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Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra crest
Full name Crewe Alexandra Football Club
Nickname(s) The Railwaymen, The Alex
Founded 1877; 142 years ago (1877) (as Crewe)
Ground Gresty Road
Capacity 10,153
Chairman John Bowler
Manager David Artell
League League Two
2017–18
League Two, 15th of 24
Website Club website


















Home colours














Away colours














Third colours




Current season

Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Nicknamed The Railwaymen because of the town's links with the rail industry, they play at Gresty Road. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system.


The club was formed in 1877 and named after Princess Alexandra. It was a founding member of the Football League Second Division in 1892, but only lasted four years in the League. Since re-entering the competition in 1921, they have mostly remained in the lower divisions. Crewe's only major honours are the Football League Trophy which they won in 2013, and the Welsh Cup which they won in 1936 and 1937. They have also won several minor trophies, including the Cheshire Premier Cup and the Cheshire Senior Cup.


In recent decades, the club has been associated with manager Dario Gradi whose 24-year tenure between 1983 and 2007 made him the longest-serving manager in English football; he had a further two-year spell in the role from 2009 to 2011. Gradi is known for focusing on youth development and promoting attractive, technical football. Notable players brought through the Crewe youth system include former internationals Rob Jones, Neil Lennon, Danny Murphy, Seth Johnson and Dean Ashton. Other notable players to have made their name at Crewe in that time include Geoff Thomas, David Platt and Robbie Savage.


In late 2016, Crewe was one of the first clubs implicated in the United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal due to its previous association with coach Barry Bennell; Gradi, director of football, was subsequently suspended by The Football Association pending further investigations of allegations relating to his time as assistant manager at Chelsea in the 1970s.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Early years (1877–1921)


    • 1.2 1921–1983


    • 1.3 Gradi era (1983–2007)


    • 1.4 2007–2009


    • 1.5 Return of Dario Gradi (2009–2011)


    • 1.6 Seasons 2011–2018




  • 2 Player development


  • 3 Stadium


  • 4 Supporters and rivalries


  • 5 Controversies


    • 5.1 UK football sexual abuse scandal


      • 5.1.1 Crewe enquiry


      • 5.1.2 Additional allegations






  • 6 Honours


  • 7 Players


    • 7.1 Current squad


      • 7.1.1 Out on loan




    • 7.2 Youth academy


    • 7.3 Crewe Alexandra L.F.C.




  • 8 Full international players


  • 9 Management


    • 9.1 Current management & coaching staff


    • 9.2 Managers




  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





History[edit]



Early years (1877–1921)[edit]


Crewe Alexandra were formed in 1877 as Crewe Football Club, separate from the successful Crewe Cricket Club, and named after Princess Alexandra.[1][2] They were based at the Alexandra Recreation Ground and played their first match against North Staffs that same year, a match that ended 1–1. In 1883, Crewe Alexandra's first match in the FA Cup was against Scottish club Queen's Park of Glasgow, losing 10–0.[3] In 1888, the club reached the FA Cup semi-finals, defeating Derby County and Middlesbrough en route, before going out to Preston North End. Crewe were founding members of the Football League Second Division in 1892, having previously been members of the Football Alliance, but lost their league status in 1896 after only four seasons. The club left the Alexandra Recreation Ground shortly before the end of the 1895–96 season, and after playing at a number of different venues, including in nearby Sandbach, they moved to the first Gresty Road ground in 1897. In 1906 the current Gresty Road ground was rebuilt to the west of the original site.[4]



1921–1983[edit]




Chart of table positions of Crewe Alexandra in the Football League.


Crewe rejoined the Football League in 1921, during which season a record crowd of 15,102 packed into Gresty Road to watch Crewe entertain local rivals Stoke City, a game The Potters won 2–0. Crewe earned their first honours by winning the Welsh Cup in 1936 and 1937, before being barred from entering (not least since they were not in Wales). In 1936, Bert Swindells scored his 100th League goal for Crewe Alexandra.[5] He went on to score 126 goals for the club, a record that still stands today.[6]


1955 saw Crewe embark on a sequence where they did not win away from home for 56 matches. The dismal run ended with a 1–0 win at Southport.


One of Crewe's most famous matches took place against Spurs in the FA Cup in 1960. A new record attendance of 20,000 saw lowly Crewe hold Spurs to a 2–2 draw on 30 January, with Bert Llewellyn and Merfyn Jones scoring for the Railwaymen. On 3 February, Tottenham convincingly won the replay 13–2, which remains a record defeat for the club. Llewellyn and Nev Coleman scored for Crewe.[5]


1961 saw Crewe's most notable win in their history, Jimmy McGuigan's side defeated Chelsea 2–1 in the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge. That particular Chelsea side contained the former Crewe player Frank Blunstone as well as Jimmy Greaves, Peter Bonetti and Terry Venables. The Crewe goals were scored by Billy Stark and Barrie Wheatley. Spurs won by a more modest 5–1 in the Fourth Round. In 1963, Crewe gained promotion for the first time in their history with a 1–0 win over Exeter City. Frank Lord became the local hero, scoring the only goal in front a crowd of 9,807. Lord also holds the record for most hat-tricks for the club, eight during his time at Gresty Road.


