Tomorrow afternoon sees Crewe Alexandra host Wrexham in the final home game of the regular season. Their squad contains former Alex loanees Arthur Okonkwo and George Evans, Alex Academy alum James Jones as well as former Alex left-back Callum McFadzean.
NB: This game kicks-off at the earlier time of 12:30 pm and is available on iFollow.
This Season:
This season sees the Red Dragons sitting in 3rd place having beaten Walsall, Tranmere Rovers, Doncaster Rovers, Grimsby Town twice, Crawley Town twice, Salford City, Sutton United twice, Notts County twice, Gillingham, Morecambe twice, Colchester United twice, Newport County, Swindon Town, Barrow, AFC Wimbledon, Accrington Stanley, Mansfield Town and Forest Green Rovers, they have drawn against AFC Wimbledon, Swindon, Barrow, us, Mansfield, Bradford City, Harrogate Town twice, MK Dons and Forest Green, while they have lost against MK Dons, Stockport County, Accrington, Walsall, Newport, Salford, Gillingham, Tranmere and Doncaster.
They lost to Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup 4th Round (knocking out Mansfield, Yeovil Town and Shrewsbury Town in the process) while they lost against Bradford City in the Carabao Cup Round 2 (having beaten Wigan Athletic, both on penalties). In the EFL Trophy, they topped their group after wins against Newcastle United’s Under-21s, us and Port Vale before losing to Burton Albion in the second round.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed goalkeeper Luke McNicholas, defender Doug Tharme and forward Jack Marriott on permanent deals.
Leaving the club have been defenders Daniel Davies and Scott Butler, midfielder Owen Cushion and forwards Billy Waters (another that came through the Alex’s academy) and Jake Bickerstaff, all on loan deals.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 42
Wrexham Wins: 42
Draws: 31
Biggest Alex Win: 6-1 at the Alexandra Stadium in November 1992
Biggest Wrexham Win: 7-0 at the Racecourse in September 1930
Last Meeting
Wrexham 3-3 Crewe Alexandra, 30th September 2023
Mickey Demetriou gave the Alex a 24th-minute lead before Ryan Barnett was sent off for the hosts in the 36th minute. Paul Mullin levelled the score 5 minutes from the break before Chris Long had the visitors leading at the interval from the penalty spot. Mullin added his second 2 minutes after the break with Shilow Tracey giving the Alex a 65th-minute lead before substitute Steven Fletcher headed home an equaliser in stoppage-time as the points were shared.
Crewe: Davies; Offord, O’Riordan, Demetriou; Adebisi, Powell, Tabiner, Williams (Cooney 85); Tracey (Holicek 81); Baker-Richardson, Long (Nevitt 87)
Booked – Tracey 33, Williams 79, Davies 82, Holicek 87
Wrexham: Okonkwo; Hayden, Tozer (Cannon 90), Boyle; Barnett, Jones (Fletcher 76), Evans, Lee, McClean (Mendy 76); Palmer (Dalby 82), Mullin
Booked – Palmer 11, McClean 45, Boyle 45, Mullin 90
Sent Off – Barnett 36
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: Drew Brand, Ken Greatrex, Ron Mawson, Arthur Okonkwo, Jack Prince, John Ruddy, Scott Shearer, Rhys Taylor
Defenders: David Artell, Alfred Davies, Bill Goodwin, Darran Kempson, Dennis Lawrence, Stuart Mason, Callum McFadzean, Jimmy McGill, Albert Parker, Neil Salathiel, Bob Scott, Richard Walker, Ashley Westwood, Stephen Wright, Steve Wright
Midfielders: Dave Brammer, Mark Carrington, Len Edwards, Paul Edwards, George Evans, Jim Harvey, Geoff Hunter, James Jones, Joe Jones, Tecwyn Jones, Benjamin Lewis, Lee Molyneux, Trevor Owen, Mel Sutton, Brad Walker
Forwards: Dele Adebola, Joe Anyinsah, Peter Baines, Eric Betts, Jack Boothway, Clive Colbridge, Billy Cotton, Wyn Davies, Bernard Evans, Billy Harrison, Jack Holland, Dennis Isherwood, David Jones, Jack Jones, Lee Jones, Ossie Jones, Steve Jones, Albert Kinsey, Eric Littler, Harry Lovatt, Ernie Millward, Jack Mustard, Jon Newby, Jason Oswell, Bill Pendergast, Mathias Pogba, Bernard Purdie, James Roberts, Robert Roberts, Stan Rowlands, Arthur Rowley, Les Samuels, Alf Smith, Gareth Taylor, Mark Taylor, Billy Toms, Juan Ugarte, Jonathan Walters, John Warburton, Ashley Ward, Billy Waters, Bob Whittingham
Officials:
The EFL have announced that Sebastian Stockbridge is tomorrow’s referee with Graeme Fyvie and Alex Gray assisting him and Marc Edwards the fourth official. The following Crewe games have been refereed by Stockbridge in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 MK Dons (26th September 2020) – Mandron, Finney
- Blackpool 1-1 Crewe Alexandra (2nd March 2021) – Walker
- Morecambe 1-2 Crewe Alexandra (29th December 2021) – Porter, Murphy
- Port Vale 0-0 Crewe Alexandra (29th August 2023, Carabao Cup)
