Tomorrow afternoon Crewe Alexandra host Bromley at the Alexandra Stadium, the visitors’ squad containing former Alex loanee midfielder Lewis Leigh.
This Season:
This season has seen the Ravens sitting in 11th place having beaten Harrogate Town, AFC Wimbledon, Doncaster Rovers, Gillingham twice, Accrington Stanley, Morecambe and Newport County, they have drawn against Colchester United, MK Dons, Chesterfield, Fleetwood Town, Barrow, Cheltenham Town, Carlisle United, Walsall, Port Vale and Swindon Town while they have lost against Bradford City, us, Notts County, Grimsby Town and Tranmere Rovers.
They will travel to Newcastle United in the FA Cup 3rd Round (having knocked out Rochdale and Solihull Moors in the previous rounds) and lost to AFC Wimbledon in the Carabao Cup 1st Round. In the EFL Trophy, they beat Cambridge United on penalties before losing to both Chelsea’s Under-21s and Charlton Athletic as they finished bottom of their group.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed defender Sam Woods on a free transfer from AFC Croydon Athletic while a number of players have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 1
Bromley Wins: 0
Draws: 0
Biggest Alex Win: 2-1 at Hayes Lane in August 2024
Biggest Bromley Win: n/a
Last Meeting
Bromley 1-2 Crewe Alexandra, 31st August 2024
Lewis Leigh opened the scoring for the hosts in the 2nd minute against the club he was on loan at last season before late goals from Mickey Demetriou and Chris Long (83 & 90 respectively) gave the visitors all three points.
Crewe: Marschall; Knight-Lebel, Demetriou, Williams; Billington (Tabiner 56), Holicek (Long 64), Thomas (Lankester 56), Sanders, Conway (Cooney 82); Tracey (Bogle 82), Hemmings
Booked: Tracey 45, Sanders 90
Bromley: Smith; Grant, Webster, Reynolds; Imray (Sowunmi 83), Arthurs, Leigh (Thompson 74), Odulayo; Congreve (Dennis 61), Cheek, Whitely
Booked: Thompson 78, Reynolds 81
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: n/a
Defenders: n/a
Midfielders: Billy Bingham, Lewis Leigh
Forwards: Fin Roberts, Aaron Rowe
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Scott Jackson is tomorrow’s referee with Abbas Khan and Joe Simpson assisting him and Christopher Husband the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Jackson in the last 5 years:
- Swindon Town 2-2 Crewe Alexandra (12th August 2023) – Williams, Adebisi
- Walsall 2-0 Crewe Alexandra (26th December 2023)
- Bromley 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (31st August 2024) – Demetriou, Long