In the 1964–65 season, Terry Harkin scored a record 35 league goals for Crewe. 1977 saw Tommy Lowry play his record-breaking 475th and last game for the Railwaymen. 1979 would see manager Warwick Rimmer's most notable signing when Bruce Grobbelaar joined Crewe and played his first match against Wigan Athletic. During the season he scored from the penalty spot against York City and kept eight clean-sheets in his 24 matches played. In the same year the club went a record 15 matches without winning at Gresty Road.


The period from the 1950s to the early 1980s was generally not a successful time for the club, and few would have argued with Michael Palin's comment, in the 1979 BBC Great Railway Journeys of the World documentary when, in a shot over Gresty Road filmed from the roof of the adjacent Rail House he described Crewe as "like those other railway towns, Swindon and Doncaster, possessed of a football team which is perpetually propping up the bottom of the Fourth Division". Indeed, between 1894 and 1982, Crewe finished in last place in the Football League eight times, more than any other league club.



Gradi era (1983–2007)[edit]


In June 1983, Crewe appointed Milan-born Dario Gradi as manager. His first season signings included Mark Leonard from Tranmere, John Crabbe from Hereford and David Pullar from Exeter[7] as Gradi looked to build an academy structure to develop players that could be sold to help fund the player development programme. Among his first transfer successes were Dave Waller (sold to Shrewsbury in 1986) and Gary Blissett (sold to Brentford in 1987), plus Geoff Thomas and John Pemberton (both signed from Rochdale and sold to Crystal Palace, in 1987 and 1988 respectively).[8][9]


Gradi quickly gained a reputation for developing young talent, allowing Steve Walters to become the youngest ever player to pull on a Crewe shirt: aged just 16 years and 119 days he played against Peterborough United on 7 May 1988.[10] Gradi's efforts paid off in 1989 when Crewe won promotion to the Third Division. They went back down two years later, but were promoted again in 1994. In the same year, Neil Lennon became the first Crewe Alexandra player to gain an International cap for 60 years when he was selected to play for Northern Ireland against Mexico. Gradi then led his charges to Division One in 1997, after victory over Brentford in the Division Two play-off final, and kept his team there until 2002, despite a club income on which many more lowly clubs could not survive. Meanwhile, Gradi celebrated his 1,000th game in charge of Crewe on 20 November 2001 – an away fixture at Carrow Road, the home of Norwich City.


After one season in the Division Two the club were promoted back to Division One at the end of the 2002–03 season, having finished in second place; the first time the club had finished in the top two of any division, and the club prepared for life in Division 1.


Although managing to retain their place in the Division 1 in the 2003–04 season, at the start of the 2004–05 season they were rated one of the likeliest teams to be relegated from the newly renamed 'Championship'. In the event, they put in a good showing in the first half of the season; comfortably in the top half of the table, but after selling Dean Ashton to Norwich City for a record £3 million in the January 2005 transfer window, Crewe failed to win any more games until the final match of the season, when they defeated Coventry City 2–1 and narrowly escaped relegation on goal difference. The following year they were not so fortunate. Despite a good run towards the end of the 2005–06 season, they were relegated to League 1.


Crewe were named the "Most Admired Club" in the 2006 Football League Awards, sponsored by The League Paper and FourFourTwo Magazine.[11]



2007–2009[edit]


By the summer of 2007, Gradi was the longest-serving manager in English league football; he had completed 24 years in sole charge of the club, although assistant manager Neil Baker took temporary charge between 22 September and 17 October 2003 while Gradi underwent heart surgery (Crewe only managed one point while Baker was in charge). On 20 April 2007 Crewe Alexandra announced that, from 1 July 2007, Gradi would take up a new role as the club's Technical Director while gradually allowing newly appointed first-team coach Steve Holland control of the team.


Holland's first season in this role, 2007–08, was a disappointment as the club narrowly avoided relegation after finishing 20th with 50 points.[12] That summer Holland spent half a million pounds on new signings, including Calvin Zola, Anthony Elding and goalkeepers Steve Collis and Adam Legzdins, while striker Nicky Maynard joined Bristol City for a club record fee of £2.25 million. However, despite a positive pre-season, including a win over Premiership club Hull City, Crewe took only nine points from their first 16 games.


