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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gradi_years_(1983–2011)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.3 Gradi years (1983–2011) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gradi_years_(1983–2011)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Second_tier_survival" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_tier_survival"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.3.1 Second tier survival </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_tier_survival-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stepping_back" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stepping_back"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.3.2 Stepping back </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stepping_back-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2011_to_present_day" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2011_to_present_day"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.4 2011 to present day 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id="toc-Gresty_Road-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Club_identity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Club_identity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Club identity </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Club_identity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Supporters_and_rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Supporters_and_rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Supporters and rivalries </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Supporters_and_rivalries-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Supporters and rivalries subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Supporters_and_rivalries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Attendances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attendances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1 Attendances </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Attendances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2 Rivalries </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Songs_and_music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Songs_and_music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3 Songs and music </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Songs_and_music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Railwaymen_Supporters_Society" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Railwaymen_Supporters_Society"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4 Railwaymen Supporters Society </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railwaymen_Supporters_Society-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reputation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reputation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Reputation </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Reputation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Reputation subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Reputation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Player_development" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Player_development"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Player development </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Player_development-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sexual_abuse_scandal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sexual_abuse_scandal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2 Sexual abuse scandal </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sexual_abuse_scandal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Records </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Players </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Players-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Players subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current_squad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_squad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Current squad </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_squad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2 Former players </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Full_international_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Full_international_players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.3 Full international players </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Full_international_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Management" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Management"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Management </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Management-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Management subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Management-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Managerial_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Managerial_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.1 Managerial history </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Managerial_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coaching_positions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coaching_positions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.2 Coaching positions </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coaching_positions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Honours </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes_and_references" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes_and_references"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Notes and references </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notes_and_references-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Notes and references subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Notes_and_references-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.1 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.2 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10.3 Sources </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 External links </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%9A_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8E_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0" title="ФК Крю Александра – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="ФК Крю Александра" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_FC" title="Crewe Alexandra FC – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Crewe Alexandra FC" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_Football_Club" title="Crewe Alexandra Football Club – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Crewe Alexandra Football Club" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_FC" title="Crewe Alexandra FC – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Crewe Alexandra FC" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C. – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Crewe Alexandra F.C." data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Crewe Alexandra F.C." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra" title="Crewe Alexandra – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Crewe Alexandra" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1" title="Κρου Αλεξάντρα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κρου Αλεξάντρα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_Football_Club" title="Crewe Alexandra Football Club – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Crewe Alexandra Football Club" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A2%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="باشگاه فوتبال کرو آلکساندرا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باشگاه فوتبال کرو آلکساندرا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_Football_Club" title="Crewe Alexandra Football Club – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Crewe Alexandra Football Club" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A3%A8_%EC%95%8C%EB%A0%89%EC%82%B0%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC_FC" title="크루 알렉산드라 FC – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="크루 알렉산드라 FC" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C. – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Crewe Alexandra F.C." data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_Football_Club" title="Crewe Alexandra Football Club – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Crewe Alexandra Football Club" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%94" title="קרו אלכסנדרה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קרו אלכסנדרה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_FC" title="Crewe Alexandra FC – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Crewe Alexandra FC" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_FC" title="Crewe Alexandra FC – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Crewe Alexandra FC" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_FC" title="Crewe Alexandra FC – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Crewe Alexandra FC" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="نادى كرو الكساندرا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نادى كرو الكساندرا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_FC" title="Crewe Alexandra FC – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Crewe Alexandra FC" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9FC" title="クルー・アレクサンドラFC – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="クルー・アレクサンドラFC" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_FC" title="Crewe Alexandra FC – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Crewe Alexandra FC" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C. – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Crewe Alexandra F.C." data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_Football_Club" title="Crewe Alexandra Football Club – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Crewe Alexandra Football Club" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_FC" title="Crewe Alexandra FC – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Crewe Alexandra FC" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li 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text-align:left">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Crewe Alexandra Football Club</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">The Railwaymen, The Alex</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1877; 147 years ago (1877) (as Crewe)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Ground</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Gresty_Road" title="Gresty Road">Gresty Road</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">10,153</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Charles Grant<a href="#cite_note-CAnet-03Apr2021-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-WhosWho-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; 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left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #000000"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Kit_shorts_tealsides2.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #000000"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Kit_socks_teal_top.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">Away colours</a></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/33px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/50px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/66px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="60" /> <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">Current season</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> club based in the town of <a href="/wiki/Crewe" title="Crewe">Crewe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, England. Its first team competes in <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a>, the fourth level of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league system</a>. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of the town's <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Works" title="Crewe Works">links with the rail industry</a>, and also commonly known as 'The Alex', they have played at their current <a href="/wiki/Gresty_Road" title="Gresty Road">Gresty Road</a> location (adjacent to the sites of two previous grounds) since 1906. The supporters' fiercest rivalry is with <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>-based side <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a>. The club was formed in 1877 as the football division of Crewe Alexandra <a href="/wiki/Club_cricket" title="Club cricket">Cricket Club</a>, named after <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark" title="Alexandra of Denmark">Princess Alexandra</a>. Crewe reached the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> semi-finals in 1888 and were then a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a> in 1892. In 1921, the club was invited to join the newly created <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Football League Third Division North</a>, where they stayed for the next 37 years before being placed in the new <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> in 1958. The team achieved their first <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> after finishing third in <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Football_League" title="1962–63 Football League">1962–63</a>. Crewe were immediately relegated but were promoted again in <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Football_League" title="1967–68 Football League">1967–68</a>, but again lasted just one season in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a>. Crewe spent 20 years struggling in the fourth tier before their fortunes were revived under <a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Dario Gradi</a>, manager for 24 years from 1983. He twice led the team to promotion to the third tier, and after two unsuccessful play-off campaigns, won the <a href="/wiki/1997_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final">1997 Second Division play-off final</a> to win a place in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">Football League First Division</a>. After an absence of 101 years, they played at this second tier level―renamed the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a> before the start of the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Football_League" title="2004–05 Football League">2004–05 season</a>―for eight of the following nine seasons. Gradi encouraged Crewe to play attractive, technical football and built a reputation for developing young players, with future <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> internationals <a href="/wiki/David_Platt" title="David Platt">David Platt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Murphy_(footballer,_born_1977)" title="Danny Murphy (footballer, born 1977)">Danny Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seth_Johnson" title="Seth Johnson">Seth Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dean_Ashton" title="Dean Ashton">Dean Ashton</a> all emerging at the club. After Crewe dropped down to the fourth tier again in 2009, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Davis_(footballer,_born_1965)" title="Steve Davis (footballer, born 1965)">Steve Davis</a> led the club to promotion to the third tier <a href="/wiki/2012_Football_League_Two_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Football League Two play-off Final">via the play-offs in 2012</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2013_Football_League_Trophy_final" title="2013 Football League Trophy final">2013</a>, the club won its first and only <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">Football League Trophy</a>. Under <a href="/wiki/David_Artell" title="David Artell">David Artell</a>, manager from January 2017, Crewe returned to third tier <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">League One</a> in 2020 and finished 12th in the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_EFL_League_One" title="2020–21 EFL League One">2020–21 season</a>, but were relegated in 2022. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_and_early_years">Formation and early years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation and early years">edit</a>]</div> Crewe Alexandra Football Club was formed in 1877 as an offshoot of Crewe Alexandra Cricket Club (established in September 1866 by Thomas Abraham<a href="#cite_note-4">[a]</a> and other workers at Crewe locomotive works),<a href="#cite_note-Sandhu-14Oct2015-5">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-Morse-01Sep2016-6">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[b]</a> and named after <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark" title="Alexandra of Denmark">Princess Alexandra</a>.<a href="#cite_note-9">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[8]</a> They were based at the <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Recreation_Ground" title="Alexandra Recreation Ground">Alexandra Recreation Ground</a> in <a href="/wiki/Crewe" title="Crewe">Crewe</a>, adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Crewe_railway_station" title="Crewe railway station">Crewe railway station</a>, and played their first match against a side from <a href="/wiki/Basford,_Staffordshire" title="Basford, Staffordshire">Basford</a> in North Staffordshire on 1 December 1877, <a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">drawing</a> 1–1.<a href="#cite_note-Dyer-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Crisp6-7">[6]</a> In 1883, Crewe Alexandra's first match in the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> was against Scottish club <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_F.C." title="Queen's Park F.C.">Queen's Park</a> of Glasgow, losing 10–0.<a href="#cite_note-11">[9]</a> In February 1886, <a href="/wiki/William_Bell_(footballer,_born_1859)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Bell (footballer, born 1859)">William Bell</a> became the first Crewe player to win an international <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">cap</a>, playing for <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> against <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)" title="Ireland national football team (1882–1950)">Ireland</a> in Wrexham.