Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra host Rochdale at the Alexandra Stadium with the visitors’ squad likely to contain Alex Academy alum Toby Mullarkey.
This Season:
They sit in 24th place in the league after beating Colchester United, Newport County, Barrow, Salford City and Bradford City, they have drawn against Crawley Town, Carlisle United, Tranmere Rovers, Barrow, Newport and Northampton Town while they have lost against us, Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Stevenage, Swindon Town, Leyton Orient twice, Northampton, Doncaster Rovers twice, AFC Wimbledon, Walsall, Mansfield Town, Sutton United, Harrogate Town, Hartlepool United, Colchester, Hartlepool, Carlisle, Salford, Gillingham and Stockport County.
They lost against Bristol Rovers in the 1st Round of the FA Cup while they lost to Sheffield Wednesday in the 2nd Round of the Carabao Cup after beating Burton Albion in the first round. They finished 3rd place in their EFL Trophy group after beating Liverpool’s Under-21s in the middle of defeats to Accrington Stanley and Salford (both on penalties).
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they signed goalkeeper Jake Eastwood (on loan), defenders Rhys Bennett, Mullarkey and loanee Owen Dodgson are among the arrivals. Midfielder Daniel Adshead and forwards Danny Lloyd, Rayhaan Tulloch, Scott Quigley and D’Mani Mellor (the latter three on loan deals) complete the signings.
They have allowed forward Brendan Kiernan to leave the club permanently while midfielder Sam Perry joined Leamington on loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 52
Dale Wins: 53
Draws: 26
Biggest Alex Win: 6-1 at Gresty Road in November 1929
Biggest Dale Win: 5-0 at Spotland in December 1924
Last Meeting
Rochdale 1-2 Crewe Alexandra, 30th July 2022
Dan Agyei would give the visitors the lead in the 14th minute before Lachlan Brook would double the lead 8 minutes later on his Alex debut with Devante Rodney halving the deficit in the 69th minute.
Alex: Okonkwo; Mellor, Offord, McDonald, Williams; Thomas, Uwakwe; Brook (Baker-Richardson 70), Ainley (Leshabela 82), Sambou (O. Finney 72); Agyei
Dale: O’Donnell; Graham (Nelson 74), Ebanks-Landell, John; Seriki, Kelly (Brierley 74), Diagouraga, Ball (Charman 85), Odoh; Henderson, Rodney (Sinclair 74)
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: David Button, Steve Collis, David Felgate, Owain fon Williams, Jack Prince
Defenders: Norman Bodell, Andrew Carr, Donervon Daniels, Steve Edwards, Dean Howell, Olly Lancashire, Eddie Lyons, Stuart Mason, Steve Macauley, Toby Mullarkey, John Pemberton, Bob Scott, Jason Smart, Shaun Smith, Eric Snookes
Midfielders: Steve Arnold, Len Bathurst, Ian Bishop, Peter Farrell, Ted Goodier, Wayne Goodison, Brad Inman, Matty Lund, Jimmy McGuigan, Steve Melledew, Lee Molyneux, Phil Mullington, Danny Murphy, Hughen Riley, Geoff Thomas, Donald Whiston
Forwards: Dele Adebola, Vernon Allatt, Harry Anstiss, Eric Betts, Febian Brandy, Harry Bunn, Reuben Butler, Jack Connor, Chris Dagnall, Anthony Elding, Bill Finney, Bert Foulds, Vince Foweather, Des Frost, Bill Gardner, Eric Gemmell, Dave Goodwin, Peter Gowans, Jimmy Greenhoff, Dennis Isherwood, Steve Jones, Mark Leonard, Frank Lord, John McGuigan, John Moore, Bob Mountford, Dave Pearson, Jimmy Pennington, Marc Richards, Michael Symes, Paul Tait, Alan Tarbuck, Tommy Todd, Robbie Wakenshaw, Joe Walters, Barrie Wheatley, Ralph Williams
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Ben Toner the referee, Michael George and Kevin Mulraine are his assistants with Joe Simpson the fourth official. Toner has refereed the following Alex games:
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Exeter City (5th October 2019) – Anene
- Hull City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra (19th September 2020)
- Swindon Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra (20th February 2021) – Lowery
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Cheltenham Town (7th August 2021) – Mandron
- Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Wigan Athletic (15th March 2022)
- Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Leeds United U21s (1st November 2022, EFL Trophy)
