Tomorrow evening sees Crewe Alexandra travel to North Cheshire to face Stockport County with former Alex midfielders Nick Powell and Antoni Sarcevic as part of the hosts’ squad.
This Season:
This season sees The Hatters sitting in 1st place in the league having beaten Barrow, AFC Wimbledon, MK Dons, Wrexham, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers, Doncaster Rovers twice, Harrogate Town, Grimsby Town twice, us, Tranmere Rovers, Swindon Town, Colchester United, Sutton United, Notts County and Walsall, they have drawn with Bradford City twice, Crawley Town, Salford City, Morecambe, Barrow and Harrogate while they have lost against Gillingham, Walsall, Mansfield Town twice and Newport County.
They lost to Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the Carabao Cup Round 1 while they lost against Aldershot Town in the FA Cup 2nd Round following a replay after knocking Worksop Town in the previous round. In the EFL Trophy, they finished 2nd in their group after beating Salford City either side of defeats against Manchester United’s Under-21s and Bolton Wanderers before losing to Wigan Athletic in Round 2.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have completed the permanent signing of midfielder Odin Bailey (who had previously been on loan) with defenders Ethan Bristow, Rhys Bennett and Lewis Cass as well as midfielder Rico Richards all joining on loan with Billy Chadwick, Joe Lewis and Sam Bird all leaving the club permanently.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 51
County Wins: 61
Draws: 31
Biggest Alex Win: 5-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in April 1987
Biggest County Win: 6-1 at Edgeley Park in April 1955
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Stockport County, 24th October 2023
Substitute Kyle Wootton opened the scoring for the visitors in the 66th minute before Isaac Olaofe doubled the lead with a minute to play.
Crewe: Davies; Offord, O’Riordan, Demetriou; Adebisi, Powell (Holicek 58), White (Nevitt 70), Williams (Cooney 70); Tracey, Baker-Richardson, Long
Booked – Long 59, Nevitt 90
County: Hinchiffe; Southam-Hales, Wright, Horsfall, Pye; Collar, Croasdale, Bailey (Knoyle 73); Sarcevic (Hippolyte 88); Olaofe, Barry (Wootton 25)
Booked – Wootton 90
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Nick Colgan, Neil Cutler, Owain fon Williams, Andy Gorton, Lee Jones, Phil Kite, Ken Mulhearn, John Ruddy
Defenders: Mat Bailey, Paul Bowles, Neil Franklin, Nigel Hart, Chris Hussey, Gordon Low, Eddie Lyons, Arthur Marshall, Jimmy McKechnie, Dave Miller, Eddie Nolan, Danny O’Donnell, Marcus Poscha, Dick Ray, Michael Raynes, Shaun Smith, Paul Tierney, Anthony Tonkin, James Tunnicliffe, Dave Walton, Harry Worley
Midfielders: Len Bathurst, Keith Briggs, Peter Clark, Wayne Collins, Clive Evans, Jim Gannon, Albert Harley, Paul Hughes, Jimmy McGuigan, Nick Powell, Antoni Sarcevic, Aman Verma
Forwards: Vernon Allatt, Jack Connor, Dennis Cronin, Alan Daley, Wyn Davies, Peter Duffield, Anthony Elding, Wayne Entwistle, Wes Fletcher, James Henshall, Fred Leech, Mark Leonard, Alan Livingstone, Frank Lord, Billy Haydock, Ryan Lowe, Joe Mawson, Peter McArdle, John Miles, Amari Morgan-Smith, Bob Mountford, Jimmy Mulholland, Jason Oswell, John Rowlands, Les Samuels, Arthur Seabrook, Joe Smith, George Stevens, Michael Symes, Billy Toms, Jimmy Walsh, Jimmy Withe
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Neil Hair is tomorrow’s referee with Danny Jarvis and Ravel Cheosiaua assisting him and Richard Eley the fourth official. Hair has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- 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)
- Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (28th September 2021) – Kashket
- Sunderland 2-0 Crewe Alexandra (12th March 2022)
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Hartlepool United (14th February 2023) – Ainley, Finnigan
