Tomorrow afternoon, Crewe Alexandra travel to face Bradford City at Valley Parade. The hosts’ squad could include former Alex defender Sam Stubbs and striker Vadaine Oliver.
This Season:
This season sees The Bantams sitting in 18th place in the league having beaten Colchester United, drawn at Stockport County and lost to Crawley Town and Morecambe while they beat Accrington Stanley in the Carabao Cup to set up a trip to Wrexham in midweek.
Transfers:
This summer has seen them make 6 permanent signings and 1 full-season loan deal while 9 players have left the club permanently with 4 players leaving on loan deals.
Joining the ranks at Valley Parade are defenders Clarke Odour, Ash Taylor and Lewis Richards, midfielders Kevin McDonald and Alex Pattison and forward Tyler Smith while they have loaned in defender Daniel Oyegoke.
Leaving the club permanently are Matty Foulds, Adam Clayton, Abo Eisa, Cole Roberts, Kian Scales, Yann Songo’o, Oscar Threlkeld, Jack Wilson and Charlie Wood.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 36
City Wins: 43
Draws: 20
Biggest Alex Win: 7-1 at Gresty Road in September 1965
Biggest City Win: 6-0 at Valley Parade in April 1979
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Bradford City, 3rd May 2023
A brace from Dan Agyei (16 and 43) saw the Alex into a 2-goal lead before Andy Cook halved the deficit a minute into the second half. Jamie Walker levelled the score 8 minutes later before Chris Long’s penalty 11 minutes into stoppage time saw the hosts win.
Crewe: Booth; Mellor, O’Riordan, McDonald, Williams (Adebisi 46); Tabiner (Amoo 90), Thomas, Finnigan; Brook (Baker-Richardson 68), Agyei (Ainley 90), Long
Booked – Williams 15, Agyei 86
City: Lewis; Halliday, Stubbs, Crichlow, Ridehalgh; Gilliead, Smallwood; Banks, Walker (Derbyshire 90), Eisa (Osadebe 70); Cook
Booked – Crichlow 8, Banks 78
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Ademola Bankole, Marlon Beresford, Geoff Crudgington, John Oldfield, Robert Pringle, Neil Ramsbottom, Steve Smith, Ross Turnbull, Ben Williams
Defenders: Fred Halliday, Geoff Hudson, Greg Leigh, Kelvin Mellor, Phil Nicholls, Robert Pringle, Alan Sheehan, Sam Stubbs, Barry Swallow, Paul Tierney, Ashley Westwood
Midfielders: Chris Atkinson, Peter Cook, Callum Cooke, Gareth Evans, Harry Leese, Matty Lund, Billy McGinley, Ernest Perry, Steven Schumacher, Gareth Whalley
Forwards: Dele Adebola, George Alcock, Jordan Bowery, David Boyle, Bert Brown, Reuben Butler, John Carruthers, Ken Chapman, Jack Connor, Wilf Cooke, Chris Dagnall, Clayton Donaldson, Ron Futcher, Steve Jones, Fred Leech, Mark Leonard, Harry Lovatt, Tommy McCulloch, Mike Newell, Vadaine Oliver, Arthur Rigby, Lee Samuels, Bert Swindells, Michael Symes, Barry Tait, Ashley Ward, Bob Whittingham
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Darren Drysdale is tomorrow’s referee with Jacob Lehane and Kevin Mulraine assisting him and Simon Clayton the fourth official. Drysdale has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Portsmouth (13th April 2021)
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Accrington Stanley (21st August 2021)
- Gillingham 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (1st February 2022)
