2014–15 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

During the 2014–15 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in Football League One.

Crewe Alexandra
2014–15 season
ChairmanJohn Bowler
ManagerSteve Davis
StadiumAlexandra Stadium
League One20th
FA CupFirst round
League CupSecond round
Football League TrophyFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Marcus Haber (7)
All: Marcus Haber (8)

Match details

Pre-season
11 July 2014 Norton United 0–4 Crewe Alexandra Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute, Smallthorne
19:30 BST Report Pogba  13'
Grant  25'
Inman  45'
Orenuga  75' (pen.)
13 July 2014 Nantwich Town 1–4 Crewe Alexandra The Weaver Stadium, Nantwich
15:00 BST Jones  12' Report Inman  4'
Waters  28'
Phillips  30'
Saunders  52'
19 July 2014 Chester 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Deva Stadium, Chester
15:00 BST Rooney  68' Report Atkinson  28' Attendance: 1,134
26 July 2014 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 BST Report Dicko  90+2'
29 July 2014 Southport 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Haig Avenue, Southport
19:45 BST Evans  63' Report Turton  3'
Waters  23'

League One
Main article: 2014–15 Football League One

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
18 Port Vale 46 15 9 22 55 65 −10 54
19 Colchester United 46 14 10 22 58 77 −19 52
20 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 10 22 43 75 −32 52
21 Notts County (R) 46 12 14 20 45 63 −18 50 Relegation to Football League Two
22 Crawley Town (R) 46 13 11 22 53 79 −26 50
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[1]

