before leaving to seek a move to a club nearer his Norwich home. However, in early October 2004 he joined Leigh RMI, for whom he played five times before joining Accrington Stanley in November 2004. It was from Accrington, and following almost twenty appearances, that Crichton returned to league football, joining Gillingham at the beginning of the 2005–06 season. Crichton was signed as back up to Jason Brown, but was also given his first official coaching role. His one appearance that season came in the home game against Yeovil, where he kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw. Coaching career On 26 June it was announced that Crichton had left Priestfield and joined Cambridge United as a player-coach. In January 2007 he was loaned to King's Lynn until the end of the season, but remained as goalkeeping coach at Cambridge United. However, after Cambridge lost 5–0 twice in succession, Crichton was recalled from his loan, and was present in goal during the club record victory on 31 March 2007 (7–0 v. Weymouth). He was released by Cambridge in May 2007 and returned to King's Lynn on a permanent contract for the 2007–08 season, but was allowed to leave to join Brighton & Hove Albion as goalkeeping coach, to further his career. On 9 February 2009, he moved to take over as goalkeeping coach at Norwich City replacing Tommy Wright, after Bryan Gunn was appointed as manager. He left the club in February 2010, moving to Sheffield United to coach there, though was also registered as a player for emergencies for his first season. In July 2012 took up the goalkeeper coaching job at Championship club Huddersfield Town. On 23 June 2014 he returned to former club Grimsby Town as the club's new goalkeeping coach. On 9 July, having only taken part in a week's worth of pre-season training, Crichton departed Grimsby and joined Blackpool in a similar role. On 7 August 2015 Crichton joined Queens Park Rangers, again as goalkeeping coach, and left the club on 28 January 2016. After emigrating to the United States to open a soccer school, Crichton was appointed assistant coach of Miami FC, under manager Paul Dalglish. In March 2021, he joined the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League as a goalkeeping coach. On 15 February 2023, it was confirmed Crichton had been appointed goalkeeper coach at National Women's Soccer League club