Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra travel to Gillingham for the third of four away games in a row, the hosts’ squad set to contain former Alex striker Scott Kashket.
This Season:
They sit in 20th place in the league after beating Rochdale twice, Sutton United, Hartlepool United, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Grimsby Town, AFC Wimbledon and Tranmere Rovers, they have drawn against Walsall, Swindon Town twice, Grimsby Town, Hartlepool, us, Stevenage, Barrow, Crawley, Harrogate Town and Stockport County while they have lost to AFC Wimbledon, Tranmere, Harrogate, Carlisle United, Mansfield Town twice, Leyton Orient, Doncaster Rovers, Northampton Town, Newport County, Salford City, Colchester, Sutton, Stevenage and Bradford City.
They lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup 4th Round after defeating AFC Wimbledon, Exeter City and Brentford (the latter two on penalties) while they were knocked out of the FA Cup in the 3rd Round by Leicester City after replay wins against AFC Fylde and Dagenham & Redbridge in the previous rounds. They finished 3rd in their EFL Trophy group with wins against Brighton & Hove Albion’s Under-21s and Colchester (the latter on penalties) following defeat at Charlton Athletic.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed goalkeeper Glenn Morris, defenders Ike Orji, Lewis Page and loanee Conor Masterson, midfielders Timothee Dieng, George Lapslie, Jayden Clarke and Ethan Coleman while forwards Callum Harriott, Oliver Hawkins, Tristian Abrahams and Aiden O’Brien (the latter two on loan) complete the signings.
They have allowed 3 players to leave the club permanently, including former Alex striker Mika Mandron, while Orji has joined Chatham Town on loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 23
Gills Wins: 22
Draws: 9
Biggest Alex Win: 4-1 at the Alexandra in November 2004
Biggest Gills Win: 4-0 at Priestfield Stadium in December 1962
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Gillingham, 8th October 2022
Kashket opened the scoring against his former team in the 12th minute before Dan Agyei levelled the score 7 minutes later.
Alex: Okonkwo; Mellor, Offord, McDonald, Adebisi (C. Finney 53); Thomas, King (Leshabela 78), Uwakwe; Agyei, Agyei, Baker-Richardson, Sambou (Tabiner 70)
Gills: Morris; Alexander, Ehmer, Wright, Law; McKenzie, Williams; Adelakun (Jefferies 88), Kashket, MacDonald (Green 73); Mandron (Walker 73)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Bertrand Bossu, Phil Kite, Steve Mautone
Defenders: Gary Armstrong, Don Campbell, Darren Carr, Donervon Daniels, Sam Davies, Geoff Hudson, Peter Johnson, Ian Macowat, Ben Nugent, Efe Sodje, David Wright
Midfielders: Billy Bingham, Roger Challis, Justin Cochrane, John Crabbe, Phil Handford, Danny Hollands, Terry Nicholl, Les Riggs, Scott Robertson
Forwards: Harry Anstiss, Bill Baldwin, Febian Brandy, Chris Dickson, Jack Doran, Peter Henderson, Francis Joseph, Scott Kashket, Mikael Mandron, Lee Matthews, Fred Morris, Vadaine Oliver
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with James Oldham the referee, Stephen Brown and Stephen Finch are his assistants with Paul Kelly the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Oldham in the last 5 years:
- Mansfield Town 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (8th October 2019) – Finney
- Portsmouth 4-1 Crewe Alexandra (21st November 2020) – Finney
- Ipswich Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra (28th November 2021) – Long
