List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics

1 Club records^[1]
- 1.1 Football League record
- 1.2 Cup records
2 Player records
- 2.1 Appearances
  - 2.1.1 Most appearances
- 2.2 Goalscorers
  - 2.2.1 Top goalscorers
3 International caps
4 Transfers
5 Notes

Club records^[1]

The following are club records since its establishment in 1877

Football League record

1892 – 1896 Division Two
1921 – 1958 Division Three (North)
1958 – 1963 Division Four
1963 – 1964 Division Three
1964 – 1968 Division Four
1968 – 1969 Division Three
1969 – 1989 Division Four
1989 – 1991 Division Three
1991 – 1992 Division Four
1992 – 1994 Division Three
1994 – 1997 Division Two
1997 – 2002 Division One
2002 – 2003 Division Two
2003 – 2006 Division One / Football League Championship (2004 onwards)
2006 – 2009 Football League One
2009 – present Football League Two

Played	−3,770
Won	−1,285
Drawn	−0,878
Lost	−1,607
Scored	−5,172
Conceded	−6,052
Goal Difference	0,− 880
Goal Average	−0,001.37
Points	−3,908

League games above counted until end of 2008–2009 season

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)	226	83	53	90	342	376
League Cup	3rd Round Replay (1974–1975, lost to Aston Villa 0–1)	128	42	29	57	181	225
League Trophy	Northern Section Final (2006–2007, lost to Doncaster Rovers 5–6 on aggregate)	55	18	20	17	97	70

Wins

Biggest league win - 8–0 vs Rotherham United (Division 3 North, 1 October 1932)
Biggest cup win - 8–0 against:
- Hartlepool United (Auto Windscreens Shield 1st Rd, 17 October 1995)
- Doncaster Rovers (LDV Vans Trophy 3rd Rd, 10 November 2002)

Defeats

Biggest league defeat - 1–11 vs Lincoln City (Division 3 North, 29 September 1951)
Biggest cup defeat - 2–13 vs Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup 4th Rd Replay. 3 February 1960)

Sequences

Longest undefeated run in league - 17 (25 March 1995 to 23 September 1995)
Longest league run without a win - 30 (22 September 1956 to 6 April 1957^[3])

Others

Most league points, where a win awards three points, in a season - 86 (2002/2003, Division 2)
Most clean sheets in a season - 24 (2002/2003, Clayton Ince 20 & Ademola Bankole 4)
Most away wins in a single season - 17 (2002/2003 Division 2)

Player records

Appearances

Youngest first-team player - Steve Walters, 16 years 119 days (vs Peterborough United, 6 May 1988)
Oldest first-team player - Kenny Swain, 39 years 281 days (vs Maidstone United, 5 November 1991)
Most consecutive appearances - Geoff Crudgington, 137 (Between 1975–77)

Most appearances

Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.

#	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Watney Cup	Welsh Cup	Total
1	Lowry, TommyTommy Lowry	435 0(2)	21 0(0)	24 0(0)	0 0(0)	1 0(1)	0 0(0)	482 0(3)
2	Leigh, PeterPeter Leigh	430 0(2)	25 0(0)	17 0(0)	0 0(0)	1 0(0)	0 0(0)	473 0(2)
3	Smith, ShaunShaun Smith	402 0(41)	20 0(2)	22 0(3)	13 0(4)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	466 0(52)
4	Lunt, KennyKenny Lunt	390 0(35)	17 0(0)	25 0(1)	4 0(1)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	436 0(37)
5	Barnes, EricEric Barnes	350 0(1)	26 0(1)	14 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	390 0(2)
6	Bradshaw, AlanAlan Bradshaw	295 0(50)	15 0(1)	12 0(0)	0 0(0)	1 0(0)	0 0(0)	323 0(51)
7	Macauley, SteveSteve Macauley	270 0(23)	16 0(1)	20 0(0)	11 0(3)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	317 0(27)
8	Meaney, JackJack Meaney	288 0(38)	19 0(4)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	307 0(42)
9	Rivers, MarkMark Rivers	252 0(52)	14 0(4)	18 0(9)	11 0(4)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	295 0(69)
10	Sorvel, NeilNeil Sorvel	250 0(13)	12 0(0)	17 0(0)	4 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	283 0(13)
11	Swindells, HerbertHerbert Swindells	257 0(126)	14 0(9)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	9 0(5)	280 0(137)
11	Crudgington, GeoffGeoff Crudgington	250 0(0)	14 0(0)	16 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	280 0(0)
13	Keery, StanStan Keery	253 0(23)	11 0(1)	7 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	277 0(24)
14	Wheatley, BarrieBarrie Wheatley	240 0(50)	22 0(8)	10 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	272 0(58)
15	Scott, BobBob Scott	239 0(16)	6 0(1)	14 0(0)	2 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	261 0(17)
16	Purdie, BernardBernard Purdie	230 0(44)	10 0(0)	15 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	255 0(44)
17	Greygoose, DeanDean Greygoose	205 0(0)	18 0(0)	15 0(0)	13 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	251 0(0)
18	Foster, StephenStephen Foster	217 0(15)	11 0(1)	10 0(2)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	242 0(18)
19	Gardiner, MarkMark Gardiner	195 0(34)	15 0(4)	15 0(3)	16 0(1)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	241 0(42)
20	Wright, DavidDavid Wright	213 0(3)	12 0(0)	11 0(0)	4 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	240 0(3)

