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)
League Position	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 scount Glyn Chamberlain leaves the club after four years.^[1] 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.^[2]
5 July: Prior to a 7-0 win over Newcastle Town in a friendly,^[3] Billy Jones is made the forthcoming season's captain, with Anthony Elding as vice-captain.^[4]

2009-10 season begins- August

8 August: Crewe start off their season with a 2–1 defeat at home by Dagenham & Redbridge.^[5]
11 August: Crewe's League Cup campaign ends in the First Round after a 2–1 defeat at home to Championship side Blackpool.^[6]
15 August: Crewe get their two away wins of the season after a 0-4 win over Grimsby Town,^[7] then a narrow 0-1 win over Darlington three days later.^[8]
20 August: Tottenham Hotspur recall on-loan 'keeper David Button.^[9]
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.^[10]
29 August: Crewe fail to score for the first time this season, and suffer their first away loss after losing at Bournemouth 1–0.^[11]

September

1 September: Crewe lose in the Football League Trophy to Stockport County, the first Cheshire derby of the season.^[12] and re-sign David Button on loan until 3rd January.^[13]
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.^[14]
12 September: Crewe travel 30 miles to Shrewsbury Town, where their inconsistent season continues with a 2–0 loss.^[15]
19 September: Crewe's 23 shots against Aldershot Town's six do not help as they lose 2–1.^[16]
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.^[17]
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.^[18]

October

2 October: Crewe part company with Gudjon Thordarson with immediate effect after a board meeting,^[19] with Dario Gradi again taking the position as caretaker manager.
9 October: Bolton Wanderers recall on loan goalkeeper Ádám Bogdán.^[20]
24 October: After Crewe lose away at Notts County,^[21] striker Anthony Elding is placed on the transfer list.^[22]
27 October: Tottenham Hotspur recall on loan 'keeper David Button again.^[23]

November

7 November: Crewe lose in the First Round of the FA Cup to Blue Square Premier side York City.^[24]
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.^[25]
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.^[26]
12 December: Crewe become the first team to beat Barnet at home after a 1-2 win.^[27] Matthew Tootle is later cleared of diving by the FA, but his yellow card is not rescinded.^[28]
19 December: Crewe's home match with Torquay United is postponed due to a frozen pitch at The Alexandra Stadium.^[29]
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.^[30]
28 December: Crewe's final match of 2009 is a 4–1 loss away at Macclesfield Town.^[31] The result means Crewe finish the year in 12th position in the league.^[32]
29 December: Harry Worley's loan is extended until the end of the season.^[33]

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.^[34]
6 January: Steve Phillips extends his loan until 30 May.^[35]

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.^[36] AJ Leitch-Smith also goes out on loan, to Curzon Ashton until the end of the season.^[37]

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.^[38]
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.^[39]
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	ENG	Collis	28	EU	2008	26	0	30 Jun 2010	Free
2	DF	ENG	Brayford	21	EU	2008	86	3	30 Jun 2010	£210,000
3	DF	ENG	Jones (captain)	26	EU	2007	85	9	30 Jun 2010	£ 65,000
4	MF	ENG	Schumacher	25	EU	2007	82	8	30 Jun 2010	Free
5	DF	ENG	O'Donnell (VC2)	23	EU	2007	147	4	30 Jun 2010	£100,000
6	DF	CMR	Ada	24	Non-EU	2009	21	0	30 Jun 2011	Free
8	FW	ENG	Donaldson	25	EU	2008	82	20	2011	£125,000
9	FW	ENG	Elding (VC1)	27	EU	2008	32	4	2011	Undisclosed
10	FW	COD	Zola	24	Non-EU	2008	69	23	2011	£200,000
11	MF	JAMENG	Grant	21	EU	2008	77	13	2011	£130,000
12	DF	ENG	Mitchel-King	25	EU	2009	35	0	30 Jun 2011	Free
13	GK	ENG	Legzdins	22	EU	2008	8	0	30 Jun 2010	Free
14	FW	ENG	Moore	20	EU	2007	110	9	30 Jun 2010	Youth system
15	FW	ENG	Miller	21	EU	2006	99	19	30 Jun 2011	Youth system
16	DF	ENG	Bailey	20	EU	2007	55	0	30 Jun 2011	Youth system
17	DF	ENG	McManus	20	EU	2008	1	0	30 Jun 2010	Free
18	MF	ENG	Murphy	19	EU	2008	45	4	30 Jun 2011	Youth system
19	DF	ENG	Westwood	19	EU	2008	40	6	30 Jun 2009	Youth system
20	DF	ENG	Shelley	19	EU	2008	22	2	30 Jun 2011	Youth system
21	MF	ENG	Clements	19	EU	2008	1	0	30 Jun 2010	Youth system
22	FW	ENG	Leitch-Smith	19	EU	2008	1	0	30 Jun 2010	Youth system
23	DF	ENG	Tootle	18	EU	2009	28	1	30 Jun 2010	Youth system
26	DF	ENG	Davis	17	EU	2009	1	0		Youth system
27	DF	ENG	Worley	20	EU	2009	23	0	14 May 2010	Loan	From Leicester City
28	MF	ENG	Walton	21	EU	2009	33	1	30 Jun 2010	Loan	From Plymouth Argyle
30	DF	ENG	Martin	22	EU	2009	5	1		£5,000
31	GK	ENG	Phillips	31	EU	2009	29	0	3 Jan 2010	Loan	From Bristol Rovers
35	DF	ENG	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

