2007–08 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra

2007–08 season
Chairman	John Bowler
Manager	Steve Holland
League One	13th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Maynard (11) All: Maynard (11)
Highest home attendance	6,771 (14 January vs Leeds United)
Lowest home attendance	2,862 (15 August vs Hull City)
Home colours Away colours

The 2007–08 season of Crewe Alexandra Football Club's 84th competitive season. They competed in Football League One.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007–08 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers (which are listed in the transfers section below), match results (which are in the matches section) or awards (which are in the awards section).

2007

• 20 April: Dario Gradi announces that as from 1 July, would take up a new role as the club's Technical Director whilst gradually allowing first-team coach Steve Holland control of the team.
• 18 June: Crewe win the Bobby Moore Fair Play award for their outstanding conduct and discipline throughout the 2006/07 season.
• 11 August: The opening day of the season sees young striker Nicky Maynard fracture his fibula. He was diagnosed to be out for 3–4 months. Maynard returned as a 46th-minute substitute 112 days later in the FA Cup.
  11 August: Crewe end the day top of the league after their 2−1 win over Brighton and Hove Albion.
• 15 August: Crewe are eliminated from the Carling Cup by Championship side Hull City after a 3-0 loss at home.
• 25 August: Crewe drop out of the play-off zone after a 2−0 loss to Leyton Orient.
• 4 September: Crewe are eliminated from the Johnstone's Paint Trophy by Cheshire-neighbours Chester City after a penalty shootout defeat in the First round
• 1 December: Crewe are eliminated from the FA Cup by League One side Oldham Athletic away from home. This result means that Crewe are eliminated from all cup competitions for the 2007–08 season.
• 3 December: Sky Sports confirm that Crewe's home tie with Leeds United will be shown live on TV. Ths kickoff was changed to 19:45 GMT on Monday 14 January 2008. Crewe lost the match 1-0.

2008

• 29 January: Crewe enter the relegation zone in League One after a 1−1 draw with Bristol Rovers.
• 9 February: Crewe climb out the relegation zone to 20th after a 2−2 draw with top-of-the-table Swansea City.
• 26 March: Michael O'Connor makes his senior international debut for Northern Ireland in a 4-1 win against Georgia.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Williams	24	EU	2004	90	0	30 Jun 2008	Free
2	DF		Woodards	23	EU	2007	12	0	30 Jun 2010	£30,000
3	DF		B. Jones	24	EU	2007	0	0	30 Jun 2010	£65,000
4	MF		Roberts	20	EU	2004	81	7	30 Jun 2009	Youth system
5	DF		Cox (captain)	35	EU	2006	32	1	30 Jun 2008	Free
6	DF		Baudet (VC)	28	EU	2006	43	1	30 Jun 2009	Free
7	MF		Schumacher	23	EU	2007	1	0	30 Jun 2010	Free
8	MF		O'Connor	19	EU	2005	30	0	30 Jun 2009	Youth system
9	FW		Maynard	20	EU	2005	33	17	30 Jun 2010	Youth system
10	MF		Bopp	23	EU	2007	0	0	30 Jun 2010	Free
12	MF		Rix	23	EU	2001	103	4	30 Jun 2009	Youth system
13	GK		Tomlinson	22	EU	2001	11	0	30 Jun 2008	Youth system	On loan at Burton Albion until 21 Mar 2008
14	DF		McCready	25	EU	2007	61	17	30 Jun 2009	Free
15	FW		Pope	21	EU	2005	6	1	30 Jun 2009	Free
16	FW		Lowe	28	EU	2006	31	7	30 Jun 2009	Free
17	MF		Carrington	20	EU	2005	0	0	30 Jun 2009	Youth system
18	FW		Moore	18	EU	2007	1	0	30 Jun 2010	Youth system
19	FW		Miller	19	EU	2006	11	3	30 Jun 2009	Youth system
20	DF		M Bailey	21	EU	2005	0	0	30 Jun 2008	Free
21	GK		Fôn Williams	20	EU	2006	0	0	30 Jun 2008	Youth system
22	DF		Daniel	19	EU	2007	0	0	30 Jun 2009	Free
23	DF		O'Donnell	21	EU	2007	25	1	30 Jun 2010	Free
24	FW		Farquharson	18	EU	2007	0	0	30 Jun 2008	Youth system	On loan at Nantwich Town until 28 Mar 2008
25	MF		J Bailey	18	EU	2007	0	0	30 Jun 2008	Youth system
26	FW		Brown	18	EU	2007	0	0	30 Jun 2008	Youth system	On loan at Kidsgrove Athletic until Jan 2008
28	DF		Abbey	28	EU	2007	0	0	30 Jun 2008	Free
29	DF		Lynch	20	EU	2007	0	0	30 Jun 2008	Free
30	DF		Boyle	20	EU	2007	0	0	21 Feb 2008	Loan	On loan from Everton
32	MF		G. M. Roberts	23	EU	2007	0	0	12 March 2008	Loan	On loan from Ipswich Town
34	MF		Lunt	27	EU	2007	0	0	19 Mar 2008	Loan	On loan from Sheffield Wednesday

