Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra travel to Doncaster Rovers in the final of four successive away games.
This Season:
They sit in 12th place in the league after beating Sutton United, Stockport County, Salford City, Northampton Town, Crawley Town, Rochdale twice, Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Newport County, Carlisle United, Tranmere Rovers, Swindon Town, Barrow and AFC Wimbledon, they have drawn with Bradford City, AFC Wimbledon, Leyton Orient, us, Stockport and Crawley while they have lost against Mansfield Town, Barrow, Swindon, Hartlepool United twice, Carlisle, Colchester United, Walsall, Tranmere, Leyton Orient, Mansfield Town, Sutton, Bradford, Salford and Northampton.
They lost to Lincoln City in the Carabao Cup 1st Round while they lost to King’s Lynn Town at the same stage of the FA Cup. They finished 3rd in their EFL Trophy group after beating Newcastle United’s Under-21s (on penalties) and Lincoln City before losing to Barnsley in their final group game.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed loan defenders James Brown and Ben Nelson, midfielders Zain Westbrooke and loanee Charlie Lakin while forwards Caolan Lavery and Todd Miller, the latter on loan, complete the signings.
They have allowed 3 players to leave the club permanently while a couple of players have left on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 35
Donny Wins: 43
Draws: 26
Biggest Alex Win: 8-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in December 2002, EFL Trophy
Biggest Donny Win: 6-0 at Belle Vue in April 1961
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Doncaster Rovers, 22nd October 2022
Baker-Richardson opened the scoring in the 14th minute before George Miller levelled the score on 77 minutes.
Alex: Okonkwo; Mellor, Offord, Williams; Adebisi, Thomas, Tabiner (King 74), O. Finney (Brook 83), Uwakwe (Sambou 88); Agyei, Baker-Richardson, Sambou (Tabiner 70)
Donny: Mitchell; Knoyle, Williams, Anderson, Long, Maxwell; Close (Hurst 67), Clayton, Biggins; Molyneux (Woltman 67), Miller (Agard 88)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Ademola Bankole, David Button, Ross Etheridge, Stuart Jones, Ross Turnbull
Defenders: Richard Annan, Donervon Daniels, Peter Johnson, Ryan Kirby, Stuart Mason, George Page, Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, Barry Swallow, Harry Worley
Midfielders: Peter Clark, Peter Farrell, Dan Gardner, Madger Gomes, Conor Grant, Paul Green, Scott Robertson, Jermaine Wright
Forwards: George Alcock, Billy Boardman, Jordan Bowery, Colin Cramb, Alan Daley, Paul Edwards, Uche Ikpeazu, Alex Kiwomya, Eddie McMorran, Mike Newell, Billy Poyntz, George Ratcliffe, John Regan, Ray Sambrook, Barry Tait, Gareth Taylor, Albert Valentine, Robbie Wakenshaw, Billy Whitehurst
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Ross Joyce the referee, Declan Ford and Simon Clayton are his assistants with Aaron Bannister the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Joyce in the last 5 years:
- 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
- Carlisle United 0-0 Crewe Alexandra (1st October 2022)
