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List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics

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This article details Crewe Alexandra F.C. records since the club's establishment in 1877.[1]

Honours and achievements

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In 100 seasons, Crewe Alexandra have never won a division title, and have only been division runners-up twice.

Football League Second Division (3rd tier)[a]

Football League Fourth Division / League Two (4th tier)[a]

Football League Trophy

Welsh Cup

  • Winners: 1936, 1937

Cheshire Senior Cup

  • Winners: 1910, 1912, 1913, 1923, 2002, 2003, 2017

Cheshire Premier Cup

  • Winners: 2009, 2010

Milk Cup

  • Premier Section Winners: 1987, 1999
  • Junior Section Winners: 1990, 1998

Club records

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Football League record

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Including the 2023-2024 season, Crewe Alexandra has played in 101 Football League seasons. The club has never played in the top flight, and has played only 12 seasons in the second tier (four, from 1892 to 1896, when there were only two divisions); 48 seasons have been in the third tier (30 when there were only three tiers), and 41 in the fourth tier.[4] In total, Crewe has played in the bottom division of the Football League in 75 out of 101 seasons.

Chart of table positions of Crewe Alexandra in the Football League.
Years Seasons Tier Division
1892 – 1896 4 2nd Division Two (Best finishing position: 10th of 12 teams, in 1892–93)
1921 – 1958 31 3rd Division Three (North)
1958 – 1963 5 4th Division Four
1963 – 1964 1 3rd Division Three
1964 – 1968 4 4th Division Four
1968 – 1969 1 3rd Division Three
1969 – 1989 20 4th Division Four
1989 – 1991 2 3rd Division Three
1991 – 1992 1 4th Division Four
1992 – 1994 2 4th[a] Division Three
1994 – 1997 3 3rd Division Two
1997 – 2002 5 2nd Division One (Highest League finishing position: 11th of 24 teams, in 1997–98)
2002 – 2003 1 3rd Division Two
2003 – 2006 3 2nd[a] Division One / Football League Championship (2004 onwards)
2006 – 2009 3 3rd Football League One
2009 – 2012 3 4th Football League Two
2012 – 2016 4 3rd Football League One
2016 – 2020 4 4th Football League Two
2020 – 2022 2 3rd Football League One
2022 – present 2 4th Football League Two

Aggregate league record from 1888-89 to 2022-23

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Tier League Seasons P W D L F A GD Years Notes
2 Championship/Division 2 12 478 126 106 246 572 926 -354 1892–93 to 2021–22 [5]
3 League One/Division 3 17 782 262 180 340 971 1164 -193 1920–21 to 2021–22 [6]
3 Division 3 North 31 1285 456 271 558 1951 2250 -299 1921–22 to 1957–58 [7]
4 League Two/Division 4 40 1821 645 461 715 2434 2588 -154 1958–59 to 2022–23 [8]
All 100 4366 1489 1018 1859 5928 6928 -1000 1892–93 to 2022–23

Cup records

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Cup Best performance Seasons P W D L F A GD Notes
FA Cup Semi-Final (1887–1888,[b] lost to Preston North End 0–4) 105 251 89 58 104 370 419 -49 [9]
League Cup 3rd Round Replay (1974–1975, lost to Aston Villa 0–1) 63 148 47 31 70 209 267 -58 [10]
League Trophy Champions (2012–2013, won against Southend United 2–0) 32 95 33 26 36 156 139 17 [11]

Wins

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  • Biggest league win - 8–0 vs Rotherham United (Division 3 North, 1 October 1932)[1] - six different Crewe scorers.
  • Biggest cup win - 9–1 against Northwich Victoria (FA Cup, 16 November 1889)[12]
    Eight goal margins also achieved (8-0 wins) against:

Defeats

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

Sequences

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  • Longest undefeated run in league - 19 (in 2011-12 season, 24 February 2012 to 17 May 2012 inclusive, including three play-off matches.)
  • Longest league run without a win - 30 (22 September 1956 to 6 April 1957)[1][13]
  • Longest run without an away win - 56 (25 December 1954 to 24 April 1957)[13]
  • Longest run of home defeats - 8 (29 January to 2 April 2022)[14][15]

League points

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Most league points in a season

  • Three points for win - 86 (2002-2003, Division 2)[1]
  • Two points for win - 59 (1962-1963, Division 4 - under 'three points for win' system, total would have been 83)

Least league points in a season

  • Two points for win - 10 (1894-1895, Division 2 - 16 teams; Crewe lost all 15 away games that season)
  • Two points for win - 21 (1956-1957, Division 3 North - 24 teams)
  • Three points for win - 27 (1981-1982, Division 4 - 24 teams; tally would have been 21 under old points system)

Others

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  • Most goals in a season - 95 (in 40 games), 1931-32 Division 3 North
  • Most clean sheets in a season - 24 (2002-2003, Clayton Ince 20 and Ademola Bankole 4)[1]
  • Most away wins in a single season - 17 (2002-2003 Division 2)[1]

