Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra travel to Bloomfield Road to face Blackpool, where we may be against Alex Academy Alum Oliver Turton and former loanee Kevin Stewart.
This Season:
They sit in 13th place in the league following wins against Swindon Town, MK Dons, Burton Albion, Wigan Athletic twice, Peterborough United, Portsmouth, Fleetwood Town, Northampton Town, Rochdale and Charlton Athletic, they have drawn with us, Oxford United, Accrington Stanley and Hull City while they have lost against Plymouth Argyle, Gillingham, Lincoln City, Ipswich Town twice, Charlton, AFC Wimbledon, Doncaster Rovers and Shrewsbury Town.
They lost in the 1st Round in the Carabao Cup on penalties to Stoke City while they lost in the 4th Round of the FA Cup at Brighton & Hove Albion after knocking out Eastbourne Borough, Harrogate Town and West Bromwich Albion (on penalties). In the EFL Trophy, they finished second in their group after wins against Barrow on penalties and Leeds United’s Under-21s either side of a penalties defeat against Accrington before losing on penalties to Fleetwood.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed Stewart and goalkeeper Stuart Moore on permanent deals as well as loaning in forward Ellis Simms and midfielder Elliot Embledon on loan deals. They have also let Ryan Hardie, Jordan Williams and Calum Macdonald leave the club permanently as well as Teddy Howe, Oliver Sarkic and Adi Yussuf on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 14
Pool Wins: 14
Draws: 8
Biggest Alex Win: 4-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in August 2004 (League Cup)
Biggest Pool Win: 5-0 at Bloomfield Road in September 1981
Last Meeting:
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Blackpool, 17th October 2020
Mika Mandron gave the Alex the lead 9 minutes after the break before Grant Ward
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Beckles, Offord, Pickering; Murphy (Lowery 87), Wintle, Ainley (Finney 76); Powell, Mandron, Kirk
Pool: Maxwell; Turton, Ekpiteta, Husband, Garbutt (Mitchell 5); Robson, Williams, Ward; Hamilton, Madine, Yates
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Drew Brand, Mark Gayle, Lee Jones, Jason Kearton, Paul Rachubka, Neil Ramsbottom, Ben Williams
Defenders: Paul Bignot, Marlon Broomes, Louis Cardwell, Joe Cooper, Donervon Daniels, Nigel Hart, Mike Jackson, Kelvin Mellor, Eddie Nolan, Michael Nottingham, Andy Taylor, Paul Tierney, Oliver Turton, Julian Watts
Midfielders: Phil Charnock, Phil Clarkson, Callum Cooke, Colin Daniel, Paul Edwards, David Fox, Steve Garvey, Stuart Green, Frank Hill, Chris Lumsdon, Kevin Stewart, David Vaughan, Nigel Walker, Simon Walton, Sam Whittingham, Phil Williams, Jermaine Wright
Forwards: Andrew Barrowman, Horace Brindley, John Carruthers, Fred Chandler, Ken Chapman, Max Clayton, Jim Cooper, Wyn Davies, Peter Duffield, Wayne Entwistle, Bobby Finan, Alan Fletcher, Riccardo Gabbiadini, Uche Ikpeazu, Steve Jones, Allan Mansley, Murdoch McCormack, Mike Newell, Mark Taylor, Jimmy Thompson, Don Travis, Kevin Tully, Luke Varney, Ashley Ward, Frank Watson, Tom White, Bob Whittingham
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Sebastian Stockbridge the referee, Richard Bartlett and Conor Brown are his assistants with Martin Woods the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Stockbridge in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 1-4 Cheltenham Town (15th November 2016, FA Cup)
- Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Cambridge United (1st April 2017) – o.g.
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Grimsby Town (1st January 2018) – Porter, Walker
- Carlisle United 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (25th August 2018)
- Bury 3-1 Crewe Alexandra (1st January 2019) – Porter
- Crewe Alexandra 6-1 Crawley Town (16th March 2019) – Bowery, og, Porter, Green, Kirk, Dale
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 MK Dons (26th September 2020) – Mandron, Finney
