2011–12 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Players

Club

Competitions

Matches

References

External links

Squad information

Squad stats

Players in and out

Coaching staff

Other information

Kits

Overall

League Two

Pre-Season Friendlies

League Two

Football League Cup

Football League Trophy

FA Cup

Appearances and goals

Top Scorers

Disciplinary record

Awards

In

Out

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Individual

Club

This article details Crewe Alexandra's 2011–12 season in League Two. This will be Crewe's 88th competitive season and third successive in League Two.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club
Season 2011–12
Manager	Dario Gradi
Chairman	John Bowler
League	League Two
League Position	2010–11: 10th
League Position	Current: 10th
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	First Round vs Preston
Football League Trophy	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: (0) All: (0)
Most appearances	League: (0) All: (0)
Highest attendance	0
Lowest attendance	0
Average attendance	0
Last match	Bradford City (A), won 5–1
Next match	Swindon Town (A), 06/08/11
Transfer Spending	£ 000,000
Transfer Income	£ 000,000
Last updated: 15:35, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee
1	GK	ENG	Phillips	&1000000000000003300000033	2010	32	0	30 Jun 2012	Free
2	DF	ENG	Tootle	&1000000000000002100000021	2009	71	1	30 Jun 2014	Youth system
3	DF	ENG	Davis	&1000000000000002000000020	2009	1	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
4	DF	ENG	Westwood	&1000000000000002100000021	2008	90	12	30 Jun 2014	Youth system
5	DF	ENG	Artell	&1000000000000003100000031	2010	43	5	30 Jun 2012	Free
6	DF	ENG	Dugdale	&1000000000000002400000024	2010	20	0	30 Jun 2012	Free
7	MF	ENG	Bell	&1000000000000002900000029	2010	49	2	30 Jun 2012	Free
8	MF	ENG	Murphy	&1000000000000002200000022	2008	89	8	30 Jun 2013	Youth system
9	FW	ENG	Miller	&1000000000000002400000024	2006	141	36	30 Jun 2013	Youth system
10	FW	ENG	Leitch-Smith	&1000000000000002200000022	2008	19	5	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
11	FW	ENG	Moore	&1000000000000002300000023	2007	154	15	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
12	DF	ENG	Shelley	&1000000000000002100000021	2008	49	6	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
13	GK	SCO	A Martin	&1000000000000002300000023	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Free
14	MF	ENG	Sarcevic	&1000000000000002000000020	2010	5	1	30 Jun 2012	Undisclosed
15	DF	ENG	C Martin	&1000000000000002500000025	2009	6	1	30 Jun 2012	Undisclosed
16	FW	ENG	Connerton	&1000000000000002200000022	2009	2	0	30 Jun 2012	Undisclosed
17	MF	ENG	Mellor	&1000000000000002100000021	2009	1	0		Youth system
18	GK	ENG	Garratt	&1000000000000001700000017	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2013	Youth system
19	MF	ENG	Clayton	&1000000000000001700000017	2011	2	0	30 Jun 2014	Youth system
20	MF	ENG	Turton	&1000000000000001900000019	2011	1	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
21	DF	ENG	White	&1000000000000001900000019	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
22	DF	ENG	Ray	&1000000000000001800000018	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
23	FW	ENG	Daniels	&1000000000000001800000018	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
24	MF	ENG	Hughes	&1000000000000001900000019	2011	1	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
25	FW	ENG	Powell	&1000000000000001700000017	2010	19	0	30 Jun 2014	Youth system
	FW	ENG	Koral	&1000000000000001900000019	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
	FW	ENG	Oswell	&1000000000000001900000019	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
	DF	ENG	Ting	&1000000000000001900000019	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system

Last updated: 25 July 2011
Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Crewe Alexandra, soccerbase
Ordered by Squad numbers.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

As of 13 September 2011

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		JP Trophy
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Steve Phillips	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2		DF	Matthew Tootle	5	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3		DF	Harry Davis	9	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4		MF	Ashley Westwood	8	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5		DF	David Artell	8	1	6+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	1+0	0
6		DF	Adam Dugdale	10	1	8+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7		MF	Lee Bell	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
8		MF	Luke Murphy	9	1	7+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
9		FW	Shaun Miller	10	6	8+0	5	0+0	0	1+0	1	1+0	0
10		FW	AJ Leitch-Smith	9	1	6+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11		FW	Byron Moore	7	1	6+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12		MF	Danny Shelley	9	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
14		MF	Antoni Sarcevic	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15		DF	Carl Martin	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16		FW	Jordan Connerton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17		DF	Kelvin Mellor	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
18		GK	Ben Garrett	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19		FW	Max Clayton	7	0	0+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
20		DF	Oliver Turton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21		DF	Andy White	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22		DF	George Ray	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23		FW	Brendan Daniels	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24		MF	Caspar Hughes	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
25		MF	Nick Powell	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Place	Position	Number	Name	League Two	League Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Shaun Miller	5	1	6
2	DF	5	David Artell	0	1	1
=	DF	6	Adam Dugdale	1	0	1
=	FW	10	AJ Leitch-Smith	1	0	1
=	FW	11	Byron Moore	1	0	1
=	MF	8	Luke Murphy	1	0	1
			TOTALS	9	2	11

