Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra host Notts County at the Alexandra Stadium with the visitors’ playing squad containing former Alex defender Rod McDonald and loanee Scott Robertson.
This Season:
This season sees the Magpies sitting in 3rd place in the league having beaten Grimsby Town, Swindon Town, Accrington Stanley, Bromley, Carlisle United, AFC Wimbledon and Harrogate Town, they have drawn with Tranmere Rovers, Fleetwood Town, Morecambe, Chesterfield, Barrow and Doncaster Rovers while they have lost against Gillingham and Port Vale.
They beat Alfreton Town in the FA Cup 1st Round (to set up a trip to Peterborough United in a fortnight) and lost to Shrewsbury Town on penalties in the 1st Round of the Carabao Cup. In their EFL Trophy group, they beat Burton Albion and Leicester City’s Under-21s either side of a defeat against Northampton Town but finished in 3rd place.
Transfers:
They have signed goalkeeper Alex Bass, defenders McDonald, Jacob Badeau, Matthew Platt, Robbie Cundy and Lucas Ness, midfielders Curtis Edwards, Nick Tsaroulla, Kellan Gordn, Jack Hinchy and Conor Grant while forward Josh Martin completes their permanent signings. Midfielder George Abbott and forward Jevani Brown have both joined on season-long loans.
Leaving the club this summer were goalkeeper Tiernan Brooks, defender Lucien Mahovo and forwards Macaulay Langstaff and Aaron Nemane have all left the club for undisclosed fees to Gateshead, Norwich City, Millwall and MK Dons respectively while Tobi Adebayo-Rowling, Geraldo Bajrami, Aden Baldwin, Connell Rawlinson, Richard Brindley, John Bostock, Luther Munakandafa, Jim O’Brien and Will Randall left when their deals expired. A number of players have left the club on loan deals.
Coaches Thoughts:
Here are the thoughts of the two sets of coaching staff heading into the game:
Notts County link from their X page.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 17
Notts Wins: 23
Draws: 9
Biggest Alex Win: 5-1 at Gresty Road in October 1895
Biggest Notts Win: 6-0 at Meadow Lane in April 1986
Last Meeting
Notts County 1-3 Crewe Alexandra, 24th February 2024
Mickey Demetriou opened the scoring for the visitors in the 5th minute before Elliott Nevitt doubled the lead from the penalty spot 14 minutes later. Josh Austerfield scored the third in the 77th minute before Jim O’Brien scored the consolation 7 minutes from time after coming off the bench.
Crewe: Davies; Billington, Turns, Demetriou, Adebisi; Austerfield, Thomas (Leigh 75); Tracey (Rowe 63), Holicek (Cooney 75), Kirk (Tabiner 75); Nevitt (Baker-Richardson 63)
Booked – Kirk 27, Demetriou 53, Turns 81, Adebisi 88
Notts: Ashby-Hammond; Macari, Warner (Nemane 26), Baldwin, Cameron (Chicksen 69); Bostock (Austin 69), Robertson (O’Brien 69); Jones, Crowley, Langstaff; McGoldrick (Jatta 49)
Booked – Ashby-Hammond 18, Bostock 53, Langstaff 81, Jatta 90
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Jason Kearton, Brian Parkin, Tom Poskett
Defenders: Thierry Audel, Zoumana Bakayago, Julien Baudet, Paul Boertien, Mark Ellis, Dean Howell, Nicky Hunt, Rod McDonald, Alan Sheehan, James Stothert, Sam Stubbs, George Swift, Matt Tootle
Midfielders: Charlie Colkett, Jim Gannon, Regan Griffiths, Stefan Oakes, Michael O’Connor, Scott Robertson, Geoff Thomas, David Vaughan, Thomas Wainwright
Forwards: Dele Adebola, Febian Brandy, Frank Broome, David Brown, Colin Cramb, Len Featherby, Marcus Haber, Terry Harkin, Danny Haynes, Kane Hemmings, Horace Henshall, Harry Lovatt, Jim Mackey, Allan Mansley, Lee Matthews, Vadaine Oliver, Luke Rodgers, Callum Saunders, Jim Sullivan, Barry Tait, Andy White
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Steven Copeland is tomorrow’s referee with Ryan McIlravey and Darren Wilding assisting him and Declan Ford the fourth official. Copeland has refereed the following Crewe game in the last 5 years:
- Port Vale 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (5th September 2023, EFL Trophy)
