2009–10 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

This article details Crewe Alexandra's 2009–10 season in League Two. This will be Crewe's 86th competitive season.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club
Season 2009–10
Manager	Dario Gradi
Previous Manager	Guðjón Þórðarson (to Oct)
Technical Director	Dario Gradi
Chairman	John Bowler
League	League Two
League  Position	2008–09: 22nd (League One)
	Final position: 18th
FA Cup	First Round (out)
League Cup	First Round (out)
Football League Trophy	First Round (out)
Top goalscorer	League: Zola (15) All: Zola (18)
Most appearances	League: Brayford (45) All: Brayford (48)
Highest attendance	6,943 (vs Port Vale, 17 October 2009)
Lowest attendance	2,331 (vs Stockport County, 1 September 2009)
Last match	Bradford City (H), lost 0–1
Next match	FL2, 07/08/10
Transfer Spending	£ 000,000
Transfer Income	£ 475,000
Last updated: 11:09, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club before and during the 2009-10 season, presented in chronological order.

2009

Pre-season

• 2 May: Crewe are relegated to League Two after a 3–0 loss at home to League One champions Leicester City.
• 7 May: Manager Gudjon Thordarson releases 10 players from the squad, including captain Julien Baudet to the MLS, leading to 19 players being left from the previous season.
• 19 May: Pre-season games are announced against three Premier League sides, Wigan Athletic, a Wolverhampton Wanderers select XI and Birmingham City.
• 21 May: Crewe announce their first signing of the summer, with central defender Patrick Ada signing from Histon, while assistant manager, Neil Baker, leaves his position.
• 4 June: Chief scout Glyn Chamberlain leaves the club after four years. and Crewe make their first sale for money after Tom Pope agrees a £150,000 move to Rotherham United.
• 17 June: The same day the fixtures are released, Crewe announce that Nantwich Town manager Steve Davis has been appointed new assistant manager.
• 5 July: Prior to a 7-0 win over Newcastle Town in a friendly, Billy Jones is made the forthcoming season's captain, with Anthony Elding as vice-captain.

2009-10 season begins- August

• 8 August: Crewe start off their season with a 2–1 defeat at home by Dagenham & Redbridge.
• 11 August: Crewe's League Cup campaign ends in the First Round after a 2–1 defeat at home to Championship side Blackpool.
• 15 August: Crewe get their two away wins of the season after a 0-4 win over Grimsby Town, then a narrow 0-1 win over Darlington three days later.
• 20 August: Tottenham Hotspur recall on-loan 'keeper David Button.
• 22 August: Crewe get their first win at home, and a third straight clean sheet with a 1–0 win over Hereford United after Billy Jones scored the rebound from his saved penalty kick.
• 29 August: Crewe fail to score for the first time this season, and suffer their first away loss after losing at Bournemouth 1–0.

September

• 1 September: Crewe lose in the Football League Trophy to Stockport County, the first Cheshire derby of the season. and re-sign David Button on loan until 3 January.
• 5 September: Crewe's second Cheshire derby of the season ends with a Crewe win, 2–1 against Macclesfield Town at home, to send Crewe up to fifth in the table.
• 12 September: Crewe travel 30 miles to Shrewsbury Town, where their inconsistent season continues with a 2–0 loss.
• 19 September: Crewe's 23 shots against Aldershot Town's six do not help as they lose 2–1.
• 25 September: Crewe honour Accrington Stanley's request to play on a Friday night to help with Accrington's debt, but end up losing 5–3.
• 29 September: Crewe have two men sent off in a match for the first time since 1996, in a 3–2 loss at home to Bury, with former Crewe striker Ryan Lowe scoring for the visitors.

October

• 2 October: Crewe part company with Gudjon Thordarson with immediate effect after a board meeting, with Dario Gradi again taking the position as caretaker manager.
• 9 October: Bolton Wanderers recall on loan goalkeeper Ádám Bogdán.
• 24 October: After Crewe lose away at Notts County, striker Anthony Elding is placed on the transfer list.
• 27 October: Tottenham Hotspur recall on loan 'keeper David Button again.

November

• 7 November: Crewe lose in the First Round of the FA Cup to Blue Square Premier side York City.
• 21 November: Following Crewe's 2–2 draw away at Northampton Town, Crewe become the last Football League side to draw a game in the new season.

