2017–18 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra
2017–18 season
ChairmanJohn Bowler
ManagerDavid Artell
StadiumGresty Road
League Two15th
FA CupSecond round
EFL CupFirst round
(vs. Bolton Wanderers)
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Jordan Bowery (12)
All: Jordan Bowery (13)

The 2017–18 season was Crewe Alexandra's 141st season in their history, their 94th in the English Football League and second consecutive in League Two.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 5 June 2017, Crewe Alexandra have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Stoke City,[2] Macclesfield Town,[3] Buxton, Barrow, Alsager Town,[4] Bury,[5] Kidsgrove Athletic.[6]

11 July 2017 Buxton 1–3 Crewe Alexandra Buxton
19:45 BST ? Report Reilly x2'
Walker
Stadium: The Silverlands
11 July 2017 Kidsgrove Athletic 2–7 Crewe Alexandra Kidsgrove
19:45 BST Cropper 2' Report Kirk x3'
Porter x2'
[[George Cooper (footballer, born 1996)|Cooper]]
Lowery
Stadium: The Novus Stadium
18 July 2017 Barrow 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Holker Street
19 July 2017 Alsager Town 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Alsager
19:30 BST Ryan 62' Report Dale 53' Stadium: Wood Park Stadium
22 July 2017 Bury 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Bury
15:00 BST Beckford 85' Report Walker 10' Stadium: Gigg Lane
25 July 2017 Macclesfield Town 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Macclesfield
19:30 BST Whittaker 65' (pen.)
Trialist 74'
Lloyd 90+3'
Report Stadium: Moss Rose
30 July 2017 Crewe Alexandra 3–1 Stoke City XI Crewe
15:00 BST Cooper 25'
Porter 39'
Nolan 43'
Report Waddington 86' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2,528

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Colchester United 46 16 14 16 53 52 +1 62
14 Crawley Town 46 16 11 19 58 66 −8 59
15 Crewe Alexandra 46 17 5 24 62 75 −13 56
16 Stevenage 46 14 13 19 60 65 −5 55
17 Cheltenham Town 46 13 12 21 67 73 −6 51
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result 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 17 5 24 62 75  −13 56 10 4 9 32 32  0 7 1 15 30 43  −13

Last updated: 8 May 2018.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHHHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAAHAAHAH
ResultDDWWLWLLLLLWLWLLLLWLLWLWLWLLLLDLWLWDLWWLDWLWWW
Position12181048410151618191719171718202219192220202020202021212121222021181820191717181717171615
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.[7][8]