Player records

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Appearances

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Most appearances

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

# Name Nation League FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Watney Cup Welsh Cup Total
1 Tommy Lowry[1] England 435 0(2) 21 0(0) 24 0(0) 0 0(0) 1 0(1) 0 0(0) 482 0(3)
2 Peter Leigh England 430 0(2) 25 0(0) 17 0(0) 0 0(0) 1 0(0) 0 0(0) 473 0(2)
3 Shaun Smith England 400 0(40) 21 0(4) 25 0(4) 23 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 469 0(52)
4 Kenny Lunt England 390 0(35) 17 0(0) 25 0(1) 4 0(1) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 436 0(37)
5 Eric Barnes England 350 0(1) 26 0(1) 14 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 390 0(2)
6 Alan Bradshaw England 295 0(50) 15 0(1) 12 0(0) 0 0(0) 1 0(0) 0 0(0) 323 0(51)
7 Steve Macauley England 270 0(23) 16 0(1) 20 0(0) 11 0(3) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 317 0(27)
8 John Meaney England 288 0(38) 19 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 307 0(42)
9 Byron Moore England 262 0(30) 10 0(1) 10 0(1) 15 0(1) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 297 0(33)
10 Mark Rivers England 252 0(52) 14 0(4) 18 0(9) 11 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 295 0(69)
11 Neil Sorvel England 250 0(13) 12 0(0) 17 0(0) 4 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 283 0(13)
12 Geoff Crudgington England 250 0(0) 14 0(0) 16 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 280 0(0)
13 Callum Ainley England 242 0(16) 8 0(1) 8 0(1) 20 0(2) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 278 0(20)
14 Stan Keery England 253 0(23) 11 0(1) 7 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 277 0(24)
15 Luke Murphy England 241 0(22) 9 0(2) 9 0(0) 13 0(2) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 272 0(26)
15 Barrie Wheatley England 240 0(50) 22 0(8) 10 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 272 0(58)
17 Bert Swindells[16] England 247 0(128) 13 0(6) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 9 0(5) 269 0(139)
18 Bob Scott England 239 0(16) 6 0(1) 14 0(0) 2 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 261 0(17)
19 Bernard Purdie Wales 230 0(44) 10 0(0) 15 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 255 0(44)
20 Dean Greygoose England 205 0(0) 18 0(0) 15 0(0) 13 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 251 0(0)
21 Ben Garratt England 223 0(0) 8 0(0) 6 0(0) 9 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 246 0(0)
22 Stephen Foster England 217 0(15) 11 0(1) 10 0(2) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 242 0(18)
23 Mark Gardiner England 195 0(34) 15 0(4) 15 0(3) 16 0(1) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 241 0(42)
Callum Ainley was the most recent Crewe player to top 250 appearances, passing the milestone in August 2022.

Player in current squad with most appearances:

As of match played 2 November 2024

Goalscorers

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Top goalscorers

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Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.

# Name Nation League FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Watney Cup Welsh Cup Total
1 Bert Swindells[16] England 128 0(247) 6 0(13) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 5 0(9) 139 0(269)
2 Dean Ashton England 61 0(158) 5 0(9) 3 0(7) 5 0(3) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 74 0(177)
3 Frank Lord England 67 0(106) 3 0(8) 3 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 73 0(118)
4 Mark Rivers England 52 0(152) 4 0(14) 9 0(18) 4 0(11) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 69 0(195)
5 Jack Waring England 55 0(150) 4 0(11) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 8 0(9) 67 0(170)
6 Dave Waller England 55 0(170) 0 0(4) 6 0(8) 5 0(6) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 66 0(188)
7 Jack Basford England 60 0(154) 5 0(8) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 65 0(154)
8 Tony Naylor England 50 0(137) 5 0(11) 5 0(7) 8 0(3) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 63 0(153)
9 David Platt England 56 0(134) 1 0(3) 4 0(7) 0 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 61 0(148)
10 Johnny King England 60 0(238) 0 0(6) 0 0(6) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 60 0(238)
11 Barrie Wheatley England 50 0(240) 8 0(22) 0 0(10) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 58 0(272)
11 Rob Edwards England 44 0(155) 5 0(18) 5 0(8) 4 0(17) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 58 0(198)
13 Craig Hignett England 43 0(138) 8 0(12) 4 0(10) 2 0(5) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 57 0(165)
14 Bert Llewellyn England 47 0(96) 6 0(8) 2 0(2) 4 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 55 0(106)
15 Chris Porter England 46 0(168) 4 0(9) 2 0(4) 2 0(8) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 54 0(189)
16 Shaun Miller England 48 0(205) 3 0(6) 1 0(5) 0 0(9) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 52 0(227)
16 Shaun Smith England 40 0(400) 4 0(21) 4 0(25) 4 0(23) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 52 0(469)
18 Alan Bradshaw England 50 0(295) 1 0(15) 0 0(12) 0 0(0) 0 0(1) 0 0(0) 51 0(323)
18 Harry Deacon England 47 0(118) 3 0(5) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 1 0(2) 51 0(125)
18 Rob Hulse England 45 0(116) 0 0(6) 2 0(7) 4 0(2) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 51 0(131)
21 Peter Coyne England 47 0(135) 1 0(6) 1 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 49 0(145)
21 Clayton Donaldson England 47 0(117) 1 0(5) 0 0(4) 1 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 49 0(130)
21 Chris Riley Wales 46 0(136) 3 0(14) 0 0(5) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 49 0(155)
24 Peter Gowans Scotland 43 0(140) 4 0(9) 0 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 47 0(153)
25 Dele Adebola Nigeria 39 0(122) 3 0(10) 2 0(7) 2 0(13) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 46 0(152)
25 Steve Jones Northern Ireland 40 0(162) 1 0(5) 4 0(6) 1 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 46 0(177)
Chris Porter, the most recent player to have scored 50 or more Crewe goals (reaching milestone in November 2021)[24]

