2012–13 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Season Key Events

Results

League Table

Squad

Squad Statisics

Transfers

References

External links

Pre Season

League One

League Cup

Football League Trophy

FA Cup

First Team Squad

Appearances

Summer

Goalscorers

Disciplinary Record

In

Out

Crewe Alexandra
2012–13 season
Chairman	John Bowler
Manager	Steve Davis
Stadium	Alexandra Stadium
League One	13th
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	Second Round
JP Trophy	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Mathias Pogba (12) All: Mathias Pogba (16)
Highest home attendance	5,740 vs Tranmere
Lowest home attendance	2,501 vs Hartlepool United
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

This 2012–13 season in League One will be Crewe's 89th competitive season and is their first upon return to League One after an absence spanning over three seasons.

27 May 2012: Goals from Nick Powell and Byron Moore secure a 2-0 win over Cheltenham Town in the 2011-12 Football League Two play-off final at Wembley.
1 June 2012: The club announce that they will be releasing David Artell, Lee Bell, Carl Martin, Danny Shelley, Jordan Brown, Jason Oswell, Caspar Hughes, Michael Koral, Danny Ting and Jordan Connerton.^[1]^[2]^[3]
4 June 2012: The club announce that youngster Paris Bateman has signed his first professional contract after graduating from the famed Crewe Academy.^[4]
6 June 2012: It is announced that Harry Clayton has re-signed on a new one-year deal.^[5]
8 June 2012: The club announces that Andy White has also re-signed a new one-year deal.^[6]
13 June 2012: Crewe announce that Nick Powell has signed a four-year contract with Manchester United for £4m.^[7]
14 June 2012: The club announces the re-signing of Oliver Turton, on a new one-year contract.^[8]
28 June 2012: Crewe announce the signing of Torquay defender Mark Ellis for an undisclosed fee.^[9]
3 July 2012: Goalkeeper Steve Phillips re-signs at the club on a new two-year deal, which involves him acting as the academy's goal-keeping coach. Also, the club announces the signing of defender Gregor Robertson on a two-year contract after he was released by Chesterfield at the end of the 2011-12 season.^[10]^[11]
6 July 2012: Crewe announce the signing of Mathias Pogba from Conference National side Wrexham.^[12]
9 July 2012: Goalkeeper Alan Martin re-signs with the club on a new six-month deal.^[13]
10 July 2012: The signing of Ebbsfleet United winger Michael West is announced for a nominal compensation package.^[14]
14 July 2012: Crewe announce that striker Byron Moore has re-signed on a two-year deal.^[15]
16 July 2012: The club announces the re-signing of defender Kelvin Mellor on a new two-year deal.^[16]
25 July 2012: The club announce the signing of midfielder Abdul Osman on a free transfer and a two-year contract.^[17]
30 July 2012: The club announces the departure of striker Shaun Miller on a two-year deal to Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee.^[18]
11 August 2012: The season proper kicks off with a 5 – 0 victory over Hartlepool United in the First Round of the Football League Cup.
13 August 2012: The re-signing of defender Adam Dugdale on a three-year deal is announced by the club.^[19]
18 August 2012: The league campaign starts with a loss to Notts County; the club's first loss in twenty competitive matches.
21 August 2012: Striker Harry Bunn joins the club from Manchester City on a six-month loan deal.^[20] Crewe beat Scunthorpe United 2-1 for their first win of the league campaign.
28 August 2012: Crewe are knocked out of the Football League Cup in the second round with a 2 – 0 loss away to West Ham United.
31 August 2012: Club captain Ashley Westwood is signed by Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.^[21]
7 September 2012: Midfielder Chuks Aneke becomes Crewe's second loanee of the season signing an initial one month contract from Arsenal.^[22]
7 April 2013: Crewe are crowned champions of the Football League Trophy thanks to goals from Luke Murphy and Max Clayton.

14 July 2012	Congleton Town	0 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Congleton, Cheshire
13:30 BST		Report	Moore 41' Pogba 47'	Stadium: Booth Street Attendance: ?

16 July 2012	Quorn	0 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Quorn, Leicestershire
19:30 BST		Report	Daniels H.Clayton Pogba	Stadium: Sutton Park Attendance: ?

16 July 2012	Chasetown	1 – 7	Crewe Alexandra XI	Chasetown, Staffordshire
19:45 BST	Russell	Report	Hands o.g.' Miller Miller M.Clayton M.Clayton Moore pen' Grice	Stadium: The Scholars Ground Attendance: ?

