Tomorrow afternoon, Crewe Alexandra returns to the Alexandra Stadium to face Bradford City in their first game of 2024 with former Alex players Sam Stubbs and Vadaine Oliver contracted to the visitors.
This Season:
This season sees the Bantams sitting in 11th place having beaten Colchester United, us, Newport County, Swindon Town, AFC Wimbledon, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Gillingham and Doncaster Rovers, they have drawn with Stockport County twice, Mansfield Town, Grimsby Town, Harrogate Town, Wrexham and Morecambe while they have lost against Crawley Town, Morecambe, Walsall, Tranmere Rovers, MK Dons, Sutton United, Barrow and Notts County.
They lost against Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup 1st Round and lost against Middlesbrough in the Carabao Cup 3rd Round after defeating both Accrington Stanley and Wrexham on penalties previously. In the EFL Trophy, they finished top in their group after wins against Grimsby, Manchester City’s Under-21s and Barnsley as well as Liverpool’s Under-21s in Round 2 to set up a trip to Derby County next week in the third round.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, defender Jonathan Tomkinson and forward Rayhaan Tulloch joined the club on loan with forward Adam Wilson signing permanently while Luke Hendrie, Timi Odusina and Dylan Youmbi left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 36
City Wins: 44
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
Bradford City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra, 26th August 2023
Jamie Walker scored the only goal of the game a couple of minutes before half-time.
Crewe: Davies; Offord, O’Riordan, Demetriou; Cooney (Holicek 74), Tabiner, Powell (Griffiths 87), Adebisi (Williams 90); Tracey, Nevitt, Long
Booked – n/a
Bradford: Lewis; Platt, Stubbs, Kelly (Smallwood 66); Oyegoke (Halliday 66), Pattison, McDonald, Richards (Ridehalgh 73); Smith (Derbyshire 80), Cook, Walker (Osadebe 80)
Booked – Kelly 45, Richards 71
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 Peter Wright is tomorrow’s referee with Christopher Husband and Joseph Pettitt assisting him and Thomas Harty the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Wright in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United (26th January 2019) – Kirk, Nolan
- Salford City 2-1 Crewe Alexandra (26th December 2019) – Pickering
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Blackpool (17th October 2020) – Mandron
- Burton Albion 4-1 Crewe Alexandra (1st January 2022) – Lowery