International caps

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Transfers

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Awards

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PFA Awards (End-of-season Team of the Year awards, inaugurated in 1973)

EFL Player of the Month (Monthly awards, inaugurated in 2004)

Other

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Manager records

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Dario Gradi managed 1,359 Crewe first team games
  • Most games managed - 1,359: Dario Gradi (in four spells, 1983-2011)

Awards

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Attendances

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  • Highest home attendance - 20,000 vs Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup fourth round), 30 January 1960.[35]
  • Highest home league attendance - 17,883 vs Port Vale, 21 September 1953.[36][37]
  • Highest home attendance (all-seater) - 10,092 vs Manchester City, 12 March 2002.[38]
  • Highest away attendance - 64,365 at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane (FA Cup fourth round replay), 3 February 1960.[39]
  • Lowest home league attendance - 1,009 vs Peterborough United, 4 February 1986.[40]
  • Highest season average attendance - 9,065 in 1950–51[37]
  • Lowest season average attendance - 1,817 in 1986–87[37]

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Upon its formation in 1992, the Premier League became the top tier of English football; the Football League First, Second and Third Divisions then became the second, third and fourth tiers, respectively.[2] From 2004, the First Division became the Championship, the Second Division became League One and the Third Division became League Two.[3]
  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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Club records taken from official Crewe Alexandra website Archived 21 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "History of the Football League". The Football League. 22 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013.
  3. ^ "League gets revamp". BBC Sport. 10 June 2004. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Club League Divisional History Summary 1888-89 to 2022-23". MyFootballFacts.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Aggregate Championship / Old Division 2 League Records from 1892-93 to 2021-22". English Football League Tables. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Aggregate League One / Old Division 3 Records from 1920-21 to 2021-22". English Football League Tables. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Aggregate Old Third Division North Records from 1921-22 to 1957-58". English Football League Tables. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Aggregate League Two / Old Division 4 Records from 1958-59 to 2022-23". English Football League Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  9. ^ "FA Cup Competition Rankings". English Football League Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  10. ^ "All Time League Cup Rankings to the end of 2022-23 Season". English Football League Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  11. ^ "All Time Football League Trophy Competition Rankings to the end of 2022-23 Season". English Football League Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  12. ^ Crisp, pp.12, 20.
  13. ^ a b Dates taken from 1956–57 results section from crewealexandra–mad.co.uk
  14. ^ "Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Bolton Wanderers". BBC Sport. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Crewe Alexandra 1-3 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  16. ^ a b Crisp (1998), pp.55-63.
  17. ^ Crisp, p. 63.
  18. ^ Crisp, p. 124.
  19. ^ "Games played by Nicky Maynard in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  20. ^ Crisp, p. 91.
  21. ^ Crisp, p. 94.
  22. ^ a b Crisp, p. 126.
  23. ^ Crisp, p. 96.
  24. ^ "Crewe 1-1 Doncaster". CreweAlex.net. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  25. ^ "Wales vs Ireland international football match report". EU Football.Info. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  26. ^ "Clayton Ince - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  27. ^ "Sodje, Efe". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  28. ^ "See who made the EFL Team of the Season line-ups". EFL. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  29. ^ "Player of the Month Awards 2006/07 - League 1". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  30. ^ "Sky Bet League One: December Manager and Player of the Month winners". EFL. EFL. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  31. ^ Crisp, Marco (1998). Crewe Alexandra Match by Match (2nd ed.). Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-81-1., p. 125.
  32. ^ Powell, David (27 July 2020). "Crewe Alex boss David Artell picks up LMA Manager of the Year accolade for League Two". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  33. ^ "Thordarson pays tribute to squad". BBC Sport. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  34. ^ "Manager of the Month 2010-2011". League Managers Association. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  35. ^ Crisp, pp.9, 91.
  36. ^ Crisp, p.85.
  37. ^ a b c "Crewe Alexandra F.C." European Football Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  38. ^ "Crewe Alexandra 1–3 Manchester City". Doing the 92. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  39. ^ Crisp, p.91.
  40. ^ Crisp, p.117.

Source

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  • Crisp, Marco (1998). Crewe Alexandra Match by Match (2nd ed.). Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-81-1.