20 July 2012	Leek Town	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Leek, Staffordshire
19:45 BST	Ruddock 3'	Report	Pogba 88'	Stadium: Harrison Park

21 July 2012	Nantwich Town	0 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Nantwich, Cheshire
15:00 BST		Report	Moore 24' M. Clayton 75' Leitch-Smith 90'	Stadium: Weaver Stadium Attendance: 1,257

24 July 2012	Bashley	0 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Bashley, Hampshire
19:45 BST		Report	Moore 48' Pogba 64'	Stadium: The Recreation Ground

26 July 2012	Pewsey Vale	0 – 5	Crewe Alexandra	Pewsey, Wiltshire
19:45 BST		Report	H.Clayton M. Clayton Pogba Pogba Pogba	Stadium: The Recreation Ground

28 July 2012	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Crewe, Cheshire
15:00 BST	Clayton 13'		Petrov 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium

1 August 2012	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 0	Huddersfield Town	Crewe, Cheshire
19:30 BST	Dugdale 17'	Report		Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 1,400

4 August 2012	Tamworth	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Tamworth, Staffordshire
15:00 BST	Kelly 84'	Report	Pogba 6'	Stadium: The Lamb Ground Attendance: 475

7 August 2012	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 0	Barnsley	Crewe, Cheshire
19:30 BST	Dugdale 19'	Report		Stadium: Alexandra Stadium

18 August 2012	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Notts County	Crewe, Cheshire
15:00 BST	Pogba 73'	Report	Arquin 40' Zoko 58'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 5,718

21 August 2012	Scunthorpe United	1 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
19:45 BST	Grella 15'	Report	Leitch-Smith 1' Murphy 73'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,215

25 August 2012	Brentford	5 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	London
15:00 BST	Donaldson 13', 89' El Alagui 20', 45' Dean 84'	Report	Pogba 48'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,858

1 September 2012	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 0	Coventry City	Crewe, Cheshire
15:00 BST	Clayton 24'	Report		Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 5,738

15 September 2012	Stevenage	2 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Stevenage, Hertfordshire
15:00 BST	Freeman 27' Shroot 81'	Report	Leitch-Smith 6', 8' Aneke 73'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,826

22 September 2012	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Leyton Orient	Crewe, Cheshire
15:00 BST	Tootle 2'	Report	Rowlands 19' 53', 90' Griffith	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,183

7 October 2012	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Hartlepool United	Crewe, Cheshire
15:00 BST	45' Aneke 70' Ellis Pogba		9' Horwood	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,375

20 October 2012	Walsall	2 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Walsall, West Midlands
15:00 BST	12' Paterson 26' Cuvelier		44' Ellis 90' Aneke	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,836

23 October 2012	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Swindon Town	Crewe, Cheshire
19:45 GMT	29', 41' Moore		25' De Vita	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,010

10 November 2012	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 2	Colchester United	Crewe, Cheshire
15:00 GMT	51' Dalla Valle 64' (Pen.) Murphy 74' Pogba		3' Sears 30' Henderson	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,292

20 November 2012	Sheffield United	3 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Sheffield, South Yorkshire
19:30 GMT	4' Miller 30' Maguire 51' Blackman		42' Ellis 45' Pogba 47' Aneke	Stadium: Brammall Lane Attendance: 16,000

26 December 2012	Tranmere Rovers	2 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Birkenhead, Wirral
15:00 GMT	58' McGurk 63' Power		12' Inman	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7,252

29 December 2012	Oldham Athletic	1 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Oldham, Greater Manchester
15:00 GMT	82' Taylor		61' Pogba 84' Ellis	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,451

5 January 2013	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Stevenage	Crewe, Cheshire
15:00 GMT	32' Aneke		55' Akins 60' Haber	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,262

12 January 2013	Leyton Orient	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Leyton, London
15:00 GMT	26' Cook		39' Moore	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,755

26 January 2013	A.F.C. Bournemouth	3 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Bournemouth, Dorset
15:00 GMT	8' (Pen.), 67', 82' (Pen.) Pitman		76' Colclough	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 8,628

2 February 2013	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 0	Scunthorpe United	Bournemouth, Dorset
15:00 GMT	75' Leitch-Smith		4,302	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 8,628

Main article: 2012–13 Football League Cup

Round 1 11 August 2012	Crewe Alexandra	5 – 0	Hartlepool United	Crewe, Cheshire
15:00 BST	Leitch-Smith 7' Clayton 13', 39' Pogba 34', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 2,501

