Long-serving defender Ben Judge is disappointed Crawley Town is up for sale.

While most supporters are celebrating the prospect of new owners taking over, Judge says he wanted Chas and Azwar Majeed to stay in charge.

Administrator Rob Sadler put the debt-ridden club on the market on Tuesday after creditors turned down his repayment proposals.

It means Judge and the other players from last season's squad have to wait until a new buyer is found to receive any of the three months wages and unpaid bonuses they are owed.

Judge said: "I was hoping it (the proposals) would all get passed and we could move on from there, start signing players, get some games under our belts and get ready for the new season.

"Now it is all up in the air again, like it has been for four months. I arrived at the meeting hoping I would be able to go home and everything would be all right, that I would actually be able to pay off some debts.

"Now I still don't know when the next pound coin is coming from."

Judge gave up his job as a delivery driver to turn full-time last summer and is one of only five players who have remained in the wake of administration.

He joined the Conference club from Croydon in 2001 when they were in the Dr Martens premier division and has been one of the top appearance-makers over the last five seasons.

He was due to sign a new contract and have a testimonial this season but says his future is now in doubt.

He said: "It is a shame for me because they had offered me a new deal and I was going to get a testimonial this year.

"That would have been worthwhile for me, it would have made up for some of the money I have missed out on over the summer.

"Now we are back to square one. I will carry on training, I will be in until someone tells me not to because I don't want to go anywhere else at the moment. But that is something I will have to look into if something happens.

"It is only three weeks until the start of the season so a lot of sides are settled now and have done their budgets.

It looks like those players who have decided to stay and stick it out are in a worse position than those who have gone and sorted themselves out."

Judge believes the trailists manager John Hollins has been able to attract in pre-season will now leave.

Crawley fielded an impressive line-up in their first preseason friendly against Millwall but are likely to be mainly made up of teenagers for tonight's home game with Albion.

Judge said: "The manager was looking to bring in some players in pre-season and we could have had a decent side this year.

"But when the new players who have come in to train with us find out the news they are not going to want to stick around. Hopefully someone will come in and buy the club in the next few weeks, put some money in, give a bit back to the players who have stuck around and get some new players in.

"It could work out all right but we have been saying that for months now."

Crawley's Supporters' Trust have urged fans to boycott tonight's game, despite the expected departure of the Majeeds. They are concerned the unpopular brothers are considering buying back the club and say people should stay away from the Broadfield until new owners are in place.

Spokesman Antony Weller said: "The Trust is wary of speculation linking the Majeeds with a bid to buy the club now that it is formally up for sale.

"We believe that should not be an option open to the administrators and will continue to campaign against that scenario happening.

"As a result, fans are once again being asked to show their support by stopping cash flow into the Majeeds' business empire."