9 August 2014 1 Fleetwood Town 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
15:00 Ball  47'
Proctor  54'
Hogan  90+3'		 Report Inman  79'  90+4' (pen.) Attendance: 3,774
Referee: Gary Sutton
16 August 2014 2 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Barnsley Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Waters  22'
Oliver  63'		 Lita  57'
Winnall  71'
Cranie  73' 75'		 Attendance: 4,502
Referee: Andy Davies
19 August 2014 3 Crewe Alexandra 2–5 Rochdale Gresty Road, Crewe
19:45 Haber  9' 62'
Ness  74'		 Henderson  31'
Done  42' 55' 72'
Héry  57'
Vincenti  66'
Rafferty  85'		 Attendance: 3,742
Referee: Keith Stroud
23 August 2014 4 Swindon Town 2–0 Crewe Alexandra County Ground, Swindon
15:00 Kasim  34'
Williams  77'		 Report Attendance: 6,530
Referee: Lee Collins
30 August 2014 5 Gillingham 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
15:00 Dack  18'
McDonald  45+1'		 Report Attendance: 4,998
Referee: Andrew Madley
13 September 2014 6 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Port Vale Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Ray  6'
Oliver  19'		 Report Slew  32' Attendance: 6,357
Referee: Simon Hooper
16 September 2014 7 Yeovil Town 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Huish Park, Yeovil
19:45 Moore  72' Report Waters  62' Attendance: 3,509
Referee: Michael Bull
20 September 2014 8 Milton Keynes Dons 6–1 Crewe Alexandra Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00 Alli  3' 48' 84'
Grigg  16'
Afobe  70'
Reeves  90'		 McFadzean  7' (o.g.)
Ray  54'		 Attendance: 7,049
Referee: Darren Bond
27 September 2014 9 Crewe Alexandra 0–3 Colchester United Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Report Sears  57'
Healey  63'
Watt  67'		 Attendance: 3,909
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
30 September 2014 10 Crewe Alexandra 0–3 Notts County Gresty Road, Crewe
19:45 Grant  17'
Atkinson  76'		 Report Cassidy  44', 62'
Tate  52' (o.g.)
Thompson  66'		 Attendance: 3,495
Referee: Keith Hill
4 October 2014 11 Bradford City 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Valley Parade, Bradford
15:00 Davies  35'
Liddle  63'  74'
McLean  72'		 Report Dugdale  74' Attendance: 12,386
Referee: Darren Deadman
11 October 2014 12 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Coventry City Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Brandy  26'
Cooper  32'
Dugdale  35'
Grant  48'
Ray  57'
Inman  78'		 Report Fleck  20'
Finch  31'  82'
Grant  48' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 5,058
Referee: Charles Breakspear
18 October 2014 13 Walsall 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Bescot Stadium, Walsall
15:00 Report Cooper  56'
Turton  70'
Dugdale  84'		 Attendance: 4,127
Referee: Darren Handley
21 October 2014 14 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Peterborough United Gresty Road, Crewe
19:45 Turton  26'
Haber  31' (pen.)
Grant  86'
Cooper  90'		 Report Bostwick  30'
Payne  66'
Baldwin  83'  90+5'		 Attendance: 3,524
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
25 October 2014 15 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Sheffield United Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Grant  10'
Ray  87'		 Report Basham  51'
Scougall  69'
McNulty  90+9'
Wallace  90+11'		 Attendance: 5,699
Referee: Peter Bankes
1 November 2014 16 Crawley Town 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
15:00 McLeod  68' Report Cooper  19' Attendance: 2,329
Referee: Brendan Malone
15 November 2014 17 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Chesterfield Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Turton  80' BBC Report Evatt  22'
Morsy  45'		 Attendance: 4,557
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
22 November 2014 18 Leyton Orient 4–1 Crewe Alexandra Brisbane Road, Leyton
15:00 Plasmati  23'
Wright  27'
Omozusi  34'
Dagnall  35'
Cox  42'  61'
Vincelot  75'
Mooney  86'		 Report Grant  70'
Cooper  84'		 Attendance: 5,516
Referee: Steve Martin
29 November 2014 19 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Doncaster Rovers Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Ikpeazu  30'
Ness  66'		 Report Butler  38'
Coppinger  80'		 Attendance: 4,530
Referee: Charles Breakspear
13 December 2014 20 Scunthorpe United 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
15:00 Williams  10'
Llera  77'		 Report Ajose  30'
Ness  77'
Leigh  90+2'		 Attendance: 3,006
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
20 December 2014 21 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Bristol City Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Ikpeazu  45+2'
Ray  53'
Ness  74'		 Report Williams  29'  50' Attendance: 4,927
Referee: Andy Haines
26 December 2014 22 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Boundary Park, Oldham
15:00 Elokobi  75' Report Ray  56'
Grant  67'
Ajose  70' (pen.), 86'		 Attendance: 4,782
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
28 December 2014 23 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Preston North End Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Cooper  81' Report Beckford  83' Attendance: 6,429
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
10 January 2015 24 Crewe Alexandra 3–1 Gillingham Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Ajose  27' (pen.)