Round 2 28 August 2012	West Ham United	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	London
19:45 BST	Maynard 34' Maiga 54'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 18,053

Main article: 2012–13 Football League Trophy

Round 2 9 August 2012	Shrewsbury Town	1 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Shrewsbury, Shropshire
19:15 BST	61' Hall		9' Murphy 57' Clayton	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 2,063

Northern Area Quarter Final 4 December 2012 (2012-12-04)	Crewe Alexandra F.C.	1 – 1 (5 – 3 p)	Doncaster Rovers	Crewe, Cheshire
19:30 GMT	45' Pogba		90' Brown	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 1,892 Referee: Trevor Kettle
		Penalties
	Valle Davis Osman Moore Robertson		Brown Hume Blake Quinn	\|

Northern Area Semi Final 4 December 2012 (2012-12-04)	Crewe Alexandra F.C.	4 – 1	Bradford City	Crewe, Cheshire
19:30 GMT	44' (o.g.) Doyle 77' Clayton 89' Inman 90' Aneke		18' Reid	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 2,935 Referee: Nigel Miller

Main article: 2012–13 Football League Trophy

Round 1 3 November 2012	Crewe Alexandra	4 – 1	Wycombe Wanderers	Crewe, Cheshire
15:00 GMT	19' Pogba 40' Ellis 62' Aneke 77' Murphy		13' Spring	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 2,417


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tranmere Rovers	21	11	7	3	38	18	+20	40	Promotion to 2013–14 League Championship
2	Doncaster Rovers	21	12	4	5	30	17	+13	40	Promotion to 2013–14 League Championship
3	Sheffield United	21	10	9	2	29	18	+11	39	Qualification to League One Play-offs
4	Brentford	21	10	8	3	31	21	+10	38
5	Stevenage	21	10	7	4	29	27	+2	37
6	Milton Keynes Dons	21	10	6	5	30	17	+13	36
7	Notts County	21	9	8	4	32	20	+12	35
8	Swindon Town	21	9	6	6	30	18	+12	33
9	Bournemouth	21	8	8	5	36	33	+3	32
10	Crawley Town	21	9	5	7	29	30	−1	32
11	Leyton Orient	21	10	1	10	24	23	+1	31
12	Crewe Alexandra	21	8	6	7	27	28	−1	30
13	Yeovil Town	21	9	2	10	30	31	−1	29
14	Preston North End	21	7	7	7	32	27	+5	28
15	Coventry City	21	7	6	8	33	28	+5	27
16	Oldham Athletic	21	7	5	9	22	24	−2	26
17	Colchester United	21	6	5	10	23	33	−10	23
18	Carlisle United	21	6	5	10	27	41	−14	23
19	Walsall	21	5	7	9	23	35	−12	22
20	Portsmouth	21	5	5	11	27	33	−6	20
21	Shrewsbury Town	21	4	7	10	23	29	−6	19	Relegation to 2013–14 League Two
22	Bury	21	4	7	10	23	35	−12	19
23	Scunthorpe United	21	4	5	12	21	39	−18	17
24	Hartlepool United	21	1	6	14	15	39	−24	9

Updated to games played on 8 December 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Further information: Crewe Alexandra F.C. § Players

