Tomorrow evening, Crewe Alexandra host Gillingham at the Alexandra Stadium.
This Season:
This season sees The Gills sitting in 4th place in the league having beaten Stockport County, Accrington Stanley, Sutton United, Crawley Town, Harrogate Town and Morecambe, they have drawn against Mansfield Town while they have lost against Colchester United, Grimsby Town and Doncaster Rovers.
They lost to Luton Town in the Carabao Cup Round 2 (having beaten Southampton in the first round) while they beat Leyton Orient in a group that also contains Portsmouth and Fulham’s Under-21s.
Transfers:
This summer has seen them make 8 permanent signings and 1 season-long loan deal while 12 players have left the club permanently with Lewis Walker leaving on a loan deal until January.
Joining the ranks at the Priestfield Stadium are defenders Max Clark, Conor Masterson, Shadrach Ogie and Scott Malone, midfielder Jonny Williams while forwards Ashley Nadesan, Kieron Agbedi and Macauley Bonne complete the permanent deals. Forward Connor Mahoney joined the club on loan for the season.
Leaving the club permanently were Bailey Akehurst, Freddie Carter, Will Dempsey, Jordan Green, Alex MacDonald, Elliott Moore, Stuart O’Keefe, Lewis Page, Ben Reeves, David Tutonda, Will Wright and former Alex striker Scott Kashket.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 23
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
Gillingham 2-1 Crewe Alexandra, 21st March 2023
Tom Nichols opened the scoring for the hosts in the 56th minute before Callum Ainley levelled the score 6 minutes later with Aiden O’Brien scoring the winner 20 minutes from time.
Crewe: Richards; Mellor, Thomas, Offord, Adebisi; Amoo (Baker-Richardson 69), Griffiths, Tabiner, Agyei; Ainley (Holicek 84), Nevitt
Booked – Griffiths 42
Gills: Morris; Alexander (Tutonda 90), Ehmer, Masterson, McKenzie; MacDonald (Wright 90), Williams, Dieng (Lapslie 67), Jefferies (O’Brien 67); Hawkins, Nichols (Coleman 77)
Booked – MacDonald 11, Ehmer 90
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 Daniel Middleton is tomorrow’s referee with Mark Cunliffe and Lisa Rashid assisting him and Steve Durnall the fourth official. Middleton has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Tranmere Rovers (18th October 2022)
- Sutton United 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (4th March 2023) – Agyei
