2023–24 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra
2023–24 season
Chairman	Charles Grant
Manager	Lee Bell
Stadium	Mornflake Stadium
League Two	6th
FA Cup	Eliminated in the second round; (vs. Bristol Rovers)
EFL Cup	Eliminated in the Second round; (vs. Port Vale)
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Elliott Nevitt (18)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 147th season in the history of Crewe Alexandra and their second consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.

Current squad

As of 28 March 2024

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Harvey Davies	GK	Liverpool	(2003-09-03) 3 September 2003 (age 21)	Liverpool	1 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
13	Tom Booth	GK	Crewe	(2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2025
27	Keiren Westwood	GK	Manchester	(1984-10-23) 23 October 1984 (age 40)	Queens Park Rangers	8 February 2024	Free	30 June 2024
40	Mikolaj Lenarcik	GK			Academy	20 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Defenders
2	Ryan Cooney	RB	Manchester	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 24)	Morecambe	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
3	Rio Adebisi	LB	Croydon	(2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 (age 24)	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	30 June 2024
4	Zac Williams	CB	Rhyl	(2004-03-27) 27 March 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
5	Mickey Demetriou	CB	Durrington	(1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34)	Newport County	21 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
6	Luke Offord	CB	Northwich	(1999-11-19) 19 November 1999 (age 25)	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	30 June 2024
12	Ed Turns	CB	Brighton	(2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 (age 22)	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
21	Aaron Rowe	RB	Hackney	(2000-09-07) 7 September 2000 (age 24)	Huddersfield Town	30 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
28	Lewis Billington	CB	Crewe	(2004-02-17) 17 February 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2025
29	Zak Kempster-Down	CB		(2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
35	Nathan Robinson	CB		(2006-02-04) 4 February 2006 (age 18)	Academy	5 September 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
38	Lucas Sant	CB	Stoke-on-Trent	(2006-02-07) 7 February 2006 (age 18)	Academy	20 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
41	Stan Dancey	CB			Academy	20 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Midfielders
8	Conor Thomas	DM	Coventry	(1993-10-29) 29 October 1993 (age 31)	Cheltenham Town	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
11	Joel Tabiner	CM	Liverpool	(2003-11-30) 30 November 2003 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2026
14	Lewis Leigh	CM	Preston	(2003-12-05) 5 December 2003 (age 21)	Preston North End	8 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
17	Matúš Holíček	CM		(2005-01-25) 25 January 2005 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2021	Trainee	30 June 2025
19	Owen Lunt	DM	Prescot	(2004-09-02) 2 September 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2025
23	Jack Powell	CM	Canning Town	(1994-01-29) 29 January 1994 (age 30)	Crawley Town	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
24	Charlie Finney	CM	Crewe	(2003-10-28) 28 October 2003 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2025
25	Josh Austerfield	CM	Morley	(2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 (age 23)	Huddersfield Town	18 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
34	Lewis Nolan	CM		(2005-09-06) 6 September 2005 (age 19)	Academy	5 September 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
37	Matt Senior	CM		(2005-09-03) 3 September 2005 (age 19)	Academy	20 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
—	Joe Collins	CM			Academy	20 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Forwards
7	Chris Long	CF	Huyton	(1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 29)	Motherwell	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
9	Courtney Baker-Richardson	CF	Coventry	(1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 29)	Newport County	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
10	Shilow Tracey	RW	Newham	(1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 26)	Cambridge United	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
20	Elliott Nevitt	CF	Liverpool	(1996-10-30) 30 October 1996 (age 28)	Tranmere Rovers	11 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
30	Charlie Kirk	LW	Winsford	(1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 26)	Charlton Athletic	2 February 2024	Free	30 June 2024
32	Max Woodcock	CF	Congleton	(2005-07-29) 29 July 2005 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
33	Calum Agius	LW	Ellesmere Port	(2005-09-05) 5 September 2005 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2026
36	Rhys Allport	CF		(2006-08-02) 2 August 2006 (age 18)	Academy	20 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Out on Loan
16	Charlie Colkett	CM	Newham	(1996-09-04) 4 September 1996 (age 28)	Cheltenham Town	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
22	Billy Sass-Davies	CB	Abergele	(2000-02-17) 17 February 2000 (age 24)	Academy	1 July 2018	Trainee	30 June 2024
31	Dave Richards	GK	Abergavenny	(1993-12-31) 31 December 1993 (age 30)	Bristol City	28 July 2015	Free	30 June 2024

