Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra and Crawley Town meet in the League 2 Play-Off Final at Wembley Stadium with the opposition squad containing former Alex defender Travis Johnson.
NB: This game kicks off at 1:00 pm and is available on Sky Sports.
This Season:
This season sees the Red Devils finish in 7th place having won 21 games, drawn 7 and lost 18 in the regular season before beating MK Dons home and away in the semi-final (3-0 at home before winning 5-1 away).
They lost to Peterborough United in the FA Cup 2nd Round (beating Accrington Stanley after extra time in the previous round) and would lose against Everton in the Carabao Cup 2nd Round following a win against Hull City in the previous round.
In the EFL Trophy, they topped the group after beating Everton’s Under-21s and Burton Albion either side of a defeat at Mansfield. They would defeat Nottingham Forest’s Under-21s and Wigan Athletic in the second and third rounds respectively before losing to Bradford in the quarter-finals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 11
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
Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Crawley Town, 10th February 2024
Rio Adebisi scored the only goal of the game just after the hour-mark as the Alex completed the league double following a 4-2 win earlier in the season.
Crewe: Davies; Offord, Turns, Demetriou; Cooney (Billington 46), Holicek (Leigh 69), Thomas, Adebisi; Tracey (Kirk 69), Nevitt (Baker-Richardson 69), Rowe (Austerfield 80)
Booked – Rowe 11, Cooney 16, Offord 90, Leigh 90
Crawley: Addai; Ransom, Conroy, Maguire; Tsaroulla (Adeyemo 75), L. Kelly, Wright, Forster (J. Kelly 70); Lolos, Orsi, Campbell (Darcy 70)
Booked – Campbell 13, Addai 54
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 Ben Toner is tomorrow’s referee with Darren Williams and Paul Newhouse assisting him, Lewis Smith the fourth official and Hugh Gilroy the reserve assistant referee. For the first time in Crewe Alexandra history, the club will have VAR in a game with Michael Salisbury the VAR and Constantine Hatzidakis the AVAR. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Toner in the last 5 years:
- Hull City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (19th September 2020)
- Swindon Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra (20th February 2021) – Lowery
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Cheltenham Town (7th August 2021) – Mandron
- Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Wigan Athletic (15th March 2022)
- Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Leeds United U21s (1st November 2022, EFL Trophy)
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Rochdale (25th February 23) – Adebisi