Current player with most appearances - Byron Moore, 101 as of January 15, 2010

Goalscorers

Most league goals scored in a season - 35, Terry Harkin (Div 4, 1964/65)
Most goals in a match - 5, Tony Naylor (vs Colchester United, Div 3, 24 April 1993)
Most hat-tricks - 8, Frank Lord
Most hat-tricks in a season - 4, Frank Lord (1961/62)
Youngest goalscorer - David Jones, 16 years 144 days (vs Gateshead, 10 September 1956)

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.

#	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Watney Cup	Welsh Cup	Total
1	Swindells, HerbertHerbert Swindells	126 0(257)	9 0(14)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	5 0(9)	137 0(280)
2	Ashton, DeanDean Ashton	61 0(158)	5 0(9)	3 0(7)	5 0(3)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	74 0(177)
3	Lord, FrankFrank Lord	67 0(106)	3 0(8)	3 0(4)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	73 0(118)
4	Rivers, MarkMark Rivers	52 0(152)	4 0(14)	9 0(18)	4 0(11)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	69 0(118)
5	Waring, JackieJackie Waring	55 0(150)	4 0(11)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	8 0(9)	67 0(170)
6	Waller, DaveDave Waller	55 0(170)	0 0(4)	6 0(8)	5 0(6)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	66 0(188)
7	Basford, JackJack Basford	60 0(154)	5 0(8)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	65 0(154)
8	Naylor, TonyTony Naylor	50 0(137)	5 0(11)	5 0(7)	8 0(3)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	63 0(153)
9	Platt, DavidDavid Platt	56 0(134)	1 0(3)	4 0(7)	0 0(4)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	61 0(148)
10	King, JohnnyJohnny King	60 0(238)	0 0(6)	0 0(6)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	60 0(238)
11	Wheatley, BarrieBarrie Wheatley	50 0(240)	8 0(22)	0 0(10)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	58 0(272)
11	Edwards, RobRob Edwards	44 0(155)	5 0(18)	5 0(8)	4 0(17)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	58 0(198)
13	Hignett, CraigCraig Hignett	43 0(123)	8 0(12)	4 0(10)	2 0(5)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	57 0(150)
14	Smith, ShaunShaun Smith	41 0(402)	2 0(20)	3 0(22)	4 0(13)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	52 0(466)
15	Bradshaw, AlanAlan Bradshaw	50 0(295)	1 0(15)	0 0(12)	0 0(0)	0 0(1)	0 0(0)	51 0(323)
15	Hulse, RobRob Hulse	45 0(116)	0 0(6)	2 0(7)	4 0(2)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	51 0(131)
16	Riley, ChrisChris Riley	46 0(136)	3 0(14)	0 0(5)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	49 0(155)
16	Coyne, PeterPeter Coyne	47 0(135)	1 0(6)	1 0(4)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	49 0(145)
18	Gowans, PeterPeter Gowans	43 0(140)	4 0(9)	0 0(4)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	47 0(153)
19	Adebola, DeleDele Adebola	39 0(122)	3 0(10)	2 0(7)	2 0(13)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	46 0(152)
19	Jones, SteveSteve Jones	40 0(162)	1 0(5)	4 0(6)	1 0(4)	0 0(0)	0 0(0)	46 0(177)

Current player with most goals - Calvin Zola, 19 as of January 15, 2010.

International caps

First capped Crewe player - John Pearson (for England v. Ireland, 5 March 1892)
Most international caps whilst at playing for Crewe - Clayton Ince, 31 caps for Trinidad and Tobago
First Crewe player to play in a World Cup - Efe Sodje (for Nigeria v. Argentina, 2 June 2002)

Transfers

Highest transfer fee paid - £650,000 Rodney Jack from Torquay United in August 1998
Highest transfer fee received - £3 million for
- Seth Johnson from Derby County in June 1999
- Dean Ashton from Norwich City in January 2005

Notes

^ Club records taken from official Crewe Alexandra website
^ 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
^ Dates taken from 1956–57 results section from crewealexandra–mad.co.uk

Crewe Alexandra Football Club

The club	Players · Managers · Academy · Seasons · Records and statistics · Women's team

Grounds	Alexandra Stadium

Other	Dario Gradi Drive · Blue Moon

Seasons	2003–04 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12