2021–22 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Crewe Alexandra's 145th year in their history, their 98th in the Football League and second consecutive season in League One. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Crewe Alexandra
2021–22 season
ChairmanCharles Grant
ManagerDavid Artell
StadiumMornflake Stadium
League One22nd
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorer
Mikael Mandron (1)

Pre-season friendlies

Crewe Alexandra announced they would play friendlies against Nantwich Town,[1] Witton Albion,[1] Ashton United,[1] Wolverhampton Wanderers,[1] Stoke City,[1] Kidsgrove Athletic,[1] Nottingham Forest,[2] Oldham Athletic,[1] Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s[2] and Huddersfield Town[3] as part of their pre-season preparations.

The scheduled friendly against Huddersfield Town was later cancelled due to Town's involvement in the EFL Cup.[4]

11 July 2021 Friendly Nantwich Town 1–4 Crewe Alexandra Nantwich
12:00 BST Hatton  64' Report Onyeka  21'
Griffiths  30'
Robbins  65'
Lundstram  89'		 Stadium: Optimum Pay Stadium
14 July 2021 Friendly Witton Albion 0–6 Crewe Alexandra Wincham
19:45 BST Report Dale  15', 53'
Long  21'
Mandron  26' (pen.), 88'
Finney  40'		 Stadium: Wincham Park
14 July 2021 Friendly Ashton United 1–5 Crewe Alexandra Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45 BST Report Robbins x3
Porter
Ainley		 Stadium: Hurst Cross
17 July 2021 Friendly Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Crewe
15:00 BST Long  53' Report Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
20 July 2021 Ashton Hulme Charity Match Crewe Alexandra 2–3 Stoke City Crewe
19:00 BST Lundstram  58'
Dale  70'		 Report Batth  1'
Fletcher  27'
Powell  44'		 Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
21 July 2021 Friendly Kidsgrove Athletic 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Kidsgrove
19:30 BST Trialist  53' Report Onyeka  78' Stadium: Hollinwood Road
24 July 2021 Friendly Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Nottingham Forest Crewe
15:00 BST Ainley  75'
Adebisi  79'		 Report Johnson  30', 56' Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
27 July 2021 Friendly Oldham Athletic 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Oldham
19:00 BST Hart  11', 26' Report Kirk  20' Stadium: Boundary Park
28 July 2021 Friendly Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s v Crewe Alexandra TBC
14:00 BST
31 July 2021 Friendly Huddersfield Town C–C Crewe Alexandra Huddersfield
12:30 BST Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Note: Cancelled due to Huddersfield's EFL Cup involvement

Competitions

League One
Main article: 2021–22 EFL League One

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
17 AFC Wimbledon 20 6 7 7 30 32 −2 25
18 Lincoln City 21 5 7 9 22 28 −6 22
19 Fleetwood Town 21 5 6 10 36 40 −4 21
20 Shrewsbury Town 21 5 4 12 19 28 −9 19
21 Morecambe 21 5 4 12 29 44 −15 19 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Gillingham 22 3 8 11 18 34 −16 17
23 Doncaster Rovers 21 4 4 13 13 36 −23 16
24 Crewe Alexandra 22 3 6 13 19 38 −19 15
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[5]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 3 6 13 19 38  −19 15 3 3 5 12 18  −6 0 3 8 7 20  −13

Last updated: 11 December 2021.
Source:

Results by matchday
Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAAHAAHHAHHAHAHHAHAAHH
ResultDLLLLDWLDDDLLLLDLWLLWL
Position13212122232321222322222323242424242424242324
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Crewe's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[6]