December

• 2 December: Steve Phillips saves two penalties as Crewe are the first team to win at Saltergate this season after a 3–2 win at 5th placed Chesterfield.
• 5 December: Crewe draw at home with Lincoln City 0–0, Crewe's first no-score draw of the season, and first since April 2009.
• 12 December: Crewe become the first team to beat Barnet at home after a 1-2 win. Matthew Tootle is later cleared of diving by the FA, but his yellow card is not rescinded.
• 19 December: Crewe's home match with Torquay United is postponed due to a frozen pitch at The Alexandra Stadium.
• 26 December: Crewe come from behind twice to secure a 2–2 draw with top of the table Rochdale, who were looking for a record sixth successive away win.
• 28 December: Crewe's final match of 2009 is a 4–1 loss away at Macclesfield Town. The result means Crewe finish the year in 12th position in the league.
• 29 December: Harry Worley's loan is extended until the end of the season.

2010

January

• 1 January: Crewe's first two games of the New Year against Hereford and Grimsby are postponed, due to the heavy snow around Britain.
• 5 January: Striker Anthony Elding and the club agree to mutually terminate Eldgin's contract with immediate effect.
• 6 January: Steve Phillips extends his loan until 30 May.

February

• 23 February: Crewe's match with Chesterfield is put back by 24 hours due to a bad weather forecast.

March

• 19 March: Crewe sign Lancaster City striker Jordan Connerton for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract. Crewe loan Connerton back to Lancaster City for the remainder of the season. AJ Leitch-Smith also goes out on loan, to Curzon Ashton until the end of the season.

April

• 26 April: Ashley Westwood is awarded the Player of the Season award at the Crewe ASi Award Night. Westwood also picked up the Newcomer of the Season award, whilst Calvin Zola's goal against Bradford City on 10 October is voted as the Goal of the Season.
• 27 April: Crewe retain the Cheshire Premier Cup after an extra-time win over Macclesfield Town at Gresty Road.

May

• 1 May: Assistant Manager Steve Davis takes control of the first team's goalless draw at Rotherham United whilst Dario Gradi went on scouting duties.
• 8 May: Crewe's final match of the season is a 1–0 loss at home to Bradford City, leaving Crewe finishing 18th in the league table.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Collis	28	EU	2008	26	0	30 Jun 2010	Free
2	DF		Brayford	21	EU	2008	86	3	30 Jun 2010	£210,000
3	DF		Jones (captain)	26	EU	2007	85	9	30 Jun 2010	£ 65,000
4	MF		Schumacher	25	EU	2007	82	8	30 Jun 2010	Free
5	DF		O'Donnell (VC2)	23	EU	2007	147	4	30 Jun 2010	£100,000
6	DF		Ada	24	Non-EU	2009	21	0	30 Jun 2011	Free
8	FW		Donaldson	25	EU	2008	82	20	2011	£125,000
9	FW		Elding (VC1)	27	EU	2008	32	4	2011	Undisclosed
10	FW		Zola	24	Non-EU	2008	69	23	2011	£200,000
11	MF		Grant	21	EU	2008	77	13	2011	£130,000
12	DF		Mitchel-King	25	EU	2009	35	0	30 Jun 2011	Free
13	GK		Legzdins	22	EU	2008	8	0	30 Jun 2010	Free
14	FW		Moore	20	EU	2007	110	9	30 Jun 2010	Youth system
15	FW		Miller	21	EU	2006	99	19	30 Jun 2011	Youth system
16	DF		Bailey	20	EU	2007	55	0	30 Jun 2011	Youth system
17	DF		McManus	20	EU	2008	1	0	30 Jun 2010	Free
18	MF		Murphy	19	EU	2008	45	4	30 Jun 2011	Youth system
19	DF		Westwood	19	EU	2008	40	6	30 Jun 2009	Youth system
20	DF		Shelley	19	EU	2008	22	2	30 Jun 2011	Youth system
21	MF		Clements	19	EU	2008	1	0	30 Jun 2010	Youth system
22	FW		Leitch-Smith	19	EU	2008	1	0	30 Jun 2010	Youth system
23	DF		Tootle	18	EU	2009	28	1	30 Jun 2010	Youth system
26	DF		Davis	17	EU	2009	1	0		Youth system
27	DF		Worley	20	EU	2009	23	0	14 May 2010	Loan	From Leicester City
28	MF		Walton	21	EU	2009	33	1	30 Jun 2010	Loan	From Plymouth Argyle
30	DF		Martin	22	EU	2009	5	1		£5,000
31	GK		Phillips	31	EU	2009	29	0	3 Jan 2010	Loan	From Bristol Rovers
35	DF		Stokes	18	EU	2009	2	0	11 Apr 2010	Loan	From Bolton Wanderers

• Last updated: 11 May 2010
• Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Crewe Alexandra, crewe-mad, soccerbase
• Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Squad stats

