Crewe Alexandra On This Day – August 13th

There have been four competitive fixtures on August 13th in the 25-year period, taking place in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2016.

In the opening home game of the 2002/03 season, Crewe Alexandra hosted Notts County. 2 goals from Danny Allsopp either side of a Mark Stallard effort gave the visitors a 3-goal win.

Crewe: Ince; Wright, Sodje, Foster, Vaughan (Bell 78); Lunt, Sorvel, Brammer (S. Jones 60), Rix; Ashton, Hulse

Notts County: Garden; Gas, Fenton, Ireland, Stone (Holmes 85), Nicholson; Caskey, Bolland (Brough 90), Baraclough (Liburd 85), Allsopp, Stallard

3 years later, Crewe travelled to Withdean to face Brighton & Hove Albion. Leon Knight gave the hosts the lead 3 minutes before the break before goals from substitutes Mark Rivers and Michael Higdon looked to have won Crewe the game but for an 88th minute goal from Dean Hammond gave both teams a share of the points.

Crewe: Williams; Moss, Walker, Moses, Tonkin; S. Jones (Rivers 71), B. Jones (Roberts 69), Lunt, Vaughan; Johnson (Higdon 76), Varney

Brighton: Henderson; Dodd, McShane, Butters; Carole (Nicolas 73), Carpenter, Hammond, Oatway (Robinson 85), Reid; Kazam-Richards (Turinezo 65), Knight

In 2011, Crewe hosted Gillingham at the Alexandra Stadium. First half goals from Chris Whelpdale and Danny Spiller gave Gillingham a 2-goal lead after 25 minutes with Shaun Miller getting Crewe`s consolation.

Crewe: Phillips, Davis, Artell, Dugdale, Martin; Westwood, Bell, Murphy (Leitch-Smith 67); Moore, Miller (Clayton 87), Powell (Shelley 64)

Gillingham: Flitney; Lawrence, Fuller, Frampton, Martin; Lee (Fish 88), Montrose, J. Payne (S. Payne 83), Spiller, Whelpdale (Weston 34); Kedwell

The final game of this round-up came from last season`s home game against Portsmouth which saw the teams draw 0-0.

Crewe: Garratt; Turton, Davis, Guthrie, Bakayago; Kirk (Ainley 67), Bingham, Jones, Cooper (Kiwomya 59); Dagnall, Lowe

Portsmouth: Forde; Talbot, Burgress, Whatmough (Barton 74); Roberts, Rose, Doyle, Baker, Naismith; Lakovic (Main 55), Smith (Bennett 55)