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2023	RB	Ryan Cooney	Morecambe	Free Transfer	^[1]
1 July 2023	CM	Jack Powell	Crawley Town	Free Transfer	^[2]
1 July 2023	RW	Shilow Tracey	Cambridge United	Free Transfer	^[3]
21 July 2023	CB	Mickey Demetriou	Newport County	Free Transfer	^[4]
2 February 2024	LW	Charlie Kirk	Charlton Athletic	Free Transfer	^[5]
8 February 2024	GK	Keiren Westwood	Free agent	—	^[6]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
8 June 2023	CF	Bassala Sambou	Enosis Neon Paralimni	Mutual Consent	^[7]^[8]
30 June 2023	CF	Dan Agyei	Leyton Orient	Free Transfer	^[9]
30 June 2023	CM	Callum Ainley	Grimsby Town	End of Contract	^[10]^[11]
30 June 2023	RW	David Amoo	Ebbsfleet United	Released	^[12]^[13]
30 June 2023	LB	Sean Lawton	Free agent	Released	^[12]
30 June 2023	CB	Rod McDonald	Harrogate Town	End of Contract	^[14]^[15]
30 June 2023	RB	Kelvin Mellor	Accrington Stanley	End of Contract	^[16]^[17]
30 June 2023	LM	Tariq Uwakwe	Swindon Town	Mutual Consent	^[18]^[19]
30 June 2023	CM	Ty Webster	AFC Telford United	Free Transfer	^[20]
22 August 2023	GK	Jack Flint	Bolton Wanderers	Free Transfer	^[21]
10 January 2024	CM	Regan Griffiths	Kidderminster Harriers	Mutual Consent	^[22]^[23]
24 January 2024	CB	Connor O'Riordan	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	^[24]
22 February 2024	CF	Connor Evans	Waterford	Free Transfer	^[25]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Until	Ref
1 July 2023	GK	Harvey Davies	Liverpool	End of Season	^[26]
30 August 2023	RB	Aaron Rowe	Huddersfield Town	End of Season	^[27]
31 August 2023	AM	Joe White	Newcastle United	14 January 2024	^[28]
8 January 2024	CM	Lewis Leigh	Preston North End	End of Season	^[29]
18 January 2024	CM	Josh Austerfield	Huddersfield Town	End of Season	^[30]
1 February 2024	CB	Ed Turns	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of Season	^[31]
13 April 2024	GK	Max Stryjek	Wycombe Wanderers	20 April 2024	^[32]

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
11 August 2023	GK	Dave Richards	St Johnstone	End of Season	^[33]
25 August 2023	CF	Connor Evans	Chester	25 November 2023	^[34]
25 August 2023	CB	Zak Kempster-Down	Bamber Bridge	23 January 2024	^[34]
25 August 2023	CF	Max Woodcock	Runcorn Linnets	24 September 2023	^[34]
1 September 2023	CM	Regan Griffiths	Boreham Wood	11 January 2024	^[35]
1 September 2023	CB	Billy Sass-Davies	Boreham Wood	End of Season^[a]	^[35]^[36]
24 November 2023	CF	Connor Evans	Marine	23 December 2023	^[37]
31 January 2024	CM	Charlie Colkett	Notts County	End of Season	^[38]

^ On 29 January, Sass-Davies' loan at Boreham Wood was extended until the end of season.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 7 June, Crewe announced their pre-season schedule with matches against Halesowen Town, Whitchurch Alport, Burton Albion, Vauxhall Motors, Lincoln City and Barnsley.^[39]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 July 2023 Friendly	Halesowen Town	0–5	Crewe Alexandra	Halesowen
15:00 BST		Report	Long 34' Baker-Richardson 54' Woodcock 55' Lunt 66' Williams 69'	Stadium: The Grove Attendance: 927

