Tomorrow afternoon sees the Alex make their second visit to Shrewsbury Town’s New Meadow, this time in the league.
This Season:
Shrewsbury currently sit in 22nd place in the league, 1 place above the Alex, and they have beat Gillingham but have lost against Burton Albion, Morecambe, Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle and Shrewsbury Town in the league. They would beat Lincoln City on penalties before beating knocked out by Rochdale in the Carabao Cup as well as the EFL Trophy meeting which I’ll cover later.
Transfers:
There have been no transfers for them since the last meeting.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 16
Shrews Wins: 18
Draws: 13
Biggest Alex Win: 5-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in November 1996
Biggest Shrews Win: 4-1 at Gay Meadow in December 1992
Last Meeting
Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Crewe Alexandra, 31st August 2021
Substitute Ben Knight scored the only goal of the game in stoppage-time.
Alex: Richards; Johnson, Ramsay, Daniels, McFadzean; Ainley, Robertson, Lowery; Griffiths (Lundstram 82), Porter, Finney (Knight 61)
Shrews: Burgoyne; Daniels, Pennington, Ebanks-Landell, Ogbeta; Leshabela (Bennett 88), Davis; Pyke (Nurse 29), Caton (Leahy 84), Whalley; Bowman
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Joe Anyon, David Button, Paul Edwards, Geoff Hickson, Ken Mulhearn, John Phillips, Steve Phillips, Jack Prince, Scott Shearer
Defenders: Arthur Allman, David Artell, Omar Beckles, Danny Bowers, Junior Brown, Sagi Burton, David Collier, Mark Ellis, Darran Kempson, Olly Lancashire, Joe Maloney, Darren Moss, Colin Murdock, Danny O’Donnell, Michael Jackson, Matt Tootle, Dave Walton, Julian Watts
Midfielders: Lee Bell, Elliott Bennett, Keith Briggs, Maurice Doyle, Peter Farrell, William Galley, Anthony Grant, David Fox, Albert Harley, Stan Keery, Tony Rigby, Antoni Sarcevic, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Neil Sorvel, Kevin Street, Brad Walker
Forwards: Steve Anthrobus, John Clowes, Colin Cramb, John Cull, Steve Guinan, John Grant, Terry Harkin, Fred Haycock, AJ Leitch-Smith, Ryan Lowe, Mikael Mandron, John Manning, Shaun Miller, John Moore, Percy Oldacre, Reg Phillips, Chris Porter, John Regan, Luke Rodgers, Darran Rowbotham, Michael Symes, Alan Tarbuck, Daniel Udoh, Dave Waller
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Samuel Barrott the referee, Peter Gooch and Kevin Morris are his assistants with Simon Mather the fourth official. Here is the only game that has been refereed by Barrott in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 4-2 Swindon Town (1st December 2020) – Powell, Ng, Lowery, Dale
