Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra travel to Colchester United in the final game of the regular season.
NB: This game is available on Sky Sports.
This Season:
This season sees the U’s sitting in 22nd place having beaten Gillingham, Tranmere Rovers, Notts County, Grimsby Town twice, Accrington Stanley, Swindon Town, Salford City, Morecambe, Newport County and Crawley Town, they have drawn against Mansfield Town twice, Sutton United twice, Swindon, Forest Green Rovers, Accrington, Salford, Walsall and Tranmere while they have lost against Bradford City, AFC Wimbledon twice, MK Dons twice, Walsall, us, Newport, Morecambe, Forest Green, Harrogate Town twice, Stockport County twice, Barrow twice, Doncaster Rovers twice, Crawley, Wrexham twice, Gillingham and Notts County.
They lost to Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup 1st Round while they lost against Cardiff City in the same stage of the Carabao Cup. In the EFL Trophy, they finished in second their group after a defeat by Newcastle United’s Under-21s before wins against Cambridge United and Peterborough United before losing to Tottenham Hotspur’s Under-21s in the second round.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed midfielder Hakeem Sandah as well as forwards Connor Wilkinson and Ollie Godziemki on permanent deals while defenders Jayden Richardson and Riley Harbottle as well as midfielders Alistair Smith and Harry Anderson have joined the club on loan deals.
Leaving the club has been forward Alex Newby on a permanently deal while 12 players have left on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 24
Col U Wins: 30
Draws: 8
Biggest Alex Win: 7-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in April 1993
Biggest Col U Win: 6-0 at the Colchester Community Stadium in August 2018
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United, 23rd September 2023
Chris Long (3 and 8, pen) gave the hosts a two-goal lead in the first 10 minutes before Samson Tovide halved the deficit 8 minutes after the break.
Crewe: Davies; Adebisi, Offord, Demetriou, Williams; Powell (Lunt 74), Tabiner, White (Holicek 57); Tracey (Finney 57), Baker-Richardson, Long (Nevitt 74)
Booked – Demetriou 90
U’s: Goodman; Egbo, Mitchell, Hall; Fevrier, Kazeem (Ihionvien 83), Read, McGeehan (Mingi 74), Chilvers; Taylor, Tovide
Booked – n/a
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Ernie Adams, Ademola Bankole, Ben Williams
Defenders: Sagi Burton, Dean Howell, Tony McCarthy, Mick Packer, Efe Sodje, Paul Tierney, David Wright, Steve Wright
Midfielders: Andy Bond, David Fox, Tecwun Jones, Brian Launders, Alan Maybury
Forwards: Terry Anderson, Graham Barrett, Pat Connolly, Fred Inskip, Mika Mandron, Jamie Moralee, Dean Morgan, Bill Pendergast, Chris Porter, Dominic Smith, Billy Stark
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Lewis Smith is tomorrow’s referee with Joseph Stokes and Daniel Robinson assisting him and Jacob Miles the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Smith in the last 5 years:
- Harrogate Town 2-2 Crewe Alexandra (18th February 2023) – Agyei (2)
- AFC Wimbledon 2-2 Crewe Alexandra (16th September 2023) – Tabiner, Nevitt
