Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra host Mansfield Town at the Alexandra Stadium with the visitors’ squad containing former Alex forward Jordan Bowery.
This Season:
They sit in 7th place in the league after beating Tranmere Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Stockport County, Doncaster Rovers and Gillingham, drew against Carlisle United while they have lost against Salford City, Leyton Orient and Sutton United.
They lost to Derby County in the Carabao Cup 1st Round while they beat Manchester City’s Under-21s and lost to Grimsby Town in their EFL Trophy group that also contains Derby.
Transfers:
This summer has seen the club make 6 signings, 3 permanent and 3 season-long loan deals. Goalkeeper Christy Pym has joined on loan alongside fellow loanee defender Riley Harbottle. Midfielders Hiram Boateng and Anthony Hartigan as well as loanee forward Will Swan complete the signings.
They have allowed 10 players to leave the club permanently while forward Danny Johnson joined Walsall on loan until January.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 32
Town Wins: 30
Draws: 19
Biggest Alex Win: 7-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in February 1933
Biggest Town Win: 6-0 at the Field Mill in December 1953
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Mansfield Town, 14th December 2019
Chuma Anene gave the Alex the lead in the 8th minute before Andy Cook levelled 19 minutes later.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Hunt, Nolan, Pickering; Lowery (Jones 51), Wintle, Finney (Ainley 71); Powell (Dale 80), Anene, Kirk
Town: Olejnik; Clarke, Preston, Sweeney, Benning; MacDonald, Bishop, Shaughnessy (Sterling-James 67), Hamilton; Cook (Rose 80), Maynard (Khan 88)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Phil Kite, Stuart Naylor, Scott Shearer
Defenders: David Artell, Andrew Carr, Nicky Hunt, Adie Moses, Michael Raynes, Alan Sheehan, Ritchie Sutton, Stuart Watkiss, Wilf Yates
Midfielders: Lee Bell, Keith Briggs, Junior Brown, Peter Clark, Chris Clements, Colin Daniel, Paul Edwards, Harold Kay, Stan Keery, Adam King, Gary Roberts, Aman Verma
Forwards: Nicky Ajose, Andrew Barrowman, Eric Betts, Jordan Bowery, Harry Broome, Neil Burns, Jim Cooper, Alan Daley, Len Featherby, Cyril Gilhespy, Dave Goodwin, Ivan Hollett, Colin Little, Alan Livingstone, Nicky Maynard, John Moore, Fred Morris, Vadaine Oliver, Darran Rowbotham, John Rowlands, Frank Watson, Andy White, Steve Wilkinson
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Martin Woods the referee, Gary Hilton and Marvyn Amphlett are his assistants with Darren Wilding the fourth official. This is the first Crewe game that Woods has refereed.