5 August 2017 1 Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Mansfield Town Crewe
15:00 BST Nolan  25'
Porter 45', 63'
Walker  62'
Raynes  66'
Ainley  75'
Report Mellis  34'
Rose  45+3' 55'
Mirfin 66'
Byrom  70'
White  76'
Sterling-James  79'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,933
Referee: Graham Salisbury
12 August 2017 2 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Newport County Crewe
15:00 BST Ng  9'  17'
Dagnall 18'
Report Nouble 13'
Demetriou  83'
O'Brien  88'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
19 August 2017 3 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Barnet Crewe
15:00 BST Pickering  57'
Porter 75'
Report Taylor  77'
Tutonda  87'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,217
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
26 August 2017 4 Port Vale 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Burslem
15:00 BST Harness  9'
Tonge  34'
Report Dagnall 30'
Nolan  76'
Bakayogo  90+4'
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,299
Referee: Darren Handley
2 September 2017 5 Grimsby Town 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Rose 36'  58'
Dembélé  48'
Report Cooper  11'
Raynes  33'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,066
Referee: Chris Sarginson
9 September 2017 6 Crewe Alexandra 5–1 Chesterfield Crewe
15:00 BST Porter 6', 47'
Ng 54'
Cooper 66'
Ainley 81'
Report Nolan 72' (o.g.)
Reed  90'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: Martin Coy
12 September 2017 7 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Cambridge United Crewe
19:45 BST Report Ibehre 35' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,042
Referee: Graham Salisbury
16 September 2017 8 Exeter City 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Exeter
15:00 BST Tillson 7'
Taylor 38'
Stockley 76'
Report Nolan  35'
Walker  52'
Dale  79'
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,218
Referee: Antony Coggins
23 September 2017 9 Crewe Alexandra 0–5 Carlisle United Crewe
15:00 BST Raynes  48' Report Grainger 13', 48' (pen.)
Raynes 72' (o.g.)
Lambe 75'
Hope 90+4'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,021
Referee: Ross Joyce
26 September 2017 10 Wycombe Wanderers 3–2 Crewe Alexandra High Wycombe
19:45 BST Mackail-Smith 29'  65'
Harriman 88'
Tyson 90'
Jacobson  90+2'
Report Dagnall 42', 66'
Bakayogo  45+1'
Ng  55'
Raynes  89'
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 3,295
Referee: Andy Haines
30 September 2017 11 Coventry City 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Coventry
15:00 BST Nazon 9'
Jones  87'
Report Lowery  46' Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 7,664
Referee: Dean Whitestone
7 October 2017 12 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Stevenage Crewe
15:00 BST Nolan  36'
Bowery 90+4'
Report Conlon  34'
Franks  42'
Wilkinson  44'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,679
Referee: Trevor Kettle
14 October 2017 13 Yeovil Town 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Yeovil
15:00 BST Browne 15'
Olomola 56'
Zoko  89'
Report Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 2,360
Referee: Ben Toner
17 October 2017 14 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Notts County Crewe
19:45 BST Lowery  31'
Raynes 44'
Bowery 66'
Ng  68'
Porter  88'
Report Yates  64'
Ameobi  70'
Dickinson  82'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,339
Referee: Robert Jones
21 October 2017 15 Crewe Alexandra 0–2 Accrington Stanley Crewe
15:00 BST Raynes  2'  83'
Lowery  86'
Report Kee 3' (pen.)
Clark 11'
Conneely  77'
Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,849
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
28 October 2017 16 Colchester United 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Colchester
15:00 BST Mandron 39', 71'
Reid  54'
Eastman 60'
Loft  76'
Report Bowery 22' Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,088
Referee: Kevin Johnson
11 November 2017 17 Crewe Alexandra 1–4 Lincoln City Crewe
15:00 GMT Raynes 8' Report Anderson 50', 67'
Raynes 70' (o.g.)
Bostwick  90'
Whitehouse 90+4'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,723
Referee: Craig Hicks
18 November 2017 18 Forest Green Rovers 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Doidge 44', 83'
Traoré  66'
Bugiel  90+1'
Iacovitti 90+2'
Report Porter 14'
Bowery 54'
Dagnall  67'
Grant  87'
Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Chris Sarginson
21 November 2017 19 Morecambe 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Morecambe
19:45 GMT Report Ng  61' 85' Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 927
Referee: Scott Oldham
25 November 2017 20 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Luton Town Crewe
15:00 GMT Ng  48'
Mullins 81' (o.g.)
Dagnall  84'
Report Hylton 63'  87'
Berry 67'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,571
Referee: Graham Salisbury
9 December 2017 21 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Grimes 52' Report Ng  43'
Walker  60'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 2,795
Referee: Dean Whitestone
16 December 2017 22 Crewe Alexandra 3–0 Crawley Town Crewe
15:00 Ainley 40'
Dagnall 45' 90+4'
Raynes  49'
Pickering  75'
Report Yorwerth  23'
Morris  34'
Evina  56'
Roberts  59' 
Smith  61'
Boldewijn  88'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,155