After pressure from fans, the board sacked Steve Holland as first team coach in November 2008, and re-appointed Gradi as caretaker manager. Gradi's first game back in charge was a 3–0 defeat at home to local rivals Stockport County. On 24 December 2008 the Icelandic former manager of Stoke City, Gudjon Thordarson, was appointed as Holland's successor, though Gradi remained in charge of the team for a further six days before resuming his Technical Director role. Thordarson's first game in charge was a 2–2 draw away at Millwall in the FA Cup 3rd round, but although Thordarson received the Manager of the Month award for February, the team suffered a poor end-of-season run, not winning for 10 games, and were relegated to League Two. On 18 June 2009, Steve Davis was appointed Assistant Manager to Gudjon Thordarson. Davis left his role as manager of Nantwich Town, where he spent five successful years, gaining two promotions. Davis replaced former assistant Neil Baker, who was moved to a new scouting role within the club.



Return of Dario Gradi (2009–2011)[edit]


On 2 October 2009, after nine months in charge, Thordarson was sacked after a run of poor results.[13] Dario Gradi was reinstated as caretaker manager in time for the following day's match against Rotherham. Despite lingering close to the playoff places for the majority of the season, another run of poor form saw the club finish in 18th place, only five places above the relegation zone. Gradi responded to this disappointment by refusing to take the team on a pre-season tour, stating that he "doesn't want to reward the players for what happened this season".


The club finished 10th in League Two in their 2010–11 season and also ended up with the League 2 golden boot winner: Clayton Donaldson scored 29 goals, but moved to Brentford in July 2011.


On 10 November 2011, the club announced that Dario Gradi had stepped down as manager and would return to his previous role as Director of Football focusing on youth development.[14]



Seasons 2011–2018[edit]


Steve Davis was appointed manager, and led the team to a 16-match unbeaten run in early 2012 up to 7th position, earning the club a play-off place.[15]
Crewe defeated Southend United in the semi-final with a 1–0 win at home in the first leg and a 2–2 draw at Roots Hall, extending the unbeaten run to a club-record 18 matches[16] and securing a play-off final against Cheltenham Town at Wembley on 27 May 2012 which they won 2–0 and earned promotion.


Before the 2012–13 season started, Crewe sold Nick Powell to Manchester United, and on transfer deadline day (31 August 2012) captain Ashley Westwood was sold to Aston Villa. However, with new players coming into the first team, Crewe won the Football League Trophy, beating Southend United 2–0 in the final at Wembley in April 2013.[17] The team finished 13th in League One, ending the season by fielding a team whose starting 11 were all Crewe Academy graduates.[18][19]


On 22 February 2014, for 33 minutes of a match at Port Vale, two brothers played on opposite sides against each other – Crewe's Harry Davis and Joe Davis of Port Vale – while their father, Steve Davis, was manager of one of the teams (Crewe Alexandra).[20][21]


In March 2014, Crewe chairman John Bowler (elected chairman in 1987) was honoured with the Contribution to League Football Award at The Football League Awards 2014.[22] Dario Gradi had earlier won the same award, in 2011. In December 2014, it was announced that Bowler had, like Gradi (in January 1998),[23] been awarded an MBE for services to football.[24]


On 3 May 2014 Crewe ensured their place in League One with a 2–1 home victory over Preston North End ending the 2013–14 Season in 19th place four points above relegation. Although the season had not been successful for the first team, the Under-21s won the Professional Development League Two title with a 1–0 win over QPR on 30 April 2014; Max Clayton scored the goal.[25] The under-18s were runners-up in their Development League.


Crewe started the 2014–15 season poorly, accumulating just four points from the first 11 League games. Some sustained runs of better results pulled the club out of the relegation places, but, needing a home draw against Bradford City to secure safety, Crewe lost 0–1 and had to rely on favourable results elsewhere to ensure League One football for another year, finishing two points above the bottom four in 20th position.[26]


The following season started in a similar pattern, with the team winning just two of their first 15 league games, and crashing out of the FA Cup in the first round, defeated at Gresty Road by non-league Eastleigh,[27] forcing Davis to defend his position as the 'right man' for the job.[28] Crewe's relegation to League Two was confirmed following a 3–0 defeat at Port Vale on 9 April 2016, with five games remaining.[29] After an initially promising start to the following season, Crewe's form slumped during the final months of 2016, and on 8 January 2017, Davis was sacked as Crewe manager, with former Crewe defender David Artell appointed his replacement.[30][31] Under Artell, Crewe finished 17th, improving slightly to 15th position at the end of the 2017-18 season and, on 5 May 2018, again fielded a starting 11 who were all Crewe Academy graduates.[32]



Player development[edit]


During Gradi's tenure the club gained a reputation for its youth policy, and earned official status as an FA Youth Academy. By concentrating on developing its own players the club remained profitable (a rarity in lower division football at the time) by selling them on after they have gained experience with Crewe. The Academy is known to stress technical excellence, which accords with Gradi's aim to have his sides play attractive, passing football.