Template:Fb ss header |- |1 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Collis |1 |1 || |1 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |2 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Brayford |47 |47 || |44 || |1 || |||1 || |||1 ||

|- |3 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Jones |13 |14 ||2 |12 ||2 | || |||1 || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |4 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Schumacher |28 |33 ||4 |32 ||4 | || ||| || |||1 ||

|- |5 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |O'Donnell |27 |27 || |27 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |6 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Ada |19 |21 || |18 || |1 || |||1 || |||1 ||

|- |8 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Donaldson |28 |39 ||12 |37 ||12 |1 || |||1 || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |9 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Elding |4 |12 || |10 || | || |||1 || |||1 ||

|- |10 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Zola |33 |37 ||17 |34 ||15 |1 || |||1 ||1 |||1 ||1

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |11 |MF||
| style="text-align:left;" |Grant |44 |46 ||9 |43 ||9 |1 || |||1 || |||1 ||

|- |12 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Mitchel-King |34 |35 || |32 || |1 || |||1 || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |13 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Legzdins |8 |8 || |6 || | || |||1 || |||1 ||

|- |14 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Moore |16 |32 ||3 |29 ||3 |1 || |||1 || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |15 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Miller |22 |34 ||7 |33 ||7 | || ||| || |||1 ||

|- |16 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Bailey |22 |23 || |21 || |1 || |||1 || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |17 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |McManus | | || | || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |18 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Murphy |23 |34 ||5 |32 ||5 |1 || |||1 || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |19 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Westwood |35 |37 ||6 |36 ||6 | || |||1 || ||| ||

|- |20 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Shelley |8 |17 ||1 |16 ||1 |1 || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |21 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Clements | |1 || | || |1 || ||| || ||| ||

|- |22 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Leitch-Smith | |1 || |1 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |23 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Tootle |26 |28 ||1 |28 ||1 | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |24 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Button |10 |10 || |10 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |25 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Verma |6 |9 || |7 || | || |||1 || |||1 ||

|- |26 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Davis | |1 || |1 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |27 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Worley |22 |24 ||1 |23 ||1 | || ||| || |||1 ||

|- |28 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Walton |27 |33 ||1 |31 ||1 |1 || ||| || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |29 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Bogdán |1 |1 || |1 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |30 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Martin |1 |5 ||1 |5 ||1 | || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |31 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Phillips |29 |29 || |28 || |1 || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |35 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Stokes |2 |2 || |2 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|} Last updated: 11 May 2010
Source: Crewe Alexandra
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
19	MF		Westwood	4	0	1
6	DF		Ada	2	0	1
3	DF		Jones	2	0	1
2p	DF		Martin	0	0	1
15	FW		Miller	6	0	0
28	MF		Walton	5	0	0
4	MF		Schumacher	3	0	0
12	DF		Mitchel-King	2	0	0	Conceded two penalties
27	DF		Worley	2	0	0	Conceded one penalty
10	FW		Zola	2	0	0
8	FW		Donaldson	2	0	0
25	MF		Verma	1	0	0
18	MF		Murphy	1	0	0
16	DF		Bailey	1	0	0
23	DF		Tootle	1	0	0

Last updated: 11 May 2010
Source: Crewe Alexandra
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Awards

Individual

Date	N	P	Nat.	Name	Award	Notes
2009-08-17 17 Aug 2009	10	FW		Zola	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2009-08-24 24 Aug 2009	13	GK		Legzdins	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2009-10-12 12 Oct 2009	10	FW		Zola	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2009-10-31 October 2009	10	FW		Zola	PFA Player-of-the-Month	Source
2009-11-02 2 Nov 2009	20	DF		Shelley	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2009-11-02 2 Nov 2009	4	MF		Schumacher	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2009-11-02 2 Nov 2009	10	FW		Zola	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2009-12-07 7 Dec 2009	23	DF		Tootle	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2009-12-14 12 Dec 2009	11	MF		Grant	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2010-01-25 25 Jan 2010	11	MF		Grant	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2010-02-22 22 Feb 2010	19	DF		Westwood	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2010-03-08 8 Mar 2010	8	FW		Donaldson	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2010-03-29 29 Mar 2010	12	DF		Mitchel-King	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2010-04-26 26 Apr 2010	19	DF		Westwood	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2010-04-26 26 Apr 2010	10	FW		Zola	League Two Team of the Week	Source
2010-05-03 3 May 2010	13	GK		Legzdins	League Two Team of the Week	Source

