Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra travel to Blundell Park with the hosts’ squad containing former Alex loanee defender Corey Whelan.
This Season:
They sit in 8th place in the league after beating Crawley Town, Gillingham, AFC Wimbledon and Grimsby Town, they have drawn against Colchester United, Swindon Town, Rochdale, Mansfield Town and Newport County while they have lost against Stevenage.
They lost to Shrewsbury Town in the Carabao Cup 1st Round while they beat Fleetwood Town and lost to Manchester United’s Under-21s in their EFL Trophy group that also contains Barrow.
Transfers:
This summer has seen the club make 11 signings, 6 permanent, 4 season-long loan deals and one loan until January. Goalkeepers Tomas Holy and Michael Kelly are joined by defenders Paul Huntington, Ben Barclay, Fin Back and Duncan Idehen (Barclay and Back both EOS loans with Idehen the January loan). Midfielders Owen Moxon, Jayden Harris and loanee Sonny Hilton have also arrived while forwards Ryan Edmondson and loanee Jack Stretton complete the signings.
They have allowed 14 players to leave the club permanently, including both Rod McDonald and Kelvin Mellor, while 4 players have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 38
Carlisle Wins: 42
Draws: 14
Biggest Alex Win: 7-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in January 1939
Biggest Carlisle Win: 5-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in September 2017
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Carlisle United, 1st January 2020
Callum Ainley opened the scoring for the hosts in the 17th minute before Daniel Powell doubled the lead 5 minutes later. Powell got his second on the half-hour before Chuma Anene got the fourth for the Alex on 34 minutes. Jack Iredale got the Carlisle consolation in the 56th minute.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Hunt, Wintle, Pickering; Lowery, Green, Ainley (Finney 79); Powell, Anene, Kirk (Dale 59)
United: Collin; G. Jones, Hayden, Webster, Iredale; McKirdy, M. Jones, Sagaf (Charters 74), Thomas; Hope (Bridge 46), Loft (Olomola 65)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Martin Taylor, Ben Williams
Defenders: Billy Barr, Paul Boertien, Darren Carr, Chris Curran, Digger Dawson, Mark Ellis, Rod McDonald, Kelvin Mellor, Dave Miller, Michael Raynes, Shaun Smith, Corey Whelan, Harry Worley
Midfielders: James Bailey, Ian Bishop, John Crabbe, Stuart Green, Bill Kennedy, Chris Lumsdon, Ben Marshall, Stuart Metcalfe, Steven Schumacher
Forwards: Joe Anyinsah, Stan Bowles, Owen Brown, Bill Caton, Jack Connor, Peter Duffield, Wayne Entwistle, Riccardo Gabbiadini, Jack Holland, Jim Mackey, Peter McArdle, Jimmy McConnell, Harry McKirdy, Shaun Miller, Jon Newby, Mark Rivers, Allan Smart, Billy Stark, Gareth Taylor, Robbie Wakenshaw, Offrande Zanzala
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Ross Joyce the referee, Daniel Woodward and Marc Wilson are his assistants with Graeme Fyvie the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Joyce:
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Port Vale (2nd November 2019)
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Macclesfield Town (22nd February 2020) – Porter, Walker
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Ipswich Town (30th January 2021) – Kirk
- Fleetwood Town 0-2 Crewe Alexandra (20th April 2021) – Dale, Porter
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Burton Albion (18th September 2021) – Bennett (2)
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Doncaster Rovers (1st December 2021, EFL Trophy) – Knight, Finney
- MK Dons 2-1 Crewe Alexandra (5th April 2022) – Sambou