<a href="#cite_note-EUFImatch-12">[10]</a> In <a href="/wiki/1887%E2%80%9388_FA_Cup" title="1887–88 FA Cup">1887–88</a>, the club reached the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_semi-finals" title="FA Cup semi-finals">FA Cup semi-finals</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Swifts_F.C." title="Swifts F.C.">Swifts</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Crisp7-13">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[c]</a> <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> en route, before going out to <a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a>. In 1891, the football club split away from the cricket club—a step that was condemned by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Webb_(engineer)" title="Francis Webb (engineer)">Francis Webb</a>, chief engineer of the town's <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="London and North Western Railway">London and North Western Railway</a> (LNWR) <a href="/wiki/Crewe_works" class="mw-redirect" title="Crewe works">Crewe works</a>, who was virulently opposed to professionalism in sport;<a href="#cite_note-Redfern-16">[13]</a> following the schism, Webb and the LNWR said the company would "refuse to find employment in the Crewe Works for any professional football player".<a href="#cite_note-Dyer-3">[3]</a> Consequently, "the football section of the Alexandra Club owed little to the LNWR..., despite the teams being closely linked to the local railway industry"<a href="#cite_note-Kural-17">[14]</a> (though one of Webb's successors as LNWR's chief engineer, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bowen_Cooke" title="Charles Bowen Cooke">Charles Bowen Cooke</a>, was "less intractable" and "was President of Crewe Alexandra Football Club and the professional athletics meetings it organised").<a href="#cite_note-Redfern-16">[13]</a> On 5 March 1892, <a href="/wiki/John_Pearson_(footballer,_born_1868)" title="John Pearson (footballer, born 1868)">John Pearson</a> became the first Crewe player to win an <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> cap, playing against Ireland in Belfast;<a href="#cite_note-Gibbons-18">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-Englandstats-19">[16]</a> he remains the only Crewe player capped for the full England side while playing for the club.<a href="#cite_note-EU_-_JoP-20">[17]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexandra_Football_Ground_location_1911.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Alexandra_Football_Ground_location_1911.png/220px-Alexandra_Football_Ground_location_1911.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Alexandra_Football_Ground_location_1911.png/330px-Alexandra_Football_Ground_location_1911.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Alexandra_Football_Ground_location_1911.png/440px-Alexandra_Football_Ground_location_1911.png 2x" data-file-width="978" data-file-height="897" /></a><figcaption>1911 Ordnance Survey map showing Alexandra Football Ground in its current location</figcaption></figure>Crewe secretary J.G. Hall helped found the unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/The_Combination" title="The Combination">Combination</a> (launched at Crewe's Royal Hotel in early 1889) and then the <a href="/wiki/Football_Alliance" title="Football Alliance">Football Alliance</a> (1889–1892).<a href="#cite_note-Whittle-21">[18]</a> When the latter merged with the Football League, Crewe were a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a> in 1892, but lost their league status in 1896 after only four seasons—finishing third from bottom, fourth from bottom, then bottom twice—possibly due to a player budget that was a quarter of that of other clubs.<a href="#cite_note-22">[19]</a> The club left the Alexandra Recreation Ground shortly before the end of the <a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Football_League" title="1895–96 Football League">1895–96 season</a>, and after playing at a number of different venues, including in nearby <a href="/wiki/Sandbach" title="Sandbach">Sandbach</a>, they moved to the first <a href="/wiki/Gresty_Road" title="Gresty Road">Gresty Road</a> ground in 1897 (in 1906, the club's current ground adjacent to Gresty Road was constructed to the west of its previous site).<a href="#cite_note-UD-23">[20]</a> Incorporated as a limited company on 29 May 1899,<a href="#cite_note-CoHo1899-24">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[d]</a> Crewe spent two further seasons in the second incarnation of the Combination from 1896 followed by three seasons in the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_League_(football)" title="Lancashire League (football)">Lancashire League</a>, before competing in the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(Regional)_League" title="West Midlands (Regional) League">Birmingham & District League</a> for ten years. They also won the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Senior_Cup" title="Cheshire Senior Cup">Cheshire Senior Challenge Cup</a> in 1907 and 1910.<a href="#cite_note-Crisp7-13">[11]</a> The team spent the 1910s in <a href="/wiki/Central_League_(England)" title="Central League (England)">the Central League</a>, finishing second in 1913–14 and 1920–21.<a href="#cite_note-Crisp8-26">[22]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CreweAlexandraFC_League_Performance.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/CreweAlexandraFC_League_Performance.svg/300px-CreweAlexandraFC_League_Performance.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/CreweAlexandraFC_League_Performance.svg/450px-CreweAlexandraFC_League_Performance.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/CreweAlexandraFC_League_Performance.svg/600px-CreweAlexandraFC_League_Performance.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1407" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Chart of table positions of Crewe Alexandra in the Football League.</figcaption></figure> Crewe rejoined the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a> in 1921; they finished 6th in their first two seasons in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Third Division North</a> but did not finish as high again until <a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_Football_League" title="1931–32 Football League">1931–32</a> and <a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_Football_League" title="1935–36 Football League">1935–36</a>.<a href="#cite_note-27">[23]</a> In October 1932, defender <a href="/wiki/Fred_Keenor" title="Fred Keenor">Fred Keenor</a>'s last Wales appearance marked Crewe's first international cap of the 20th century.<a href="#cite_note-EU_-_FrK-28">[24]</a> Crewe's first major honours were <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Cup" title="Welsh Cup">Welsh Cup</a> wins in 1936 and 1937;<a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> <a href="/wiki/Crewe" title="Crewe">Crewe</a> is not in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> but English clubs, usually from border areas, participated by invitation. In 1936, <a href="/wiki/Bert_Swindells" title="Bert Swindells">Bert Swindells</a> scored his 100th League goal for Crewe,<a href="#cite_note-30">[26]</a> going on to score 128 League goals for the club,<a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._records_and_statistics" title="List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics">record that still stands</a>,<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-31">[27]</a> as well as goals in both Welsh Cup finals.<a href="#cite_note-32">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-World_War_II">Post-World War II</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-World War II">edit</a>]</div> From the 1950s to the early 1980s, Crewe enjoyed only occasional success. Looking over Gresty Road, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Palin" title="Michael Palin">Michael Palin</a>, in the 1980 <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> <a href="/wiki/Great_Railway_Journeys" title="Great Railway Journeys">Great Railway Journeys of the World</a> series, described Crewe as "like those other <a href="/wiki/Railway_town" title="Railway town">railway towns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doncaster" title="Doncaster">Doncaster</a>, possessed of a football team which is perpetually propping up the bottom of the Fourth Division".<a href="#cite_note-Fearon-18Aug2012-33">[29]</a> Between 1894 and 1982, Crewe finished last in the Football League eight times, more than any other league club.<a href="#cite_note-34">[30]</a> On 25 December 1954, Crewe embarked on a sequence where they did not win <a href="/wiki/Road_(sports)" title="Road (sports)">away</a> from home for 56 matches; the run ended with a 1–0 win at <a href="/wiki/Southport_F.C." title="Southport F.C.">Southport</a> on 24 April 1957.<a href="#cite_note-35">[31]</a> Crewe finished bottom of Division Three North three times in a row from <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Football_League" title="1955–56 Football League">1955–56</a> to <a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_Football_League" title="1957–58 Football League">1957–58</a>, tallying just 28, 21 and 23 points from 46 games in each respective season.<a href="#cite_note-36">[32]</a> The club was placed into the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> in <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League" title="1958–59 Football League">1958–59</a>.<a href="#cite_note-37">[33]</a> All-time records were set against First Division <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> in the FA Cup fourth round in 1960. A new record Gresty Road attendance of 20,000 saw Crewe hold Spurs to a 2–2 draw on 30 January.<a href="#cite_note-Crisp,_pp.9,_91-38">[34]</a> On 3 February, Tottenham convincingly won the <a href="/wiki/Replay_(sports)" title="Replay (sports)">replay</a> 13–2, Crewe's record defeat.<a href="#cite_note-39">[35]</a> The following year, however, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McGuigan" title="Jimmy McGuigan">Jimmy McGuigan</a>'s Crewe side defeated another First Division club, <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>, 2–1 in the FA Cup at <a href="/wiki/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium)" title="Stamford Bridge (stadium)">Stamford Bridge</a> on 7 January 1961. Chelsea's side included former Crewe player <a href="/wiki/Frank_Blunstone" title="Frank Blunstone">Frank Blunstone</a>—who scored Chelsea's goal—as well as England internationals <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bonetti" title="Peter Bonetti">Peter Bonetti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Greaves" title="Jimmy Greaves">Jimmy Greaves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Venables" title="Terry Venables">Terry Venables</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Stamford-Bridge-40">[36]</a> Crewe were then again drawn against the eventual <a href="/wiki/Double_(association_football)" title="Double (association football)">double</a>-winning Spurs side, who won 5–1 in the fourth round at <a href="/wiki/White_Hart_Lane" title="White Hart Lane">White Hart Lane</a>.<a href="#cite_note-HotspurHQ-41">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1960s_promotions_and_relegations">1960s promotions and relegations</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1960s promotions and relegations">edit</a>]</div> In 1963, Crewe secured their first <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a>, winning the season's final game against <a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lord" title="Frank Lord">Frank Lord</a> scoring the only goal in front of a crowd of 9,807 at Gresty Road. Lord holds the record for most hat-tricks for the club with eight.<a href="#cite_note-Riddle-42">[38]</a> The club finished in third place, behind champions <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a>, but were relegated back to Division Four the <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Football_League" title="1963–64 Football League">following season</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_in_English_football" title="1964–65 in English football">1964–65 season</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Harkin" title="Terry Harkin">Terry Harkin</a> scored a record 34 league goals for Crewe.<a href="#cite_note-ENFA-43">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> Managed by <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Tagg" title="Ernie Tagg">Ernie Tagg</a>, the club achieved promotion for a second time in <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_in_English_football" title="1967–68 in English football">1967–68</a>, but again spent just one season in the Third Division.<a href="#cite_note-44">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1970s_and_early_1980s">1970s and early 1980s</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1970s and early 1980s">edit</a>]</div> From 1969, Crewe spent 20 years in Division Four, finishing bottom in <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_in_English_football" title="1971–72 in English football">1971–72</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_in_English_football" title="1978–79 in English football">1978–79</a> and <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_in_English_football" title="1981–82 in English football">1981–82</a>, and not achieving a top half finish until 1985.<a href="#cite_note-45">[41]</a> In 1974, they came within two minutes of taking <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> into <a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)" title="Overtime (sports)">extra time</a> in a <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">League Cup</a> third round replay at <a href="/wiki/Villa_Park" title="Villa Park">Villa Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AVHistory-46">[42]</a> In 1977, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lowry" title="Tommy Lowry">Tommy Lowry</a> played his record-setting 475th and last game for the Railwaymen; he had earlier passed <a href="/wiki/Peter_Leigh" title="Peter Leigh">Peter Leigh</a>'s total of 430 appearances between 1960 and 1972.<a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> From February to September 1979, the club went a record 16 matches (15 league, one League Cup tie) without winning at Gresty Road.<a href="#cite_note-47">[43]</a> In December 1979, manager <a href="/wiki/Tony_Waddington" title="Tony Waddington">Tony Waddington</a> signed the <a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">goalkeeper</a> <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Grobbelaar" title="Bruce Grobbelaar">Bruce Grobbelaar</a> who kept eight <a href="/wiki/Shutout" title="Shutout">clean-sheets</a> in his 24 matches played,<a href="#cite_note-48">[44]</a> and, on 5 May 1980, scored a penalty—his only professional goal—to seal a 2–0 victory over <a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ESPN-23May2012-49">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gradi_years_(1983–2011)">Gradi years (1983–2011)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gradi years (1983–2011)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gradi,_Dario.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Gradi%2C_Dario.jpg/220px-Gradi%2C_Dario.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Gradi%2C_Dario.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Dario Gradi managed 1,359 Crewe first team games</figcaption></figure> In June 1983, after Crewe finished second from bottom at the end of the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_in_English_football" title="1982–83 in English football">1982–83 season</a>, the then club chairman <a href="/wiki/Norman_Rowlinson" title="Norman Rowlinson">Norman Rowlinson</a> appointed <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>-born <a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Dario Gradi</a> as manager.<a href="#cite_note-CreweChron2006-50">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[47]</a> Gradi looked to build an academy structure to develop players that could be sold to help fund the player development programme.<a href="#cite_note-52">[48]</a> Among his early transfer successes were <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Thomas_(footballer,_born_1964)" title="Geoff Thomas (footballer, born 1964)">Geoff Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Pemberton_(footballer)" title="John Pemberton (footballer)">John Pemberton</a> (both signed from <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Rochdale F.C.">Rochdale</a> and sold to <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a>, in 1987 and 1988 respectively),<a href="#cite_note-McGarry-53">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-Thomas-54">[50]</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> apprentice <a href="/wiki/David_Platt" title="David Platt">David Platt</a>, signed in 1985 and sold to <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> for £200,000 in February 1988.<a href="#cite_note-55">[51]</a> Under Gradi, and despite some Crewe fans' initial reservations,<a href="#cite_note-56">[52]</a> Crewe played attractive, technical football and gained a reputation for developing young talent. <a href="/wiki/Steve_Walters_(footballer)" title="Steve Walters (footballer)">Steve Walters</a> became Crewe's youngest player, aged just 16 years and 119 days when he played against <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> on 7 May 1988.<a href="#cite_note-57">[53]</a> In 1989, Crewe won their third promotion, a 1–1 draw at <a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a> enough to take both teams into the Third Division.<a href="#cite_note-58">[54]</a> Meanwhile, on 7 January 1989, Crewe had hosted Aston Villa—and Platt—at Gresty Road in the FA Cup third round, taking a 2–0 lead before the visitors rallied to secure a 3–2 win,<a href="#cite_note-59">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[56]</a> with Platt netting the winner but refusing to celebrate against his former club.<a href="#cite_note-61">[57]</a> A year later, on 6 January 1990, Crewe were again drawn away at Chelsea in the third round; Walters gave Crewe a first-half lead at Stamford Bridge before Chelsea equalised in the 82nd minute to force a replay which they won 2–0.