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  •            FORMER CREWE ALEXANDRA PLAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE MOVE SO FAR

    Let’s take look at those former Alex players that have been on the move in the month of August as well as Transfer Deadline Day. On Thursday 4th, Northern Premier League side Nantwich Town completed the signing of midfielder Joe Robbins, who made a single appearance for the Alex’s senior team before a loan move with the Dabbers last season.

    On the same day, Northern Premier League – West club Macclesfield have been busy with players with Crewe connections. Striker Nicky Maynard has signed for the season with 2 players leaving the club as winger Alex Kiwomya left by mutual consent with midfielder Abdul Djalo (a former Alex Academy graduate himself) also leaving the club. Maynard made 67 appearances for the Alex between 2006 and 2008 while Kiwomya made 39 appearances for the Alex on loan from Chelsea during the 16/17 season. (more…)

  • MANDRON CLOSING IN ON CREWE EXIT

    Crewe Alexandra striker Mikael Mandron is closing in on an exit from the club after he rejected a new deal. The 27-year-old is expected to leave Crewe Alexandra this summer after turning down the offer to sign a new contract. The attacker is ready to end his two-year association with Crewe Alexandra who were relegated from English League One this season. To this effect, their league campaign would be in English League Two next season. The target for Crewe would be to return to League One at the first time of asking.


    Mandron was the joint topscorer for Crewe Alexandra during the just concluded season with ten goals in all competitions. He finished as the joint topscorer for Crewe during the 2021/22 season despite missing two months of action this year due to injury. He was injured in February and the attacker didn’t make his return until last month. Mandron missed several Crewe Alexandra games over the course of the two months due to a knee injury. He might have scored more goals for Crewe Alexandra during the recently concluded season if he didn’t miss a lot of games this year. (more…)

  •                             MATCH PREVIEW: SUNDERLAND VS CREWE ALEXANDRA

    Sunderland will look to extend their unbeaten to five matches, when they welcome Crewe Alexandra to the Stadium of Light on Saturday. The visitors, meanwhile, sit bottom of the pile in League One after losing nine of their last 10 matches.


    Sunderland enter Saturday’s contest in fifth position, but with two points separating them from seventh-placed Wycombe Wanderers, Alex Neil will be fully aware that his side can not afford a drop in form. The Black Cats have impressed in recent encounters after picking up eight points from their last four matches, and they will be aiming for consecutive victories on Saturday following their 3-1 home win over Fleetwood Town in midweek. (more…)

  • CREWE: WIGAN GAME POSTPONED

    Crewe Alexandra have confirmed via a statement on their website that their Boxing Day clash with Wigan Athletic in League One has been postponed. The Crewe Alexandra statement said that Wigan Athletic informed the English Football League (EFL) on Thursday that they won’t be able to fulfill the fixture due to a number of Covid cases and injuries. It was revealed that a new date for the match will be revealed in due-course and that all tickets for the match remain valid ahead of the rearranged fixture.

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    Speaking shortly before theWigan Athletic game was postponed, Crewe Alexandra boss David Artellsaid football should continue as long as the people involved remain sensible. The Crewe Alexandra boss is keen for games to continue and that supporters are allowed into match venues. He said that reduced stadium capacities could occur if the Omicron Covid-19 variant continues to spread at a rapid rate throughout the country.
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  • MATCH REPORT: CREWE ALEXANDRA U23 3 – 1 QPR U23

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    The Under-23 teams of both Crewe Alexandra and Queens Park Rangers locked horns in their league fixture and it was an entertaining one to watch. The young Queens Park Rangers team played better in the opening fee minutes of the game and were rewarded with the first goal of the match but they could not keep the momentum going and they eventually lost the game in the process. After finding the breakthrough in the first half of the match, they didn’t start the second half with the same zeal they played with in the first and Crewe took advantage of that, with goals from Callum Ainsley, Billy Sass-Davies, and Max Woodcock scoring in the second half to stage a comeback win.

     

    Crewe manager Alex Morris prepared for the game in fine fashion and decided that his starting team would comprise of Dave Richard’s as the man between the sticks for the side. Across the back 4, the manager called on the services of Sasa-Davies, Travis Johnson, Callum McFadzean, and Zac Williams to be on duty. He also utilized a four-man midfield and the players that started the game in that department were Regan Griffiths, Joe Robbins, Ainley, and Oli Finney. The attackers who played upfront for Crewe were Woodcock and Connor Salisbury. (more…)

  • CREWE BOSS GIVES UPDATE ON DUO

    Crewe Alexandra manager David Artell has given an injury update on two of his defenders who were forced to come off during the friendly win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the weekend. According to the Crewe Alexandra boss, defenders Donervon Daniels and Luke Offord were withdrawn from the Wolves game as a precaution.

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    Artell is not ready to take a risk with any of his players with the start of the new season just a matter of a few weeks.Offordplayed just the first half of the Wolves game as he didn’t come out for the second half due to tight hamstring. Offord was replaced by the aforementioned Daniels who also succumbed to injury after a little over half an hour. Crewe Alexandra boss Artell resisted the temptation to introduce new signing Tommie Hoban as he didn’t want to risk another central defender. To this effect, Crewe Alexandra had to play the final minutes of the friendly clash against Wolves with ten men.
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