7 August 2021 1 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Cheltenham Town Crewe
15:00 BST Mandron  28'
Ramsay  65'		 Report Williams  40',  45+1' Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
Attendance: 5,301
Referee: Ben Toner
14 August 2021 2 Portsmouth 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Milton
15:00 BST Marquis  48'
Harness  64'		 Report Long  71' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 11,470
Referee: Will Finnie
17 August 2021 3 Oxford United 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Oxford
19:45 BST Henry  33' (pen.),  90+1'
Rodríguez  51'		 Report Offord  79'
Lundstram  82'
Griffiths  90+5'		 Stadium: The Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 6,757
Referee: Bobby Madley
21 August 2021 4 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Accrington Stanley Crewe
15:00 BST Offord  55'  89'
Murphy  56'
Ramsay  78'
Finney  86'		 Report Nottingham  17'
Sykes  38'
Pell  50'
Trafford  62'
Charles  68'
Bishop  90+7'
Mumbongo  90+7'		 Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
Attendance: 4,187
Referee: Darren Drysdale
28 August 2021 5 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Charlton
15:00 BST Jaiyesimi  36'
Gunter  40'
Stockley  41'		 Report McFadzean  61'
Adebisi  71'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 13,167
Referee: James Bell
11 September 2021 6 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Cosgrove  19'
Pennington  35'
Ebanks-Landell  57'
Pierre  67'
Udoh  90+7'		 Report Adebisi  3'
Murphy  36'
Mandron  44'
Robertson  71'
Ramsay  87'
Daniels  90+9'		 Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,867
Referee: Samuel Barrott
18 September 2021 7 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Burton Albion Crewe
15:00 BST Bostwick  10' (o.g.)
Murphy  54'
Bennett  87'		 Report Lakin  3'  67'
Borthwick-Jackson  31'
Hemmings  42'		 Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
Referee: Ross Joyce
21 September 2021 8 Crewe Alexandra 1–3 Morecambe Crewe
19:45 BST Mandron  49' Report Phillips  8'
Gnahoua  28', 85'
Cooney  40'
McLoughlin  79'
Stockton  80'		 Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
Attendance: 3,542
Referee: Paul Howard
25 September 2021 9 Rotherham United 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Rotherham
15:00 BST Rathbone  54'
Harding  74'  90'
Smith  85'		 Report Jääskeläinen  44'
Porter  90+1' (pen.)		 Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium
Attendance: 8,747
Referee: Sam Allison
28 September 2021 10 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Plymouth
19:45 BST Wilson  33'
Houghton  64'
Hardie  72'
Galloway  77'		 Report Kashket  3'
Johnson  62'
Offord  70'
Robertson  90'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 11,138
Referee: Neil Hair
2 October 2021 11 Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Cambridge United Crewe
15:00 BST Finney  10'
Kashket  20'
Robertson  26'
Ramsay  89'		 Report Jääskeläinen  79' (o.g.)
May  90+4'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,237
Referee: Carl Brook
16 October 2021 12 Fleetwood Town 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Fleetwood
15:00 BST Johnson  60'
Andrew  65',  72'
Batty  65'
Garner  90+6'		 Report McFadzean  65'
Robertson  65'
Finney  71'
Thomas  90+4'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 2,917
Referee: Marc Edwards
19 October 2021 13 Crewe Alexandra 0–4 Sunderland Crewe
19:45 GMT Murphy  75' Report Thomas  25' (o.g.)
Stewart  32', 55'
Winchester  51'
Cirkin  53'
Dajaku  73'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 5,618
Referee: Carl Boyeson
23 October 2021 (2021-10-23) 14 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Crewe Alexandra High Wycombe
15:00 BST Tafazolli  45+1', 90+7' Report Adebisi  41'
McFadzean  45+1'
Offord  71'
Lowery  77'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4,813
Referee: Steve Martin
30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) 15 Crewe Alexandra 1–4 Milton Keynes Dons Crewe
15:00 BST Long  52'
Bennett  69'		 Report Eisa  12', 68'
Twine  58'
O'Riley  64'
Daniels  82' (o.g.)
Watters  90+6'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,512
Referee: Andy Haines
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) 16 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Doncaster Rovers Crewe
19:45 GMT Porter  33' Report Galbraith  45+1'
Olowu  45+4'
Williams  56'
Anderson  74'
Smith  81'
Dahlberg  90+4'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,392
Referee: Simon Mather
12 November 2021 17 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Bolton
20:00 GMT Kachunga  2'
Sheehan  50' (pen.)
Bakayoko  54'		 Report Mandron  10'
Long  28'
Gomes  35'
Offord  90+1'		 Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 13,804
Referee: James Bell
20 November 2021 18 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Gillingham Crewe
15:00 GMT Long  11'
Offord  68'
Lowery  90+1'		 Report O'Keefe  47'
Phillips  61'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,047
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
23 November 2021 19 AFC Wimbledon 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Wimbledon
19:45 GMT Rudoni  24'
Palmer  35', 44' (pen.)
Heneghan  81'
Assal  90+2'  90+4'		 Report Long  11'
Murphy  44'
Sass-Davies  79'
Porter  89'
Williams  90+4'		 Stadium: Plough Lane
Referee: Craig Hicks
28 November 2021 20 Ipswich Town 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Ipswich
15:00 GMT Offord  3' (o.g.)
Celina  45+5'
Clements  50'
Edmundson  88'		 Report Williams  48'
Long  73'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Referee: James Oldham
7 December 2021 21 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Lincoln City Crewe
19:45 GMT Griffiths  45+5'
Mandron  48' (pen.), 52' (pen.)		 Report Eyoma  37',  50'
Robson  45+3'		 Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
Attendance: 3,285
Referee: Declan Bourne
11 December 2021 22 Crewe Alexandra 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Crewe
15:00 GMT Robertson  16'
Porter 45+2'		 Report Bannan  27',  28'
Corbeanu  39'
Gregory  47'		 Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
Attendance: 6,325
Referee: Lee Swabey

FA Cup
Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Crewe were drawn at home to Swindon Town in the first round.[7]