<a href="#cite_note-62">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[59]</a> In March 1990, Crewe defender <a href="/wiki/Paul_Edwards_(footballer,_born_1963)" title="Paul Edwards (footballer, born 1963)">Paul Edwards</a> was sold to <a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a> for £350,000;<a href="#cite_note-CCFPA-64">[60]</a> he was later named in the <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(1990s)#Third_Division" title="PFA Team of the Year (1990s)">1989-1990 Third Division PFA Team of the Year</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Lynch148-65">[61]</a> Crewe's first player to feature in the awards. Crewe were relegated in 1991. However, despite further player sales―defender <a href="/wiki/Rob_Jones_(footballer,_born_1971)" title="Rob Jones (footballer, born 1971)">Rob Jones</a> joined <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> for £300,000,<a href="#cite_note-LFCHistory-transfers-66">[62]</a> then <a href="/wiki/Craig_Hignett" title="Craig Hignett">Craig Hignett</a> was sold for a club record £500,000 to <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[63]</a>―the club reached the <a href="/wiki/1993_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1993 Football League Third Division play-off Final">1993 Third Division play-off final</a> but lost against York City at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[64]</a> Crewe then gained promotion in 1994 after a final day victory at <a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[66]</a> In the same year, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Lennon" title="Neil Lennon">Neil Lennon</a> became the first Crewe player to win an international cap since Fred Keenor in 1932 when he was selected to play for <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a> against <a href="/wiki/Mexico_national_football_team" title="Mexico national football team">Mexico</a>.<a href="#cite_note-71">[67]</a> Crewe twice lost in play-off semi-finals, to <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a> in 1995<a href="#cite_note-72">[68]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a> in 1996,<a href="#cite_note-73">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[70]</a> then returned to Wembley in the <a href="/wiki/1997_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final">1997 Division Two play-off final</a>, securing a 1–0 victory over <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> to put the club back in the second tier for the first time since 1896.<a href="#cite_note-p1028-75">[71]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_tier_survival">Second tier survival</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Second tier survival">edit</a>]</div> Crewe achieved their highest finishing position, 11th, in the <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="1997–98 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">1997–98 First Division season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> Gradi kept his team in the division until 2002, despite a matchday income on which many more lowly clubs could not survive. Boosting the finances, notable player sales included Lennon (to <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> for £750,000),<a href="#cite_note-76">[72]</a> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Murphy_(footballer,_born_1977)" title="Danny Murphy (footballer, born 1977)">Danny Murphy</a> (to Liverpool for an initial fee of £1.5m),<a href="#cite_note-LFCHistory-transfers-66">[62]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seth_Johnson" title="Seth Johnson">Seth Johnson</a> (to <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> for £3m).<a href="#cite_note-Burnton-28Feb2012-77">[73]</a> Gradi celebrated his 1,000th game in charge of Crewe on 20 November 2001.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-20Nov2001-78">[74]</a> After one season in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Division Two</a> the team were promoted back to Division One at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2002–03 season</a>,<a href="#cite_note-statto-79">[75]</a> having finished in second place—Crewe's first runner-up position—with <a href="/wiki/Rob_Hulse" title="Rob Hulse">Rob Hulse</a> scoring 22 league goals, and being named in the <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2000s)" title="PFA Team of the Year (2000s)">PFA Team of the Year</a>,<a href="#cite_note-McKechnie-28Apr2003-80">[76]</a> ahead of a £750,000 transfer to <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-11Jul2003-81">[77]</a> Crewe retained their Division One place in the <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2003–04 season</a>, during which assistant manager Neil Baker took temporary charge between 22 September and 17 October 2003 while Gradi underwent heart surgery.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian-23Sep2003-82">[78]</a> At the start of the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2004–05 season</a>, Crewe were rated one of the teams most likely to be relegated from the newly renamed 'Championship'. In the event, they put in a good showing in the first half of the season, but after selling <a href="/wiki/Dean_Ashton" title="Dean Ashton">Dean Ashton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a> for £3 million in the January 2005 transfer window,<a href="#cite_note-Flown-83">[79]</a> Crewe failed to win until the final match of the season, when they defeated <a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a> 2–1 to avoid relegation on <a href="/wiki/Goal_difference" title="Goal difference">goal difference</a>. However, they were relegated to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">League One</a> (level three) the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">following season</a>. Nonetheless, Crewe were named the "Most Admired Club" in the 2006 <a href="/wiki/EFL_Awards" title="EFL Awards">Football League Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[80]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Stepping_back">Stepping back</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Stepping back">edit</a>]</div> By the summer of 2007, Gradi was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_football_managers_with_most_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of football managers with most games">longest-serving manager</a> in English league football, having completed 24 years in sole charge of the club. Crewe 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 <a href="/wiki/Steve_Holland_(footballer)" title="Steve Holland (footballer)">Steve Holland</a> control of the team.<a href="#cite_note-Rostance-21Apr2007-85">[81]</a> Holland's first season was a disappointment as the club narrowly avoided relegation, finishing 20th with 50 points.<a href="#cite_note-86">[82]</a> Ahead of his second season, he spent half a million pounds on new signings, while striker <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Maynard" title="Nicky Maynard">Nicky Maynard</a> joined <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> for £2.25 million.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-31Jul2008-87">[83]</a> However, despite a positive pre-season, Crewe took only nine points from their first 16 games. The board sacked Holland as first team coach in November 2008, and re-appointed Gradi as <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_manager" title="Caretaker manager">caretaker manager</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Times-18Nov2008-88">[84]</a> On 24 December 2008, former Stoke City manager <a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%B0j%C3%B3n_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson" title="Guðjón Þórðarson">Gudjon Thordarson</a> was appointed as Holland's successor.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian-24Dec2008-89">[85]</a> He made a promising start, and received the February 2009 <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One_Manager_of_the_Month" title="EFL League One Manager of the Month">Manager of the Month</a> award (the first Crewe manager to win the award),<a href="#cite_note-Thordarson-90">[86]</a> but the team suffered a poor end-of-season run, not winning for 10 games, and were relegated to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a>. On 2 October 2009, after nine months in charge and another poor run of results, Thordarson was sacked,<a href="#cite_note-91">[87]</a> and Gradi was reinstated as caretaker manager. Despite lingering close to the playoff places for the majority of the season, another run of poor form saw the club finish 18th. Crewe improved to 10th in the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2010–11 season</a>, during which Gradi won the January 2011 Manager of the Month.<a href="#cite_note-LMA2011-92">[88]</a> In November 2011, Gradi finally stepped down as manager and returned to his previous role as director of football focusing on youth development.<a href="#cite_note-93">[89]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011_to_present_day">2011 to present day</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2011 to present day">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Davis_(footballer_born_1965)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Davis (footballer born 1965)">Steve Davis</a> was appointed manager in the same month.<a href="#cite_note-94">[90]</a> Previously manager of nearby <a href="/wiki/Nantwich_Town_F.C." title="Nantwich Town F.C.">Nantwich Town</a>, Davis had been appointed assistant manager in June 2009, replacing former assistant Neil Baker.<a href="#cite_note-95">[91]</a> Davis immediately led the team to a 16-match unbeaten run in early 2012 up to 7th position, earning the club a play-off place.<a href="#cite_note-96">[92]</a> Crewe defeated <a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> in the two-legged semi-final, extending the unbeaten run to a club record 18 matches<a href="#cite_note-97">[93]</a> and securing a <a href="/wiki/2012_Football_League_Two_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Football League Two play-off Final">play-off final</a> against <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley</a> on 27 May 2012 which they won 2–0; the goalscorers were academy graduates <a href="/wiki/Nick_Powell" title="Nick Powell">Nick Powell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byron_Moore" title="Byron Moore">Byron Moore</a>.<a href="#cite_note-guardrep-98">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-timesrep-99">[95]</a> Before the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2012–13 season</a>, Crewe sold Powell to <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>, and on transfer deadline day captain <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Westwood_(footballer_born_1990)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashley Westwood (footballer born 1990)">Ashley Westwood</a> joined <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>. However, with new academy players coming into the first team, Crewe returned to Wembley to win the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">Football League Trophy</a>, beating Southend United <a href="/wiki/2013_Football_League_Trophy_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Football League Trophy Final">2–0 in the final</a> in April 2013.<a href="#cite_note-Osborne-100">[96]</a> In the league, Crewe finished in mid-table; they ended the season by fielding a team whose starting line-up were all Crewe Academy graduates.<a href="#cite_note-101">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[98]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Bowler_(in_2000).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/John_Bowler_%28in_2000%29.png" decoding="async" width="151" height="221" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="151" data-file-height="221" /></a><figcaption>John Bowler in 2000. He served as chairman from 1988 until resigning in March 2021 following criticisms in <a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_cases_at_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Sexual abuse cases at Crewe Alexandra F.C.">the FA's sex abuse inquiry</a>.</figcaption></figure> In March 2014, <a href="/wiki/John_Bowler_(businessman)" title="John Bowler (businessman)">John Bowler</a>, Crewe chairman since 1988,<a href="#cite_note-103">[e]</a> was honoured with the Contribution to League Football Award at The Football League Awards.<a href="#cite_note-award-104">[99]</a> Dario Gradi had earlier won the same award, in 2011. In the <a href="/wiki/2015_New_Year_Honours" title="2015 New Year Honours">2015 New Year Honours</a>, Bowler was awarded an <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">MBE</a> for services to football; Gradi was presented an MBE in January 1998.<a href="#cite_note-LMA-105">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-humbled-106">[101]</a> Crewe retained their place in League One in the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2013–14 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2013–14 season</a>, but started the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2014–15 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">following season</a> poorly, gaining four points from the first 11 League games. Some sustained runs of better results pulled the club out of the relegation places. The team needed at least a home draw against Bradford City to secure safety but lost 1–0 and had to rely on results elsewhere to ensure League One football for another year, finishing two points above the bottom four in 20th.<a href="#cite_note-Bradford-107">[102]</a> The <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2015–16 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2015–16 season</a> started in a similar pattern, with the team winning just two of their first 15 league games. They also crashed out of the FA Cup in the first round against <a href="/wiki/Non-League_football" title="Non-League football">non-league</a> <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_F.C." title="Eastleigh F.C.">Eastleigh</a>,<a href="#cite_note-108">[103]</a> forcing Davis to defend his position as the 'right man' for the job.<a href="#cite_note-BBC_right_man-109">[104]</a> Crewe's relegation to League Two was confirmed following a 3–0 defeat at local rivals <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a>, with five games remaining.<a href="#cite_note-PV-110">[105]</a> After an initially promising start to the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2016–17 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">following season</a>, Crewe's form slumped in late 2016, and on 8 January 2017, Davis was sacked as Crewe manager.<a href="#cite_note-Club_Part_Company_With_Steve_Davis-111">[106]</a> Former Crewe defender and Academy operations manager <a href="/wiki/David_Artell" title="David Artell">David Artell</a> replaced Davis.<a href="#cite_note-112">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-DavisSacked-8Jan2017-113">[108]</a> Artell maintained the flow of academy players and, as Crewe improved to 15th at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2017–18 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2017–18 season</a>, he emulated Davis in selecting another starting line-up who were all Crewe Academy graduates.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-5May2018-114">[109]</a> After 36 years involvement with the club, Gradi, 78, announced his retirement from all positions at Crewe Alexandra on 7 October 2019.<a href="#cite_note-Morse-07Oct2019-115">[110]</a> In February 2020, further changes to the club's board were announced with local businessman Stuart Whitby<a href="#cite_note-Morse-01Apr2020-116">[111]</a> and former Nantwich Town chairman Tony Davison joining the board following a £1.75m buy-out of majority shareholder Norman Hassall. The Railwaymen Supporters Society also raised £250,000,<a href="#cite_note-Morse-04Feb2020-117">[112]</a> to earn the right for a Crewe fans' representative on the club's new board.<a href="#cite_note-Tantram-03Feb2020-118">[113]</a> On the pitch, Artell's progress since 2017 culminated in Crewe vying for promotion for much of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2019–20 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2019–20 season</a>, with the club top of the table (ahead of <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> on goal difference) when the football season was suspended in March 2020 amid the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. On 9 June, Crewe's promotion to League One was confirmed, but Swindon were crowned League Two champions on the basis of average points per game.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-09Jun2020-119">[114]</a> Artell was selected as League Two Manager of the Year in the <a href="/wiki/League_Managers_Association_Awards" title="League Managers Association Awards">League Managers Association Awards</a><a href="#cite_note-Powell-27Jul2020-120">[115]</a>—becoming the first Crewe manager to win such an annual award—and two Academy graduates, <a href="/wiki/Perry_Ng" title="Perry Ng">Perry Ng</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kirk_(footballer)" title="Charlie Kirk (footballer)">Charlie Kirk</a>, were named in the <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2010s)" title="PFA Team of the Year (2010s)">PFA League Two Team of the Year</a>.<a href="#cite_note-PFA-121">[116]</a> Crewe finished 12th in League One at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2019–20 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2020–21 season</a> – the club's highest finish since relegation from the Championship in 2006.<a href="#cite_note-122">[117]</a> However, the following season was "one of the worst" seasons in Crewe's modern history; the club was relegated with four games still to play after a 2–0 defeat at <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a> on 9 April 2022.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-09Apr2022-123">[118]</a> Two days later, Crewe parted company with Artell; assistant manager <a href="/wiki/Alex_Morris_(footballer)" title="Alex Morris (footballer)">Alex Morris</a> was appointed interim manager,<a href="#cite_note-BBC-11Apr2022-124">[119]</a> becoming the permanent manager on 28 April 2022.<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-28Apr2022-125">[120]</a> However, just over six month later, on 4 November 2022, Morris, winless in nine games, stepped down as manager "for compassionate reasons" and reverted to assistant manager. <a href="/wiki/Lee_Bell" title="Lee Bell">Lee Bell</a> became interim manager<a href="#cite_note-126">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-04Nov2022-127">[122]</a> and on 1 December 2022 was given the job on a permanent basis.