Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra travel to the County Ground to face Swindon Town, the hosts’ playing squad containing former Alex midfielder Tariq Uwakwe.
This Season:
This season saw the Robins sitting in 22nd in the league following wins against Newport County, Cheltenham Town, Fleetwood Town, Grimsby Town and Colchester United, they have drawn against Chesterfield, us, Barrow, Tranmere Rovers, Harrogate Town, Gillingham, Accrington Stanley, AFC Wimbledon and Bromley while they have lost against Walsall, Notts County twice, Carlisle United, Port Vale, Doncaster Rovers, Salford City, MK Dons, Morecambe, Colchester and Bradford City.
They lost against Accrington Stanley on penalties in the FA Cup 2nd Round (after knocking out Colchester in Round 1) and against Crawley in the 1st Round of the Carabao Cup. They finished 2nd in their EFL Trophy group after wins against Bristol Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur’s Under-21s following a defeat against Exeter City, beat Wycombe Wanderers to set up a home game against Birmingham City in midweek in the Round of 16.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed defender George Cox, midfielder Gavin Kilkenny and forward Danny Butterworth have joined on permanent deals while goalkeeper Daniel Barden and forwards Kabongo Tshimanga and Tom Nichols have all joined on loan deals until the end of the season with a number of players leaving on loan deals.
Managers’ Thoughts:
Here are the thoughts of the two managers heading into the game:
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 17
Robins Wins: 21
Draws: 8
Biggest Alex Win: 3-0 at the Alexandra Stadium in February 1983
Biggest Robins Win: 5-0 at the County Ground in August 2013
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Swindon Town, 24th August 2024
The teams played out a goalless draw at the Alexandra Stadium.
Crewe: Marchall; Knight-Lebel, Demetriou, Williams; Billington, Thomas, Sanders (Holicek 87), Tabiner (Long 70), Conway (Finney 79); Tracey (Lankester 70), Hemmings
Booked – Demetriou 44, Tabiner 51
Robins: Bycroft; King, Wright, Hall, Freckleton, Longelo (Sobowale 72); Clarke (Ofoborh 60), Cotterill, Cain (Mitchell 87); Glatzel (Drinan 60), Smith
Booked – Cotterill 24
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: n/a
Defenders: Marlon Broomes, Chris Hussey, Olly Lancashire, Patrick Noubissie, Colin Prophett, Alan Sheehan, Ashley Westwood
Midfielders: Charlie Colkett, Alex Downie, Paul Edwards, Mark Gardiner, Anthony Grant, Tony Grant, Danny Hollands, Anthony McNamee, Alan Navarro, Gary Roberts, Kevin Stewart, Conor Thomas, Tariq Uwakwe, Teddy Ware, Gareth Whalley
Forwards: Nicky Ajose, Billy Bodin, Fred Chandler, Peter Coyne, Joel Grant, Harry McKirdy, Marc Richards, Jimmy Thompson, Tommy Weale
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Lee Swabey is tomorrow’s referee with Michael Webb and Justin Amey assisting him and Samuel Fudge the fourth official. Swabey has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- Walsall 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (1st February 2020) – Powell, Finney
- Exeter City 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (3rd March 2020) – Nottingham
- Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday (11th December 2021)
- AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (25th October 2022) – Adebisi
- Wrexham 3-3 Crewe Alexandra (30th September 2023) – Demetriou, Long, Tracey