Players who passed through the ranks at Crewe include the England international players Geoff Thomas and David Platt, Welsh international Robbie Savage, and Northern Ireland internationals Neil Lennon and Steve Jones (Platt was the most successful, totalling more than £20 million in transfers and captaining the England team). All these were youngsters signed from other clubs, but Gradi also had considerable success in nurturing Crewe's own trainees – most notably full England internationals Rob Jones, Danny Murphy, Seth Johnson and Dean Ashton and Wales international David Vaughan.


In 2004 the BBC's Football Focus asked fans of all professional football clubs in England and Scotland to vote for their cult hero. For Crewe, Seth Johnson won with 59% of the vote; Danny Murphy came second with 33%, and Craig Hignett third with 8%.[33]



Stadium[edit]




Photograph


Gresty Road


Until 1896 Crewe played at the Alexandra Recreation Ground, located just to the north of the modern-day Gresty Road. After playing at a variety of venues in 1896 and 1897, including in nearby Sandbach, the club returned to the same area of Crewe to play at the first Gresty Road ground, located to the south-east of the original stadium. In 1906 the ground was demolished to make way for some new railway lines, and a new Gresty Road stadium was built on a site directly to the west.[4][34]


The ground is composed of four stands:




  • The Air Products Stand (formerly the Railtrack Stand, before a change in sponsors), built in 2000 at a cost of £5.2 million. It accommodates 6,809 spectators, together with the club's office accommodation.


  • The Absolute Recruitment Stand (formerly The Mark Price Stand, before a change in sponsors)[35] – also known as the Gresty Road End, accommodates 982 spectators and 4 disabled spectators.


  • The Blue Bell Family Stand, also known as the Railway End, accommodates 682 spectators.


  • The Whitby Morrison Ice Cream Van Stand, formerly the Pop Side, accommodates 1,680 away spectators.




Supporters and rivalries[edit]


Crewe's fans were the first to sing the famous football song "Blue Moon" (with lyrics that do not quite match the Rodgers and Hart original).[36] The song was a response to the gloomy days at Gresty Road during the mid-1900s, and reflects the colour of the Alex away strip, which only the more steadfast and determined fans would travel to see. The song has since been sung by fans of Manchester City, although their rendition was highlighting the colour of their strips as opposed to simply copying Crewe's supporters which has been a trending ideology amongst Crewe followers.


Crewe's main rivals are fellow English Football League team Port Vale. The clubs have been involved in 73 games since 1892 (8 games against Burslem Port Vale); overall, Crewe have won 19 games, Port Vale have won 33, with the teams drawing 21 games.[37][38] The rivalry (known by some as the A500 Derby) intensified after the millennium, when both clubs were in League One and Two. Close encounters between the two clubs since 2010 have resulted in violence and arrests.[39][40][41][42] On 22 February 2014, Crewe beat Vale 3–1, at Vale Park and there was trouble before, during and after the game, with several arrests made, flares thrown on the pitch,[43] and a scuffle between rival supporters in the executive boxes.[44] The first meeting of the 2014–15 season saw Crewe beat Port Vale 2–1; again trouble flared with Cheshire Police confirming five arrests were made.[45] The sides met again in January 2015, at Vale Park. Crewe won the game 1–0 to seal their first league double over Port Vale. Two arrests were made at the game, with minor disturbances between rival fans after the match.[46] Six arrests were made at Gresty Road during the 22 September 2018 meeting between the two sides.[47]


Crewe also maintain smaller rivalries with Wrexham, Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City. There are also traditional local Cheshire derbies with Macclesfield Town, Chester City and Stockport County. The Railwaymen's rivalry with Stockport intensified somewhat in 2009 when Stockport all but relegated Crewe from League One, after beating them 4–3 at Edgeley Park.[48] Crewe then returned the favour in 2011, when they beat County 2–0 at Gresty Road on 30 April.[49] This confirmed County's relegation to non-League football.


The Macclesfield Town rivalry intensified on 9 February 2019. After a 97th minute equaliser by Reece Cole to make it 3-3, some Crewe fans invaded the pitch and brawled with a section of the Macclesfield fans, with bottles and other objects thrown. Crewe, Macclesfield and Cheshire Police led an enquiry into the incident.[citation needed]



Controversies[edit]



UK football sexual abuse scandal[edit]



On 16 November 2016, former Crewe defender Andy Woodward revealed that he had been the victim of child sexual abuse by former football coach Barry Bennell (convicted as a paedophile in 1998) at the club in the 1980s.[50][51][52] The club was criticised for its lack of response to the Woodward revelations:


"Yet there are so many questions that have never been satisfactorily answered. ... What a cop-out, what a dereliction of duty, for the club, the directors and their media department to think this can be swatted away like a bothersome fly."[53]