<a href="#cite_note-128">[123]</a> Bell managed the side to 13th place at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2022–23 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2022–23 season</a>,<a href="#cite_note-BBC-08May2023-129">[124]</a> improving to 6th place the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2023–24 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">following season</a>; in the <a href="/wiki/2024_English_Football_League_play-offs" title="2024 English Football League play-offs">play-offs</a>, they beat Doncaster to reach a fourth <a href="/wiki/2024_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2024 EFL League Two play-off final">play-off final</a>,<a href="#cite_note-BBC-27Apr2024-130">[125]</a> but lost 2–0 to <a href="/wiki/Crawley_Town_F.C." title="Crawley Town F.C.">Crawley Town</a> at Wembley on 19 May 2024.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-19May2024-131">[126]</a> In July 2024, Crewe chairman Charles Grant wrote an open letter saying the club was seeking new investment to help it "rise up the pyramid".<a href="#cite_note-132">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadiums">Stadiums</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Stadiums">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexandra_Recreation_Ground_-_1888_OS_map_detail.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Alexandra_Recreation_Ground_-_1888_OS_map_detail.png/220px-Alexandra_Recreation_Ground_-_1888_OS_map_detail.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Alexandra_Recreation_Ground_-_1888_OS_map_detail.png/330px-Alexandra_Recreation_Ground_-_1888_OS_map_detail.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Alexandra_Recreation_Ground_-_1888_OS_map_detail.png/440px-Alexandra_Recreation_Ground_-_1888_OS_map_detail.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="712" /></a><figcaption>Detail of 1888 OS map showing Crewe Alexandra's first two grounds: the Alexandra Recreation Ground and its adjacent football ground</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alexandra_Recreation_Ground">Alexandra Recreation Ground</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Alexandra Recreation Ground">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Recreation_Ground" title="Alexandra Recreation Ground">Alexandra Recreation Ground</a></div> Until 1896, Crewe played at the <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Recreation_Ground" title="Alexandra Recreation Ground">Alexandra Recreation Ground</a>, located just to the north of the modern-day <a href="/wiki/Gresty_Road" title="Gresty Road">Gresty Road</a>. After playing at various venues in 1896 and 1897, including in nearby <a href="/wiki/Sandbach" title="Sandbach">Sandbach</a>, the club returned to the same area of Crewe, adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Crewe_railway_station" title="Crewe railway station">Crewe railway station</a>, 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.<a href="#cite_note-UD-23">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-UD2-133">[128]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gresty_Road">Gresty Road</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Gresty Road">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gresty_Road" title="Gresty Road">Gresty Road</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gresty_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1493956.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Gresty_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1493956.jpg/220px-Gresty_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1493956.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Gresty_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1493956.jpg/330px-Gresty_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1493956.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Gresty_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1493956.jpg/440px-Gresty_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1493956.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="435" /></a><figcaption>Gresty Road in 1998, looking east towards the Family Stand, with the old main stand on the right</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gresty_Road,_Crewe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photograph" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Gresty_Road%2C_Crewe.jpg/220px-Gresty_Road%2C_Crewe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Gresty_Road%2C_Crewe.jpg/330px-Gresty_Road%2C_Crewe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Gresty_Road%2C_Crewe.jpg/440px-Gresty_Road%2C_Crewe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Main stand (left) and Gresty Road End</figcaption></figure> The pitch runs approximately east to west, with teams playing either west towards Gresty Road or east towards the railway station. The main stand has always been situated on the south side of the ground. Until the 1990s, the main stand was a wooden structure, built in 1932 after a fire destroyed the original stand,<a href="#cite_note-UD2-133">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-134">[129]</a> offering the ground's only (wooden) seating plus a standing area―'The Paddock'―while the other three sides were all standing terraces. This configuration saw the club's record attendance when 20,000 people watched the FA Cup third round tie against Spurs in 1960.<a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> During the 1990s, phased modernisation saw open terracing at the "Railway End" (at one time a roughly formed "ash bank" terraced with sleepers) replaced by a new family stand in 1993.<a href="#cite_note-135">[130]</a> The "Gresty Road End" (then the main away supporters area) was also replaced by an all-seater stand in 1995;<a href="#cite_note-136">[131]</a> and the partially-covered northern stand (the home supporters' "Pop Side") was replaced by an all-seater stand in 1996–97.<a href="#cite_note-137">[132]</a> Completion of the final phase in 2000, including construction of a new £5.2 million main stand, saw some reorganisation of seating allocations. Away fans are currently accommodated in the stand along the northern touchline, with the option of additional capacity in the family stand for particularly large visiting contingents; Crewe hosted its first crowd of over 10,000 in the now all-seater stadium in 2000<a href="#cite_note-138">[133]</a> with the record attendance of 10,092 when Crewe played <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> on 12 March 2002.<a href="#cite_note-doing92-139">[134]</a> The Gresty Road End and main stand are solely for home supporters.<a href="#cite_note-Stadiums-140">[135]</a> In June 2021, the club agreed a £0.5m naming rights deal with its long-term shirt sponsor <a href="/wiki/Mornflake" title="Mornflake">Mornflake</a>; the ground would be called the "Mornflake Stadium" until 2023–24;<a href="#cite_note-BBC-10Jun2021-141">[136]</a> in December 2023, Mornflake extended their stadium and shirt sponsorship.<a href="#cite_note-Rial-142">[137]</a> Also known as the Alexandra Stadium, it has an all-seated capacity of 10,153. It features four stands:<a href="#cite_note-Stadiums-140">[135]</a> <ul><li>The "Boughey Stand",<a href="#cite_note-143">[138]</a> or main stand, seats 6,809 spectators and also has a directors area and media seating, and houses the club's offices, team changing rooms, hospitality facilities, ticket office and club shop.<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-Boughey-144">[139]</a></li> <li>The "KPI Recruiting Stand",<a href="#cite_note-145">[140]</a> also known as the "Gresty Road End", accommodates 982 spectators and 4 disabled spectators. A bar for home supporters is situated to the north of this stand.</li> <li>"The Andrew Connolly Financial Planning Stand",<a href="#cite_note-146">[141]</a> also known as the "Railway End", accommodates 682 spectators.</li> <li>The "<a href="/wiki/Whitby_Morrison" title="Whitby Morrison">Whitby Morrison</a> Ice Cream Van Stand",<a href="#cite_note-icecream-147">[142]</a> formerly the "Pop Side", accommodates 1,680 away spectators, and also houses the ground's matchday video filming facilities. In July 2021, Whitby Morrison announced a 99-year extension of its stand sponsorship at Crewe.<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-22Jul2021-148">[143]</a></li></ul> Should the ground require expansion, the most likely change will be redevelopment of the Ice Cream Van Stand to become a two-tiered stand.<a href="#cite_note-Stadiums-140">[135]</a> In February 2023, the club announced plans to install 3,000 solar panels above spaces in the car park south of the main (Boughey) stand, with energy to be used to power the stadium or to bring in cash.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-03Feb2023-149">[144]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_identity">Club identity</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Club identity">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Crewe_alexandra_1988-1989.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Crewe_alexandra_1988-1989.gif" decoding="async" width="150" height="263" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="263" /></a><figcaption>Crewe Alexandra kit, 1988–1989</figcaption></figure> Since the late 1890s, the main (home) Crewe playing strip has featured a red or predominantly red top, usually with white shorts (though red and black shorts have also been briefly adopted) and red socks.<a href="#cite_note-HFK-150">[145]</a> The team played in white shirts and blue shorts from 1886 to 1896, but have since played mainly in red and white.<a href="#cite_note-HFK-150">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-Beautiful-151">[146]</a> The red shirts earned the early nickname of the "Robins",<a href="#cite_note-Beautiful-151">[146]</a> though the club is more commonly referred to as the "Alex" or the "Railwaymen" (reflecting the club's railway works founders, the town's associations with the railway industry, and the club's proximity to Crewe railway station).<a href="#cite_note-HFK-150">[145]</a> Crewe's away colours have varied. Blue, white or blue-and-white shirts have been the most commonly adopted, but during the 21st century, the club has also occasionally played in other colours;<a href="#cite_note-FSH-152">[147]</a> black with a gold trim was adopted for the 2021–2022 season,<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-09Jul2021-153">[148]</a> then light and dark blue vertical stripes the following season.<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-13Jul2022-154">[149]</a> The town's crest appeared on the team's shirts in the 1958–59 season.<a href="#cite_note-HFK-150">[145]</a> This included a lion―associated with the <a href="/wiki/Robert_Crewe-Milnes,_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe" title="Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe">Marquess of Crewe</a>―holding a cogged wheel, a larger six-spoked railway wheel, and two wheatsheaves reflecting south Cheshire's agricultural connections.<a href="#cite_note-Beautiful-151">[146]</a> This was replaced in 1975 by a simpler badge with a lion holding a railway wheel―a motif borrowed from <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a><a href="#cite_note-HFK-150">[145]</a>―on a circle containing the words 'Crewe Alexandra Football Club' arranged around a football. The current badge, adopted in 1998, features a lion perched on a football, encircled by a laurel and the club's name; it dropped the railway wheel, prompting some Crewe fans to demand the club "bring back the wheel".<a href="#cite_note-Beautiful-151">[146]</a><a href="#cite_note-Kural-17">[14]</a> The club's <a href="/wiki/Mascot" title="Mascot">mascot</a> is also a lion: Gresty the Lion appears on matchdays and in other community activities.<a href="#cite_note-Gresty-155">[150]</a> The current shirt sponsor is cereals supplier Mornflake―also based in Gresty Road―whose logo has appeared on the shirts since 2005.<a href="#cite_note-HFK-150">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-CAFC-19Jun2020-156">[151]</a> In December 2023, Mornflake extended their shirt sponsorship, making it the longest continual agreement in the EFL,<a href="#cite_note-Rial-142">[137]</a> and October 2024 saw the 1,000th game since Mornflake's shirt sponsorship began.<a href="#cite_note-157">[152]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supporters_and_rivalries">Supporters and rivalries</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Supporters and rivalries">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attendances">Attendances</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Attendances">edit</a>]</div> Crewe is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_settlements_in_Cheshire_by_population" title="List of settlements in Cheshire by population">third largest town in Cheshire</a>: its built-up area had a total population of 76,437 in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-CPBUA-158">[153]</a> Founded by employees of the railway works, the club drew many of its supporters from the works, as well as residents from more rural areas surrounding the town. The club's location next to Crewe railway station has also helped supporters travel to and from games at Gresty Road. From the 1920s through to the 1960s, attendances typically averaged around 6,000,<a href="#cite_note-EFS-159">[154]</a> but local derbies could more than double crowds: the visit of <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> on 26 October 1926 attracted 15,102, for example,<a href="#cite_note-160">[155]</a> while Port Vale drew 17,883 on 21 September 1953,<a href="#cite_note-161">[156]</a> Crewe's record league crowd.<a href="#cite_note-EFS-159">[154]</a> Cup matches against major clubs such as Spurs also drew large crowds (a record 20,000 in 1960).<a href="#cite_note-Crisp,_pp.9,_91-38">[34]</a> However, league attendances dwindled in the 1970s and 1980s,<a href="#cite_note-162">[157]</a> when seasonal averages of under 2,000 were recorded four times, with 1986-87 being lowest: 1,817;<a href="#cite_note-EFS-159">[154]</a> just 1,009 watched a 1–1 draw with <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> on 4 February 1986.<a href="#cite_note-163">[158]</a> Crewe's resurgence from the mid-1980s under Gradi boosted local interest, with 5,000-plus attendances increasingly common, even as Gresty Road's transition to an all-seater stadium began to restrict numbers in the late 1990s; average attendance peaked at 7,741 in 2004 during Crewe's years in the Championship.<a href="#cite_note-EFS-159">[154]</a> League Two crowds before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown in 2020 averaged 4,580,<a href="#cite_note-EFS-159">[154]</a> just above their all-time average, 4,576.<a href="#cite_note-Smith-28Mar2021-164">[159]</a> Ticket prices at Gresty Road are broadly in line with other clubs' rates for all-seated areas. In the BBC's 2017 Price of Football survey, Crewe's tickets for individual League Two games cost a maximum of £22 (15 other clubs charged higher prices); the most expensive Crewe season ticket cost £325 (only one other club, <a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C." title="Accrington Stanley F.C.">Accrington Stanley</a>, charged less for its most expensive season tickets), and its lowest priced season ticket (£280) was in the mid-range for the division.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-15Nov2017-165">[160]</a> For the 2021–2022 season in League One, matchday tickets cost a maximum of £25.<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-tickets-166">[161]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Rivalries">edit</a>]</div> Crewe's main rivals are fellow English Football League team <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Vale">Port Vale</a>. As of June 2023, the clubs have played 81 games since 1892 (8 games against Burslem Port Vale); overall, Crewe have won 20 games, Port Vale have won 38, with the teams drawing 23 games.<a href="#cite_note-167">[162]</a><a href="#cite_note-168">[163]</a> The rivalry (known by some since the 1980s as the <a href="/wiki/A500_road" title="A500 road">A500</a> Derby) intensified after the millennium, when both clubs were in <a href="/wiki/Football_League_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League One">Leagues One</a> and <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Two">Two</a>, with close encounters sometimes resulting in violence and arrests.<a href="#cite_note-169">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-170">[165]</a> On 22 February 2014, Crewe beat Vale 3–1, at <a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a> and there was trouble before, during and after the game, with several arrests made and flares thrown on the pitch.<a href="#cite_note-171">[166]</a> In January 2015 at Vale Park, Crewe won 1–0 to seal their first league double over Port Vale, and two arrests were made at the game, with minor disturbances between rival fans after the match.<a href="#cite_note-172">[167]</a> Six arrests were made at Gresty Road during the 22 September 2018 meeting between the two sides.<a href="#cite_note-Wise-24Sep2018-173">[168]</a> A 2019 study ranked the Port Vale-Crewe Alexandra rivalry as the 14th biggest rivalry in English professional football.<a href="#cite_note-174">[169]</a> Crewe also maintain smaller rivalries with <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Wrexham F.C.">Wrexham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salford_City_F.C." title="Salford City F.C.">Salford City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> and traditional local Cheshire derbies with <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_F.C." title="Macclesfield F.C.">Macclesfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Edgeley_Park" title="Edgeley Park">Edgeley Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-175">[170]</a> Crewe then returned the favour on 30 April 2011, when they beat County 2–0 at <a href="/wiki/Gresty_Road" title="Gresty Road">Gresty Road</a>, confirming County's relegation to non-League football.<a href="#cite_note-176">[171]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Songs_and_music">Songs and music</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Songs and music">edit</a>]</div> Crewe's fans were the first to sing the song "<a href="/wiki/Blue_Moon_(1934_song)" title="Blue Moon (1934 song)">Blue Moon</a>"<a href="#cite_note-177">[172]</a>―also sung by fans of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a>―(with lyrics that do not quite match the <a href="/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hart" title="Rodgers and Hart">Rodgers and Hart</a> original) and said to be a response to the gloomy days of the 1950s and 1960s,<a href="#cite_note-178">[173]</a> or reflecting an old joke that the team only wins 'once in a <a href="/wiki/Blue_moon" title="Blue moon">blue moon</a>', i.e., rarely.