Crewe Alexandra F.C. club records

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[edit] Club records[1]

The following are club records since its establishment in 1877

[edit] Football League record

Played 3,623
Won 1,246
Drawn –0,844
Lost 1,549
Scored 4,998
Conceded 5,832
Goal Difference 0,–834
Goal Average –0,001.38
  • League games above counted until end of 2006–2007 season

[edit] Cup records

Cup Best performance P W D L F A
FA Cup Semi-Final (1887–1888[2], lost to Preston North End 0–4) 222 81 52 89 335 371
League Cup 3rd Round Replay (1974–1975, lost to Aston Villa 0–1) 125 40 29 56 176 222
League Trophy Northern Section Final (2006–2007, lost to Doncaster Rovers 5–6 on aggregate) 53 17 20 16 94 69

[edit] Most League Appearances

Tommy Lowry, 436 (1966–78)

[edit] Most Consecutive Appearances

Geoff Crudgington, 137 (Between 1975–77)

[edit] Most League Goals

Bert Swindells, 126 (1928–37)

[edit] Highest League Goalscorer In A Season

Terry Harkin, 35 (Div 4, 1964/65)

[edit] Most Goals In A Match

Tony Naylor, 5 (vs Colchester United, Div 3, 24 April 1993)

[edit] Most Hat–tricks For Crewe Alexandra

Frank Lord, 8

[edit] Most Hat–Tricks In One Season

Frank Lord, 4 (1961/62)

[edit] Most Capped Player

Clayton Ince, 31 caps (for Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago)

[edit] Oldest Crewe Player

Kenny Swain, 39 years 281 days (vs Maidstone United, 5 November 1991)

[edit] Youngest Crewe Player

Steve Walters, 16 years 119 days (vs Peterborough United, 6 May 1988)

[edit] Youngest Goalscorer

David Jones, 16 years 144 days (vs Gateshead, 10 September 1956)

[edit] Record Cup Victory

8–0 vs Hartlepool United (Auto Windscreens Shield 1st Rd, 17 October 1995)
8–0 vs Doncaster Rovers (LDV Vans Trophy 3rd Rd, 10 November 2002)

[edit] Record Cup Defeat

2–13 vs Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup 4th Rd Replay. 3 February 1960)

[edit] Record League Victory

8–0 vs Rotherham United (Division 3 North, 1 October 1932)

[edit] Record League Defeat

1–11 vs Lincoln City (Division 3 North, 29 September 1951)

[edit] Record Transfer Fee Paid

£650,000 to Torquay United (Rodney Jack, August 1998)

[edit] Record Transfer Received

£3 million from Derby County (Seth Johnson, June 1999)
£3 million from Norwich City (Dean Ashton, January 2005)

[edit] Best League Run Undefeated

17 (25 March 1995 to 23 September 1995)

[edit] Worst League Run Without A Win

30 (22 September 1956 to 6 April 1957[3])

[edit] Record Points Total (3 for a win)

86 (2002/2003, Division 2)

[edit] Record Clean Sheets

24 (2002/2003, Clayton Ince 20 & Ademola Bankole 4)

[edit] Record Away Wins

17 (2002/2003 Division 2)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Club records taken from official Crewe Alexandra website
  2. ^ Crewe originally lost 2–3 to Swifts F.C. in the Fourth Round Replay, but the game was declared void, and replayed. Crewe won the replay 2–1
  3. ^ Dates taken from 1956–57 results section from crewealexandra–mad.co.uk