Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra host Colchester United at the Alexandra Stadium.
This Season:
They sit bottom of the league after beating Bradford City and Harrogate Town, they have drawn against Carlisle United, Hartlepool United, Walsall, Crawley Town and Stevenage while they have lost against Northampton Town, Stockport County, Leyton Orient, Tranmere Rovers, Grimsby Town, Rochdale, AFC Wimbledon. Swindon Town, Newport County and Barrow.
They lost to Newport County in the FA Cup 1st Round, lost against Brentford in the 2nd Round of the Carabao Cup (after knocking out Ipswich Town in Round 1) while they finished top in their EFL Trophy group after beating Brighton & Hove Albion’s Under-21s and Charlton Athletic before losing to Gillingham on penalties.
Transfers:
This summer has seen the club make 11 signings – 6 permanent, 3 season-long loans and 2 loans until January. Goalkeepers Sam Hornby and Kieran O’Hara are joined by defenders Lion Bello and Jayden Fevrier. Midfielders Ossama Ashley and loanees Charlie Owens (Jan), Daniel Chesters (EOS) and Matty Longstaff (Jan) also arrived with forwards Alex Newby and loanees Beryly Lubala and Kwesi Appiah (both EOS) completing the signings.
They have allowed 11 players to leave the club permanently while 7 players have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 22
Col U Wins: 29
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 0-0 Colchester United, 22nd October 2019
The teams played out a goalless draw in our latest promotion season with the visitors having substitute Theo Robinson sent off for a straight red card with Frank Nouble also missing a penalty, both in stoppage time.
Crewe: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Nolan, Hunt, Pickering; Green (Jones 68), Wintle, Lowery; Dale (Ainley 78), Porter (Anene 82), Kirk
Col U: Gerken; Jackson, Eastman, Prosser, Bramall; Stevenson, Comley; Senior (Harriott 84), Poku (Gambin 69), Nouble; Norris (Robinson 90)
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 officials for this game have been announced here with Thomas Parsons the referee, Michael Webb and Hristo Karaivanov are his assistants with Andy Haines the fourth official. Parsons had refereed the following Crewe game:
- Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Sutton United (16th August 2022) – Baker-Richardson