Players in and out

In

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
24	GK	Button	EU		20	Loan	Tottenham Hotspur	Summer	20 Aug 2009	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
24	GK	Button	EU		20	Loan	Tottenham Hotspur	Summer	27 Oct 2009	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
6	DF	Ada			24	Transfer	Histon	Summer	30 Jun 2011	Free	Crewe Alexandra
12	DF	Mitchel-King	EU		25	Transfer	Histon	Summer	30 Jun 2011	Free	Crewe Alexandra
25	MF	Verma	EU		22	Loan	Leicester City	Summer	10 Nov 2009	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
27	DF	Worley	EU		20	Loan	Leicester City	Summer	14 May 2010	Loan	Crewe Alexandra BBC Sport
28	DF	Walton	EU		21	Loan	Plymouth Argyle	Summer	30 Jun 2010	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
29	GK	Bogdán	EU		22	Loan	Bolton Wanderers	Winter	9 Oct 2009	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
31	GK	Phillips	EU		31	Loan	Bristol Rovers	Winter	3 Jan 2010	Loan
30	DF	Martin	EU		22	Transfer	Wealdstone	Winter		£5,000

Out

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Status	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
6	DF	Baudet	EU		30	Transferred	Colorado Rapids	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
18	MF	Carrington	EU		22	Released	Milton Keynes Dons	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
14	DF	McCready	EU		27	Released	Wrexham	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
21	GK	Tomlinson	EU		24	Released	Barrow	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
		Danville	EU			Released	Free Agent	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
		Thompson	EU			Released	Free Agent	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
2	DF	Woodards	EU		25	Released	Milton Keynes Dons	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
22	MF	Daniel	EU		21	Released	Macclesfield Town	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
15	DF	Abbey	EU		30	Mutual Consent	Free Agent	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
7	MF	Bopp	EU		25	Mutual Consent	Free Agent	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
19	FW	Pope	EU		23	Transferred	Rotherham United	Summer	£150,000	Crewe Alexandra
8	MF	O'Connor	EU		21	Transferred	Scunthorpe United	Summer	£225,000	Crewe Alexandra
	DF	McManus	EU		20	Loan	Curzon Ashton	Winter	Loan	Crewe Alexandra

Last updated: 10 October 2009
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Technical Director and Manager	Dario Gradi MBE
Assistant Manager	Steve Davis
Assistant Academy Manager	James Collins
Assistant Academy Manager	Neil Critchley
Chief Scout	Neil Baker
Senior Physiotherapist	Barry Holmes
Physiotherapist	Steve Walker
Fitness Coach	Andy Franks
Academy Recruitment Officer	Phil Swift
Academy Welfare Officer / Academy Administration	Paul Anthrobus

Last updated: 2 October 2009
Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

Other information

Chairman	John Bowler
Vice Chairman	Norman Hassall
Director	Richard Clayton
Director	Dario Gradi MBE
Director	Mark Hassall
Director	Jim McMillan
Director	Daniel Potts
Director	David Rowlinson
Director	Jimmy Rowlinson
Head Groundsman	John Huxley
Assistant Groundsman	Andrew Wareham
Club Doctor	Dr Mike Freeman
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Alexandra Stadium (10,153 / 100 × 66 yd)

Last updated: 6 July 2009
Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

Kits

Home Supplier: Lotto Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Away Supplier: Lotto Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Home goalkeepers Supplier: Lotto Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Away goalkeepers Supplier: Lotto Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
League Two	—	—	18th	8 August 2009	8 May 2010
Football League Cup	1st round	1st round	1st round	11 August 2009
Football League Trophy	1st round	1st round	1st round	1 September 2009
FA Cup	1st round	1st round	1st round	7 November 2009

Last updated: 11 May 2010
Source: Competitions

League Two

Table

Team		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	Notts County	46	27	12	7	96	31	+65	93
P	Bournemouth	46	25	8	13	61	44	+17	83
P	Rochdale	46	25	7	14	82	48	+34	82
Pl	Morecambe	46	20	13	13	73	64	+9	73
Pl	Rotherham United	46	21	10	15	55	52	+3	73
Pl	Aldershot Town	46	20	12	14	69	56	+13	72
Pl	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	20	12	14	69	58	+11	72
8	Chesterfield	46	21	7	18	61	62	-1	70
9	Bury	46	19	12	15	54	59	-5	69
10	Port Vale	46	17	17	12	61	50	+11	68
11	Northampton Town	46	18	13	15	62	53	+9	67
12	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	12	17	55	54	+1	63
13	Burton Albion	46	17	11	18	71	71	+0	62
14	Bradford City	46	16	14	16	59	62	-3	62
15	Accrington Stanley	46	18	7	21	62	74	-12	61
16	Hereford United	46	17	8	21	54	65	-11	59
17	Torquay United	46	14	15	17	64	55	+9	57
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	10	21	68	73	-5	55
19	Macclesfield Town	46	12	18	16	49	58	-9	54
20	Lincoln City	46	13	11	22	42	65	-23	50
21	Barnet	46	12	12	22	47	63	-16	48
22	Cheltenham Town	46	10	18	18	54	71	-17	48
R	Grimsby Town	46	9	17	20	45	71	-26	44
R	Darlington	46	8	6	32	33	87	-54	30

