linz.

Yalcouye netted in the 43rd minute with Kjell Scherpen in goal at the other end, and despite him being beaten seven minutes from time by Alem Pasic, Die Schwoazn held on to win 2-1 and extend their lead at the top of the table to three points.

Elsewhere on the continent, Valentin Barco and Abdallah Sima faced each other as Strasbourg drew 0-0 against Stade Brestois in Ligue 1, Ibrahim Osman played 24 minutes for Feyenoord as they beat Almere City 2-1 in the Dutch Eredivisie and Stefanos Tzimas got 90 minutes under his belt as Nurnberg played out a 0-0 stalemate against Hertha Berlin in Bundesliga 2.

Back in England, Evan Ferguson got on for the final eight minutes as West Ham dealt Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes a huge blow as the Hammers won 1-0 at Emirates Stadium, but Facundo Buonanotte and James Beadle, who were both in Friday night action, had less joy.

Buonanotte’s 35-minute cameo against Brentford couldn’t prevent Leicester from losing 4-0 and Beadle’s Sheffield Wednesday suffered the same defeat as Burnley – helped by Jeremy Sarmiento’s second half appearance – swept the Owls aside at Turf Moor.

Amario Cozier-Duberry’s Blackburn and Andrew Moran’s Stoke also tasted defeat in the Championship with Swansea beating Rovers 3-0 and Norwich defeating the Potters 4-2, although Moran got an assist in the loss at Carrow Road.

In League One, Caylan Vickers played 90 minutes for mid-table Mansfield against high-flying Wrexham but couldn’t prevent his team from losing 2-1 at Field Mill, while in the league below Luca Barrington had more success as his 67-minute display helped play-off chasing Grimsby beat Fleetwood 2-1.