Referee: Ben Toner
23 December 2017 23 Crewe Alexandra 0–3 Swindon Town Crewe
15:00 Pickering  54' Report Woolery 8'  84'
Linganzi 17'
Norris 20' (pen.)  63'
Taylor  68'
Purkiss  71'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,736
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
26 December 2017 24 Chesterfield 0–2 Crewe Alexandra Chesterfield
15:00 Report Porter 7'
Kirk 26'
Cooper  90+4'
Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 5,904
Referee: Tom Nield
30 December 2017 25 Cambridge United 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Cambridge
15:00 Maris 1'
Amoo 27'
Ikpeazu 70'
Ibehre  90+2'
Report Dagnall 30'
Stubbs  57'
Stadium: Cambs Glass Stadium
Attendance: 4,165
Referee: Craig Hicks
1 January 2018 26 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Grimsby Town Crewe
15:00 Porter 12'
Ng  12'
Walker 34'
Report Woolford  34'
Berrett  34'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
13 January 2018 27 Carlisle United 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Carlisle
15:00 Cosgrove 76'
Bennett  80'
Report Walker  74'
Raynes  75'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 4,467
Referee: Chris Sarginson
20 January 2018 28 Crewe Alexandra 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers Crewe
15:00
Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,645
Referee: Martin Coy
27 January 2018 29 Swindon Town 4–3 Crewe Alexandra Swindon
15:00
Stadium: Energy Check County Ground
Attendance: 5,439
Referee: Graham Salisbury
3 February 2017 30 Notts County 4–1 Crewe Alexandra Nottingham
15:00 Noor Husin 15'  65'
Hewitt 41' 60'
Bennett 89'
Report Miller 8'
Nolan  43'
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 17,274
Referee: Brett Huxtable
10 February 2018 31 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Yeovil Town Crewe
15:00 GMT Report Whelan  21'
Dickson  90'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,498
Referee: Robert Lewis
13 February 2018 32 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Accrington
19:45 GMT Jackson 42'
Donacien  73'
Report Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 1,254
Referee: David Webb
17 February 2018 33 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Colchester United Crewe
15:00 GMT Miller 60' Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,548
Referee: Michael Salisbury
20 February 2018 34 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Exeter City Crewe
19:45 GMT Miller  67', 88'
Raynes  78'
Report Stockley  78', 90+5'
Pym  89'
Moore-Taylor 90+2'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: Ben Toner
24 February 2018 35 Lincoln City 1–4 Crewe Alexandra Lincoln
15:00 GMT Bostwick 36' Report Pickering 45'
Bowery 48', 68'
Green 54' (pen.)
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 8,272
Referee: Carl Boyeson
10 March 2018 36 Stevenage 2–2 Crewe Alexandra Stevenage
15:00 GMT Bowditch 14', 50' Report Ng 80'
Kirk 90+7'
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 2,032
Referee: Graham Horwood
17 March 2018 37 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Coventry City Crewe
15:00 GMT Bowery 33' Report Clarke-Harris 5'
Bayliss 43'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,666
Referee: Antony Coggins
20 March 2018 38 Crewe Alexandra 3–1 Forest Green Rovers Crewe
19:45 GMT Bowery 44', 61'
Kirk 59'
Report Grubb 64' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,158
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
24 March 2018 39 Newport County 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Newport
15:00 GMT Demetriou 81' Report McKirdy 26'
Bowery 60'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,638
Referee: Darren Handley
30 March 2018 40 Barnet 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Edgware, London
15:00 BST Akinde 51' (pen.) 87' (pen.) Report McKirdy 70' Stadium: The Hive
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Lee Swabey
2 April 2018 41 Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Port Vale Crewe
15:00 BST Wintle 7'
Kirk 90+3'
Report Pope 36' (pen.)
Kay 71'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 6,680
Referee: Andy Woolmer
7 April 2018 42 Mansfield Town 3–4 Crewe Alexandra Mansfield
15:00 BST Angol 15'
Hemmings 50'
Miller 76'
Report Jones 7'
Bowery 10'
Pickering 25'
Kirk 27'
Stadium: One Call Stadium
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Richard Clark
14 April 2018 43 Luton Town 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Luton
15:00 BST McCormack  31'
Hylton 39',  69'
Lee 45+2'
Mpanzu 51'
Report Bowery 35'
Green  41'
Nolan  88'
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,202
Referee: Ben Toner
21 April 2018 44 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Morecambe Crewe
15:00 BST Miller 88' Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,942
Referee: Charles Breakspear
28 April 2018 45 Crawley Town 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Crawley
15:00 BST Smith 9'
Yorwerth  90+5'
Report Ng 5'
Pickering 51'
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,089
Referee: Tom Neild
5 May 2018 46 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Cheltenham Town Crewe
15:00 BST Ray  6'
Miller 17', 62'
Report Lloyd 34'
Morrell  68'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,350
Referee: Michael Salisbury