	Promotion to League One
	Qualification to League Two playoffs
	Relegation to Conference National

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	15	10	21	68	73	−5	55	7	4	12	35	36	−1	8	6	9	33	37	−4

Last updated: 11 May 2010.
Source: http://www.crewealexandra-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadlgt.asp

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L
Position	16	7	5	3	6	5	6	10	10	14	17	15	16	18	15	18	17	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	11	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	16	18	18

Last updated: 11 May 2010.
Source: Crewe Alexandra
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Won       Drawn       Lost

Pre-Season Friendlies

Newcastle Town v Crewe Alexandra

5 July 2009	Newcastle Town	0 – 7	Crewe Alexandra	Newcastle-under-Lyme
14:30		Report	Elding  11' Donaldson  21' Zola  59' Zola  63' Elding   ' (pen.) Razak[Note 1]  71' Razak  80'	Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium

Crewe Alexandra v Wigan Athletic

16 July 2009	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Alexandra Stadium
19:30	Grant  31'	Report		Attendance: 2,063

Nantwich Town v Crewe Alexandra

19 July 2009	Nantwich Town	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Weaver Stadium
15:00	Carter  8'	Report	Donaldson  14'	Attendance: 1,022

Hyde United v Crewe Alexandra

23 July 2009	Hyde United	2 – 4	Crewe Alexandra	Ewen Fields
19:30	Smith  41' Gedman  48'	Report	Grant  13' O'Donnell  19' Jones  53' (pen.) Grant  69'

Crewe Alexandra v Port Vale

25 July 2009	Crewe Alexandra	5 – 1	Port Vale	Reaseheath
	Murphy Moore Stephenson Lewis Peel	Report		Stadium: Reaseheath training ground Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Crewe Alexandra v Wolverhampton Wanderers XI

29 July 2009	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers XI	Alexandra Stadium
19:30		Report	Malone  37'	Attendance: 1,741

Crewe Alexandra v Birmingham City

4 August 2009	Crewe Alexandra	4 – 1	Birmingham City	Alexandra Stadium
19:30	Schumacher  45' Queudrue  49' (o.g.) Grant  53' Mitchel-King  65'	Report	McFadden  17'	Attendance: 1,827

1. Razak was a trialist for this game, which ended on 13 July.

Last updated: 5 August 2009

League Two

Crewe Alexandra v Dagenham & Redbridge

8 August 2009	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Dagenham & Redbridge	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Moore  72'	Report	Nurse  43' Benson  74' Doe  73' (unsporting behaviour) Gain  84' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,936 Referee: Simon Hooper

Grimsby Town v Crewe Alexandra

15 August 2009	Grimsby Town	0 – 4	Crewe Alexandra	Blundell Park
15:00		Report	Zola  34' Zola  45' Jones  47' (pen.) Moore  90+4' Jones  24' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 5,007 Referee: Mark Haywood

Darlington v Crewe Alexandra

18 August 2009	Darlington	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	The Darlington Arena
19:45		Report	Zola  87'	Attendance: 1,821 Referee: Jock Waugh

Crewe Alexandra v Hereford United

22 August 2009	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 0	Hereford United	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Jones missed pen (saved), 37' Jones  37'	Report	Plummer  21' (unsporting behaviour) C Jones  83' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,731 Referee: Karl Evans

Bournemouth v Crewe Alexandra

29 August 2009	Bournemouth	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Dean Court
15:00	Feeney  51' Molesley  67' (unsporting behaviour) Pitman  90+2' (unsporting behaviour) Bartley  90+3' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Jones  59' (dissent) Verma  64' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 4,563 Referee: Roger East

Crewe Alexandra v Macclesfield Town

5 September 2009	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Macclesfield Town	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Zola  12' Grant  85' Ada  61' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Sappleton  32' Bencherif  52' (dissent) Draper  61' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 4,151 Referee: Steve Bratt

Shrewsbury Town v Crewe Alexandra

12 September 2009	Shrewsbury Town	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	New Meadow
15:00	Hibbert  29' Labadie  69' Holden  30' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Miller  87' (dissent)	Attendance: 6,204 Referee: Steven Cook