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		JP Trophy		Total
7		MF	Lee Bell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	David Artell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Harry Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Adam Dugdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Shaun Miller	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
12		MF	Danny Shelley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0

Date	N	P	Nat.	Name	Award	Notes
2011-07-01

Date	Period	Award	Notes
2011-07-01	2011-07-01

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
13	GK	SCO	A Martin	22	Ayr United	Free Transfer	Summer	30 Jun 2012	Free	Source

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
6	DF	CMR	Ada	26	Kilmarnock	Released	Summer	Free	Source
15	DF	ENG	Mitchel-King	27	AFC Wimbledon	Released	Summer	Free	Source
9	FW	COD	Zola	26	Burton Albion	Released	Summer	Free	Source
11	MF	JAM	Grant	23	Wycombe Wanderers	Released	Summer	Free	Source
3	DF	ENG	Blanchett	24	Burton Albion	Released	Summer	Free	Source
27	MF	ENG	Short	20	Free Agent	Released	Summer	Free	Source
28	DF	ENG	AM Westwood	34	Free Agent	Released	Summer	Free	Source
24	GK	POL	Fogler	26	Free Agent	Released	Summer	Free	Source
7	FW	ENG	Donaldson	27	Brentford	Out of contract	Summer	Free	Source

Last updated: 2 July 2011
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.

Position	Staff
First Team Manager	Dario Gradi MBE
Assistant Manager	Steve Davis
Assistant Manager (Player Recruitment)	Neil Baker
Assistant Academy Manager	James Collins
Assistant Academy Manager	Neil Critchley
Head Physiotherapist	Rob Sharp
Physiotherapist	Nick Oakley
Fitness Coach	Andy Franks
Academy Recruitment Officer	Phil Swift
Academy Operations Manager	Paul Anthrobus

Last updated: 21 May 2011
Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

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

Last updated: 21 May 2011
Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

Home
Supplier: Carbrini
Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Away
Supplier: Carbrini
Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Home goalkeepers
Supplier: Carbrini
Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Away goalkeepers
Supplier: Carbrini
Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	First match	Last match
League Two	—	10	6 August 2011	5 May 2012
Football League Cup	1st round	—	9 August 2011
Football League Trophy	1st round	—	w/c 29 August 2011
FA Cup	1st round	—	November 2011

Last updated: 1 July 2011
Source: Competitions

Team		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Crawley Town	24	15	5	4	47	29	+18	50
2	Cheltenham Town	24	15	4	5	37	21	+16	49
3	Southend United	23	14	4	5	42	24	+18	46
4	Swindon Town	24	13	4	7	38	19	+19	43
5	Shrewsbury Town	24	12	6	6	35	24	+11	42
6	Gillingham	24	12	5	7	41	29	+12	41
7	Burton Albion	24	11	7	6	38	36	+2	40
8	Oxford United	24	10	8	6	33	24	+9	38
9	Torquay United	24	10	8	6	36	30	+6	38
10	Rotherham United	24	10	7	7	41	36	+5	37
11	Accrington Stanley	24	9	9	6	32	26	+6	36
12	Morecambe	24	9	8	7	39	28	+11	35
13	Port Vale	24	10	5	9	42	34	+8	35
14	Macclesfield Town	24	8	6	10	23	26	-3	30
15	Crewe Alexandra	24	9	3	12	29	35	-6	30
16	Aldershot Town	23	8	3	12	24	29	-5	27
17	AFC Wimbledon	24	7	5	12	30	46	-16	26
18	Bradford City	24	6	7	11	28	33	-5	25
19	Bristol Rovers	24	6	5	13	30	47	-17	23
20	Barnet	24	6	5	13	28	45	-17	23
21	Hereford United	24	5	7	12	23	39	-16	22
22	Dagenham & Redbridge	24	6	3	15	25	41	-16	21
23	Northampton Town	24	4	6	14	28	48	-20	18
24	Plymouth Argyle	24	4	6	14	24	44	-20	18


	Promotion to League One
	Qualification to League Two playoffs
	Relegation to Conference National
	Last updated: 16:58, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	3	0	5	9	12	−3	9	2	0	2	8	6	+2	1	0	3	1	6	−5

Last updated: 13 September 2011
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/tables/default.stm

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L
Position	24	23	23	24	22	20	15	20

Last updated: 13 September 2011.
Source: Crewe Alexandra
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Won Drawn Lost Postponed

11 July 2011	Rhyl	0 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Belle Vue
19:30		Report		Attendance: 250

11 July 2011	Congleton Town	0 – 4	Crewe Alexandra	Congleton
19:30		Report	Moore Moore Daniels Trialist (McCammon)	Stadium: Booth Street