<a href="#cite_note-FT-12Mar2021-179">[174]</a> During the 1990s, one Crewe supporter, classically trained musician Richard Sutton, was known for taking a trumpet to games,<a href="#cite_note-180">[175]</a> playing occasional fanfares such as the theme from <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a> during matches.<a href="#cite_note-Shaw-2011-181">[176]</a> The Crewe-based dance trio <a href="/wiki/Dario_G" title="Dario G">Dario G</a> were named after Dario Gradi.<a href="#cite_note-DPost-2003-182">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ronay-21Mar2011-183">[178]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railwaymen_Supporters_Society">Railwaymen Supporters Society</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Railwaymen Supporters Society">edit</a>]</div> Crewe supporters often sing a song featuring the line "We are the Railwaymen". Aggregating and formalising several former Crewe supporters groups, and supported by the national <a href="/wiki/Football_Supporters%27_Association" title="Football Supporters' Association">Football Supporters' Association</a>, the independent Railwaymen Supporters Society was established in 2018, and incorporated as a community benefit society on 8 July 2019.<a href="#cite_note-FCA-184">[179]</a><a href="#cite_note-185">[180]</a> Initiatives have included a campaign, Project250, to raise £250,000 to invest in club shares and gain representation on the club's board (achieved in February 2020),<a href="#cite_note-Morse-05Feb2020-186">[181]</a> and the establishment of an Ex-Players Association (<a href="/wiki/Gareth_Whalley" title="Gareth Whalley">Gareth Whalley</a> is its president).<a href="#cite_note-Morse-15Apr2019-187">[182]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reputation">Reputation</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Reputation">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player_development">Player development</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Player development">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._Academy" title="Crewe Alexandra F.C. Academy">Crewe Alexandra F.C. Academy</a></div> As an early professional club in the late 19th century, several Crewe players achieved international selection, particularly for Wales. During the 20th century, however, Crewe had few stars. Welsh international <a href="/wiki/Fred_Keenor" title="Fred Keenor">Fred Keenor</a> played his final league games for the club and his last international cap in 1932 was Crewe's first of the century.<a href="#cite_note-EU_-_FrK-28">[24]</a> Some players started or developed their careers at Crewe before achieving fame elsewhere. For example, forward <a href="/wiki/Frank_Blunstone" title="Frank Blunstone">Frank Blunstone</a> played 48 League games for Crewe in the early 1950s before a move to <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> and five England caps,<a href="#cite_note-188">[183]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stan_Bowles" title="Stan Bowles">Stan Bowles</a> scored 18 Crewe goals in 51 games in the early 1970s and went on to play for <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> and England,<a href="#cite_note-189">[184]</a> and goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Grobbelaar" title="Bruce Grobbelaar">Bruce Grobbelaar</a> played 24 Crewe matches at the start of the 1980s before moving to <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ESPN-23May2012-49">[45]</a> Crewe's conscious investment in young players began in the late 1980s when then manager Dario Gradi and club chairman John Bowler got the local council to contribute towards the costs of an all-weather pitch at <a href="/wiki/Gresty_Road" title="Gresty Road">Gresty Road</a>.<a href="#cite_note-190">[185]</a> This formed the starting point for a youth coaching facility, which by the early 1990s was coaching 120 youngsters every week.<a href="#cite_note-191">[186]</a> In 1995, Crewe leased a 20-acre site at Reaseheath, near Nantwich, planning a £750,000 training and player development facility largely funded by transfer sales.<a href="#cite_note-192">[187]</a> In 1996, Crewe received a <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Lottery (United Kingdom)">lottery grant</a> to develop a youth coaching facility in nearby <a href="/wiki/Shavington" class="mw-redirect" title="Shavington">Shavington</a>.<a href="#cite_note-193">[188]</a> By 2015, player sales had generated over £20 million which had contributed to modernising Gresty Road and developing Crewe's Academy,<a href="#cite_note-McClurg-09Feb2015-194">[189]</a> making it the only club outside the top two divisions to have a Category Two academy club;<a href="#cite_note-McClurg-09Feb2015-194">[189]</a> in 2022, it was ranked in the top 10 academies in England and Wales.<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-20Oct2022-195">[190]</a> Players who passed through the ranks since establishment of the academy include England internationals <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Thomas_(footballer_born_1964)" class="mw-redirect" title="Geoff Thomas (footballer born 1964)">Geoff Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Platt" title="David Platt">David Platt</a>, Wales international <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Savage" title="Robbie Savage">Robbie Savage</a>, and Northern Ireland's <a href="/wiki/Neil_Lennon" title="Neil Lennon">Neil Lennon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jones_(footballer_born_1976)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Jones (footballer born 1976)">Steve Jones</a>. These were all youngsters signed from other clubs, but the academy also nurtured Crewe's own trainees – most notably England internationals <a href="/wiki/Rob_Jones_(footballer_born_1971)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rob Jones (footballer born 1971)">Rob Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Murphy_(footballer_born_1977)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny Murphy (footballer born 1977)">Danny Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seth_Johnson" title="Seth Johnson">Seth Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dean_Ashton" title="Dean Ashton">Dean Ashton</a>, plus Wales midfielder <a href="/wiki/David_Vaughan_(footballer)" title="David Vaughan (footballer)">David Vaughan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Gibson-24Nov2016-196">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-197">[192]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_abuse_scandal">Sexual abuse scandal</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sexual abuse scandal">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_football_sexual_abuse_scandal" title="United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal">United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_cases_at_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Sexual abuse cases at Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Sexual abuse cases at Crewe Alexandra F.C.</a></div> On 16 November 2016, former Crewe defender <a href="/wiki/Andy_Woodward" title="Andy Woodward">Andy Woodward</a> revealed that he had been the victim of <a href="/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" title="Child sexual abuse">child sexual abuse</a> by former football coach <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_football_sexual_abuse_scandal#Barry_Bennell" title="United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal">Barry Bennell</a> (convicted as a paedophile in the US in 1994) at the club in the 1980s.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian-16Nov2016-198">[193]</a><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-17Nov2016-199">[194]</a> By the time club chairman John Bowler responded to the revelations, on Monday 21 November, six other individuals had contacted the police,<a href="#cite_note-Taylor-21Nov2016-200">[195]</a> with Woodward's Crewe teammate <a href="/wiki/Steve_Walters_(footballer)" title="Steve Walters (footballer)">Steve Walters</a> alleging he was another of Bennell's victims.<a href="#cite_note-Taylor-22Nov2016-201">[196]</a> Woodward criticised Crewe for failing to apologise.<a href="#cite_note-Taylor-22Nov2016Apol-202">[197]</a> On 27 November 2016, a third former Crewe player, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hughes_(footballer)" title="Anthony Hughes (footballer)">Anthony Hughes</a>, revealed that he too had been abused by Bennell,<a href="#cite_note-BBC-27Nov2016-203">[198]</a> as did Crewe trainee, later Wimbledon and Northern Ireland international <a href="/wiki/Mark_Williams_(footballer,_born_1970)" title="Mark Williams (footballer, born 1970)">Mark Williams</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Parveen-29Nov2016-204">[199]</a><a href="#cite_note-Austin-29Nov2016-205">[200]</a> Bennell was tried at Liverpool Crown Court in early 2018, and convicted of 50 offences of sexual abuse against 12 boys<a href="#cite_note-BBC-15Feb2018-206">[201]</a> (and on 20 February 2018 was sentenced to 30 years in prison).<a href="#cite_note-207">[202]</a> After the guilty verdicts on 15 February, victims including Andy Woodward and Steve Walters read statements outside court.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-15Feb2018-206">[201]</a> 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,<a href="#cite_note-CANet-15Feb2018-208">[203]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-15Feb2018-206">[201]</a> though this has been disputed.<a href="#cite_note-Taylor-15Feb2018-209">[204]</a> Walters accused Crewe of "<a href="/wiki/Victim_blaming" title="Victim blaming">victim blaming</a>" in a bid to avoid compensation payouts. He and at least one other former Crewe player launched High Court damages claims of upwards of £200,000 against the club;<a href="#cite_note-CreweCron-13Mar2019-210">[205]</a> an eight-week trial was listed to start in October 2021.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-05May2020-211">[206]</a> On 19 March 2019, the Guardian reported Crewe Alexandra planned to contest victims' claims,<a href="#cite_note-Taylor-19Mar2019-212">[207]</a> but later (27 March 2019), reported an apparent U-turn in Crewe's approach; it had agreed an out-of-court financial settlement with one of Bennell's victims.<a href="#cite_note-Taylor-28Mar2019-213">[208]</a> Andy Woodward had unsuccessfully sued Crewe for damages in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-Woodward-04Jun2019-214">[209]</a> Crewe were additionally criticised for not holding an independent review into how they dealt with historical child sex abuse allegations.<a href="#cite_note-Townsend-26Nov2016-215">[210]</a> In March 2018, the said that, as it had fully co-operated with police investigations, it did "not intend to commission a further independent investigation," and the police's report had also been supplied to the FA review headed by Clive Sheldon.<a href="#cite_note-CAFC_statement-02Mar2018-216">[211]</a> This decision was criticised by local MP <a href="/wiki/Laura_Smith_(British_politician)" title="Laura Smith (British politician)">Laura Smith</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Ryan-09Mar2018-217">[212]</a> by MP <a href="/wiki/Damian_Collins" title="Damian Collins">Damian Collins</a>, chair of the <a href="/wiki/Digital,_Culture,_Media_and_Sport_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee">DCMS select committee</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Drucker-14Mar2018-218">[213]</a> by <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Town_Council" title="Crewe Town Council">Crewe Town Council</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Ryan-13Mar2018-219">[214]</a> and by the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Footballers_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional Footballers Association">Professional Footballers Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Taylor_(footballer)" title="Gordon Taylor (footballer)">Gordon Taylor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Taylor-10Mar2018-220">[215]</a> In his final report, Sheldon said he "liaised with the Club and its lawyers with a view to suggesting other lines of enquiry that could usefully be followed up by the Club. Ultimately, the Club agreed to conduct those further enquiries, and provided me with a report setting out its conclusions."<a href="#cite_note-Sheldon_Report-221">[216]</a> The FA's 710-page report,<a href="#cite_note-Sheldon_Report-221">[216]</a> published on 17 March 2021, identified failures to act adequately on complaints or rumours of sexual abuse at eight professional clubs including Crewe. Considering whether senior Crewe people knew about Bennell, Sheldon concluded they had not received specific reports of abuse. However, directors had discussed concerns about inappropriate behaviour, and the club "should have done more to check on the well-being of the boys".<a href="#cite_note-Conn-17Mar2021-222">[217]</a> Following publication of the report, Crewe Alexandra apologised to all survivors of Bennell's abuse, expressing "wholehearted regret" about their ignorance of his crimes,<a href="#cite_note-BBC-18Mar2021-223">[218]</a> and Gradi also apologised.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-20March2021-224">[219]</a> With Gradi "effectively banned for life" from football for safeguarding reasons,<a href="#cite_note-BBC-17Mar2021-225">[220]</a> Crewe chairman John Bowler was pressed to resign<a href="#cite_note-Rumsby-18Mar2021-226">[221]</a> and did so on 25 March 2021.<a href="#cite_note-Ostlere-25Mar2021-227">[222]</a> Awarded an MBE in 1998,<a href="#cite_note-LMA-105">[100]</a> Gradi was stripped of the award in August 2023 following a professional disbarment<a href="#cite_note-UK_Government-228">[223]</a> for failing to protect children from sexual abuse.<a href="#cite_note-Taylor-21Aug2023-229">[224]</a><a href="#cite_note-MacInnes-21Aug20232-230">[225]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Records">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._records_and_statistics" title="List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics">List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics</a></div> Crewe's biggest league victory came against <a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a> on 1 October 1932 in the <a href="/wiki/Third_Division_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Division North">Third Division North</a> when they won 8–0.<a href="#cite_note-231">[226]</a> In the FA Cup, their biggest win was 9–1 over <a href="/wiki/Northwich_Victoria_F.C." title="Northwich Victoria F.C.">Northwich Victoria</a> on 16 November 1889.<a href="#cite_note-232">[227]</a> The club's heaviest defeat was in the FA Cup in 1960 when they were beaten 13–2 by <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> at <a href="/wiki/White_Hart_Lane" title="White Hart Lane">White Hart Lane</a> on 30 January 1960,<a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> a game watched by 64,365: the largest crowd for a match involving Crewe.<a href="#cite_note-233">[228]</a> In the league, Crewe's worst performance saw them beaten 11–1 at <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a> on 29 September 1951 in the Third Division North.<a href="#cite_note-234">[229]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lowry" title="Tommy Lowry">Tommy Lowry</a> made the most first team appearances in all competitions for Crewe: 482 between 1965 and 1977.<a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bert_Swindells" title="Bert Swindells">Bert Swindells</a> holds the record for most Crewe goals: 128, scored from 1927 to 1937,<a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> while <a href="/wiki/Terry_Harkin" title="Terry Harkin">Terry Harkin</a> scored the most Crewe goals in a single season: 34 in <a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_Football_League" title="1964–65 Football League">1964–65</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ENFA-43">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> Best match return was five goals, scored by <a href="/wiki/Tony_Naylor" title="Tony Naylor">Tony Naylor</a> in Crewe's 7–1 league defeat of <a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a> at Gresty Road on 24 April 1993.<a href="#cite_note-235">[230]</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Bell_(footballer,_born_1859)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Bell (footballer, born 1859)">William Bell</a> was the first Crewe player to win an international cap, playing for Wales against Ireland in Wrexham in February 1886.<a href="#cite_note-EUFImatch-12">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Ince" title="Clayton Ince">Clayton Ince</a>, with 31 caps for <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_national_football_team" title="Trinidad and Tobago national football team">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, has won most caps while playing for Crewe.<a href="#cite_note-RSSF-236">[231]</a> <a href="/wiki/Efe_Sodje" title="Efe Sodje">Efe Sodje</a> is the only Crewe player to play in a <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">World Cup Finals</a> tournament, for <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a> against <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a>, on 2 June 2002, and then against England on 12 June 2002, both in Japan.<a href="#cite_note-NFT-Sodje-237">[232]</a> Crewe's most expensive player was <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Jack" title="Rodney Jack">Rodney Jack</a>, signed from <a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> in August 1998 for £650,000.<a href="#cite_note-238">[233]</a> Crewe were reported to have received £3 million for <a href="/wiki/Nick_Powell" title="Nick Powell">Nick Powell</a> when he moved to <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> on 2 July 2012, with options for the fee to grow to £6 million depending on appearances.<a href="#cite_note-239">[234]</a> Crewe also received £3 million for <a href="/wiki/Seth_Johnson" title="Seth Johnson">Seth Johnson</a>'s 1999 move to Derby County,<a href="#cite_note-Burnton-28Feb2012-77">[73]</a> and for <a href="/wiki/Dean_Ashton" title="Dean Ashton">Dean Ashton</a>'s move to Norwich City in 2005.