Crewe Alexandra v Aldershot Town

19 September 2009	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Aldershot Town	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Miller  16' Worley  33' (unsporting behaviour) Walton  82' (unsporting behaviour) Zola  90' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Donnelly  33' Hudson  66' Charles  6' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,661 Referee: Andy Hall

Accrington Stanley v Crewe Alexandra

25 September 2009	Accrington Stanley	5 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Crown Ground
19:45	Grant  3' Symes  5' Grant  49' Procter  68' Symes  77'	Report	Grant  43' Grant  82' Murphy  90+3'	Attendance: 2,764 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Crewe Alexandra v Bury

29 September 2009	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 3	Bury	Alexandra Stadium
19:45	Worley  39' Zola  73' Jones  85' (professional foul) Ada  90+3' (professional foul) Murphy  90+6' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Elliott  22' Lowe  41' Dawson  86' (pen.) Newey  28' (unsporting behaviour) Baker  36' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,534 Referee: David Foster

Crewe Alexandra v Rotherham United

3 October 2009	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 3	Rotherham United	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Schumacher  6' Zola  51'	Report	Ellison  15' Le Fondre  58' (pen.) Broughton  85' Fenton  69' (unsporting behaviour) Sharps  76' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 4,253 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Bradford City v Crewe Alexandra

10 October 2009	Bradford City	2 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade
15:00	Boulding  44' Hanson  69'	Report	Zola  8' Zola  23' Schumacher  65' Mitchel-King  45+1' (unsporting behaviour) Westwood  72' (unsporting behaviour) Bailey  75' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 11,757 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Crewe Alexandra v Port Vale

17 October 2009	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Port Vale	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Miller  34' Miller  62' (unsporting behaviour) Westwood  72' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Richards  45+1' Taylor  80' McCombe  53' (unsporting behaviour) Jarrett  61' (dissent)	Attendance: 6,943 Referee: Nigel Miller

Notts County v Crewe Alexandra

24 October 2009	Notts County	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Meadow Lane
15:00	Rodgers  28' Westcarr  66' Lee  21' (unsporting behaviour) Rodgers  32' (unsporting behaviour) Thompson  76' (unsporting behaviour) Akinbiyi  80' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Schumacher missed pen (saved), 76'	Attendance: 6,545 Referee: James Linington

Cheltenham Town v Crewe Alexandra

24 October 2009	Cheltenham Town	0 – 4	Crewe Alexandra	Whaddon Road
15:00	Eyjólfsson  28' (unsporting behaviour) Hayles  90+2' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Zola  29' Schumacher  37' Shelley  69' Zola  73'	Attendance: 3,124 Referee: Graham Scott

Crewe Alexandra v Morecambe

14 November 2009	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Morecambe	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Schumacher  77'	Report	Bentley  7' Jevons  37' Hunter  85' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 4,113 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Northampton Town v Crewe Alexandra

21 November 2009	Northampton Town	2 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Sixfields
15:00	Akinfenwa  51' Akinfenwa  62'	Report	Donaldson  14' Johnson  43' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,069 Referee: Graham Horwood

Crewe Alexandra v Burton Albion

24 November 2009	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Burton Albion	Alexandra Stadium
19:45	Donaldson  12' Grant  19'	Report	Walker  90+4' Webster  61' (unsporting behaviour) Walker  90+4' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,446 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Chesterfield v Crewe Alexandra

2 December 2009	Chesterfield	2 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Saltergate
19:30	Somma missed pen (saved), 7' Small missed pen (saved), 22' Talbot  73' Lester  89' Page  49' (unsporting behaviour) Breckin  85' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Donaldson  25' Westwood  35' Murphy  84' Mitchel-King  22' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,267 Referee: Peter Quinn

Crewe Alexandra v Lincoln City

5 December 2009	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 0	Lincoln City	Alexandra Stadium
15:00		Report	Herd  46' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,632 Referee: Mark Haywood

Barnet v Crewe Alexandra

12 December 2009	Barnet	1 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Underhill Stadium
15:00	Sinclair  40' Butcher  90+2' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Grant  25' Donaldson  67' Tootle  14' (unsporting behaviour) Westwood  58' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 1,841 Referee: Keith Hill

Crewe Alexandra v Torquay United

19 December 2009	Crewe Alexandra	P – P	Torquay United	Alexandra Stadium
15:00		Postponed due to frozen pitch Source		Referee: Paul Tierney

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

26 December 2009	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 2	Rochdale	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Westwood  71' Tootle  77'	Report	Dawson  53' Higginbotham  74' Kennedy  90' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 5,563 Referee: Oliver Langford Assistant referees: Scott Oldham and Andrew Scregg Fourth official: Peter Davies