Club chairman John Bowler finally responded to the revelations on Monday 21 November, by which time it was reported that six other individuals had contacted the police, and that the Football Association was setting up a helpline.[54] On 22 November, The Guardian reported that Crewe team mate Steve Walters had been another of Bennell's victims,[55] while Woodward criticised Crewe for failing to apologise:


"... not one person from Crewe Alexandra has ever contact [sic] me to see if I was OK or to say they were really sorry this happened at their football club. Even now, they’re still failing to say they are really sorry this happened. I need them to say sorry. Everyone who was involved – and there are people coming forward every day – will want them to say sorry but unfortunately this statement doesn’t surprise me and it feels like to me there is almost an air of arrogance on their part."[56]

As two players from other clubs made similar sex abuse revelations about Bennell[57] and an unnamed coach,[58] Dario Gradi was pressed by The Independent[59] and The Guardian "to say more about what he knew and when."[60] On 24 November, Gradi released a statement saying he knew nothing of Bennell's crimes:


I would like to express sympathy to the victims of Barry Bennell not only at Crewe Alexandra, but at other clubs in the North West. The first I knew of Barry Bennell’s crimes was when he was arrested in the United States in 1994. I knew nothing of his crimes before this time when he was employed by us. No-one at the Football Club knew of Bennell’s crimes until his arrest in 1994 and his subsequent prosecution in the United Kingdom. The football club also co-operated fully with the authorities in 2003. The club are in the process of a review and I won’t be making any further comment until this is finalised."[61]

On 25 November, Hamilton Smith, a director at Crewe Alexandra from 1986 to 1990 told the Guardian that the club heard an allegation that Bennell had sexually abused a junior footballer. However, Bennell was allowed to stay at the club, despite the then chairman, Norman Rowlinson, recommending that the club "get him out", so long as Bennell was not left alone with boys and was stopped from arranging overnight stays;[62] it was later (February 2018) reported that Rowlinson had sought police advice about Bennell and had been advised to "move him on".[63] Smith said: "I'm incredibly angry the club continue to refute that they knew anything about suspicions of Bennell’s activities. This was discussed at the club’s top level."[62]


Smith said fellow directors did not want to rely on hearsay evidence and local gossip. Smith later met Tony Pickerin, the FA’s head of education and child protection and requested an investigation into the care of children at Gresty Road. However, he only received a three-line letter from Pickerin saying the FA had “investigated the issues and is satisfied that there is no case to answer.”[62] Smith's allegations were considered in a statement from the club in March 2018; the club expressed concern that, despite Smith apparently being aware of Bennell's offending in 1988, he did not report this to the police until 2016 or the FA until 2001; Smith was also interviewed by the police who, according to the club, concluded "there was no evidence to corroborate that the club was aware of Mr Bennell's offending".[64]


On 27 November 2016, another former Crewe player, Anthony Hughes, revealed that he too had been abused by Bennell.[65] Wales and Manchester United youth player Matthew Monaghan[66][67] and Crewe trainee, later Wimbledon and Northern Ireland international Mark Williams also alleged abuse by Bennell.[68][69]


Dario Gradi was also the subject of allegations that, as Chelsea's assistant manager, he tried to "smooth over" a youth player's complaint of sexual assault against Chelsea chief scout Eddie Heath in 1974.[70] On 6 December 2016, the Football Association announced Gradi would be among the first to be targeted by its inquiry over the 'smoothing over' allegation.[71] In connection with these allegations, on 11 December 2016, the FA announced that it had suspended Gradi.[72][73] Gradi subsequently said he had been notified by the FA of his interim suspension from football on 25 November, and reiterated "that I will do everything within my power to assist all investigatory authorities."[74][75] In February 2017, it was reported that Gradi planned to appeal against his FA suspension from football, feeling he had been left "in limbo".[76]


Bennell was tried at Liverpool Crown Court in early 2018, and convicted of 50 offences of sexual abuse against 12 boys.[77] After the guilty verdicts on 15 February, victims including Andy Woodward and Steve Walters read statements outside court.[77] Crewe Alexandra expressed its "deepest sympathies" to Bennell's victims, saying it was not aware of any sexual abuse by Bennell nor had it received any complaint about sexual abuse by him before or during his employment with the club.[78][77] This has been disputed: the Guardian said Bennell had to leave Crewe following a complaint against him, having been identified as a risk long before joining Crewe, amid a cover-up at Manchester City.[79]Lord Carlile, the barrister who prosecuted Bennell in 1998, accused Crewe of 'brushing the scandal under the carpet'.[80]


Following complaints from other former players, mostly from Manchester City and Crewe, Bennell was reported to be likely to face a further trial.[79] In September 2018, it was reported that the police and Crown Prosecution Service regarded some of allegations, particularly the rape of minors, as serious enough to warrant criminal action, potentially in 2019.[81]