• Last updated: 12 Feb 2008 (all stats except appearances and goals)
• Source:Wikipedia players' articles, Crewe Alexandra, crewe-mad
• Ordered by Squad Number.
• Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
• Squad size is unlimited.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Squad stats

				Total			Football League One		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Johnstone's Paint Trophy		Notes
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Williams	43	43		40		2		1
2	DF		Woodards	38	38		34		2		1		1
3	DF		Jones	25	25		21		2		1		1		Knee injury (requires surgery) – back in training
4	MF		G. S. Roberts	36	38	5	35	5	2		1
5	DF		Cox	23	29	1	27		2	1
6	DF		Baudet	33	33	1	30	1	1		1		1
7	MF		Schumacher	21	24	1	21	1	1		1		1
8	MF		O'Connor	16	21		21
9	FW		Maynard	19	22	6	21	6	1
10	MF		Bopp	6	11	1	9	1			1		1
11	MF		Vaughan		1		1								Transferred to Real Sociedad on 23 Aug 2007
12	MF		Rix	25	30		26		2		1		1		Hip (requires surgery) – expected back start 2008–09 season
13	GK		Tomlinson	1	1								1		Cruciate ligament – expected back 2009
14	DF		McCready	30	31	2	28	1	2	1	1
15	FW		Pope	14	24	6	22	6			1		1
16	FW		Lowe	19	31	5	28	4	2				1	1
17	MF		Carrington	2	7		5				1		1
18	FW		Moore	27	33	2	30	2	2		1
19	FW		Miller	7	18	1	16	1			1		1
20	DF		Bailey	1	3		2		1
21	GK		Fôn Williams
22	DF		Daniel		1		1
23	DF		O'Donnell	18	24	1	23	1					1
24	FW		Farquharson	1	1								1
25	MF		Bailey		1		1
26	FW		Brown		1		1
27	DF		Dugdale												Transferred to Droylsden on 26 Dec 2007
28	DF		Abbey	14	17		17
29	DF		Lynch	1	3		2						1
30	FW		Barnard	9	10	3	10	3							On loan between 30 Aug and 3 Jan from Tottenham Hotspur
30	DF		Boyle	14	14		14								On loan from 21 Jan from Everton
31	FW		Dickson	2	3		3								On loan between 15 Aug and 13 Sep from Charlton
31	FW		Church	13	14	1	12	1	2						On loan between 19 Oct and 28 Jan from Reading
32	MF		Bennett	4	10	1	8	1	2						On loan between 26 Oct and 3 Jan from Wolverhampton Wanderers
32	MF		G. M. Roberts	4	4		4								On loan from 12 Feb from Ipswich Town
33	FW		Baseya	1	4		3		1						On loan between 16 Nov and 19 Dec from Southampton
34	DF		Gray	2	2		2								On loan between 23 Nov and 19 Dec from Manchester United
34	MF		Lunt	7	7		7								On loan from 19 Feb from Sheffield Wednesday
35	MF		Anyinsah	2	4		4								On loan from Preston North End
36	FW		Morgan	5	5	2	5	2							On loan from Luton Town

