Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra travel to Priestfield Stadium to face Gillingham in the first game of the Easter programme.
This Season:
This season sees The Gills sitting in 8th place in the league having beaten Stockport County, Accrington Stanley twice, Sutton United twice, Crawley Town, Harrogate Town, Morecambe twice, MK Dons, Swindon Town, Salford City twice, AFC Wimbledon, Colchester United, Notts County and Wrexham, they have drawn against Mansfield Town, Forest Green Rovers twice, Swindon, Stockport, Tranmere Rovers and Grimsby Town while they have lost against Colchester, Grimsby, Doncaster Rovers, us, Walsall, Notts County, Newport County twice, Wrexham, Tranmere, Bradford City, Crawley, MK Dons, Barrow and AFC Wimbledon.
They lost to Sheffield United in the FA Cup 3rd Round (defeating Hereford and Charlton Athletic in the previous rounds) and against Luton Town in the Carabao Cup Round 2 (having beaten Southampton in the first round). In the EFL Trophy, they finished 3rd in their group having beaten Leyton Orient before losing to both Portsmouth and Fulham’s Under-21s.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed defender Remeao Hutton and forward Josh Andrews on permanent deals with forwards Josh Walker and Jorge Hurtado joining on loan deals.
Leaving the club permanently were defender Cheye Alexander and forwards Lewis Walker and Tom Nichols while several players have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 24
Gills Wins: 23
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 2-0 Gillingham, 3rd October 2023
Connor O’Riordan opened the scoring for the hosts in the 30th minute before Joe White added the second 5 minutes from time.
Crewe: Davies; Offord, O’Riordan, Demetriou; Adebisi, Tabiner, Powell (White 73), Williams (Finney 64); Tracey (Rowe 73), Baker-Richardson (Nevitt 64), Long (Holicek 46)
Booked – Powell 35
Gills: Turner; Alexander (Nichols 46), Ogie, Masterson, Malone; McKenzie (Clarke 86), Coleman; Mahoney, Lapslie (Williams 64), Jefferies (Nadesan 76); Bonne
Booked – n/a
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 EFL have announced that Tom Reeves is tomorrow’s referee with Hugh Gilroy and Garry Maskell assisting him and James Vallance the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Reeves in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Wigan Athletic (5th October 2021) – Finney, og
- Wigan Athletic 2-0 Crewe Alexandra (15th February 2022)
- Barnsley 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (26th November 2022, FA Cup)
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Stockport County (31st January 2023) – O’Riordan