On 25 February 2019, The Guardian reported on a nine-page statement from Gradi about what he knew regarding Bennell. Gradi admitted to encouraging a close player-coach culture and to not making detailed background checks about Bennell because Crewe was trying to poach him from Manchester City "on the quiet". Club chairman John Bowler said Crewe had not appreciated the dangers of football being used as a means for a paedophile to prey on young boys ("documented procedures that are now in place for the protection of minors were not in place at that time"), while Gradi had not made detailed inquiries into Bennell's background ("He did not have any specific coaching qualifications but none were required and at the time the FA did not publish any guidance on child protection”). However, former club secretary Gill Palin had been uncomfortable about Bennell.[82] Three days later, Steve Walters accused Crewe of showing "no humanity" and "victim blaming" in a bid to avoid compensation payouts, and of claiming Walters had waited too long to report abuse. The club said Walters's claims included "fundamental inaccuracies" but did not explain what these might be.[83]



Crewe enquiry[edit]


On 26 November 2016 the club announced it would be holding an independent review into how they dealt with historical child sex abuse allegations: "an independent review, to be conducted via the appointment of external legal counsel, is the correct way forward".[84]


Fifteen months later, in February 2018, the club had not started this review, claiming an unnamed authority told them to hold off until the criminal case was over.[79] On 2 March 2018, the club issued a statement saying that, as it had fully supported and co-operated with the police's detailed and comprehensive investigations, it did "not intend to commission a further independent investigation to duplicate the thorough enquiries that have already been undertaken," and the police's report had also been supplied to the FA review headed by Clive Sheldon.[64]


Crewe's decision to shelve its own investigation was criticised by local MP Laura Smith (daughter of former club director Hamilton Smith) who said victims deserved nothing less than a thorough investigation which "should be transparent and leave no stone unturned."[85] The club was also excluded from the NorthWest Football Awards, was criticised by MP Damian Collins, chair of the DCMS select committee,[86] and by Crewe Town Council,[87] and was called to reconsider its decision by the Professional Footballers Association's Gordon Taylor.[88] In March 2018, Clive Sheldon warned clubs they must hold their own investigations into abuse claims or he will do it, putting pressure on Crewe to reconsider its decision not to hold an inquiry.[89]



Additional allegations[edit]


On 5 January 2017, the FA suspended former youth coach Paul McCann, who worked for Crewe in a voluntary capacity in the 1980s and 90s and was assistant coach of the club's youth team for a time.[90] Almost a year later, on 2 January 2018, McCann, 57, was charged with non-recent sexual offences;[91] the charges included indecent assault on a boy under the age of 16 years and indecent assault on the same victim when aged 16 or over, dating back to 1987–1989.[92] McCann appeared at Chester Crown Court on 31 January[93] when he denied the charges and was released on unconditional bail ahead of a trial in October 2018;[94] on 18 October 2018 McCann was found not guilty of all charges against him.[95]


In October 2018, The Guardian reported that a member of Crewe's coaching staff, Carl Everall, had been suspended because of a safeguarding issue, and was now subject to an FA investigation.[96]



Honours[edit]




  • Football League Trophy
    • Winner: 2013



  • Second Division
    • Play-off winners: 1997



  • League Two
    • Play-off winners: 2012



  • Welsh Cup
    • Winners: 1936, 1937



  • Cheshire Senior Cup
    • Winners: 1910, 1912, 1913, 1923, 2002, 2003, 2017



  • Cheshire Premier Cup
    • Winners: 2009, 2010



  • Milk Cup

    • Premier Section Winners: 1987, 1999

    • Junior Section Winners: 1990, 1998





Players[edit]



As of 29 October 2018[97]


Current squad[edit]


Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


































































































No.

Position
Player
1

England

GK

Ben Garratt
2

England

DF

Perry Ng
3

England

MF

Harry Pickering
5

Wales

DF

George Ray
7

England

FW

Chris Porter
8

Scotland

MF

James Jones
9

England

FW

Shaun Miller
10

England

FW

Jordan Bowery
11

England

MF

Callum Ainley
12

Republic of Ireland

DF

Eddie Nolan
13

Wales

GK

Dave Richards
14

England

FW

Alex Nicholls
15

England

MF

Ryan Wintle
16

England

MF

Tom Lowery
























































































No.

Position
Player
17

Republic of Ireland

MF

Paul Green
18

England

MF

Regan Griffiths
19

England

MF

Owen Dale
20

England

FW

Charlie Kirk
21

England

MF

Oliver Finney
23

England

DF

Travis Johnson
25

Wales

DF

Billy Sass-Davies
26

England

MF

Joe Lynch
27

Finland

GK

Will Jääskeläinen
28

England

MF

Luke Offord
29

England

DF

Nicky Hunt
31

Scotland

DF

Aaron Taylor-Sinclair (on loan from Motherwell)
32

England

DF

Jamie Sterry (on loan from Newcastle United)



Out on loan[edit]


Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.




























