Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra travel to Grimsby Town for a league match that has been postponed three times this season due to the Queen’s death, the EFL Trophy taking precedence then the Shrimps getting to the FA Cup 5th Round.
This Season:
They sit in 13th place having beaten Rochdale twice, Walsall, Newport County, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Stockport County twice, Tranmere Rovers, us, Northampton Town, Sutton United, Doncaster Rovers and Barrow, they have drawn against Northampton, Sutton, Gillingham, Salford City, Bradford City, Stevenage, Harrogate Town, Leyton Orient, Newport County, Mansfield Town twice, Walsall, and Crawley while they have lost against Leyton Orient, Swindon Town twice, Carlisle United twice, Barrow, Hartlepool United twice, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Harrogate, Salford, Colchester, Gillingham, Bradford and Tranmere.
They lost at Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Cup quarter-final (having knocked out Plymouth Argyle, Cambridge United, Burton Albion, Luton Town and Southampton in the previous rounds) while they beat us before losing to Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup 2nd Round.
They topped their EFL Trophy group following a defeat against Derby County then wins against Mansfield and Manchester City’s Under-21s (the latter on pens) before losing to Accrington Stanley in Round 2.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have allowed Stephen Wearne to join Gateshead permanently while they have loaned out defenders Jamie Bramwell, Jordan Cropper and Jaz Goundry as well as forward Edwin Essel to non-league clubs.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 25
Grimsby Wins: 26
Draws: 11
Biggest Alex Win: 5-0 at Gresty Road in February 2017
Biggest Grimsby Win: 5-0 at Abbey Park in December 1894
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Grimsby Town, 4th February 2023
John McAtee opened the scoring in the 3rd minute before George Lloyd doubled the lead in the 31st minute with substitute Tom Dickson-Peters completing the scoring 6 minutes from time.
Crewe: Richards; Offord, McDonald, Sass-Davies (Robertson 46), Adebisi; Griffiths (Colkett 46), Thomas (Finnigan 46); Amoo (Brook 60), Ainley (Sambou 60), Agyei; Nevitt
Grimsby: Crocombe; Efete, Waterfall, Maher, Amos; Emmanuel, McAtee (O’Neill 72), Hunt (Green 72), Morris, Clifton (Driscoll-Glennon 88); Lloyd (Dickson-Peters 76)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Nick Colgan, Dave Felgate, Gary Montgomery, Tom Poskett
Defenders: Paul Bignot, Marlon Broomes, Harry Davis, Darran Kempson, Olly Lancashire, Gregor Robertson
Midfielders: Chris Clements, Paul Holsgrove
Forwards: Dougald Campbell, Colin Cramb, Anthony Elding, Thomas Elliott, Rod Fletcher, Wes Fletcher, Riccardo Gabbiadini, Bill Gardner, Joel Grant, Martin Harris, Billy Haydock, Harry Mellor, Greg Pearson, Jimmy Pennington, George Ratcliffe, Steve Saunders, John Waring, Norman Wright
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Darren Handley the referee, Ivan Stankovic and Daniel Woodward are his assistants with Bradley Hall the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Handley in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Bradford City (31st August 2019) – Kirk, Lowery
- Swindon Town 3-1 Crewe Alexandra (11th January 2020) – Anene
