Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra travel to the Globe Arena to face Morecambe with former Alex loanee defender Chris Stokes as part of the hosts’ squad.
This Season:
This season sees the Shrimps sitting in 10th place having beaten Walsall, Bradford City, Salford City, Forest Green Rovers, Colchester United, Sutton United twice, Tranmere Rovers twice, AFC Wimbledon, Doncaster Rovers, MK Dons, Crawley Town twice, us, Accrington Stanley and Barrow, they have drawn with Notts County, Swindon Town, Accrington Stanley, Stockport County, Bradford City, Harrogate Town, Mansfield Town and AFC Wimbledon while they have lost against Mansfield, Harrogate, Gillingham, Barrow twice, Grimsby Town, Wrexham, Newport County, MK Dons, Notts County, Colchester, Walsall, Wrexham, Newport County and Salford.
They lost against Swansea City in the FA Cup 3rd Round after defeating Lincoln City and Wycombe Wanderers in the previous rounds and against Rotherham United on penalties in the Carabao Cup 1st Round. In the EFL Trophy, they finished third in their group after defeats against Liverpool’s Under-21s and Blackpool either side of beating Barrow.
Transfers:
There have been no transfers either in or out since the last meeting.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 9
Morecambe Wins: 5
Draws: 3
Biggest Alex Win: 6-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in August 2018
Biggest Morecambe Win: 4-3 at Christie Park in April 2010
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Morecambe, 2nd March 2024
Goals from Elliott Nevitt (18) and Shilow Tracey (49) saw the hosts into a comfortable lead before Joe Adams’ 69th-minute goal halved the deficit. Substitute Jordan Slew equalised 5 minutes later before Farrend Rawson scored to give the visitors the win 7 minutes from time.
Crewe: Davies; Billington, Turns, Demetriou, Adebisi; Thomas, Austerfield; Tracey (Rowe 63), Holicek (Williams 90), Kirk (Leigh 74); Nevitt (Baker-Richardson 63)
Booked – Adebisi 25, Demetriou 58
Morecambe: Mair; Stokes (Slew 62), Rawson, Bedeau; Senior, Songo’o (Davenport 73), Khumbeni, Melbourne (Harrack 90); Adams; Garner (Brown 73), Edwards (Hiwula 62)
Booked – Stokes 58, Senior 68, Hiwula 72
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Joe Anyon, Lee Jones, Danijel Nizic, Mark Smith
Defenders: Richard Annan, David Artell, Ryan Cooney, Harry Davis, Adam Dugdale, Dean Howell, Anthony Hughes, Darran Kempson, Greg Leigh, Chris McCready, Kelvin Mellor, Dave Miller, Christian Mbulu, Chris Stokes, Ritchie Sutton, Adam Yates
Midfielders: Josh Austerfield, Antony Evans, Jim Harvey, Eli King, Peter King, Chris Lightfoot, Joe Lynch, Andy Lyons, Dave McKearney, Lee Molyneux, Neil Sorvel, Steve Walters
Forwards: AJ Leitch-Smith, Shaun Miller, Neil Morton, Jon Newby, Vadaine Oliver, Jason Oswell, Tom Wagstaffe
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Scott Oldham is tomorrow’s referee with Kevin Mulraine and Matthew Sowerby assisting him and Steven Rushton the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Oldham in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Lincoln City (5th September 2020, Carabao Cup) – Sass-Davies
- Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Plymouth Argyle (15th December 2020) – Kirk, Dale
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Oxford United (22nd February 2022)
- Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Crewe Alexandra (30th August 2022, EFL Trophy) – Baker-Richardson
- Sunderland 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (8th August 2023, Carabao Cup) – Offord
- Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Derby County (5th November 2023, FA Cup) – Baker-Richardson, Nevitt