Last updated: 24 Mar 2008
Source: Crewe Alexandra
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
4	MF		G. S. Roberts	4	1	0	Conceded one penalty kick
6	DF		Baudet	4	0	0	Conceded one penalty kick
30	DF		Boyle	2	0	0	On loan
8	MF		O'Connor	2	0	0	Conceded two penalty kicks
12	MF		Rix	2	0	0
30	FW		Barnard	1	0	0	On loan
32	MF		Bennett	1	0	0	On loan
34	MF		Lunt	1	0	0	On loan
29	DF		Lynch	1	0	0
9	FW		Maynard	1	0	0
14	DF		McCready	1	0	0	Conceded two penalty kicks
19	FW		Miller	1	0	0
7	MF		Schumacher	1	0	0
1	GK		Williams	0	0	0	Conceded one penalty kick
2	DF		Woodards	1	0	0	Conceded one penalty kick

Source: Crewe Alexandra
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Crewe currently have the best disciplinary record in The Football League

Awards

Individual

Date	Country	N	P	Name	Award	Notes
13 Aug 2007		4	MF	G. S. Roberts	Team of the Week	Source
20 Aug 2007		2	DF	Woodards	Team of the Week	Source
10 Sep 2007		10	MF	Bopp	Team of the Week	Source
24 Sep 2007		1	GK	Williams	Team of the Week	Source
1 Oct 2007		3	DF	Jones	Team of the Week	Source
22 Oct 2007		16	FW	Lowe	Team of the Week	Source
5 Nov 2007		18	FW	Moore	Team of the Week	Source
19 Nov 2007		2	DF	Woodards	Team of the Week (2)	Source
10 Dec 2007		2	DF	Woodards	Team of the Week (3)	Source
28 Jan 2008		1	GK	Williams	Team of the Week (2)	Source
3 Mar 2008		1	GK	Williams	Team of the Week (3)	Source
17 Mar 2008		8	MF	O'Connor	Team of the Week	Source

Club

Date	Period	Award	Notes
18 June	Season 2006/07	Bobby Moore Fair Play award

Players in / out

In

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
10	MF		Bopp	23	EU	Rotherham United	Transferred Y	Summer		Free
15	FW		Pope	21	EU		Youth team Y	Summer		Free
17	MF		Carrington	20	EU		Youth team Y	Summer		Free
21	GK		Fôn Williams	20	EU		Youth team Y	Summer		Free
29	DF		Lynch	20	EU		Unattached Y	Summer		Free
28	DF		Abbey	28	EU		Unattached Y	Summer		Free
14	DF		McCready	25	EU		Unattached Y	Summer		Free
3	DF		Jones	23	EU	Exeter City	Transferred Y	Summer		£65,000
7	MF		Schumacher	23	EU	Bradford City	Transferred Y	Summer		Free
30	FW		Barnard	23	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan end	Summer	3 Jan 2008	Loan
31	FW		Dickson	22	EU	Charlton Athletic	Loan end	Summer	13 Sep 2007	Loan
31	FW		Church	18	EU	Reading	Loan end	Winter	28 Jan 2007	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
32	MF		Bennett	18	EU	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan end	Winter	3 Jan 2008	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
33	FW		Baseya	19	EU	Southampton	Loan end	Winter	19 Dec 2007	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
34			Gray	19	EU	Manchester United	Loan end	Winter	3 Jan 2008	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
30	DF		Boyle	20	EU	Everton	Loan Y	Winter	21 Feb 2008	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
32	MF		G. M. Roberts	23	EU	Ipswich Town	Loan Y	Winter	12 March 2008	Loan	Crewe Alexandra
34	MF		Lunt	28	EU	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan Y	Winter	19 March 2008	Loan
35	FW		Anyinsah	23	EU	Preston North End	Loan Y	Winter		Loan
36	MF		Morgan	24	EU	Luton Town	Loan Y	Winter		Loan