				Total			League Two		FA Cup		Football League Cup	Football League Trophy

No.	P	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK	ENG	Collis	1	1		1
2	DF	ENG	Brayford	47	47		44		1	1		1
3	DF	ENG	Jones	13	14	2	12	2		1		1
4	MF	ENG	Schumacher	28	33	4	32	4				1
5	DF	ENG	O'Donnell	27	27		27
6	DF	CMR	Ada	19	21		18		1	1		1
8	FW	ENG	Donaldson	28	39	12	37	12	1	1
9	FW	ENG	Elding	4	12		10			1		1
10	FW	COD	Zola	33	37	17	34	15	1	1	1	1	1
11	MF	JAM ENG	Grant	44	46	9	43	9	1	1		1
12	DF	ENG	Mitchel-King	34	35		32		1	1		1
13	GK	ENG	Legzdins	8	8		6			1		1
14	FW	ENG	Moore	16	32	3	29	3	1	1		1
15	FW	ENG	Miller	22	34	7	33	7				1
16	MF	ENG	Bailey	22	23		21		1	1
17	DF	ENG	McManus
18	MF	ENG	Murphy	23	34	5	32	5	1	1
19	MF	ENG	Westwood	35	37	6	36	6		1
20	MF	ENG	Shelley	8	17	1	16	1	1
21	MF	ENG	Clements		1				1
22	FW	ENG	Leitch-Smith		1		1
23	DF	ENG	Tootle	26	28	1	28	1
24	GK	ENG	Button	10	10		10
25	MF	ENG	Verma	6	9		7			1		1
26	DF	ENG	Davis		1		1
27	DF	ENG	Worley	22	24	1	23	1				1
28	MF	ENG	Walton	27	33	1	31	1	1			1
29	GK	HUN	Bogdán	1	1		1
30	DF	ENG	Martin	1	5	1	5	1
31	GK	ENG	Phillips	29	29		28		1
35	DF	ENG	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	Y	R	Notes
19	MF	ENG	Westwood	4	1
6	DF	CMR	Ada	2	1
3	DF	ENG	Jones	2	1
2p	DF	ENG	Martin	0	1
15	FW	ENG	Miller	6
28	MF	ENG	Walton	5
4	MF	ENG	Schumacher	3
12	DF	ENG	Mitchel-King	2		Conceded two penalties
27	DF	ENG	Worley	2		Conceded one penalty
10	FW	COD	Zola	2
8	FW	ENG	Donaldson	2
25	MF	ENG	Verma	1
18	MF	ENG	Murphy	1
16	DF	ENG	Bailey	1
23	DF	ENG	Tootle	1

Last updated: 11 May 2010
Source: Crewe Alexandra
Only competitive matches

Y = Number of bookings;  YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Awards

