Tomorrow evening sees a trip to Home Park to face Plymouth Argyle, who have former loanee Conor Grant and Alex Academy Alum George Cooper in their squad.
This Season:
Plymouth currently sit in 4th place in the league. They have beat Gillingham, Shrewsbury Town, Sheffield Wednesday, AFC Wimbledon and Doncaster Rovers, they’ve drawn with Cambridge United, Fleetwood Town and Portsmouth and lost at Rotherham United on the opening day.
They were knocked out of the Carabao Cup in the 2nd Round by Swansea City after knocking out Peterborough United in Round 1 while they lost their first EFL Trophy game against Newport County in a group that also contains Swindon Town and Arsenal’s Under-21s.
Transfers:
Plymouth have made 10 signings this summer – 8 permanent signings and two season-long loans. Goalkeeper Callum Burton has come in from Cambridge United, defenders James Bolton, Macaulay Gillesphey, Dan Scarr, James Wilson and Brendan Galloway have also have joined. Midfielders Jordan Houghton and Ryan Broom (loan) and forwards Kieran Agard and Jordon Garrick (loan) complete the signings.
They have allowed 11 players to leave on permanent deals, including former Alex player Byron Moore, while two youngsters have left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 7
Argyle Wins: 11
Draws: 5
Biggest Alex Win: 3-0 at Gresty Road in December 2004
Biggest Town Win: 3-0 at Home Park in February 2005
Last Meeting
Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Crewe Alexandra, 16th January 2021
Luke Jephcott opened the scoring for the hosts in the 10th minute before Oli Finney would level the score in the 64th minute. Argyle midfielder Panutche Camara was sent off in stoppage-time for a second yellow card.
Alex: Richards; Offord, Lancashire, Beckles, Pickering; Murphy (Lowery 61), Wintle, Finney; Dale, Mandron (Porter 79), Kirk
Argyle: M. Cooper; Aimson, Opoku, Watts; Edwards, Camara, Fornah, Mayor (Lewis 78), C. Grant; Jephcott (Telford 89) Hardie (Nouble 67)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: David Button, Geoff Crudgington, Bruce Grobbelaar, Phil Kite, Danny Milosevic, Neil Ramsbottom
Defenders: Paul Bignot, Anthony Charles, Winston Foster, David Gray, Brian McAllister, Kelvin Mellor, Aaron Taylor-Sinclair
Midfielders: George Cooper, David Fox, Conor Grant, Jamie Lowry, Ray Lugg, Lee Molyneux, Jamie Ness, Antoni Sarcevic, Barry Silkman, Nigel Walker, Simon Walton
Forwards: Simon Church, Stewart Evans, Len Featherby, Joel Grant, Steve Guinan, Tom Hitchcock, Frank Lord, Byron Moore, Hughie Reed, Darran Rowbotham, Billy Toms
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Neil Hair the referee, Adam Ricketts and Richard Morris are his assistants with Scott Jackson the fourth official. Here are the Crewe games that have been refereed by Hair in the previous 5 years:
- Colchester United 6-0 Crewe Alexandra (21st August 2018)
- Crewe Alexandra 4-3 Forest Green Rovers (27th April 2019) – Porter, og, Kirk (2)
- Accrington Stanley 0-2 Crewe Alexandra (9th November 2019) – Kirk, Porter
- Sunderland 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (20th October 2020)