<a href="#cite_note-Flown-83">[79]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Players">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dd>As of 9 August 2024<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-27Jul2022-240">[235]</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_squad">Current squad</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Current squad">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">1 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Booth_(footballer,_born_2004)" title="Tom Booth (footballer, born 2004)">Tom Booth</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">2 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Cooney" title="Ryan Cooney">Ryan Cooney</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">3 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Soccer_Association" title="Canadian Soccer Association">CAN</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Knight-Lebel" title="Jamie Knight-Lebel">Jamie Knight-Lebel</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">4 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Zac_Williams_(Welsh_footballer)" title="Zac Williams (Welsh footballer)">Zac Williams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vice-captain_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-captain (association football)">vice-captain</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">5 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Demetriou" title="Mickey Demetriou">Mickey Demetriou</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a>)<a href="#cite_note-241">[236]</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">6 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Max_Sanders" title="Max Sanders">Max Sanders</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">7 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Long_(footballer)" title="Chris Long (footballer)">Chris Long</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">8 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Conor_Thomas" title="Conor Thomas">Conor Thomas</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Omar_Bogle" title="Omar Bogle">Omar Bogle</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">10 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Shilow_Tracey" title="Shilow Tracey">Shilow Tracey</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">11 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Tabiner" title="Joel Tabiner">Joel Tabiner</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">12 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Filip_Marschall" title="Filip Marschall">Filip Marschall</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">14 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lankester" title="Jack Lankester">Jack Lankester</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">15 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Kane_Hemmings" title="Kane Hemmings">Kane Hemmings</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">16 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Lucas Sant </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">17 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Slovakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Football_Association" title="Slovak Football Association">SVK</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Mat%C3%BA%C5%A1_Hol%C3%AD%C4%8Dek" title="Matúš Holíček">Matúš Holíček</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">18 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/James_Connolly_(footballer)" title="James Connolly (footballer)">James Connolly</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">19 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owen_Lunt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Owen Lunt (page does not exist)">Owen Lunt</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">20 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Calum_Agius" title="Calum Agius">Calum Agius</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">21 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fin_Roberts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fin Roberts (page does not exist)">Fin Roberts</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">22 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Stan Dancey </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">23 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Powell_(footballer,_born_1994)" title="Jack Powell (footballer, born 1994)">Jack Powell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)#3rd_captain" title="Captain (association football)">3rd captain</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">24 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Finney" title="Charlie Finney">Charlie Finney</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">25 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Max_Conway" title="Max Conway">Max Conway</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">26 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kian_Breckin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kian Breckin (page does not exist)">Kian Breckin</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">27 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Owen_Taylor" title="Owen Taylor">Owen Taylor</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">28 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Billington" title="Lewis Billington">Lewis Billington</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">29 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adrien_Thibaut&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adrien Thibaut (page does not exist)">Adrien Thibaut</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">31 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Polish_Football_Association" title="Polish Football Association">POL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Mikolaj Lenarcik </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">32 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Luca Moore </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">33 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Oliver Armstrong </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">34 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Will Perry </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">35 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nathan_Robinson_(footballer,_born_2006)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nathan Robinson (footballer, born 2006) (page does not exist)">Nathan Robinson</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">36 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Joe Collins </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_players">Former players</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Former players">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._players" title="List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. players">List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. players</a></div> In 2004 the BBC's <a href="/wiki/Football_Focus" title="Football Focus">Football Focus</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Craig_Hignett" title="Craig Hignett">Craig Hignett</a> third with 8%.<a href="#cite_note-242">[237]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_international_players">Full international players</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Full international players">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/William_Bell_(footballer,_born_1859)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Bell (footballer, born 1859)">William Bell</a> was the first Crewe player to win an international cap, playing for <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> against Ireland in Wrexham in February 1886.<a href="#cite_note-EUFImatch-12">[10]</a> On 15 March 1890, three Crewe players – <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Owen_Davies" title="Alfred Owen Davies">Alfred Davies</a> (also Wales captain), <a href="/wiki/Richard_Owen_Jones" title="Richard Owen Jones">Dick Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Lewis_(footballer,_born_1864)" title="Billy Lewis (footballer, born 1864)">Billy Lewis</a> – played in Wales's 3–1 defeat by <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a>;<a href="#cite_note-EUFImatch1890-243">[238]</a> Lewis scored Wales's goal,<a href="#cite_note-EU_-_BiL-244">[239]</a> the first international goal scored by a Crewe player. <a href="/wiki/John_Pearson_(footballer,_born_1868)" title="John Pearson (footballer, born 1868)">John 'Jackie' Pearson</a> became the first Crewe player to win an international cap for <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>, playing against <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)" title="Ireland national football team (1882–1950)">Ireland</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> on 5 March 1892.<a href="#cite_note-Gibbons-18">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-Englandstats-19">[16]</a> He remains the only Crewe player capped for England while playing at the club.<a href="#cite_note-EU_-_JoP-20">[17]</a> <a href="/wiki/Donervon_Daniels" title="Donervon Daniels">Donervon Daniels</a> was the most recent Crewe player to win a full international cap; he played for <a href="/wiki/Montserrat_national_football_team" title="Montserrat national football team">Montserrat</a> in their <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification">2022 qualifier</a> against <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands_national_soccer_team" title="United States Virgin Islands national soccer team">US Virgin Islands</a> on 2 June 2021.<a href="#cite_note-FIFADD-245">[240]</a> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"> <tbody><tr> <td>Player </td> <td> </td> <td>Country </td> <td>Caps </td> <td>Goals </td> <td>Years of caps </td> <td>Notes </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Ince" title="Clayton Ince">Clayton Ince</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago"><img alt="Trinidad and Tobago" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_national_football_team" title="Trinidad and Tobago national football team">Trinidad and Tobago</a> </td> <td>36</td> <td>0</td> <td>1999–2005</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-RSSF-236">[231]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jones_(footballer,_born_1976)" title="Steve Jones (footballer, born 1976)">Steve Jones</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td>22</td> <td>1</td> <td>2003–2006</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_StJ-246">[241]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Haber" title="Marcus Haber">Marcus Haber</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada men's national soccer team">Canada</a> </td> <td>13</td> <td>1</td> <td>2014–2016</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NFT-Haber-247">[242]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Vaughan_(footballer)" title="David Vaughan (footballer)">David Vaughan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>2003–2007</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_DaV-248">[243]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Efe_Sodje" title="Efe Sodje">Efe Sodje</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>2000–2003</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NFT-Sodje-237">[232]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Jack" title="Rodney Jack">Rodney Jack</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"><img alt="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_national_football_team" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NFT-Jack-249">[244]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Lennon" title="Neil Lennon">Neil Lennon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>1994–1995</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_NeL-250">[245]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Lewis_(footballer,_born_1864)" title="Billy Lewis (footballer, born 1864)">Billy Lewis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>1890–1892</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_BiL-244">[239]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Connor_(footballer,_born_1987)" title="Michael O'Connor (footballer, born 1987)">Michael O'Connor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>2008–2009</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_MiO-251">[246]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Bell_(footballer,_born_1859)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Bell (footballer, born 1859)">William Bell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1886</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_WiB-252">[247]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Murdock" title="Colin Murdock">Colin Murdock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_CoM-253">[248]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Savage" title="Robbie Savage">Robbie Savage</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1995–1996</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_RoS-254">[249]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mathias_Pogba" title="Mathias Pogba">Mathias Pogba</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guinea" title="Guinea"><img alt="Guinea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guinea_national_football_team" title="Guinea national football team">Guinea</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NFT-Pogba-255">[250]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Owen" title="Trevor Owen">Trevor Owen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1893</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_TrO-256">[251]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Williams_(footballer)" title="Edwin Williams (footballer)">Edwin Williams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1893</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_EdW-257">[252]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madjid_Bougherra" title="Madjid Bougherra">Madjid Bougherra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria"><img alt="Algeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Algeria_national_football_team" title="Algeria national football team">Algeria</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2006</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-NFT-Bougherra-258">[253]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Donervon_Daniels" title="Donervon Daniels">Donervon Daniels</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat"><img alt="Montserrat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montserrat_national_football_team" title="Montserrat national football team">Montserrat</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2021</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-FIFADD-245">[240]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Owen_Davies" title="Alfred Owen Davies">Alfred Davies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1890</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_AlD-259">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Owen_Jones" title="Richard Owen Jones">Dick Jones</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1890</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_DiJ-260">[255]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Keenor" title="Fred Keenor">Fred Keenor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1932</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_FrK-28">[24]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Lewis_(footballer)" title="Benjamin Lewis (footballer)">Ben Lewis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1892</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_BeL-261">[256]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Pearson_(footballer,_born_1868)" title="John Pearson (footballer, born 1868)">John Pearson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1892</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Gibbons-18">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-Englandstats-19">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_JoP-20">[17]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Roberts_(footballer,_born_1865)" title="Robert Roberts (footballer, born 1865)">Robert Roberts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1893</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-EU_-_RoR-262">[257]</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Management">Management</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Management">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Managerial_history">Managerial history</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Managerial history">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._managers" title="List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. managers">List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. managers</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Bell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lee_Bell.jpg/220px-Lee_Bell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="413" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lee_Bell.jpg/330px-Lee_Bell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lee_Bell.jpg/440px-Lee_Bell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1572" data-file-height="2952" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lee_Bell" title="Lee Bell">Lee Bell</a>, current manager of Crewe Alexandra, applauding travelling supporters at Sutton United on 4 March 2023.</figcaption></figure> Since 1892, 29 men have managed Crewe. Dario Gradi holds the record for the most games: 1,359 first team games.<a href="#cite_note-Soccerbase-Managers-263">[258]</a> Two Crewe managers have been inducted into the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="English Football Hall of Fame">English Football Hall of Fame</a>: Gradi in 2004<a href="#cite_note-NFM-264">[259]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Catterick" title="Harry Catterick">Harry Catterick</a>, posthumously, in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-Echo-26Aug2010-265">[260]</a> As of 17 November 2024.<a href="#cite_note-Soccerbase-Managers-263">[258]</a> Only competitive matches are counted. <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th rowspan="2">Nat </th> <th rowspan="2">From </th> <th rowspan="2">To </th> <th colspan="6">Record </th></tr> <tr> <th>P</th> <th>W</th> <th>D</th> <th>L</th> <th>Win % </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">W.C. McNeill1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">August 1892 </td> <td align="left">May 1894 </td> <td style="text-align:center">50 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center">024.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">J.G. Hall1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">August 1895 </td> <td align="left">May 1896 </td> <td style="text-align:center">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center">016.13 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Roberts_(footballer,_born_1865)" title="Robert Roberts (footballer, born 1865)">Robert Roberts</a>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">January 1897 </td> <td align="left">December 1897 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center">!— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">John Blomerley2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">January 1898 </td> <td align="left">May 1925 </td> <td style="text-align:center">169 </td> <td style="text-align:center">56 </td> <td style="text-align:center">44 </td> <td style="text-align:center">69 </td> <td style="text-align:center">033.14 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Bailey_(footballer)" title="Tom Bailey (footballer)">Tom Bailey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">August 1925 </td> <td align="left">May 1938 </td> <td style="text-align:center">578 </td> <td style="text-align:center">223 </td> <td style="text-align:center">113 </td> <td style="text-align:center">242 </td> <td style="text-align:center">038.58 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/George_Lillycrop" title="George Lillycrop">George Lillycrop</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">August 1938 </td> <td align="left">July 1944 </td> <td style="text-align:center">45 </td> <td style="text-align:center">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center">044.44 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Hill" title="Frank Hill">Frank Hill</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td align="left">July 1944 </td> <td align="left">October 1948 </td> <td style="text-align:center">102 </td> <td style="text-align:center">45 </td> <td style="text-align:center">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center">044.12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Turner_(footballer_born_1909)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Turner (footballer born 1909)">Arthur Turner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">October 1948 </td> <td align="left">December 1951 </td> <td style="text-align:center">149 </td> <td style="text-align:center">56 </td> <td style="text-align:center">39 </td> <td style="text-align:center">54 </td> <td style="text-align:center">037.58 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Catterick" title="Harry Catterick">Harry Catterick</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">December 1951 </td> <td align="left">June 1953 </td> <td style="text-align:center">74 </td> <td style="text-align:center">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center">041.89 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Ward" title="Ralph Ward">Ralph Ward</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">June 1953 </td> <td align="left">May 1955 </td> <td style="text-align:center">96 </td> <td style="text-align:center">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center">43 </td> <td style="text-align:center">026.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Lindley" title="Maurice Lindley">Maurice Lindley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">August 1955 </td> <td align="left">May 1958 </td> <td style="text-align:center">143 </td> <td style="text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center">92 </td> <td style="text-align:center">016.08 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Ware" title="Harry Ware">Harry Ware</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">August 1958 </td> <td align="left">May 1960 </td> <td style="text-align:center">100 </td> <td style="text-align:center">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center">42 </td> <td style="text-align:center">036.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McGuigan" title="Jimmy McGuigan">Jimmy McGuigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">June 1960 </td> <td align="left">November 1964 </td> <td style="text-align:center">222 </td> <td style="text-align:center">87 </td> <td style="text-align:center">85 </td> <td style="text-align:center">50 </td> <td style="text-align:center">039.19 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Tagg" title="Ernie Tagg">Ernie Tagg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">November 1964 </td> <td align="left">October 1970 </td> <td style="text-align:center">273 </td> <td style="text-align:center">105 </td> <td style="text-align:center">69 </td> <td style="text-align:center">99 </td> <td style="text-align:center">038.46 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tom_McAnearney" title="Tom McAnearney">Tom McAnearney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td align="left">October 1970 </td> <td align="left">July 1971 </td> <td style="text-align:center">39 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">038.46 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Viollet" title="Dennis Viollet">Dennis Viollet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">August 1971 </td> <td align="left">November 1971 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center">026.67 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Melia" title="Jimmy Melia">Jimmy Melia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">May 1972 </td> <td align="left">December 1973 </td> <td style="text-align:center">70 </td> <td style="text-align:center">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center">022.86 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Tagg" title="Ernie Tagg">Ernie Tagg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">January 1974 </td> <td align="left">December 1974 </td> <td style="text-align:center">48 </td> <td style="text-align:center">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center">027.08 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gregg" title="Harry Gregg">Harry Gregg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a> </td> <td align="left">January 1975 </td> <td align="left">May 1978 </td> <td style="text-align:center">163 </td> <td style="text-align:center">53 </td> <td style="text-align:center">53 </td> <td style="text-align:center">57 </td> <td style="text-align:center">032.52 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Warwick_Rimmer" title="Warwick Rimmer">Warwick Rimmer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">August 1978 </td> <td align="left">May 1979 </td> <td style="text-align:center">46 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center">013.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Waddington" title="Tony Waddington">Tony Waddington</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">June 1979 </td> <td align="left">July 1981 </td> <td style="text-align:center">93 </td> <td style="text-align:center">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center">27 </td> <td style="text-align:center">42 </td> <td style="text-align:center">025.81 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Arfon_Griffiths" title="Arfon Griffiths">Arfon Griffiths</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">August 1981 </td> <td align="left">October 1982 </td> <td style="text-align:center">59 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center">40 </td> <td style="text-align:center">015.25 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Morris_(English_footballer)" title="Peter Morris (English footballer)">Peter Morris</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">November 1982 </td> <td align="left">June 1983 </td> <td style="text-align:center">33 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center">024.24 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Dario Gradi</a><a href="#cite_note-SB-Gradi-266">[261]</a>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">June 1983 </td> <td align="left">July 2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1,241 </td> <td style="text-align:center">464 </td> <td style="text-align:center">476 </td> <td style="text-align:center">301 </td> <td style="text-align:center">037.39 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Dario Gradi</a>4 / <a href="/wiki/Steve_Holland_(footballer)" title="Steve Holland (footballer)">Steve Holland</a>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> / <a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">July 2007 </td> <td align="left">November 2008 </td> <td style="text-align:center">72 </td> <td style="text-align:center">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center">37 </td> <td style="text-align:center">026.39 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Dario Gradi</a><a href="#cite_note-SB-Gradi-266">[261]</a>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">November 2008 </td> <td align="left">December 2008 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center">037.50 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%B0j%C3%B3n_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson" title="Guðjón Þórðarson">Gudjon Thordarson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland"><img alt="Iceland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></a> </td> <td align="left">December 2008 </td> <td align="left">October 2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center">37 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center">032.43 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Dario Gradi</a><a href="#cite_note-SB-Gradi-266">[261]</a>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">October 2009 </td> <td align="left">November 2011 </td> <td style="text-align:center">110 </td> <td style="text-align:center">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center">49 </td> <td style="text-align:center">034.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Davis_(footballer,_born_1965)" title="Steve Davis (footballer, born 1965)">Steve Davis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">November 2011 </td> <td align="left">January 2017 </td> <td style="text-align:center">272 </td> <td style="text-align:center">84 </td> <td style="text-align:center">71 </td> <td style="text-align:center">117 </td> <td style="text-align:center">030.88 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/David_Artell" title="David Artell">David Artell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar"><img alt="Gibraltar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a> </td> <td align="left">January 2017 </td> <td align="left">April 2022 </td> <td style="text-align:center">274 </td> <td style="text-align:center">100 </td> <td style="text-align:center">51 </td> <td style="text-align:center">123 </td> <td style="text-align:center">036.50 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Morris_(footballer)" title="Alex Morris (footballer)">Alex Morris</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">April 2022 </td> <td align="left">November 2022 </td> <td style="text-align:center">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center">020.83 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Bell" title="Lee Bell">Lee Bell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="left">November 2022 </td> <td align="left">present </td> <td style="text-align:center">109 </td> <td style="text-align:center">43 </td> <td style="text-align:center">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center">039.45 </td></tr></tbody></table> 1As secretary-manager 2A railway clerk, John Bradburn Blomerley (also among the club's first directors in 1899,<a href="#cite_note-CoHo1899-24">[21]</a> and, in 1902, chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Football_Association" title="Cheshire Football Association">Cheshire F.A.</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ChObs-267">[262]</a> was secretary-manager to 1911; honorary secretary to 1925 3As 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). 4As technical director 5As first team coach 6As caretaker manager <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coaching_positions">Coaching positions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Coaching positions">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dd>As of 11 August 2023.</dd></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Nationality </th> <th>Role </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Bell" title="Lee Bell">Lee Bell</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td>Manager </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Dicker" title="Ryan Dicker">Ryan Dicker</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a> </td> <td>Assistant manager<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-01Aug2023-268">[263]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Barber" title="Fred Barber">Fred Barber</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td>Goalkeeping coach </td></tr> <tr> <td>Michael Jackson </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td>U23 manager </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Lunt" title="Kenny Lunt">Kenny Lunt</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td>Player development manager </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Vaughan_(footballer)" title="David Vaughan (footballer)">David Vaughan</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> </td> <td>U18 manager<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-11Aug2023-269">[264]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sam Pettit </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td>U18 assistant manager<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-11Aug2023-269">[264]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aidan Callan </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td>Academy manager </td></tr> <tr> <td>Josh Kennard </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td>Head of recruitment<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-22Apr2022-270">[265]</a><a href="#cite_note-271">[266]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Honours">edit</a>]</div> League <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> (level 3)<a href="#cite_note-Tiers-274">[f]</a> <ul><li>2nd place promotion: <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Football_League" title="2002–03 Football League">2002–03</a><a href="#cite_note-statto-79">[75]</a></li> <li>Play-off winners: <a href="/wiki/1997_Football_League_play-offs#Second_Division" title="1997 Football League play-offs">1997</a><a href="#cite_note-p1028-75">[71]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a> (level 4)<a href="#cite_note-Tiers-274">[f]</a> <ul><li>2nd place promotion: <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_EFL_League_Two" title="2019–20 EFL League Two">2019–20</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-09Jun2020-119">[114]</a></li> <li>3rd place promotion: <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Football_League" title="1962–63 Football League">1962–63</a>, <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Football_League" title="1993–94 Football League">1993–94</a><a href="#cite_note-Crisp134-275">[269]</a></li> <li>4th place promotion: <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Football_League" title="1967–68 Football League">1967–68</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League" title="1988–89 Football League">1988–89</a><a href="#cite_note-Crisp134-275">[269]</a></li> <li>Play-off winners: <a href="/wiki/2012_Football_League_play-offs#League_Two" title="2012 Football League play-offs">2012</a><a href="#cite_note-guardrep-98">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-timesrep-99">[95]</a></li></ul></li></ul> Cup <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> <ul><li>Winners: <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_League_Trophy" title="2012–13 Football League Trophy">2012–13</a><a href="#cite_note-Osborne-100">[96]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Cup" title="Welsh Cup">Welsh Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners: <a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_Welsh_Cup" title="1935–36 Welsh Cup">1935–36</a>, <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Welsh_Cup" title="1936–37 Welsh Cup">1936–37</a><a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a></li></ul></li></ul> Crewe Alexandra have never won a division title, and have only been division runners-up twice. In addition to play-off promotions, the club also achieved four promotions, all from the fourth tier, by third-place finishes in <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Football_League" title="1962–63 Football League">1962–63</a> and <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Football_League" title="1993–94 Football League">1993–94</a><a href="#cite_note-Crisp134-275">[269]</a> and by fourth-place finishes in <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Football_League" title="1967–68 Football League">1967–68</a> and <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League" title="1988–89 Football League">1988–89</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Crisp134-275">[269]</a> Crewe's highest finishing league position was 11th in the second tier, the <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Football_League#First_Division" title="1997–98 Football League">First Division in 1997–98</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Crisp7-13">[11]</a> In the major cup competitions, Crewe reached the semi-finals of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> in 1888.<a href="#cite_note-Crisp7-13">[11]</a> They have reached the third round of the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">League Cup</a> ten times (1960, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008),<a href="#cite_note-276">[270]</a> losing 1–0 to Aston Villa in a replay at <a href="/wiki/Villa_Park" title="Villa Park">Villa Park</a> in 1974,<a href="#cite_note-AVHistory-46">[42]</a> and taking cup holders <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> into extra time at Gresty Road in 2006 before losing 2–1.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-25Oct2006-277">[271]</a> While Crewe is not in Wales, English clubs, usually from border areas, have participated by invitation in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Cup" title="Welsh Cup">Welsh Cup</a>, which Crewe won twice, in 1936 and 1937.