6 November 2021 First round Crewe Alexandra 0–3 Swindon Town Crewe
15:00 GMT Robertson  79' Report Reed  25',  75',  79'
Williams  38'
Simpson  52'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 2,303
Referee: Trevor Kettle

EFL Cup
Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Crewe Alexandra were drawn away to Hartlepool United in the first round[8] and Leeds United in the second round.[9]

10 August 2021 First round Hartlepool United 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Hartlepool
19:00 BST Report Sass-Davies  13'
Ainley  50'
Ramsay  81'
Dale  90+2'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,149
Referee: Thomas Bramall
24 August 2021 Second round Leeds United 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Leeds
19:45 BST Phillips  79'
Harrison  85', 90'		 Report Murphy  44'
Adebisi  82'
Mandron  87'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 34,154
Referee: Ben Speedie

EFL Trophy
Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy
Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Crewe Alexandra (A) 3 3 0 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Wigan Athletic (A) 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 4
3 L1 Shrewsbury Town (E) 3 1 0 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4 ACA Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 (E) 3 0 1 0 2 1 6 −5 2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2021. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated
31 August 2021 Group game 1 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Shrewsbury
19:00 BST Report Knight  90+2' Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 1,680
Referee: Sebastian Stocksbridge
5 October 2021 Group game 2 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Wigan Athletic Crewe
19:00 BST Finney  14'
Griffiths  37'
Smith  60' (o.g.)
Mandron  90+2'		 Report Lloyd  43'
Humphrys 52'
Pearce  73'
Kerr  89'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 925
Referee: Tom Reeves
9 November 2021 Group game 3 Crewe Alexandra 3–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Crewe
19:00 GMT Mandron  12', 36'
Robbins  79'		 Report Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 598
Referee: Martin Coy
1 December 2021 Second round Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Doncaster Rovers Crewe
19:45 GMT Knight  33'
Finney  72'		 Report Knoyle  45'
Anderson  71'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 699
Referee: Ross Joyce
4 January 2022 Third round Crewe Alexandra v Rotherham United Crewe
19:45 GMT Stadium: Mornflake Stadium

Cheshire Senior Cup
Main article: Cheshire Senior Cup

Crewe were drawn at home against Sandbach United in the first round.[10]

26 October 2021 First round Crewe Alexandra v Sandbach United Crewe
19:45 BST Stadium: Mornflake Stadium

Transfers

Transfers in
Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2021CBTommie Hoban AberdeenFree transfer[11]
1 July 2021CFChris Long MotherwellFree transfer[12]
1 July 2021CMShaun MacDonald Rotherham UnitedFree transfer[13]
30 July 2021LBCallum McFadzean SunderlandFree transfer[14]
12 August 2021CBTerell Thomas AFC WimbledonFree transfer[15]
30 August 2021SSScott Kashket Wycombe WanderersFree transfer[16]
4 September 2021CMMadger GomesDoncaster RoversFree transfer[17]

Loans in
Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2021RBKayne Ramsay SouthamptonEnd of Season[18]
16 August 2021RWBen Knight Manchester CityEnd of Season[19]
31 August 2021CMScott Robertson CelticEnd of Season[20]
31 August 2021RWJ'Neil Bennett Tottenham Hotspur30 November 2021[21][22]

Loans out
Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
9 August 2021FBNathan Woodthorpe Witton AlbionOctober 2021[23]
31 August 2021RWOwen Dale BlackpoolJanuary 2022[24]
11 September 2021CBConnor O'Riordan Kidsgrove AthleticOctober 2021[25]
1 October 2021CFTyreece Onyeka Matlock TownNovember 2021[26]
23 October 2021CBConnor O'Riordan Nantwich TownNovember 2021[27]
11 December 2021CFTyreece Onyeka Stalybridge CelticJanuary 2022[28]

Transfers out
Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2021CBOmar Beckles Leyton OrientFree transfer[29]
30 June 2021CBOlly Lancashire SouthamptonReleased[30][31]
30 June 2021CBJack Marrow 1874 NorthwichFree transfer[32]
30 June 2021CBEddie Nolan WaterfordReleased[30][33]
30 June 2021RWDaniel Powell BarnetReleased[30][34]
30 June 2021FWJakob Priestman Missouri State BearsFree transfer[35]
30 June 2021DMRyan Wintle Cardiff CityFree transfer[36]
16 July 2021RBJamie Wrench Stockport TownFree transfer[37]
27 July 2021CMMatthew McDonald Warrington TownFree transfer[38]
2 August 2021LWKyle Stubbs Kidsgrove AthleticFree transfer[39]
12 August 2021LWCharlie Kirk Charlton AthleticUndisclosed[40]
16 August 2021CBTommie HobanRetired[41]
1 September 2021CMShaun MacDonaldRetired[42]

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