Macclesfield Town v Crewe Alexandra

28 December 2009	Macclesfield Town	4 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Moss Rose
15:00	Wright  4' Bolland  13' Daniel  30' Sappleton  90+2' Draper  57' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Zola  64' Westwood  87' (dissent)	Attendance: 3,449 Referee: Jock Waugh Assistant referees: Ian Smedley and Nigel Smith Fourth official: Danny Roberts

Hereford United v Crewe Alexandra

1 January 2010	Hereford United	P – P	Crewe Alexandra	Edgar Street
15:00		Postponed due to frozen pitch Source

Crewe Alexandra v Grimsby Town

9 January 2010	Crewe Alexandra	P – P	Grimsby Town	Alexandra Stadium
15:00		Postponed due to frozen pitch Source

Dagenham and Redbridge v Crewe Alexandra

16 January 2010	Dagenham and Redbridge	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Road
15:00	Scott  35' Green  41'	Report		Attendance: 1,951 Referee: Russell Booth

Hereford United v Crewe Alexandra

19 January 2010	Hereford United	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Edgar Street
19:45	Constantine  42' Lunt  52' (unsporting behaviour) Jones  64' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Donaldson  49' Miller  54' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 1,367 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Crewe Alexandra v Darlington

23 January 2010	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 0	Darlington	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Zola  25' Grant  30' Zola  34' Miller  86' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Arnison  38' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,717 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Crewe Alexandra v Bournemouth

30 January 2010	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Bournemouth	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Murphy  66' Schumacher  62' (unsporting behaviour) Donaldson  83' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Fletcher  22' Robinson  63'	Attendance: 3,741 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Crewe Alexandra v Torquay United

2 February 2010	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Torquay United	Alexandra Stadium
19:45	Miller  90'	Report	Zebroski  7'	Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Paul Tierney

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

6 February 2010	Rochdale	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Spotland
15:00	O'Grady  8' Tootle  46' (og)	Report		Attendance: 3,164 Referee: Steve Rushton Assistant referees: Chris Akers and Jonathan Hunt Fourth official: William Smallwood

Burton Albion v Crewe Alexandra

12 February 2010	Burton Albion	1 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Pirelli Stadium
19:45 (Game delayed to 20:00 due to match official illness)	Harrad  28'	Report	Miller  27' Donaldson  84' Worley  82' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 2,985 Referee: Darren Drysdale Assistant referees: Mark Griffiths and Michael Naylor Fourth official: Roy Burton

Crewe Alexandra v Northampton Town

20 February 2010	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 2	Northampton Town	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Westwood  16' Westwood  66' Walton  69' Miller  19' (unsporting behaviour) Walton  53' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Gilligan  45+1' Akinfenwa  57' Hinton  42' (unsporting behaviour) Gilbert  65' (unsporting behaviour) Beckwith  73' (unsporting behaviour) Gilligan  80' (dissent) Guttridge  90+3' (dissent)	Attendance: 4,036 Referee: Peter Quinn Assistant referees: Matthew Bristow and Peter Davies Fourth official: Russell Fletcher

Crewe Alexandra v Chesterfield

23 February 2010	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Chesterfield	Alexandra Stadium
19:45		Report	Talbot  27' Gray  59' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,278 Referee: Steve Tanner Assistant referees: Darren Bond and Dean Mohareb Fourth official: Steven Copeland

Lincoln City v Crewe Alexandra

27 February 2010	Lincoln City	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Sincil Bank
15:00	Somma  46' Hughton  82' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Miller  84'	Attendance: 3,110 Referee: Eddie Ilderton Assistant referees: Matthew Dicicco and Stephen Smith Fourth official: Stephen Ross

Crewe Alexandra v Barnet

6 March 2010	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 2	Barnet	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Donaldson  13' Donaldson  82'	Report	O'Flynn  23' Lockwood  29' Breen  90+1' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,551 Referee: Gary Sutton Assistant referees: Kevin Mattocks and Iain Siddall Fourth official: Mark Heywood

Crewe Alexandra v Grimsby Town

9 March 2010	Crewe Alexandra	4 – 2	Grimsby Town	Alexandra Stadium
19:45	Moore  29' Grant  35' Westwood  55' Donaldson  90+1' Martin  86' (violent conduct)	Report	Akpa Akpro  32' Sinclair  41' Sweeney  62' (unsporting behaviour) Linwood  72' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,272 Referee: Colin Webster Assistant referees: Martin Dexter and Darren Handley Fourth official: Chris Kavanagh