<a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> The club won the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Senior_Cup" title="Cheshire Senior Cup">Cheshire Senior Cup</a> 19 times up to 1998,<a href="#cite_note-p12-29">[25]</a> and have won it a further three times, most recently in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-CAFC-5Apr2017-278">[272]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notes and references">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a> Abraham also supported the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Football_Association" title="Cheshire Football Association">Cheshire Football Association</a> in 1878, being appointed secretary, and was an umpire in the first <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Senior_Cup" title="Lancashire Senior Cup">Lancashire Senior Cup</a> final, held at <a href="/wiki/Darwen" title="Darwen">Darwen</a> in 1880. He refereed the first <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Senior_Cup" title="Liverpool Senior Cup">Liverpool Senior Cup</a> final, also in 1880, and travelled extensively to umpire Crewe Alexandra's matches. He also made a significant contribution to amateur <a href="/wiki/Sport_of_athletics" title="Sport of athletics">athletics</a>, helping organise annual events at the cricket club's ground in Earle Street, as well as becoming a long-standing official of the Northern Counties Athletic Association and the <a href="/wiki/Amateur_Athletic_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Amateur Athletic Association">Amateur Athletic Association</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Dyer-3">[3]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a> Crisp notes 1950s newspaper correspondence suggesting the formation of a football club was proposed by cricketer <a href="/wiki/A.N._Hornby" class="mw-redirect" title="A.N. Hornby">A.N. Hornby</a>, who also played professional football, and who elicited the support of 'Thomas Abrams' (presumably Thomas Abraham) and John O'Brien Tandy.<a href="#cite_note-Crisp6-7">[6]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> Crewe drew 2–2, and lost the replay 3–2, but successfully appealed against the result in respect of the size of the Swifts' goals (the crossbars were too low). Crewe won the replay played at a neutral ground, Derby County's <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Ground" title="Baseball Ground">Baseball Ground</a>, 2–1.<a href="#cite_note-14">[12]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a> The first Articles of Association lists seven directors, three of whom were railway clerks (as was the first company secretary), plus a tailor, grocer, painter and foreman. </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a> Different sources give varying dates (some suggest 1987), however records at Companies House show Rowlinson was chairman in May 1988; Bowler had become chairman by the time the following years accounts were signed in May 1989. </li> <li id="cite_note-Tiers-274">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tiers_274-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tiers_274-1">b</a> Upon its formation in 1992, the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> became the top tier of <a href="/wiki/Football_in_England" title="Football in England">English football</a>; the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a> <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First</a>, <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second</a> and <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third</a> Divisions then became the second, third and fourth tiers, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-272">[267]</a> From 2004, the First Division became the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a>, the Second Division became <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">League One</a> and the Third Division became <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a>.<a href="#cite_note-273">[268]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CAnet-03Apr2021-1"><a href="#cite_ref-CAnet-03Apr2021_1-0">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.crewealex.net/news/2021/april/club-statement-chairman-and-vice-chairman/">"Club Statement: Chairman and Vice Chairman"</a>. 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season (page does not exist)">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season (page does not exist)">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989%E2%80%9390_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989–90 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season (page does not exist)">1989–90</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990%E2%80%9391_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990–91 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season (page does not exist)">1990–91</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991%E2%80%9392_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991–92 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season (page does not exist)">1991–92</a></li> <li><a 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season">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="1998–99 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">1999–2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2000–01 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2001–02 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2006–07 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2007–08 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2011–12 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2013–14 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2014–15 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2015–16 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2016–17 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2017–18 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2018–19 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2019–20 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2020–21 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2021–22 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2022–23 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2023–24 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="EFL_Championship" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Football_League_Championship" title="2004–05 Football League Championship">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Football_League_Championship" title="2005–06 Football League Championship">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_League_Championship" title="2006–07 Football League Championship">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Football_League_Championship" title="2007–08 Football League Championship">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Championship" title="2008–09 Football League Championship">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_Championship" title="2009–10 Football League Championship">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_League_Championship" title="2010–11 Football League Championship">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_League_Championship" title="2011–12 Football League Championship">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_League_Championship" title="2012–13 Football League Championship">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_League_Championship" title="2013–14 Football League Championship">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_League_Championship" title="2014–15 Football League Championship">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Football_League_Championship" title="2015–16 Football League Championship">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_EFL_Championship" title="2016–17 EFL Championship">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_EFL_Championship" title="2017–18 EFL Championship">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_EFL_Championship" title="2018–19 EFL Championship">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_EFL_Championship" title="2019–20 EFL Championship">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_EFL_Championship" title="2020–21 EFL Championship">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_EFL_Championship" title="2021–22 EFL Championship">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_EFL_Championship" title="2022–23 EFL Championship">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_Championship" title="2023–24 EFL Championship">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_Championship" title="2024–25 EFL Championship">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_Championship_clubs" title="List of EFL Championship clubs">Clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_Championship" title="2024–25 EFL Championship">2024–25 clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_Championship_seasons" title="List of EFL Championship seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_Championship_clubs" title="List of EFL Championship clubs">Teams</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_EFL_Championship_and_predecessors" title="List of winners of the EFL Championship and predecessors">winners</a>)</li> <li>Players (<a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_EFL_Championship_players" title="List of foreign EFL Championship players">foreign</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_Championship_managers" title="List of EFL Championship managers">Managers</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Premier_League_and_English_Football_League_managers" title="List of current Premier League and English Football League managers">current</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_Championship_stadiums" title="List of EFL Championship stadiums">Stadiums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Select_Group_Referees" class="mw-redirect" title="Select Group Referees">Referees</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statistics and awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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title="Npower (United Kingdom)">Npower</a> (2010–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Betting_%26_Gaming#Sky_Bet" title="Sky Betting & Gaming">Sky Bet</a> (2013–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Current: <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship_play-offs" title="EFL Championship play-offs">Play-offs</a> - <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> - <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a></li> <li>Past: <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Franco-Scottish_Friendship_Cup" title="Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup">Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup</a> - <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Italian_Cup" title="Anglo-Italian Cup">Anglo-Italian Cup</a> - <a href="/wiki/Full_Members%27_Cup" title="Full Members' Cup">Full Members' Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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League One">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Football_League_One" class="mw-redirect" title="2005–06 Football League One">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_League_One" class="mw-redirect" title="2006–07 Football League One">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Football_League_One" title="2007–08 Football League One">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_One" title="2008–09 Football League One">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_One" title="2009–10 Football League One">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_League_One" title="2010–11 Football League One">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_League_One" title="2011–12 Football League One">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_League_One" title="2012–13 Football League One">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_League_One" title="2013–14 Football League One">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_League_One" title="2014–15 Football League One">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Football_League_One" title="2015–16 Football League One">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_EFL_League_One" title="2016–17 EFL League One">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_EFL_League_One" title="2017–18 EFL League One">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_EFL_League_One" title="2018–19 EFL League One">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_EFL_League_One" title="2019–20 EFL League One">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_EFL_League_One" title="2020–21 EFL League One">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_EFL_League_One" title="2021–22 EFL League One">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_EFL_League_One" title="2022–23 EFL League One">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_League_One" title="2023–24 EFL League One">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_League_One" title="2024–25 EFL League One">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_One_clubs" title="List of EFL League One clubs">Clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_League_One" title="2024–25 EFL League One">2024–25 clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_United_F.C." title="Cambridge United F.C.">Cambridge United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawley_Town_F.C." title="Crawley Town F.C.">Crawley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevenage_F.C." title="Stevenage F.C.">Stevenage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C." title="Accrington Stanley F.C.">Accrington Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon" title="AFC Wimbledon">AFC Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Town_F.C." title="Fleetwood Town F.C.">Fleetwood Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morecambe_F.C." title="Morecambe F.C.">Morecambe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_One_seasons" title="List of EFL League One seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_One_clubs" title="List of EFL League One clubs">Teams</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_EFL_League_One_and_predecessors" title="List of winners of the EFL League One and predecessors">winners</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:EFL_League_One_managers" title="Template:EFL League One managers">Managers</a> <ul><li><a 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Glove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One_Manager_of_the_Month" title="EFL League One Manager of the Month">Manager of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One_Player_of_the_Month" title="EFL League One Player of the Month">Player of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EFL_League_One_hat-tricks" title="List of EFL League One hat-tricks">Hat-tricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_Young_Player_of_the_Month" title="EFL Young Player of the Month">Young Player of the Month</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Finances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_club_owners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of English football club owners">Club owners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League%E2%80%93Football_League_gulf" title="Premier League–Football League gulf">Premier League–Football League gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_parachute_and_solidarity_payments" title="Premier League parachute and solidarity payments">Parachute and solidarity payments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sponsors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> (2004–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Npower_(United_Kingdom)" title="Npower (United Kingdom)">Npower</a> (2010–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Bet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Bet">Sky Bet</a> (2013–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">EFL Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One_play-offs" title="EFL League One play-offs">Play-offs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prospects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Promotion to <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">EFL Championship</a></li> <li>Relegation to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">EFL League Two</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="EFL_League_Two" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Football_League_Two" title="2004–05 Football League Two">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Football_League_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="2005–06 Football League Two">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_League#Football_League_Two" title="2006–07 Football League">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Football_League_Two" title="2007–08 Football League Two">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Two" title="2008–09 Football League Two">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_Two" title="2009–10 Football League Two">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_League_Two" title="2010–11 Football League Two">2010–11</a></li> <li><a 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C." title="Accrington Stanley F.C.">Accrington Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Wimbledon" title="AFC Wimbledon">AFC Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrow_A.F.C." title="Barrow A.F.C.">Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bromley_F.C." title="Bromley F.C.">Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Town_F.C." title="Fleetwood Town F.C.">Fleetwood Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrogate_Town_A.F.C." title="Harrogate Town A.F.C.">Harrogate Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morecambe_F.C." title="Morecambe F.C.">Morecambe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_County_A.F.C." title="Newport County A.F.C.">Newport County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salford_City_F.C." title="Salford City F.C.">Salford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Town_F.C." title="Aldershot Town F.C.">Aldershot Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_United_F.C." title="Boston United F.C.">Boston United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_United_F.C." title="Cambridge United F.C.">Cambridge United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawley_Town_F.C." title="Crawley Town F.C.">Crawley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C." title="Kidderminster Harriers F.C.">Kidderminster Harriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Town_F.C." title="Macclesfield Town F.C.">Macclesfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushden_%26_Diamonds_F.C." title="Rushden & Diamonds F.C.">Rushden & Diamonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevenage_F.C." title="Stevenage F.C.">Stevenage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_United_F.C." title="Sutton United F.C.">Sutton United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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