16 July 2011	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Miller 44' Sarcevic 85'	Report	Doyle 81'	Attendance: 2,567 Referee: Tony Bates

19 July 2011	Newcastle Town	1 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Newcastle-under-Lyme
19:30	Gartside	Report	Powell Pires Sarcevic	Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium

19 July 2011	Quorn	1 – 9	Crewe Alexandra	Quorn
19:45	87'	Report	Miller 5' Miller 18' Miller 20' Westwood 33' Miller 38' Shelley 40' Moore 51' Miller Oswell	Stadium: Sutton Park

22 July 2011	Nantwich Town	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Nantwich
19:30	Nicholls 89'	Report	Daniels 90'	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 1,084

26 July 2011	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Derby County	Alexandra Stadium
19:30	Moore Shelley 46'	Report	Riggott 14'	Attendance: 2,063 Referee: Steve Rushton

30 July 2011	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Rochdale	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Miller 2' Shelley 18' (pen)	Report	Marshall 78'

1 August 2011	Wealdstone	2 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Ruislip, London Borough of Hillingdon
19:30		Report		Stadium: St Georges Stadium

Last updated: 4 May 2011

1 6 August 2011	Swindon Town	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	The County Ground
15:00	Kennedy 45' (pen.) Risser 63' Flint 77'	Report		Attendance: 8,248

2 13 August 2011	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Gillingham	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Miller 74'		Whelpdale 23' Spiller 25'	Attendance: 3,401

3 16 August 2011	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Rotherham United	Alexandra Stadium
19:45	Moore 74'		le Fondre 15' Pringle 72'	Attendance: 3,458

4 20 August 2011	Shrewsbury Town	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Greenhous Meadow
15:00	McAllister 23' Wroe 90+1'			Attendance: 5,050

5 27 August 2011	Plymouth Argyle	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Home Park
15:00			Miller 42'	Attendance: 5,720

6 3 September 2011	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 1	Oxford United	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Miller 30', 37' Leitch-Smith 65'		Davis 77'	Attendance: 3,680

7 10 September 2011	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 1	Barnet	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Murphy 27' Miller 55' Dugdale 90+1'		McLeod 81'	Attendance: 3,142

8 13 September 2011	Burton Albion	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Pirelli Stadium
19:45	Richards 34'			Attendance: 2,246

9 17 September 2011	Accrington Stanley	0 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Crown Ground
15:00			Leitch-Smith 11' Moore 14'	Attendance: 1,503

10 24 September 2011	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Port Vale	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Moore 72'		Pope 74'	Attendance: 6,613

11 1 October 2011	Dagenham & Redbridge	2 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Road
15:00	Williams 76' Rose 90+5'		Moore 75'	Attendance: 1,725

12 8 October 2011	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 3	Southend United	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Davis 75'		Ferdinand 37' Mohsni 88' 90+1'	Attendance: 3,808

13 15 October 2011	AFC Wimbledon	1 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Kingsmeadow
15:00	Jolley 60'		Powell 46' Dugdale 79' Leitch-Smith 88'	Attendance: 4,604

14 22 October 2011	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Port Vale	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Moore 72'		Pope 74'	Attendance: 6,613

14 22 October 2011	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Port Vale	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Moore 72'		Pope 74'	Attendance: 6,613

15 25 October 2011	Cheltenham Town F.C.	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Abbey Business Stadium
19:45			Davis 54' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,089

16 29 October 2011	Aldershot Town	3 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Recreation Ground
15:00	Hylton 23', 62' McGlashan 48'		Leitch-Smith 30'	Attendance: 2,552

17 5 November 2011	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 3	Torquay United	Alexandra Stadium
15:00			Howe 9' Mansell 53' Bodin 68'	Attendance: 3,521

18 19 November 2011	Morecambe	1 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Globe Arena
15:00	Ellison 69'		Powell 79' Clayton 90+5'	Attendance: 2,169

19 26 November 2011	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 0	Hereford United	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Powell 60'			Attendance: 3,591

20 10 December 2011	Northampton Town	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Sixfields Stadium
15:00	Akinfenwa 16'		Moore 61'	Attendance: 4,579

21 17 December 2011	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Crawley Town	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Fletcher 9'		Tubbs 31'	Attendance: 3,635

22 26 December 2011	Bradford City	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade
15:00	Wells 2' Hanson 64', 84'			Attendance: 11,060

First Round 9 August 2011	Preston North End	3 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Deepdale
19:45	Tootle 3' (o.g.) Mellor 84' Hume 90'	Report	Miller 18' Artell 40'	Attendance: 5,401 Referee: Webb

Last updated: 1 July 2011

Last updated: 16 June 2011

First Round

Last updated: 21 May 2011

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

First Round 30 August 2011

0 – 0

(2 - 4 pen)

Crewe Alexandra

Gigg Lane Stadium

Attendance: 1,295
Referee: Robert Madley

Penalties

Cregg
Bishop
Worrall
Picken

Westwood
Shelley
Davis
Bell

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