No.

Position
Player
24

England

FW

Lewis Reilly (on loan at Curzon Ashton)
6

England

DF

Michael Raynes (on loan at Harlepool United F.C.)
22

England

MF

Josh Lundstram (on loan at Nuneaton Borough F.C.)



Youth academy[edit]




Crewe Alexandra L.F.C.[edit]




Full international players[edit]






  • Algeria Madjid Bougherra


  • Canada Marcus Haber


  • England Frank Blunstone


  • England Dean Ashton


  • England Stan Bowles


  • England Rob Jones


  • England Seth Johnson


  • England Danny Murphy


  • England John Pearson1


  • England David Platt


  • England Geoff Thomas


  • Guinea Mathias Pogba


  • Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson


  • Republic of Ireland Paul Green


  • Nigeria Efe Sodje


  • Nigeria George Abbey


  • Northern Ireland Terry Harkin


  • Northern Ireland Steve Jones


  • Northern Ireland Neil Lennon


  • Northern Ireland Michael O'Connor


  • Philippines Neil Etheridge


  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Rodney Jack


  • Trinidad and Tobago Clayton Ince


  • Trinidad and Tobago Dennis Lawrence


  • Wales William Bell


  • Wales Alfred Owen Davies


  • Wales Bill Goodwin (Wartime international)


  • Wales Richard Owen Jones


  • Wales Benjamin Lewis


  • Wales Billy Lewis


  • Wales Trevor Owen


  • Wales Robert Roberts


  • Wales Robbie Savage


  • Wales David Vaughan


  • Wales Edwin Williams


  • Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar



1John Pearson is the only player to represent England at full international level (i.e.: not at schoolboy, under-17, under 21, etc.) while on the books of Crewe Alexandra.



Management[edit]



Current management & coaching staff[edit]


As at 10 January 2017.[98]
























































































Name
Nationality
Role

David Artell

 Gibraltar
Manager

Kenny Lunt

 England
Assistant Manager

James Collins

 England
First Team Coach
Mark Cornish

 England
Head Physiotherapist
Liam Anderson

 England
Fitness Coach

Dario Gradi MBE

 England
Technical Director
Alex Morris

 England
Assistant Academy Director (u21 manager)

Lee Bell

 England
u18 Manager
John Dylan

 England
Head of Recruitment
Phil Swift

 England
Academy Recruitment Officer

Aidan Callan

 Gibraltar
Academy Operations Manager[99]
Paul Antrobus

 England
Academy Admin Secretary
Thomas Lamb

 England
Head of Academy Sports Science and Medicine
Kyle Wareing

 England
Academy Sports Scientist
John Dylan

 England
Performance Analyst
Gerald Parton

 England
Performance Analyst


Managers[edit]



As of 16 February 2019. Only competitive matches are counted.



























































































































































































































































































































































Name
Nat
From
To
Record
P W D L Win %
W.C. McNeill
(Secretary-Manager)

England
August 1892
May 1894

7001500000000000000♠50

7001120000000000000♠12

7001100000000000000♠10

7001280000000000000♠28

07001240000000000000♠24.00
J.G. Hall
(Secretary-Manager)

England
August 1895
May 1896

7001310000000000000♠31

7000500000000000000♠5

7000300000000000000♠3

7001230000000000000♠23

07001161290000000000♠16.13
R. Roberts
(Secretary-Manager)

England
January 1897
December 1897

5000000000000000000♠0

5000000000000000000♠0

5000000000000000000♠0

5000000000000000000♠0

!
J.B. Bloomley
(Secretary-Manager to 1911
Honorary Secretary to 1925)

