Tomorrow afternoon, Crewe Alexandra travels to face Crawley Town at Broadfield Stadium with the hosts’ squad containing former Alex players Anthony Grant and Travis Johnson.
This Season:
This season sees The Red Devils sitting in 12th place in the league having beaten Bradford City, MK Dons, Newport County, Tranmere Rovers, Grimsby Town and Sutton United, they have drawn with Salford City and Stockport County while they have lost against Gillingham, Swindon Town, Doncaster Rovers and Wrexham.
They lost to Exeter City in the Carabao Cup Round 1 while they have beat Charlton Athletic and lost on penalties to Sutton United in the EFL Trophy in a group that also contains Aston Villa’s Under-21s.
Transfers:
This summer has seen them make 11 permanent and 3 loan signings while 14 players have left the club permanently with Roshan Greensall, Jayden Davis and Sonny Fish leaving on loan deals.
Joining the ranks at the Broadfield Stadium are goalkeepers Luke McGee and Conor Robson, defenders Josef Yarney, Dan Pike, Connor Wood, Jean Belehouan and Joe Starbuck, midfielder Regan Hendry while forwards Kristian Dennis, Connor Jennings and Luke Norris complete the signings. Goalkeeper Luca Ashby-Hammond, defender Laurence Maguire (until January) and midfielders Kamarai Swyer and Aaron Henry are their loan signings.
Leaving the club permanently were Tony Craig, James Tilley, Brandon Mason, Ludwig Francillette, Jordon Mutch, Aramide Oteh, Davide Rodari, Ben Wells, Kwesi Appiah, Jake Hessenthaler, Ashley Nadesan, Joel Lynch, Dom Telford and current Alex midfielder Jack Powell.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 9
Town Wins: 3
Draws: 5
Biggest Alex Win: 6-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in March 2019
Biggest Town Win: 3-0 at Broadfield Stadium in December 1955
Last Meeting
Crawley Town 2-2 Crewe Alexandra, 11th February 2023
A Luke Offord own goal gave the hosts the lead before two goals from Dan Agyei (51 and 61, pen) saw the Alex into the lead. Sean Robertson would be dismissed for a second yellow with 5 minutes to go for the Railwaymen before Ben Gladwin levelled the scores in the 7th minute of stoppage time.
Crewe: Richards; Robertson, Offord, McDonald, Uwakwe (Adebisi 46); Thomas, Finnigan; Agyei, Ainley (Brook 84), Sambou (O’Riordan 46); Nevitt
Booked – Robertson 15, Agyei 74, McDonald 90
Sent Off – Robertson 85
Crawley: Addai; Gordon, Francillette, Conroy, Tsaroulla; Jenks (Oteh 75); Fellows (Lynch 90), Powell (Roles 70), Gladwin, Nadesan; Telford
Booked – Telford 6, Francillette 13
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Scott Shearer
Defenders: Dean Howell, Travis Johnson
Midfielders: Chris Atkinson, Andy Bond, John Crabbe, Anthony Grant, Dale Jasper, Jack Powell, Simon Walton
Forwards: Nicky Ajose, Lee Barnard, Paul Fishenden, Shaun Miller, Dean Morgan, Mathias Pogba, Daniel Powell
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Sam Purkiss is tomorrow’s referee with Garry Maskell and Gareth Viccars assisting him and Stuart Butler the fourth official. Purkiss has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Eastleigh (10th December 2019, FA Cup) – Anene (2), og
- Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Oldham Athletic (8th February 2020) – Jones, Kirk
- Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Bolton Wanderers (19th March 2022)
- Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Leyton Orient (5th November 2022, FA Cup) – Sambou
- Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Barrow (7th April 2023) – Agyei (2), Long