Torquay United v Crewe Alexandra

13 March 2010	Torquay United	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Plainmoor
15:00	Rendell  38' Zebroski  48' (unsporting behaviour) Carlisle  62' (unsporting behaviour) Mansell  87' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Donaldson  85' Miller missed pen (saved), 77'	Attendance: 2,507 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

Crewe Alexandra v Notts County

20 March 2010	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Notts County	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Westwood  90+2' (violent conduct)	Report	Edwards  51' Ravenhill  12' (unsporting behaviour) Davies missed pen (saved), 34' Hunt  38' (unsporting behaviour) Thompson  65' (unsporting behaviour) Rodgers  90+3' (unsporting behaviour) Rodgers  90+5' (violent conduct)	Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Darren Sheldrake Assistant referees: Danny Roberts and Peter Wright Fourth official: Andy Newell

Port Vale v Crewe Alexandra

27 March 2010	Port Vale	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Vale Park
15:00	Owen  59' (unsporting behaviour) Taylor  68' (unsporting behaviour) Griddith  71' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Miller  60' (pen.) Schumacher  72' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 7,232 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Morecambe v Crewe Alexandra

2 April 2010	Morecambe	4 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Christie Park
15:00	Jevons  53' Curtis  87' Mullin  90+2' Artell  90+5' Parrish  71' (professional foul) Duffy  80' (unsporting behaviour) Wilson  84' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Grant  17' Miller  30' Donaldson  62' Miller  30' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 2,347 Referee: David Foster Assistant referees: Paul Davison and Kevin Mattocks Fourth official: Paul Kettlewell

Crewe Alexandra v Cheltenham Town

5 April 2010	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Cheltenham Town	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Martin  90'	Report	Richards  25' Richards  71' (pen.) Hayles  90' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 3,488 Referee: Andy Haines

Crewe Alexandra v Shrewsbury Town

10 April 2010	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 3	Shrewsbury Town	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Schumacher  35' Walton  77'	Report	Hibbert  30' Bradshaw 86' Bradshaw  90+1' Skarz  66'	Attendance: 4,283 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Bury v Crewe Alexandra

13 April 2010	Bury	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Gigg Lane
19:45	Morrell  30' Lowe  48' Bishop  88'	report		Attendance: 2,178 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Aldershot Town v Crewe Alexandra

17 April 2010	Aldershot Town	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Recreation Ground
15:00	Harding  41' Winfield  79' (unsporting behaviour) Bozanic  90+1'	report	Donaldson  1' Zola  87'	Attendance: 2,966 Referee: Darren Deadman

Crewe Alexandra v Accrington Stanley

24 April 2010	Crewe Alexandra	5 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Zola  5' Donaldson  62' Westwood missed pen (saved), 70' Westwood  70' Grant  81' Zola  90+2' Donaldson  37' Walton  45+1' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Brayford  65' (o.g.) Dunbavin  67' (professional foul)	Attendance: 3,810 Referee: Oliver Langford

Rotherham United v Crewe Alexandra

1 May 2010	Rotherham United	0 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Don Valley Stadium
15:00	Ellison  34'	Report		Attendance: 4,142 Referee: Russell Booth Assistant referees: Russell Fletcher and Danny Gratton Fourth official: Tony Peart

Crewe Alexandra v Bradford City

8 May 2010	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Bradford City	Alexandra Stadium
15:00		Report	Kendall  67' Williams  51' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 5,172 Referee: Steven Cook

Last updated: 11 May 2010

Football League Cup

Crewe Alexandra v Blackpool (FLC)

11 August 2009 First Round	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Blackpool (FLC)	Alexandra Stadium
19:45	Zola  73' Ada  57' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Nowland  51' Nardiello  79' Taylor-Fletcher  56' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 2,991 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Last updated: 15 August 2009

Football League Trophy

Crewe Alexandra v Stockport County (FL1)

1 September 2009 First Round	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 4	Stockport County (FL1)	Alexandra Stadium
	Zola  90+3' Walton  59' (unsporting behaviour)	Report	Baker  8' Baker  33' Bignall  41' Baker  90+4' Halls  55' (unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 2,331 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Last updated: 1 September 2009

FA Cup

(BSP) York City v Crewe Alexandra

7 November 2009 First Round	(BSP) York City	3 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Bootham Crescent
15:00	Brodie  39' Pacquette  86' Brodie  88'	Report	Grant  33' Zola  41'	Attendance: 3,070 Referee: Gary Sutton

Last updated: 8 November 2009

References

The following references are from crewealex.net, unless otherwise specified.

External links

• Official Website
• Sky Sports
• BBC Football