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Steve Phillips	GK	(1978-05-06) May 6, 1978	Bristol Rovers	2010	2014	78	0
13	Alan Martin	GK	(1989-01-01) January 1, 1989	Free Transfer	2011	2013	26	0
21	Ben Garratt	GK	(1994-04-25) April 25, 1994	Youth system	2010	2013	0	0
Defenders
2	Matt Tootle	RB/LB	(1990-10-11) October 11, 1990	Youth system	2009	2014	137	2
3	Harry Davis	CB	(1991-09-24) September 24, 1991	Youth system	2009	2014	76	5
5	Mark Ellis	CB	(1988-09-30) September 30, 1988	Torquay United	2012	2014	26	4
6	Adam Dugdale	CB	(1987-09-13) September 13, 1987	Telford United	2012	2015	83	4
12	Oliver Turton	RB	(1992-10-06) October 6, 1992	Youth system	2009	2013	16	0
14	Kelvin Mellor	RB/LB	(1991-01-25) January 25, 1991	Nantwich Town	2009	2014	35	1
15	Gregor Robertson	LB	(1984-01-19) January 19, 1984	Chesterfield	2012	2014	22	0
16	Jon Guthrie	CB	(1992-07-29) July 29, 1992	Pewsey Vale	2012	2013	1	0
17	George Ray	CB	(1993-10-13) October 13, 1993	Youth system	2011	2014	0	0
20	Andy White	LB	(1992-10-08) October 8, 1992	Youth system	2011	2014	0	0
24	Paris Bateman	CB/CM	(1993-12-26) December 26, 1993	Youth system	2011	2013	0	0
Midfielders
8	Luke Murphy (C)	CM	(1993-12-26) December 26, 1993	Youth system	2008	2015	164	21
19	Abdul Osman	CM	(1987-02-15) February 15, 1987	Free Transfer	2012	2014	21	0
23	Michael West	RW	(1991-02-09) February 9, 1991	Ebbsfleet United	2012	2014	5	0
26	Chuks Aneke	CM	(1993-07-03) July 3, 1993	Arsenal (Loan)	2012	2012	18	4
29	Billy Waters	CM	(1994-10-15) October 15, 1994	Youth system	2012	2013	0	0
31	Bradden Inman	CM	(1991-12-10) December 10, 1991	Newcastle United (Loan)	2012	2013	2	1
Forwards
7	Max Clayton	ST	(1994-08-09) August 9, 1994	Youth system	2012	2014	52	9
9	Mathias Pogba	ST	(1990-08-19) August 19, 1990	Wrexham	2012	2014	21	10
10	AJ Leitch-Smith	ST	(1990-03-06) March 6, 1990	Youth system	2009	2013	78	18
11	Byron Moore	FW	(1988-08-24) August 24, 1988	Youth system	2007	2014	227	27
18	Brendon Daniels	FW	(1993-09-24) September 24, 1993	Youth system	2011	2013	9	0
22	Harry Clayton	ST	(1993-02-15) February 15, 1993	Youth system	2012	2013	0	0
27	Ryan Colclough	FW	(1994-12-27) December 27, 1994	Youth system	2012	2015	4	0
30	Lauri Dalla Valle	ST	(1991-09-14) September 14, 1991	Fulham (loan)	2012	2012	7	4

As of 23 March 2013

Appearances formatted as starts + substitutions.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		JP Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Steve Phillips	19	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0
2	DF		Matt Tootle	35	1	24+5	1	2	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF		Harry Davis	40	0	33	0	2	0	2	0	3	0
5	DF		Mark Ellis	43	6	35+1	5	2	1	2	0	3	0
6	DF		Adam Dugdale	24	0	14+4	0	0	0	1+1	0	4	0
7	FW		Max Clayton	34	6	15+13	2	0+1	0	2	2	2+1	2
8	MF		Luke Murphy	45	7	36+1	5	2	1	1+1	0	4	1
9	FW		Mathias Pogba	39	16	29+3	12	2	1	1	2	4	1
10	FW		AJ Leitch-Smith	28	6	19+3	4	0	0	2	1	4	1
11	FW		Byron Moore	38	4	28+5	4	2	0	2	0	0+1	0
12	DF		Oliver Turton	18	0	2+9	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	2+2	0
13	GK		Alan Martin	28	0	22	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
14	DF		Kelvin Mellor	33	0	25+2	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
15	DF		Gregor Robertson	35	0	24+4	0	1+1	0	2	0	2+1	0
16	DF		Jon Guthrie	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		George Ray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Brendon Daniels	10	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
19	MF		Abdul Osman	39	0	31	0	2	0	1+1	0	4	0
20	DF		Andy White	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK		Ben Garratt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Harry Clayton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Michael West	5	0	2+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Paris Bateman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Chuks Aneke	30	6	17+6	4	2	1	0	0	4+1	1
27	FW		Ryan Colclough	13	1	1+10	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	MF		Billy Waters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Lauri Dalla Valle	12	5	10	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF		Bradden Inman	17	6	12+1	3	0	0	0	0	4	3
32	FW		Nathan Ellington	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players that have played for Crewe Alexandra this season that have left the club or are currently out on loan:
4	MF		Ashley Westwood	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
25	FW		Harry Bunn	5	0	2+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	MF		Andrew Bond	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

As of 12 October 2012

     Players highlighted in light grey denote the player had scored for the club before leaving for another club
     Players highlighted in light cyan denote the player has scored for the club after arriving at Crewe during the season
     Players highlighted in Blonde denote the player has scored for the club before leaving the club on loan for part/the rest of the season

