Tomorrow afternoon, Crewe Alexandra host Doncaster Rovers at the Alexandra Stadium with former Alex loanee Jamie Sterry as part of their squad.
This Season:
This season sees the Rovers sitting in 19th place having beaten Forest Green Rovers, Gillingham, Crawley Town, Sutton United, Tranmere Rovers and Grimsby Town, they have drawn with Mansfield Town and Swindon Town while they have lost against Harrogate Town, Newport County, Notts County, MK Dons, Wrexham, Barrow, Stockport County, Salford City and AFC Wimbledon.
They beat Accrington Stanley after extra time in the FA Cup 1st Round (to set up a date against Peterborough United next weekend) 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 beat Everton’s Under-21s and Burton Albion either side of a defeat at Mansfield.
Transfers:
This summer has seen them make 9 permanent and 4 loan signings while 4 players have left the club permanently with Jack Degruchy, Charlie Seaman, Will Green and Deji Sotona leaving on loan deals.
Joining the ranks at the Doncaster Community Stadium are goalkeeper Ian Lawlor, defenders Owen Bailey, Jack Senior, Sterry and Richard Wood, midfielder George Broadbent with forwards Joe Ironside and Sotona completing the permanent signings. Defender Tom Nixon and forwards Tyler Roberts, Modou Faal and Louie Marsh have joined the club on loan.
Leaving the club permanently were Kieran Agard, Aidan Barlow, Jonathan Mitchell, Jak Whitling, Ro-Shaun Williams, Rory Watson and Reo Griffiths.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 36
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
Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Crewe Alexandra, 1st April 2023
Courtney Baker-Richardson gave the visitors a 31st-minute lead before Connor O’Riordan added a second 6 minutes later.
Crewe: Beadle; Mellor, Offord, O’Riordan, Adebisi (Robertson 55); Brook (Long 62), Tabiner (Nevitt 71), Thomas, Agyei; Ainley (Griffiths 71); Baker-Richardson
Booked – n/a
Donny: Mitchell; Olowu (Faulkner 19), Anderson, Nelson; Seaman, Ravenhill (Westbrooke 46), Close, Rowe (Barlow 84); Hurst; Miller (Goodman 46), Molyneux
Booked – n/a
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, Jamie Sterry, 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 EFL have announced that Martin Coy is tomorrow’s referee with Steven Rushton and Ollie Williams assisting him and Ben Wyatt the fourth official. Coy has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (8th March 2019)
- Crewe Alexandra 5-0 Morecambe (23rd November 2019) – Finney (2), Lowery, Kirk, Wintle
- Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Wigan Athletic (10th October 2020) – Offord, Pickering, Mandron
- Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Bristol Rovers (19th January 2021) – Kirk, Wintle, Lancashire
- Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Under-21s (9th November 2021, EFL Trophy) – Mandron (2), Robbins
- Hartlepool United 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (13th September 2022) – Agyei