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	FW		Otsemobor	24	EU	Norwich City	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
3	DF		Jones	20	EU	Preston North End	Transfer Y	Summer	£500,000
12	FW		Varney	24	EU	Charlton Athletic	Transfer Y	Summer	£2,500,000
11	MF		Vaughan	24	EU	Real Sociedad	Transfer Y	Summer	£300,000	Crewe Alexandra
26	MF		Brown	19	EU	Kidsgrove Athletic	Loan Y	Winter	Loan
24	FW		Farquharson	19	EU	Northwich Victoria	Loan end	Winter	Loan
29	DF		Lynch	21	EU	Stafford Rangers	Loan Y	Winter	Loan
22	MF		Daniel	19	EU	Grays Athletic	Loan Y	Winter	Loan
27	DF		Dugdale	20	EU	Droylsden	Free Y	Winter	Free
24	FW		Farquharson	19	EU	Nantwich Town	Loan Y	Winter	Loan
13	GK		Tomlinson	22	EU	Burton Albion	Loan Y	Winter	Loan	BBC Sport

Last updated: 8 Mar 2008
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.

^{^} Initial fee of £500,000, plus clauses:

• £62,500 for 15, 30 and 45 appearances for Preston North End
• 20% sell-on clause
• £250,000 should Jones achieve promotion whilst at Preston North End.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Technical Director	Dario Gradi MBE
First team coach / Academy Director	Steve Holland
Assistant manager	Neil Baker
Assistant Academy manager	James Collins
Assistant Academy manager	Neil Critchley
Chief scout	Glyn Chamberlain
Senior physiotherapist	Matt Radcliffe
Physiotherapist	Steve Walker
Fitness coach	Andy Franks
Academy Recruitment Officer	Phil Swift
Academy Welfare Officer / Academy Administration	Malcolm Hughes

Last updated: 26 Aug 2007
Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

Other information

Chairman	John Bowler
Vice Chairman	Norman Hassell
Director	Richard Clayton
Director	Dario Gradi MBE
Director	Mark Hassell
Director	Jim McMillan
Director	Daniel Potts
Director	David Rowlinson
Director	Jimmy Rowlinson
Head Groundsman	John Huxley
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Alexandra Stadium (10,153 / 100 x 66 yd (60 m))

Last updated: 26 Aug 2007
Source:Crewe Alexandra Staff

Kits

Home Supplier: Diadora Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Away Supplier: Diadora Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Home goalkeepers Supplier: Diadora Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Away goalkeepers Supplier: Diadora Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Football League One	—	20	11 Aug 2007	3 May 2008
Football League Cup	1st round	1st round	15 Aug 2007
Johnstone's Paint Trophy	1st round	1st round	4 Sep 2007
FA Cup	1st round	2nd round	10 Nov 2007	1 Dec 2007