Individual

Date	N	P	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	ENG	20	Loan	Tottenham Hotspur	Summer	20 Aug 2009	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
24	GK	Button	EU	ENG	20	Loan	Tottenham Hotspur	Summer	27 Oct 2009	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
6	DF	Ada		CMR	24	Transfer	Histon	Summer	30 Jun 2011	Free	Crewe Alexandra
12	DF	Mitchel-King	EU	ENG	25	Transfer	Histon	Summer	30 Jun 2011	Free	Crewe Alexandra
25	MF	Verma	EU	ENG	22	Loan	Leicester City	Summer	10 Nov 2009	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
27	DF	Worley	EU	ENG	20	Loan	Leicester City	Summer	14 May 2010	Loan	Crewe Alexandra BBC Sport
28	DF	Walton	EU	ENG	21	Loan	Plymouth Argyle	Summer	30 Jun 2010	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
29	GK	Bogdán	EU	HUN	22	Loan	Bolton Wanderers	Winter	9 Oct 2009	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
31	GK	Phillips	EU	ENG	31	Loan	Bristol Rovers	Winter	3 Jan 2010	Loan
30	DF	Martin	EU	ENG	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	FRA	30	Transferred	Colorado Rapids	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
18	MF	Carrington	EU	ENG	22	Released	Milton Keynes Dons	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
14	DF	McCready	EU	ENG	27	Released	Wrexham	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
21	GK	Tomlinson	EU	ENG	24	Released	Barrow	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
		Danville	EU	ENG		Released	Free Agent	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
		Thompson	EU	ENG		Released	Free Agent	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
2	DF	Woodards	EU	ENG	25	Released	Milton Keynes Dons	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
22	MF	Daniel	EU	ENG	21	Released	Macclesfield Town	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
15	DF	Abbey	EU	ENG	30	Mutual Consent	Free Agent	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
7	MF	Bopp	EU	DEU	25	Mutual Consent	Free Agent	Summer	Free	Crewe Alexandra
19	FW	Pope	EU	ENG	23	Transferred	Rotherham United	Summer	£150,000	Crewe Alexandra
8	MF	O'Connor	EU	NIR	21	Transferred	Scunthorpe United	Summer	£225,000	Crewe Alexandra
	DF	McManus	EU	ENG	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	August 8, 2009	May 8, 2010
Football League Cup	1st round	1st round	1st round	August 11, 2009
Football League Trophy	1st round	1st round	1st round	September 1, 2009
FA Cup	1st round	1st round	1st round	November 7, 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 = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Won Drawn Lost

Pre-Season Friendlies

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

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

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

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'

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)

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

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.^[40]

Last updated: 5 August 2009

League Two

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First Round 11 August 2009	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

First Round 1 September 2009	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

First Round 7 November 2009	(BSP) York City	3 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	KitKat 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

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League Two	Accrington Stanley · Aldershot Town · Barnet · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Burton Albion · Bury · Cheltenham Town · Chesterfield · Crewe Alexandra · Dagenham & Redbridge · Darlington · Grimsby Town · Hereford United · Lincoln City · Macclesfield Town · Morecambe · Northampton Town · Notts County · Port Vale · Rochdale · Rotherham United · Shrewsbury Town · Torquay United

Conference National	AFC Wimbledon · Altrincham · Barrow · Cambridge United · Chester City · Crawley Town · Eastbourne Borough · Ebbsfleet United · Forest Green Rovers · Gateshead · Grays Athletic · Hayes & Yeading United · Histon · Kettering Town · Kidderminster Harriers · Luton Town · Mansfield Town · Oxford United · Rushden & Diamonds · Salisbury City · Stevenage Borough · Tamworth · Wrexham · York City

Conference North / South	Newport County · Northwich Victoria

Summer 2009 transfers · Winter 2009–10 transfers · Summer 2010 transfers

2009–10 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Contents

Events

2009

Pre-season

2009-10 season begins- August

September

October

November

December

2010

January

February

March

April

May

Players

Squad information

Squad stats

Disciplinary record

Awards

Individual

Players in and out

In

Out

Club

Coaching staff

Other information

Kits

Competitions

Overall

League Two

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Pre-Season Friendlies

League Two

Football League Cup

Football League Trophy

FA Cup

References

External links