This evening sees the Alex host Stockport County at the Alexandra Stadium with the visitors’ squad containing former Alex midfielder Antoni Sarcevic.
This Season:
They sit in 12th place in the league with wins against Colchester United, AFC Wimbledon, Bradford City, Salford City, Carlisle United, Sutton United, Newport County, Hartlepool United, us, Walsall and Northampton Town, they have drawn against Swindon Town, Harrogate Town, Walsall, Tranmere Rovers and Bradford City while they have lost against Barrow, Stevenage, Doncaster Rovers, Mansfield Town, Crawley Town, Northampton, Grimsby Town twice, Leyton Orient and AFC Wimbledon.
They lost to Walsall in the FA Cup 3rd Round after knocking out both Swindon and Charlton Athletic (following a replay) and lost against Leicester City in the 2nd round of the Carabao Cup on penalties (after knocking out Harrogate). They finished 3rd in their EFL Trophy group after defeats against Port Vale and Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Under-21s before defeating Shrewsbury Town in the final group game.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, County have signed defenders Neill Byrne and Kyle Knoyle as well as forwards Isaac Olaofe and Jack Stretton.
They have allowed midfielder Elliot Newby to leave the club permanently while Ollie Crankshaw, Keane Barugh and Cody Johnson have all left the club on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 51
County Wins: 60
Draws: 30
Biggest Alex Win: 5-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in April 1987
Biggest County Win: 4-0 at Edgeley Park in February 1935
Last Meeting
Stockport County 2-0 Crewe Alexandra, 26th December 2022
Paddy Madden opened the scoring in the 55th minute before Will Collar added the second 13 minutes later.
Crewe: Okonkwo; Adebisi, Williams (Brook 63), McDonald, Uwakwe; Tabiner, King (Evans 83), Thomas, Sambou; Colkett (Finney 63), Agyei
County: Hinchliffe; Wright, Horsfall, Johnson; Southam-Hales (Brown 12), Collar (Sarcevic 73), Croasdale (Lemonheigh-Evans 89), Hippolyte, Rydel (Camps 73); Madden (Crankshaw 73), Wootton
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, 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 officials for this game have been announced here with Tom Reeves the referee, Christopher Ward and Steven Plane are his assistants with Mark Cunliffe the fourth official. Reeves has refereed the following Crewe game in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Wigan Athletic (5th October 2021) – Finney, og
- Wigan Athletic 2-0 Crewe Alexandra (15th February 2022)
- Barnsley 3-0 Crewe Alexandra (26th November 2022, FA Cup)
