Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra travel to Harrogate Town’s Wetherby Road for the first time ever.
This Season:
They sit in 20th place in the league after beating Swindon Town, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Mansfield Town, Rochdale, Grimsby Town and Carlisle United, they have drawn against Crawley Town, Stockport County, Tranmere Rovers, Carlisle, Hartlepool and Salford City while they have lost against us, Barrow, Newport County, Sutton United twice, Salford, Stevenage, Bradford City twice, Colchester United, Walsall, AFC Wimbledon, Leyton Orient, Colchester United and Stockport.
They lost against Harrogate in the 2nd Round of the FA Cup after defeating Bradford while they lost to Stockport in the 1st Round of the Carabao Cup. They finished 3rd in their EFL Trophy group after beating Morecambe following defeats against Hartlepool and Everton’s Under-21s (the latter on penalties).
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed defenders Anthony O’Connor, Matty Foulds and Tom Eastman (the latter two on loan deals), midfielders Levi Sutton, Toby Sims and loanee Josh Coley as well as forwards Danny Grant and Kazeem Olaigbe who both joined the club on loan.
They have allowed midfielder Tyler Frost to leave the club permanently while defender Miles Welch-Hayes and forward Emmanuel Ilesanmi have joined Altrincham and Scarborough Athletic respectively.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 1
Harrogate Wins: 0
Draws: 0
Biggest Alex Win: 3-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in August 2022
Biggest Harrogate Win: n/a
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Harrogate Town, 6th August 2022
Dan Agyei would give the hosts the lead in the 44th minute before Kelvin Mellor would double the lead in first-half stoppage time with Courtney Baker-Richardson adding the third 13 minutes from time.
Alex: Okonkwo; Mellor, Offord, McDonald, Williams (Colkett 61); Thomas, Uwakwe; Brook (Baker-Richardson 68), Ainley (O. Finney 84), Sambou (Griffiths 84); Agyei (Leshabela 84)
Harrogate: Jameson; Welch-Hayes, Burrell, Mattock; Thomson, Dooley, Austerfield (Muldoon 68), Headley, Pattison; Daly, Armstrong
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Joe Anyon
Defenders: Kayne Ramsay
Midfielders: n/a
Forwards: Brendon Daniels, Clayton Donaldson
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Lewis Smith the referee, Abbas Khan and Stephen Wade are his assistants with Steven Rushton the fourth official. This is the first Crewe game that Smith has refereed.