Pos.	Playing Pos.	Nation	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	JP Trophy	Total
1	FW	France	Mathias Pogba	7	1	2	1	11
2	MF	England	Luke Murphy	3	1		1	5
3	FW	England	Max Clayton	1		2	1	4
	FW	England	AJ Leitch-Smith	3		1		4
	DF	England	Mark Ellis	4	1			5
	MF	England	Chuks Aneke	4	1			5
	FW	Finland	Lauri Dalla Valle	5				5
8	MF	Australia	Bradden Inman	2				2
9	DF	England	Matt Tootle	1				1
			Total Goals	29	4	5	3	41

As of 12 October 2012

     Players highlighted in light grey denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club before leaving for another club
     Players highlighted in light cyan denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club after arriving at Crewe during the season
     Players highlighted in Blonde denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club before leaving the club on loan for part/the rest of the season

#	Nat.	Pos.	Name
#	Nat.	Pos.	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		JP Trophy		Total
2		DF	Matt Tootle	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	3	1
26		MF	Chuks Aneke	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
19		MF	Abdul Osman	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
5		DF	Mark Ellis	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
8		MF	Luke Murphy	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
9		FW	Mathias Pogba	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
18		FW	Brendon Daniels	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
3		DF	Harry Davis	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
6		DF	Adam Dugdale	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
14		DF	Kelvin Mellor	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	0
28		MF	Andrew Bond	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	0
30		FW	Lauri Dalla Valle	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
			TOTALS	16	1	3	0	1	0	2	1	22	2

Notes

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Notes
24	DF	Paris Bateman	Crewe Academy	Free	4 June 2012	^[4]
22	FW	Harry Clayton	Crewe Academy	Free	6 June 2012
5	DF	Mark Ellis	Torquay United	Undisclosed	1 July 2012	^[9]
15	DF	Gregor Robertson	Chesterfield	Free	3 July 2012	^[11]
9	FW	Mathias Pogba	Wrexham	Nominal	6 July 2012	^[12]
23	MF	Michael West	Ebbsfleet United	Undisclosed	10 July 2012	^[14]
19	MF	Abdul Osman	Unattached	Free	25 July 2012	^[17]
25	FW	Harry Bunn	Manchester City	Loan	21 August 2012	^[20]
26	MF	Chuks Aneke	Arsenal	Loan	7 September 2012	^[22]

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Notes
DF	David Artell	Port Vale	Free	1 June 2012	^[1]
MF	Lee Bell	Burton Albion	Free	1 June 2012	^[1]
DF	Carl Martin	Macclesfield Town	Free	1 June 2012	^[1]
MF	Danny Shelley	Leek Town	Free	1 June 2012	^[1]
DF	Jordan Brown	Barnet	Free	1 June 2012	^[2]
FW	Jason Oswell	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free	1 June 2012	^[3]
MF	Caspar Hughes	Nantwich Town	Free	1 June 2012	^[3]
FW	Michael Koral	Congleton Town	Free	1 June 2012	^[3]
DF	Danny Ting	Unattached	Free	1 June 2012	^[3]
FW	Jordan Connerton	Lancaster City	Free	1 June 2012	^[3]
FW	Nick Powell	Manchester United	£4m	1 July 2012	^[7]
FW	Shaun Miller	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	30 July 2012	^[18]
MF	Ashley Westwood	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	31 August 2012	^[21]

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8 September 2012

Crewe Alexandra

Tranmere

Crewe, Cheshire

Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 5,740

Crewe Alexandra F.C. Official Website

Crewe Alexandra Football Club

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

Grounds	Alexandra Recreation Ground Gresty Road

Other	Dario Gradi Drive Blue Moon

Seasons	1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

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FA competitions

Premier and Football Leagues

Men	Premier League Football League (Championship, League One, League Two) League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final) Play-offs (Championship Final, League One Final, League Two Final)

Women	Super League ('12, '13) FA Women's Premier League

Youth	Professional Development League (U21, U18)

Football Conference

Football Conference (National, North, South)
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Level 7–8

Level 9–10

European competitions

Men	Champions League (Final) Europa League (Final)

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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group H)

Club seasons

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League One	Bournemouth Brentford Bury Carlisle United Colchester United Coventry City Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Preston North End Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Yeovil Town

League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Aldershot Town Barnet Bradford City Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Morecambe Northampton Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Southend United Torquay United Wycombe Wanderers York City

Conference National	AFC Telford United Alfreton Town Barrow Braintree Town Cambridge United Dartford Ebbsfleet United Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Grimsby Town Hereford United Hyde Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Luton Town Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Newport County Nuneaton Town Southport Stockport County Tamworth Woking Wrexham

Others	Halifax Town F.C. United of Manchester