Last updated: 24 Mar 2008
Source: Competitions

League One

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Swansea City	45	26	11	8	81	42	+39	89	League Championship
2	Nottingham Forest	45	23	11	11	64	39	+25	80
3	Doncaster Rovers	45	21	16	8	61	30	+31	79	Football League One playoffs
4	Carlisle United	45	23	10	12	63	45	+18	79
5	Southend United	45	22	9	14	69	54	+15	75
6	Leeds United	45	26	10	9	70	37	+33	073¹
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	45	19	12	14	58	49	+9	69
8	Tranmere Rovers	45	18	11	16	51	45	+6	65
9	Oldham Athletic	45	17	13	15	54	45	+9	64
10	Walsall	45	16	15	14	50	44	+6	63
11	Northampton Town	45	16	15	14	58	54	+4	63
12	Huddersfield Town	45	19	6	20	49	62	−13	63
13	Swindon Town	45	15	13	17	61	55	+6	58
14	Leyton Orient	45	15	12	18	46	62	−16	57
15	Hartlepool United	45	15	8	22	61	64	−3	53
16	Bristol Rovers	45	12	17	16	44	50	−6	53
17	Millwall	45	14	10	21	44	58	−14	52
18	Yeovil Town	45	14	10	21	36	56	−20	52
	Crewe Alexandra	45	12	14	19	46	61	−15	50
20	Cheltenham Town	45	12	12	21	40	63	−23	48
21	Bournemouth	45	17	6	22	61	71	−10	047²	League Two
22	Gillingham	45	11	13	21	43	71	−28	46
23	Port Vale	45	9	10	26	46	80	−34	37
24	Luton Town	45	11	10	24	43	62	−19	033²

Updated to games played on 29 April 2008.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency.
² Deducted 10 points for entering administration
(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.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	12	14	19	46	61	−15	50	8	6	8	26	29	−3	4	8	11	20	32	−12

Last updated: 29 April 2008.
Source: Sky Sports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 24 Mar 2008. Source: Sky Sports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

11 Aug 2007

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Brighton & Hove Albion
G. S. Roberts  22' (pen.) G. S. Roberts  79'	Report	Dean Cox  14' Andrew Whing  57' (Unsporting behavior) Dean Cox  86' (Unsporting behavior)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 5,394

Referee: S Bratt

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15 Aug 2007
Carling Cup
First Round

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 3	Hull City
G. S. Roberts  32' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Nathan Doyle  23' (Unsporting behavior) Michael Bridges  44' Richard Garcia  55' Stephen McPhee  70'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 2,862

Referee: P Miller

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18 Aug 2007

Bristol Rovers	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Joe Jacobson  25' (Unsporting behaviour) Craig Disley  32'	Report	Tom Pope  34'

The Memorial Stadium

Attendance: 7,750

Referee: G Salisbury

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25 Aug 2007

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 2	Leyton Orient
G. S. Roberts  83' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	JJ Melligan  35' Adam Boyd  85' (pen.)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,683

Referee: D Drysdale

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1 Sep 2007

Swindon Town	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Michael Pook  24'	Report	Steven Schumacher  42'

County Ground

Attendance: 6,595

Referee: K Friend

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4 Sep 2007
Johnstone's Paint Trophy
First Round (N)

Chester City	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Richie Partridge  61' Kevin Ellison  90' (Unsporting behavior)	Report	Ryan Lowe  37'
Penalties
Paul Butler Richie Partridge Nathan Lowndes James Vaughan John Murphy	4 – 3	Steven Schumacher Billy Jones Ryan Lowe Julien Baudet Eugen Bopp

Deva Stadium

Attendance: 2,162

Referee: K Evans

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8 Sep 2007

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 0	Huddersfield Town
Lee Barnard  16' Eugen Bopp  39'	Report	Andy Booth  20' (Unsporting behavior)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 5,164

Referee: N Swarbrick

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16 Sep 2007

Doncaster Rovers	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Paul Heffernan  31' Dan Woodards  48' (o.g.)	Report

Keepmoat Stadium

Attendance: 6,726

Referee: D Deadman

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22 Sep 2007

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 0	Millwall
	Report	Gary Alexander  36' (Unsporting behavior) Ben May  72' (Unsporting behavior)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,478

Referee: P Joslin

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29 Sep 2007

Oldham Athletic	3 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
Mark Allott  36' Matthew Wolfenden  83' Neil Kilkenny  90+1'	Report	Lee Barnard  17' Byron Moore  26'

Boundary Park

Attendance: 5,082

Referee: A Taylor

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2 Oct 2007

Tranmere Rovers	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Chris Shuker  65' Shane Cansdell-Sheriff  87' (Unsporting behavior)	Report	G. S. Roberts  56' (pen.)

