Tomorrow evening, Crewe Alexandra host Barrow at the Alexandra Stadium with George Ray amongst the visitors’ squad.
NB: Tickets for this game will cost a maximum of £10 each.
This Season:
This season sees the Bluebirds sitting in 2nd place having beaten Tranmere Rovers, Sutton United, Harrogate Town, Doncaster Rovers, Forest Green Rovers, Morecambe, Bradford City, Crawley Town, Colchester United, Walsall and Swindon Town, they have drawn with Accrington Stanley, Wrexham, Newport County, Notts County, MK Dons, AFC Wimbledon and Salford City while they have lost against Stockport County, Mansfield Town and Grimsby Town.
They lost against Maidstone United in the FA Cup 2nd Round after defeating Northampton Town in the previous round and against Bolton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup 1st Round. In the EFL Trophy, they finished bottom in their group after defeats against Blackpool and Morecambe before defeating Liverpool’s Under-21s in the final group game.
Transfers:
This summer has seen them make 12 permanent and 1 loan signing while 12 players have left the club permanently with Malakai Reeve leaving the club on a loan deal.
Joining the ranks at Holker Street are defenders Mazeed Ogungbo, Junior Tiensia and James Chester, midfielders Kian Spence, Dean Campbell, David Worrall and Owen Bray while forwards Courtney Duffus, Jamie Proctor, Emile Acquah, Sam Bellis and Dom Telford completing the signings. Midfielder Luca Stephenson joined the club on loan.
Leaving the club permanently were Patrick Brough, Mark Ellis, Josh Gordon, Joe Grayson, Scott Moloney, David Moyo, Solomon Nwabuokei, Benni Smales-Braithwaite, Jason Taylor, Pawel Zuk and Josh Kay.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 45
Barrow Wins: 27
Draws: 15
Biggest Alex Win: 5-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in January 1959
Biggest Barrow Win: 5-0 at Holker Street in November 1955
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Barrow, 7th April 2023
Dan Agyei would score two first-half penalties (14 & 33) giving the Alex a first-half lead before substitute Chris Long added the third a minute from time.
Crewe: Beadle; Mellor, O’Riordan, Offord, Adebisi; Brook (Long 61), Tabiner (McDonald 82), Thomas, Agyei; Ainley (Griffiths 72); Baker-Richardson (Nevitt 82)
Booked – O’Riordan 37, Thomas 45, Agyei 52, Adebisi 79, Long 88
Barrow: Farman; Warren (Feely 46), Ray (Garner 80), Canavan, Brough; Foley (Neal 46), White; Whitfield (Young 68), Gotts, Kay (Newby 68); Gordon
Booked – Ray 13, Warren 43
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Jerry Lowery, Laurence Lunn, Alan Martin, Stuart Tomlinson
Defenders: Thierry Audel, Mat Bailey, Paul Bignot, Paul Bowles, Adam Dugdale, Mark Ellis, Danny O’Donnell, Benny Phillips, George Ray, Jason Smart, Efe Sodje, Ritchie Sutton
Midfielders: Andy Bond, Keith Briggs, Chris Clements, Paul Edwards, Peter Farrell, Harold Kay, Lee Molyneux, Tony Rigby
Forwards: Bill Baldwin, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Jordan Bowery, David Brown, Dougald Campbell, Darren Foreman, John Grant, Jack Holland, Peter Kane, Terry McPhillips, Neil Morton, Jimmy Mulholland, Tom Pope, Phil Power, Jimmy Robertson, Jimmy Rolfe, John Rowlands, Jim Sullivan, Bert Swindells, Paul Tait, Kevin Tully, Billy Waters, Kyle Wilson, Offrande Zanzala
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Alan Young is tomorrow’s referee with Conor Brown and Karl Buckley assisting him and Alan Clayton the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Young in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 6-0 Morecambe (4th August 2018) – Kirk, Nicholls (2), Jones (2), Porter
- Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Walsall (17th August 2019) – Nolan
- Gillingham 4-1 Crewe Alexandra (26th January 2021) – Porter
- Stevenage 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (14th March 2023)
