Former AFC Wimbledon captain Ben Heneghan has signed for Crawley Town on a short-term deal. The 33-year-old centre-back will be available for the League Two side until the start of January after training with the club for a week.

Heneghan, who stands 6ft 3in tall, brings extensive lower-league experience to his new club. Born in Manchester, he began his youth career at Everton and Stoke City before making his senior debut with Chester, where he won the club's Player of the Year award and earned England C recognition. A move to Motherwell in 2016 preceded a switch to Sheffield United, which included two loan spells at Blackpool.

His time at AFC Wimbledon, where he served as captain, is a notable chapter in a career spanning over 350 games, including more than 200 in the English Football League. After leaving Wimbledon, he had stints with Sheffield Wednesday and Fleetwood Town before joining Port Vale in 2024, where he was part of the squad that won promotion from League Two in the 2024-25 season.

His debut for Crawley could come in their FA Cup first-round tie away at Wimborne Town on Sunday afternoon. The move sees a familiar figure from recent Wimbledon history continue his career elsewhere as the Dons focus on their own campaign.

AFC Wimbledon currently sit 18th in League One with 13 points from 13 games, having won three, drawn four and lost six. Their recent form shows just one draw in the last five matches, a run that includes a 2-1 defeat at Stockport County last time out. Top scorer Jayden Stockley, who netted in that loss to Stockport, has six goals this season. The team has scored only nine goals all season while conceding 21, leaving them with a negative goal difference of 12. They are now 16 points behind the league leaders, Huddersfield Town.

Their difficult run of results includes a 1-2 home defeat to Arsenal U21, a 1-1 draw with Wycombe, and heavy losses to Mansfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday. The Dons will look to halt this sequence of four defeats and one draw in their last five outings when they host 19th-placed Blackpool on Saturday 14 November.

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