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Crewe Alexandra were drawn at home to Rotherham United in the first round.[9] In the second round Alex were given an away tie against Blackburn Rovers.[10]

4 November 2017 First round Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Rotherham United Crewe
15:00 GMT Walker 47'  72'
Ainley 89'
Report Vaulks 21'
Williams  59'
Cummings  63'
Moore  90+3'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2,597
Referee: Scott Oldham
3 December 2017 Second round Blackburn Rovers 3–3 Crewe Alexandra Blackburn
14:00 GMT Samuel 11', 20'
Graham 15'
Harper  33'
Bennett  56'
Report Walker  27'
Porter 35' (pen.), 66'
Nolan 63'
Ng  90'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 4,472
Referee: David Webb
13 December 2017[a] Second round replay Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Crewe
19:45 GMT Report Graham 24'
Harper  29'
Ward  89'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2,241
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
  1. ^ On 12 December, both clubs agreed to reschedule the second round replay fixture 24 hours later due to adverse weather conditions.[11]

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Crewe Alexandra were drawn at home to Bolton Wanderers in the first round.[12]

9 August 2017 First round Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Crewe
19:45 BST Porter 42'
Walker  52'
Report Pratley  57'
Armstrong 70'
Derik 81'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Referee: Mark Heywood

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Crewe Alexandra were drawn against Newcastle United U23s, Oldham Athletic and Port Vale in Northern Group D.[13][14]

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Port Vale (Q) 3 2 1 0 0 5 2 +3 8 Round 2
2 L1 Oldham Athletic (Q) 3 2 0 1 0 5 1 +4 7
3 ACA Newcastle United U21 (E) 3 1 0 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4 L2 Crewe Alexandra (E) 3 0 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
29 August 2017 Group Game 1 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Newcastle United U23s Crewe
19:30 BST Bowery 88' report Smith 4'
Charman 68'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 1,351
3 October 2017 Group Game 2 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Oldham Athletic Crewe
19:30 BST Porter  34'
Stubbs  69'
Report Byrne  38' 42' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 976
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
7 November 2017 Group Game 3 Port Vale 4–2 Crewe Alexandra Burslem
19:45 GMT Regis 3'
Forrester 8'
Reeves 65'
Montaño 90'
Report Reilly 31', 70' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 1,322
Referee: John Brooks

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 CF Jordan Bowery Leyton Orient Free [15]
1 July 2017 CF Chris Porter Colchester United Free [16]
1 July 2017 CB Michael Raynes Carlisle United Free [17]
3 July 2017 LB Eddie Nolan Blackpool Free [18]
4 July 2017 CM Brad Walker Hartlepool United Undisclosed [19]
15 August 2017 GK Will Jääskeläinen Leek Town Free [20][21][22]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 CM Billy Bingham Gillingham Released [23][a]
1 July 2017 CB Harry Davis St Mirren Released [23][25][b]
1 July 2017 GK Andrew Dawber Free agent Released [23]
1 July 2017 CB Jon Guthrie Walsall Free [26]
1 July 2017 CM Danny Hollands Eastleigh Rejected contract [23][c]
1 July 2017 CB Ben Nugent Gillingham Released [28][d]
1 July 2017 DF Marcus Poscha Ramsbottom United Released [23][e]
1 July 2017 CF Callum Saunders Notts County Released [23][f]
1 July 2017 RB Ollie Turton Blackpool Rejected contract [31][g]
18 January 2018 CM George Cooper Peterborough United Undisclosed fee [33]
  1. ^ Billy Bingham joined Gillingham following his release.[24]
  2. ^ Harry Davis joined St Mirren following his release.[25]
  3. ^ Danny Hollands joined Eastleigh after rejecting a new contract.[27]
  4. ^ Ben Nugent joined Gillingham following his release.[28]
  5. ^ Marcus Poscha joined Ramsbottom United following his release.[29]
  6. ^ Callum Saunders joined Notts County following his release.[30]
  7. ^ Ollie Turton joined Blackpool after rejecting a new contract.[32]

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
29 August 2017 CB Sam Stubbs Wigan Athletic 10 January 2018 [34][35]
30 August 2017 MF Conor Grant Everton 10 January 2018 [36][35]
11 January 2018 MF Paul Green Oldham Athletic May 2018 [37]
19 January 2018 MF / Daniel Barlaser Newcastle United 9 April 2018 [38][39]
19 January 2018 FW Harry McKirdy Aston Villa May 2018 [40]
25 January 2018 FW Shaun Miller Carlisle United May 2018 [41]
31 January 2018 RB Jamie Sterry Newcastle United May 2018 [42]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
1 September 2017 CM Oliver Finney Halesowen Town 31 October 2017 [43]
1 September 2017 CF Daniel Udoh Halesowen Town 30 November 2017 [43][a]
14 September 2017 GK William Jääskeläinen Loughborough Dynamo 10 October 2017 [45]
10 October 2017 GK William Jääskeläinen Nantwich Town 11 December 2017 [46][b]
1 November 2017 CF Owen Dale Witton Albion 30 November 2017 [44]
7 December 2017 CF Daniel Udoh Chester 8 January 2018 [48]
4 January 2018 GK William Jääskeläinen Buxton 4 February 2018 [49]
11 January 2018 CF Daniel Udoh Leamington 11 February 2018 [50]
1 March 2018 GK William Jääskeläinen Chester 1 April 2018 [51]
  1. ^ On 4 November, Daniel Udoh's loan at Halesowen Town was extended.[44]
  2. ^ On 13 November, William Jääskeläinen's loan at Nantwich Town was extended.[47]

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