England
January 1898
May 1925

7002169000000000000♠169

7001560000000000000♠56

7001440000000000000♠44

7001690000000000000♠69

07001331400000000000♠33.14

Tom Bailey

England
August 1925
May 1938

7002578000000000000♠578

7002223000000000000♠223

7002113000000000000♠113

7002242000000000000♠242

07001385800000000000♠38.58

George Lillycrop

England
August 1938
July 1944

7001450000000000000♠45

7001200000000000000♠20

7000700000000000000♠7

7001180000000000000♠18

07001444400000000000♠44.44

Frank Hill

Scotland
July 1944
October 1948

7002102000000000000♠102

7001450000000000000♠45

7001190000000000000♠19

7001380000000000000♠38

07001441200000000000♠44.12

Arthur Turner

England
October 1948
December 1951

7002149000000000000♠149

7001560000000000000♠56

7001390000000000000♠39

7001540000000000000♠54

07001375800000000000♠37.58

Harry Catterick

England
December 1951
June 1953

7001740000000000000♠74

7001310000000000000♠31

7001110000000000000♠11

7001320000000000000♠32

07001418900000000000♠41.89

Ralph Ward

England
June 1953
May 1955

7001960000000000000♠96

7001250000000000000♠25

7001280000000000000♠28

7001430000000000000♠43

07001260400000000000♠26.04

Maurice Lindley

England
August 1955
May 1958

7002143000000000000♠143

7001230000000000000♠23

7001280000000000000♠28

7001920000000000000♠92

07001160799999999999♠16.08

Harry Ware

England
August 1958
May 1960

7002100000000000000♠100

7001360000000000000♠36

7001220000000000000♠22

7001420000000000000♠42

07001360000000000000♠36.00

Jimmy McGuigan

England
June 1960
November 1964

7002222000000000000♠222

7001870000000000000♠87

7001850000000000000♠85

7001500000000000000♠50

07001391900000000000♠39.19

Ernie Tagg

England
November 1964
October 1970

7002273000000000000♠273

7002105000000000000♠105

7001690000000000000♠69

7001990000000000000♠99

07001384600000000000♠38.46

Tom McAnearney

Scotland
October 1970
July 1971

7001340000000000000♠34

7001140000000000000♠14

7000700000000000000♠7

7001130000000000000♠13

07001411800000000000♠41.18

Dennis Viollet

England
August 1971
November 1971

7001150000000000000♠15

7000400000000000000♠4

7000200000000000000♠2

7000900000000000000♠9

07001266700000000000♠26.67

Jimmy Melia

England
May 1972
December 1973

7001700000000000000♠70

7001160000000000000♠16

7001230000000000000♠23

7001310000000000000♠31

07001228600000000000♠22.86

Ernie Tagg

England
January 1974
December 1974

7001480000000000000♠48

7001130000000000000♠13

7001120000000000000♠12

7001230000000000000♠23

07001270800000099999♠27.08

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland
January 1975
May 1978

7002163000000000000♠163

7001530000000000000♠53

7001530000000000000♠53

7001570000000000000♠57

07001325200000000000♠32.52

Warwick Rimmer

England
August 1978
May 1979

7001460000000000000♠46

7000600000000000000♠6

7001140000000000000♠14

7001260000000000000♠26

07001130400000099999♠13.04

Tony Waddington

England
June 1979
July 1981

7001930000000000000♠93

7001240000000000000♠24

7001270000000000000♠27

7001420000000000000♠42

07001258100000000000♠25.81

Arfon Griffiths

Wales
August 1981
October 1982

7001590000000000000♠59

7000900000000000000♠9

7001100000000000000♠10

7001400000000000000♠40

07001152500000000000♠15.25

Peter Morris

England
November 1982
June 1983

7001330000000000000♠33

7000800000000000000♠8

7000700000000000000♠7

7001180000000000000♠18

07001242400000099999♠24.24

Dario Gradi1[100]

EnglandItaly
June 1983
July 2007

7003125100000000000♠1,251

7002464000000000000♠464

7002301000000000000♠301

7002486000000000000♠486

07001370900000000000♠37.09

Dario Gradi2 / Steve Holland3

EnglandItaly / England
July 2007
November 2008

7001720000000000000♠72

7001190000000000000♠19

7001160000000000000♠16

7001370000000000000♠37

07001263900000000000♠26.39

Dario Gradi4[100]

EnglandItaly
November 2008
December 2008

7000800000000000000♠8

7000300000000000000♠3

7000100000000000000♠1

7000400000000000000♠4

07001375000000000000♠37.50

Gudjon Thordarson

Iceland
December 2008
October 2009

7001370000000000000♠37

7001120000000000000♠12

7000700000000000000♠7

7001180000000000000♠18

07001324300000000000♠32.43

Dario Gradi4[100]

EnglandItaly
October 2009
November 2011

7002110000000000000♠110

7001380000000000000♠38

7001230000000000000♠23

7001490000000000000♠49

07001345509999900000♠34.55

Steve Davis[101]

England
November 2011
January 2017

7002272000000000000♠272

7001840000000000000♠84

7001710000000000000♠71

7002117000000000000♠117

07001308800000000000♠30.88

David Artell[102]

Gibraltar
January 2017
current

7002112000000000000♠112

7001400000000000000♠40

7001170000000000000♠17

7001550000000000000♠55

07001357100000000000♠35.71

1As sole Manager. Between 22 September and 17 October 2003, Gradi underwent heart surgery. Assistant Manager Neil Baker took charge of the team for this period (P6, W0, D1, L5).
2As Technical Director
3As First Team Coach
4As Caretaker Manager



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External links[edit]






  • Crewe Alexandra F.C. on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results and fixtures

  • Official website


  • Crewe Alexandra Soccerbase




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