Prenton Park

Attendance: 6,155

Referee: S Mathieson

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6 Oct 2007

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 4	Bournemouth
Shaun Miller  89'	Report	Lee Bradbury  37' Max Gradel  61',  77' Darren Anderton  85'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,799

Referee: C Webster

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13 Oct 2007

Southend United	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Nick Bailey  17' Adam Barrett  18' (Unsporting behavior) Gary Hooper  63' Leon Clarke  82' (pen.)	Report	Lee Barnard  5' (Unsporting behaviour) Ben Rix  82' (Dissent)

Roots Hall

Attendance: 6,927

Referee: A Penn

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20 Oct 2007

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 0	Luton Town
Ryan Lowe  14',  40'	Report	Alan Goodall  25' (Unsporting behavior)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,490

Referee: E Ilderton

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27 Oct 2007

Cheltenham Town	2 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
Alan Wright  85' David Bird  89'	Report	Simon Church  74' Ryan Lowe  78'

Whaddon Road

Attendance: 3,605

Referee: D McDermidd

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3 Nov 2007

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 0	Yeovil Town
Chris McCready  28' Byron Moore  40'	Report	Justin Cochrane  34' (Unsporting behavior) Terrell Forbes  44' (Unsporting behavior) Scott Guyett  89' (Unsporting behavior)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,363

Referee: J Moss

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6 Nov 2007

Port Vale	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Craig Rocastle  72' (Dissent)	Report	Ben Rix  22' (Unsporting behaviour) Elliott Bennett  70' (Unsporting behaviour),  76'

Vale Park

Attendance: 5,329

Referee: R Beeby

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10 Nov 2007
FA Cup
First Round

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Milton Keynes Dons
Chris McCready  3' Neil Cox  65'	Report	Gareth Edds  15' (Unsporting behaviour) Dean Lewington  60' (Unsporting behaviour) Jemal Johnson  69' (pen.)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 3,049

Referee: K Hill

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17 Nov 2007

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 0	Northampton Town
Ryan Lowe  59'	Report	Guy Branston  31' (Unsporting behaviour) Ryan Gilligan  43' (Unsporting behaviour)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,531

Referee: A Haines

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24 Nov 2007

Nottingham Forest	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Arron Davies  45' Sammy Clingan  52'	Report	Dan Woodards  51' (Unsporting behaviour)

City Ground

Attendance: 16,650

Referee: M Oliver

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1 Dec 2007
FA Cup
Second Round

Oldham Athletic	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Lee Hughes  41'	Report

Boundary Park

Attendance: 3,900

Referee: J Moss

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4 Dec 2007

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 3	Gillingham
Byron Moore  43' G. S. Roberts  49' Chris McCready  56' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Mark Bentley  8' Andrew Crofts  27' (Unsporting behaviour) Mark Bentley  51' (Unsporting behaviour) Chris Dickson  56' (pen.) Chris Dickson  73'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 3,929

Referee: G Laws

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8 Dec 2007

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 0	Walsall
	Report	Michael Ricketts  83' (Unsporting behaviour)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,639

Referee: S Mathieson

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15 Dec 2007

Hartlepool United	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Michael Nelson  67' Richard Barker  85' Richard Barker  88' (pen.)	Report

Victoria Park

Attendance: 3,915

Referee: M Haywood

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22 Dec 2007

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 4	Doncaster Rovers
G. S. Roberts  12' (Unsporting behaviour) Shaun Miller  71' (Unsporting behaviour) G. S. Roberts  80'  {{{3}}}' (Second bookable offence)	Report	Stephen Roberts  24' (Unsporting behaviour) Jason Price  38' Jason Price  50' Paul Green  90+1' Lewis Guy  90+3'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,122

