Goals from Lachlan Brook and Connor Evans saw Crewe Alexandra come from behind at Wigan Athletic in the Under-21 Professional Development League at Christopher Park this afternoon.
Manager Michael Jackson named captain Dave Richards in goal behind a back 4 of Lewis Billington, Billy Sass-Davies, Harvey Washington and Sean Lawton. In front of them were Charlie Finney and Regan Griffiths with Brook, Matus Holicek and Max Woodcock playing behind Evans. Sam Bhatti, Owen Lunt, Zak Kempster-Down, Ty Webster and goalkeeper Jack Flint were on the bench.
The hosts opened the scoring in the 4th minute as right-back Jack Reilly’s ball found Joe Rodwell-Grant who turned and finished into the bottom corner before the Alex levelled 3 minutes before the break as Griffiths’ shot was saved by Sam Tickle with Brook turning in the rebound. Crewe would score the winner 4 minutes from time with Evans scoring a header.
The next games at this level see the Alex travel to Birmingham City on Monday before travelling to Colchester United (both 7:00 pm kick-offs).
Crewe: Richards (c); Billington, Sass-Davies, Washington, Lawton; Griffiths, C. Finney; Brook, Holicek, Woodcock; Evans
Wigan: Tickle, Reilly, Mitchell (c), McHugh, Dwyer, Adeeko, Azeez (Adams 65), Sharif, Brennan, Rodwell-Grant (Chentouf 78), Sze
