Tomorrow afternoon sees us travel to Sixfields to face Northampton Town.
This Season:
They sit in 21st place in the league following wins against Shrewsbury Town, Swindon Town, Wigan Athletic, Burton Albion, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Plymouth Argyle and Portsmouth, they have drawn with AFC Wimbledon, MK Dons, Rochdale twice, Sunderland, Fleetwood, Accrington Stanley, Ipswich Town and Doncaster Rovers while they have lost against Hull City, Bristol Rovers, Peterborough United, Plymouth, Charlton Athletic twice, Portsmouth, Accrington, Doncaster Rovers, us, Oxford United, Lincoln City twice, Blackpool, Wigan, Burton, MK Dons and Swindon.
They lost in the 1st Round in the FA Cup to Oxford City while they lost in the 2nd Round of the Carabao Cup against Bristol City after knocking out Cardiff City in Round 1.
In the EFL Trophy, they finished 2nd in their group after a defeat to MK Dons before beating Southampton’s Under-21s and Stevenage on penalties. They would defeat Exeter City in Round 2 before losing to MK Dons in the 3rd Round.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed defender Lloyd Jones and striker Alex Jones on permanent deals with Peter Kioso, Bryn Morris, Ryan Edmondson and Mickel Miller all arriving on loan deals.
Defenders Jacob Ballinger and Joe Martin, midfielders Chris Lines, Christopher Missilou and Nicky Adams and forward Ricky Holmes have all left the club while forward Harry Smith has joined Motherwell on loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 25
Town Wins: 29
Draws: 16
Biggest Alex Win: 3-0 at Gresty Road in March 1971
Biggest Town Win: 5-0 at Gresty Road in November 1986
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Northampton Town, 12th December 2020
Ricky Holmes gave the visitors a third-minute lead with Owen Dale leveling 8 minutes after half-time. Joe Martin was sent off on 69 minutes (his second time-wasting booking of the game) before Ryan Wintle scored the winner in the 4th minute of stoppage-time.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Offord, Beckles, Lancashire, Pickering; Lowery (Murphy 90), Wintle, Finney; Dale (Powell 81), Mandron, Kirk
Northampton: Arnold; Harriman, Bolger, Horsfall, Martin; Adams (Watson 62), Missilou (Dyche 72), Sowerby, Holmes (Chukwuemeka 62); Smith (Ashley-Seal 77), Hoskins
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Marlon Beresford, Steve Collis, Dick Graham, Paul Rachubka
Defenders: David Artell, Anthony Charles, Wakeley Gage, Ryan Kirby, Chris McCready, Gregor Robertson, Alan Sheehan, Ashley Westwood, Adam Yates
Midfielders: Len Bathurst, Billy Bodin, John Hold, Ben Marshall, Abdul Osman, Billy Waters
Forwards: John Aitken, Lee Barnard, Steve Guinan, Peter Kane, Harry King, Burt Llewellyn, Harry Lovatt, Tommy McCulloch, Terry McPhillips, Alex Nicholls, Vadaine Oliver, Daniel Powell, Marc Richards, Allan Smart, Mart Watkins
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Sam Allison the referee, James Vallance and Scott Williams are his assistants with Craig Hicks the fourth official. This game is the first time that Allison has refereed a Crewe game.
