Tomorrow afternoon, Crewe Alexandra host Tranmere Rovers at the Alexandra Stadium with the visitors’ squad containing former Alex midfielder Brad Walker.
This Season:
This season sees The Rovers sitting in 22nd place in the league having beaten Harrogate Town, Accrington Stanley and Bradford City, they have drawn with Grimsby Town while they have lost against Barrow, MK Dons, Salford City, Notts County, Wrexham, Colchester United, Crawley Town and AFC Wimbledon.
They lost to Leicester City in the Carabao Cup Round 2 (having beaten Barnsley on penalties in the previous round) while they lost to Fleetwood Town and Manchester United’s Under-21s in the EFL Trophy in a group that also contains Wigan Athletic.
Transfers:
This summer has seen them make 11 permanent and 3 loan signings while 13 players have left the club permanently with Luis Lacey and Ben Hockenhull leaving on loan deals.
Joining the ranks at Prenton Park are goalkeepers Luke McGee and Conor Robson, defenders Josef Yarney, Dan Pike, Connor Wood, Jean Belehouan and Joe Starbuck, midfielder Regan Hendry while forwards Kristian Dennis, Connor Jennings and Luke Norris complete the signings.
Leaving the club permanently were Jake Burton, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Max Fisher, Mateusz Hewelt, Florent Hoti, Kyle Jameson, Arthur Lomax, Joel Mumbongo, Jon Nolan, Ryan Stratulis, Jack Williams, Ethan Bristow and Kane Hemmings.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 46
Tranmere Wins: 61
Draws: 33
Biggest Alex Win: 6-1 at Prenton Park in December 1961
Biggest Tranmere Win: 6-1 at Prenton Park in February 1937
Last Meeting
Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Tranmere Rovers, 1st January 2023
Charlie Colkett scored the only goal of the game in the 34th minute.
Crewe: Okonkwo; Mellor, Thomas, McDonald, Adebisi; Brook (King 80), Uwakwe, Griffiths, Colkett (Tabiner 55); Agyei, Sambou
Booked – Agyei 24
Tranmere: Doohan; Cogley, Davies, Turnbull, Bristow; Morris, Merrie, Lee, Hawkes (Nolan 78); Hemmings, Nevitt (Mumbongo 58)
Booked – Davies 72
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Owain fon Williams, Andy Gorton, Tom Poskett, Paul Rachubka
Defenders: Zoumana Bakayogo, Marlon Broomes, Donervon Daniels, Adam Dugdale, Steve Edwards, Mark Ellis, Steve Foster, Eric Hornby, Stephen Hughes, Mike Jackson, Mark McCarrick, Chris McCready, John McMahon, Dave Miller, Jon Otsemobor, George Ray, Ritchie Sutton, Andy Taylor, Danny Woodards, Wilf Yates
Midfielders: Chris Atkinson, Eddie Bishop, Junior Brown, Steve Craven, Clive Evans, Dan Gardner, Tony Grant, Jim Harvey, Lee Molyneux, Alan Navarro, Mark Palios, Alex Russell
Forwards: David Amoo, Owen Brown, Chris Dagnall, Bernard Evans, Michael Higdon, Lee Jones, Ossie Jones, Mark Leonard, Ryan Lowe, John Manning, Nicky Maynard, Malcolm Moore, Elliott Nevitt, James Roberts, Stan Rowlands, Gareth Taylor, Stephen Walker, Albert Wood, Calvin Zola
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Ross Joyce is tomorrow’s referee with Simon Shaw and Steven Plane assisting him and Lewis Raper the fourth official. Joyce has refereed the following Crewe games in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Port Vale (2nd November 2019)
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Macclesfield Town (22nd February 2020) – Porter, Walker
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Ipswich Town (30th January 2021) – Kirk
- Fleetwood Town 0-2 Crewe Alexandra (20th April 2021) – Dale, Porter
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Burton Albion (18th September 2021) – Bennett (2)
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Doncaster Rovers (1st December 2021, EFL Trophy) – Knight, Finney
- MK Dons 2-1 Crewe Alexandra (5th April 2022) – Sambou
- Carlisle United 0-0 Crewe Alexandra (1st October 2022)
- Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Crewe Alexandra (1st April 2023) – Baker-Richardson, O’Riordan