Davis  32'
Ikpeazu  84'		 Report Legge  30'
Ehmer  34'
Dack  55'
McDonald  85'		 Attendance: 4,436
Referee: Mark Brown
17 January 2015 25 Notts County 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Meadow Lane, Nottingham
15:00 Mullins  23'
Hollis  35'
Noble  45+5' (pen.)  48'  90+5'
Daniels  86'		 Report Guthrie  45+4'
Ness  47'
Dugdale  55'		 Attendance: 4,643
Referee: Iain Williamson
24 January 2015 26 Port Vale 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Vale Park, Burslem
15:00 O'Connor  51' Report Ajose  39'
Davis  82'		 Attendance: 8,002
Referee: Gavin Ward
31 January 2015 27 Crewe Alexandra 0–5 Milton Keynes Dons Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Stewart  75' Report Cole  12', 38'
Bowditch  28'
McFadzean  34'
Alli  36'
Spence  55'
Baker  72'
Powell  90'		 Attendance: 4,319
Referee: Kevin Wright
7 February 2015 28 Colchester United 2–3 Crewe Alexandra Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester
15:00 Porter  45+1'
Eastman  59'
Marriott  84'		 Report Davis  2'
Jones  68'
Ajose  73'
Grant  81'		 Attendance: 3,134
Referee: Tim Robinson
10 February 2015 29 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Yeovil Town Gresty Road, Crewe
19:45 Ray  21'
Ajose  38'
Ness  63'		 Report Arthurworrey  59'
Berrett  69'		 Attendance: 3,523
Referee: Darren Handley
14 February 2015 30 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Fleetwood Town Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Ajose  42'
Haber  59'		 Report McLaughlin  20' Attendance: 4,135
Referee: Stuart Attwell
17 February 2015 31 Doncaster Rovers 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
19:45 Furman  62'
Wellens  90'		 Report Ray  8'
Tate  61'		 Attendance: 6,164
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 32 Barnsley 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Barnsley
15:00 GMT Nyatanga  66'
Rachubka  79' (o.g.)		 Report Grant  65'
Jones  78'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 8,635
Referee: Darren Deadman
28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 33 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Swindon Town Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 GMT Report Attendance: 4,781
Referee: Graham Salisbury
3 March 2015 34 Rochdale 4–0 Crewe Alexandra Spotland Stadium, Rochdale
19:45 GMT Bennett  29'
Henderson  38' (pen.)  73' (pen.)
Bunney  57'  80'		 Report Davis  26' Attendance: 1,954
Referee: Paul Tierney (referee)
7 March 2015 35 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Scunthorpe United Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 GMT Leigh  54'
Haber  55'		 Report Osbourne  19' Attendance: 4,213
Referee: Richard Clark
14 March 2015 36 Preston North End 5–1 Crewe Alexandra Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire
15:00 GMT Garner  11'  24'  72'  79'
Welsh  66'
Beckford  82'		 Report Turton  34' Attendance: 10,203
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
17 March 2015 37 Bristol City 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 GMT Wilbraham  32'
Flint  42'
Emmanuel-Thomas  84'		 Report Ikpeazu  45+1' Attendance: 10,719
Referee: Trevor Kettle
21 March 2015 38 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Oldham Athletic Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 GMT Report Brown  38'
Wilkinson  74'		 Attendance: 4,669
Referee: Patrick Miller
28 March 2015 39 Sheffield United 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Bramall Lane, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Davies  54'
Holt  55'
Davies  89'		 Report Dalla Valle  12'
Tate  45'
Atkinson  67'
Colclough  90'		 Attendance: 19,672
Referee: James Adcock
3 April 2015 40 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Crawley Town Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 GMT Grant  42'
Colclough  78'		 Report Wordsworth  66'
Oyebanjo  90+2'		 Attendance: 5,353
Referee: Carl Boyeson
6 April 2015 41 Chesterfield 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Darikwa  26' Report Ness  42'
Jones  54'		 Attendance: 6,942
Referee: Kevin Johnson
11 April 2015 42 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Leyton Orient Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 GMT Dalla Valle  10'
Tate  54'		 Report Henderson  30'
McAnuff  70'		 Attendance: 4,419
Referee: Dean Whitestone
14 April 2015 43 Peterborough United 1–1 Crewe Alexandra London Road Stadium, Peterborough
19:45 GMT Bostwick  18'
Washington  66'
Norris  81'		 Report Dalla Valle  3'  44'
Grant  19'
Leigh  34'
Guthrie  81'		 Attendance: 4,338
Referee: Andy Woolmer
18 April 2015 44 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Walsall Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 GMT Haber  13' Report Bradshaw  81' Attendance: 4,644
Referee: Scott Duncan
25 April 2015 45 Coventry City 1–3 Crewe Alexandra Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00 GMT Proschwitz  85'
Johnson  86'		 Report Dalla Valle  23'
Colclough  35'
Haber  73'		 Attendance: 13,983
Referee: Chris Sarginson
3 May 2015 46 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Bradford City Gresty Road, Crewe
12:15 GMT Grant  85'
Davis  90+3'		 Report Clarke  23'  83'
Anthony McMahon  79'
Stead  86'		 Attendance: 7,608
Referee: Tony Harrington