Referee: D Foster

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26 Dec 2007

Huddersfield Town	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Nathan Clarke  31' (Unsporting behaviour) Andy Holdsworth  46' (Unsporting behaviour) Andy Booth  85' Jon Worthington  86' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Lee Barnard  19'

Galpharm Stadium

Attendance: 9,795

Referee: D Drysdale

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29 Dec 2007

Millwall	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Neil Harris  49' (pen.) Ahmet Brković  53'	Report	Michael O'Connor  90' (Dissent)

New Den Stadium

Attendance: 8,068

Referee: T Kettle

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1 Jan 2008

Crewe Alexandra	4 – 3	Tranmere Rovers
G. S. Roberts  30' (pen.) G. S. Roberts  40' (Unsporting behaviour) G. S. Roberts  48' Ryan Lynch  62' (Unsporting behaviour) Nicky Maynard  67' Danny O'Donnell  89'	Report	Andy Taylor  8' Chris Greenacre  31' Antony Kay  33' (Unsporting behaviour) Ian Goodison  65' (Violent conduct) Paul McLaren  74'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 5,137

Referee: J Moss

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14 Jan 2008

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Leeds United
	Live on Sky Sports Report	Darren Kenton  35' (Unsporting behaviour) Jermaine Beckford  36'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 6,771

Referee: K Friend

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19 Jan 2008

Carlisle United	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Joe Garner  52' Peter Murphy  71'	Report	Nicky Maynard  90+1' (Unsporting behaviour)

Brunton Park

Attendance: 6,449

Referee: C Webster

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22 Jan 2008
Match postponed on 5 Jan 2008 due to FA Cup fixtures

Swansea City	2 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Thomas Butler  14' Paul Anderson  77'	Report	Steven Schumacher  90+2' (Unsporting behaviour) Tom Pope  90+3'

Liberty Stadium

Attendance: 11,200

Referee: A Woolmer

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26 Jan 2008

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 0	Swindon Town
Julien Baudet  80' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Michael Pook  40' (Unsporting behaviour) Billy Paynter  74' (Serious Foul Play) Jon-Paul McGovern  78' (Unsporting behaviour)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,344

Referee: K Evans

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29 Jan 2008

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Bristol Rovers
Tom Pope  47'	Report	Ben Williams  45' (o.g.)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 3,942

Referee: P Taylor

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2 Feb 2008

Brighton & Hove Albion	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Glenn Murray  23' Guy Butters  41' Glenn Murray  45'	Report

Withdean Stadium

Attendance: 4,802

Referee: D Whitestone

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9 Feb 2008

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 2	Swansea City
Julien Baudet  82' Tom Pope  90'	Report	Jason Scotland  9' (pen.) G. S. Roberts  40' (o.g.)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,955

Referee: N Miller

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12 Feb 2008

Leyton Orient	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Charlie Daniels  31' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Nicky Maynard  26' Julien Baudet  45+1' (Unsporting behavior)

Brisbane Road

Attendance: 3,881

Referee: G Hegley

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23 Feb 2008

Leeds United	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Ľubomír Michalík  15' (Unsporting behaviour) Trésor Kandol  85'	Report	Patrick Boyle  29' (Dissent) Nicky Maynard  47'

Elland Road

Attendance: 21,223

Referee: M Pike

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26 Feb 2008
Match postponed on 16 Feb 2008 due to frozen pitch

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Carlisle United
Julien Baudet  83' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Scott Dobie  64'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,786

Referee: P Taylor

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1 Mar 2008

Northampton Town	0 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
	Report	Kenny Lunt  63' (Unsporting behaviour)

Sixfields Stadium

Attendance: 5,507

Referee: M Haywood

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8 Mar 2008

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 0	Nottingham Forest
	Report	Arron Davies  25' (Unsporting behaviour) Chris Cohen  48' (Dissent) Julian Bennett  69' (Unsporting behaviour)

