2024–25 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 148th season in the history of Crewe Alexandra Football Club and their third consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in the League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Crewe Alexandra
2024–25 season
ChairmanCharles Grant
ManagerLee Bell
StadiumGresty Road
2025–26 →

Transfers

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
27 June 2024 RW   Jack Lankester   Cambridge United Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2024[a] CF   Kane Hemmings   Stevenage Free [2]
1 July 2024[b] CF   Fin Roberts[c]   Beckenham Town Free [3]
3 July 2024 CM   Max Sanders   Leyton Orient Undisclosed [4]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 21 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Stevenage contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Beckenham Town contract expired
  3. ^ Signed initially for the U21s
Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
14 June 2024[a] GK   Dave Richards   Dundee United Free [5]
3 July 2024 LB   Rio Adebisi   Peterborough United Undisclosed [6]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 7 June, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opens

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] CB   Jamie Knight-Lebel   Bristol City End of Season [7]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 24 June, and would officially commence on July 1

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CF   Elliott Nevitt   Gillingham 1 July 2024 [8]
30 June 2024 CB   Luke Offord   Milton Keynes Dons 1 July 2024 [9]
30 June 2024 CM   Charlie Colkett [10]
30 June 2024 CB   Zak Kempster-Down [10]
30 June 2024 LW   Charlie Kirk [10]
30 June 2024 CB   Billy Sass-Davies [10]
30 June 2024 CF   Max Woodcock [10]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 4 June, Crewe announced their pre-season preparations, with matches against Newcastle Town, Stafford Rangers, Stoke City, Tamworth and Blackpool.[11] Two weeks later, the club confirmed the squad would travel to Algarve for a five day training camp.[12]

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13 July 2024 Friendly Newcastle Town v Crewe Alexandra Newcastle-under-Lyme
15:00 BST Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium
16 July 2024 Friendly Stafford Rangers v Crewe Alexandra Stafford
19:30 BST Stadium: The Stan Robinson Stadium
23 July 2024 Friendly Crewe Alexandra v Stoke City Crewe
19:30 BST Stadium: Gresty Road
27 July 2024 Friendly Tamworth v Crewe Alexandra Tamworth
15:00 BST Stadium: The Lamb Ground
3 August 2024 Friendly Crewe Alexandra v Blackpool Crewe
15:00 BST Stadium: Gresty Road

Competitions

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League Two

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
7 Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for League Two play-offs
8 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Doncaster Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Gillingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[13]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

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On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[14]

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10 August 2024 1 Barrow v Crewe Alexandra Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST Stadium: Holker Street

FA Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Crewe being drawn away against Rotherham United.[15]

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13 August 2024 First round Rotherham United v Crewe Alexandra Rotherham
19:45 BST Stadium: New York Stadium

EFL Trophy

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In the group stage, Crewe were drawn into Northern Group E alongside Blackpool, Harrogate Town and Liverpool U21.[16][17]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L2 Harrogate Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Liverpool U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL.com

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Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK   ENG Tom Booth 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF   ENG Lewis Billington 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Ryan Cooney 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Mickey Demetriou 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   CAN Jamie Knight-Lebel (on loan from Bristol City) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   WAL Zac Williams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF   ENG Charlie Finney 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SVK Matúš Holíček 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Owen Lunt 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Max Sanders 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Joel Tabiner 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Conor Thomas 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW   ENG Kane Hemmings 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Jack Lankester 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Chris Long 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Shilow Tracey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Jack joins The Railwaymen!". Crewe Alexandra FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Striker Hemmings joins The Railwaymen!". Crewe Alexandra FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Prospect Roberts joins The Railwaymen". Crewe Alexandra FC. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Sanders signs up!". Crewe Alexandra FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Keeper Richards joins Dundee United". Crewe Alexandra FC. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Adebisi heads to Posh". Crewe Alexandra FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Alex seal deal for defender Knight-Lebel". Crewe Alexandra FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Gills sign Elliott Nevitt". Gillingham FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  9. ^ "DonDeal: Offord becomes MK Dons' second summer signing". MK Dons. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Retained List 2024". Crewe Alexandra FC. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  11. ^ "2024/25 Pre-Season schedule". Crewe Alexandra FC. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Railwaymen will jet to Portugal for pre-season training". Crewe Alexandra FC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  13. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Bromley face Harrogate in club's first ever EFL match". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.