FA Cup
Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[2]

8 November 2014 First round Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Sheffield United Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Davis  52'
Grant  74'		 Report Attendance: 3,222
Referee: Mick Russell
18 November 2014 First round
replay		 Sheffield United 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Bramall Lane, Sheffield
19:45 Flynn  19', 77' Report Guthrie  83'
Turton  87'		 Attendance: 5,987
Referee: Geoff Eltringham

League Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Crewe Alexandra were drawn at away to Barnsley.[3]

12 August 2014 Round One Barnsley 0–2 Crewe Alexandra Oakwell, Barnsley
19:45 Report Waters  32'
Tootle  84'		 Attendance: 4,391
Referee: Chris Sarginson
26 August 2014 Round Two Crewe Alexandra 2–3 (a.e.t.) Bolton Wanderers Gresty Road, Crewe
19:45 Inman  2'
Haber  90+8'		 Report Pratley  40'
Beckford  90+2', 107'		 Attendance: 2,642
Referee: Tony Harrington

Football League Trophy
Main article: 2014–15 Football League Trophy
2 September 2014 Round One Crewe Alexandra 0–3 Rochdale Gresty Road, Crewe
19:30 Report Done  42'
Vincenti  64'
Andrew  88'		 Attendance: 1,529
Referee: Scott Duncan

Transfers

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
1 GK Scott Shearer 33EU Rotherham United Free transfer Summer 2016 Free Crewe Alexandra F.C
8 MF Chris Atkinson 22EU Huddersfield Town Free transfer Summer 2016 Free Crewe Alexandra F.C
25 FW Marcus Haber 25EU Stevenage Free transfer Summer 2016 Free Crewe Alexandra F.C
12 FW Lauri Dalla Valle 23EU Sint-Truiden Free transfer During season 2016 Free Crewe Alexandra F.C
33 DF Anthony Stewart 22EU Wycombe Wanderers Free transfer Winter 2015 Free Crewe Alexandra F.C
44 GK Paul Rachubka 33EU Oldham Athletic Free transfer During season 2015 Free Crewe Alexandra F.C

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
5 DF Mark Ellis 25EU Shrewsbury Town Released Summer Free Football League
Crewe Alexandra F.C
10 FW A-Jay Leitch-Smith 24EU Yeovil Town Released Summer Free Football League
BBC Sport
3 DF Kelvin Mellor 23EU Plymouth Argyle Released Summer Free Football League
Crewe Alexandra F.C
11 MF Byron Moore 25EU Port Vale Released Summer Free Crewe Alexandra F.C
Signal 2
8 MF Abdul Osman 27EU Partick Thistle Released Summer Free Football League
Crewe Alexandra F.C
1 GK Steve Phillips 36EU Nantwich Town Released Summer Free Football League
The Sentinel
9 FW Mathias Pogba 23EU Pescara Transfer Summer Undisclosed Crewe Alexandra F.C
7 FW Max Clayton 20EU Bolton Wanderers Transfer Summer £300,000 Crewe Alexandra F.C
21 MF Lee Molyneux 25EU Tranmere Rovers Free transfer Winter Free Crewe Alexandra F.C
6 DF Adam Dugdale 27EU Tranmere Rovers Free transfer Winter Free Crewe Alexandra F.C

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.

Loans in
No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
24 DF Greg Leigh 19 Manchester City 12 August 2014 30 June 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C
Crewe Alexandra F.C
28 MF Jamie Ness 23 Stoke City 14 August 2014 5 January 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C
29 FW Febian Brandy 25 Rotherham United 17 September 2014 25 November 2014 Crewe Alexandra F.C
Crewe Alexandra F.C		 Crewe Alexandra F.C
30 DF Alan Tate 32 Swansea City 24 September 2014 24 December 2014 Crewe Alexandra F.C
31 FW Danny Haynes 26 Notts County 21 October 2014 25 November 2014 Crewe Alexandra F.C Crewe Alexandra F.C
34 FW Uche Ikpeazu 19 Watford 26 November 2014 25 January 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C
35 FW Nicky Ajose 23 Leeds United 26 November 2014 5 January 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C
33 DF Anthony Stewart 22 Wycombe Wanderers 27 November 2014 6 January 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C Crewe Alexandra F.C
30 DF Alan Tate 32 Swansea City 5 January 2015 30 June 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C
34 FW Uche Ikpeazu 20 Watford 13 March 2015 30 June 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
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; No. = 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); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Loans out
No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
21 MF Lee Molyneux 25 Accrington Stanley 3 October 2014 13 January 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C Crewe Alexandra F.C
15 DF Thierry Audel 27 Lincoln City 17 October 2014 17 January 2015 Crewe ALexandra F.C
9 FW Vadaine Oliver 23 Mansfield Town 24 October 2014 30 June 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C
Crewe Alexandra F.C
Crewe Alexandra F.C
1 GK Scott Shearer 33 Burton Albion 2 January 2015 30 June 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C
23 DF Perry Ng 18 Hyde 30 January 2015 2 March 2015 Crewe Alexandra F.C
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
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; No. = 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); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

References
  1. "Fixtures Released". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  2. "First round draw". The FA. 27 October 2014.
  3. "Barnsley Away In Capital One Cup". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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