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 6,314

Referee: J Singh

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11 Mar 2008

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 2	Port Vale
Patrick Boyle  15' (Unsporting behaviour) Michael O'Connor  68' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Paul Harsley  57' (pen.) Robin Hulbert  65' (Unsporting behaviour) Marc Richards  68' (Unsporting behaviour) Luke Rodgers  81'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 5,229

Referee: M Dean

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15 Mar 2008

Gillingham	0 – 3	Crewe Alexandra
Kevin Maher  57' (Professional foul)	Report	Tom Pope  9' Nicky Maynard  50' Dean Morgan  76'

Priestfield Stadium

Attendance: 4,956

Referee: P Joslin

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22 Mar 2008

Crewe Alexandra	3 – 1	Hartlepool United
Nicky Maynard  20' Nicky Maynard  30' Julien Baudet  60' (Unsporting behaviour) Nicky Maynard  70' (Unsporting behaviour) Tom Pope  85'	Report	Joel Porter  81'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,412

Referee: S Attwell

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24 Mar 2008

Walsall	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Ian Roper  90+4'	Report	Nicky Maynard  61'

Banks's Stadium

Attendance: 4,741

Referee: F Graham

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29 Mar 2008

Luton Town	2   1	Crewe Alexandra
Matthew Spring  4' Matthew Spring  70' (Unsporting Behavior) Matthew Spring  78' (Pen.)	Report	Danny Woodards  47' (Unsporting Behavior) Michael O'Connor  53' (Unsporting Behavior) Nicky Maynard  58'

Kenilworth Road

Attendance: 5,465

Referee: M Oliver

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5 Apr 2008

Crewe Alexandra	1   3	Southend United
Nicky Maynard  74'	Report	Lee Barnard  2' James Walker  19' Charlie Mulgrew  38' (Unsporting Behavior) Simon Francis 77' (Unsporting Behavior) Lee Barnard  80'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 4,895

Referee: A Haines

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12 Apr 2008

Yeovil Town	0   3	Crewe Alexandra
Marc Bircham  62' (Unsporting Behavior)	Report	Nicky Maynard  8' Nicky Maynard  58' Tom Pope  90'

Huish Park

Attendance: 4,785

Referee: R Booth

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19 Apr 2008

Crewe Alexandra	3   1	Cheltenham Town
Nicky Maynard  14' Nicky Maynard  68' Nicky Maynard  76'	Report	Alan Wright  60' (Unsporting Behavior) Steven Gillespie  62'

Alexandra Stadium

Attendance: 5,279

Referee: Andy D'Urso

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26 Apr 2008

Bournemouth	1   0	Crewe Alexandra
Sam Vokes  55' Lee Bradbury  80' (Unsporting Behavior)	Report

Fitness First Stadium

Attendance: 8,621

Referee: Keith Hill

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3 May 2008

Crewe Alexandra

Alexandra Stadium

Last updated: 24 Mar 2008
Source: Crewe Alexandra
Notes: League One fixtures not listed due to copyright. Results will be shown.

Trivia

• Gillingham's Chris Dickson scored the winning goal against Crewe on 5 December at Gresty Road after spending one month on loan for the Railwaymen.
• Walsall's goalkeeper Clayton Ince received the November Powerade Player of the Month award just four days before playing against his former club. Ince, who spent six years at Crewe, said of the occasion, "...my feelings for the club will be put to one side for 90 minutes on Saturday." Ince kept a clean sheet in the match which resulted in a 0-0 draw.
• On 12 February, Crewe signed Ipswich Town midfielder Gary Roberts. Unusually, he is the second player with the name Gary Roberts at Crewe. He was assigned the shirt number 32, whilst the other Gary Roberts has the number 4 shirt.
• Ex-Crewe striker Luke Rodgers scored the final goal in the local derby against Port Vale, just as he did last season.

External links

• Official Website
• Sky Sports
• BBC Football