11 July 2023 Friendly	Whitchurch Alport	0–5	Crewe Alexandra	Whitchurch
19:30 BST		Report	Long 5' (pen.) Woodcock 51' Nevitt 57' Lunt 68' Griffiths 76'	Stadium: Yockings Park

15 July 2023 Friendly	Crewe Alexandra	2–2	Burton Albion	Crewe
15:00 BST	Long 17' (pen.) Baker-Richardson 61'	Report	Stockton 19' Sweeney 45'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 1,460 (171 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

18 July 2023 Friendly	Vauxhall Motors	1–2	Crewe Alexandra	Ellesmere Port
19:30 BST	Buckley 51' (pen.)	Report	Woodcock 34' Evans 74'	Stadium: Rivacre Park

22 July 2023 Friendly	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Lincoln City	Crewe
15:00 BST	Tabiner 57'	Report	Mandroiu 62', 73'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 1,216 (112 away) Referee: Darren Handley

25 July 2023 Friendly	Runcorn Linnets	0–3	Crewe Alexandra	Runcorn
19:30 BST		Report	Kempster-Down 23' Woodcock 38' Evans 40'	Stadium: APEC Taxis Stadium

29 July 2023 Friendly	Barnsley	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Norwood 4' Łopata 47'	Report	Tracey 70'	Stadium: Oakwell Referee: Michael Salisbury

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	5 August	27 April	Matchday 1	6th	46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	041.30
FA Cup	5 November	12 December	First round	Second round	3	1	1	1	7	7	+0	033.33
EFL Cup	8 August	29 August	First round	Second round	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0	000.00
EFL Trophy	5 September	21 November	Group stage	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	033.33
Play-offs	6 May 2024	19 May 2024	Semi-final	Final	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	033.33
Total					57	22	17	18	81	82	−1	038.60

Last updated: 20 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Mansfield Town (P)	46	24	14	8	90	47	+43	86	Promoted to EFL League One
4	Milton Keynes Dons	46	23	9	14	83	68	+15	78	Qualified for League Two play-offs
5	Doncaster Rovers	46	21	8	17	73	68	+5	71
6	Crewe Alexandra	46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	71
7	Crawley Town (O, P)	46	21	7	18	73	67	+6	70
8	Barrow	46	18	15	13	62	56	+6	69
9	Bradford City	46	19	12	15	61	59	+2	69

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^[40]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	71	11	5	7	36	35	+1	8	9	6	33	30	+3

Last updated: 13 May 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	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	18¹	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	D
Position	10	16	6	11	14	11	6	7	6	7	3	6	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	8	6	5	5	4	5	5	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	6
Points	1	2	5	6	6	9	12	13	16	17	20	20	23	26	26	29	32	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	41	44	47	50	50	51	54	57	58	61	61	61	64	64	65	66	66	67	70	70	70	71

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 18 (vs Morecambe) was postponed due to the international call-ups.

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.^[41]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 August 2023 1	Crewe Alexandra	2–2	Mansfield Town	Crewe
15:00 BST	Demetriou 32' Offord 37' Adebisi 60' Thomas 90'	Report	Keillor-Dunn 22', 26' 58' Macdonald 58' Kilgour 59' Quinn 63' Reed 87'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 5,574 Referee: Ben Atkinson

12 August 2023 2	Swindon Town	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Swindon
15:00 BST	Godwin-Malife 21' McEachran 26' Young 47' Mahoney 82' Blake-Tracy 87' Brewitt 90+6'	Report	Adebisi 15' 85' Powell 15' Williams 20' 60' Thomas 23' Long 67' Davies 90+2'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,022 Referee: Scott Jackson

15 August 2023 3	Crewe Alexandra	4–2	Newport County	Crewe
19:45 BST	Demetriou 8', 57' Long 66' (pen.) Nevitt 71'	Report	Evans 21' Charsley 75' Bondswell 83' Waite 90+3'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 3,619 Referee: Adam Herczeg

19 August 2023 4	Crewe Alexandra	2–2	Walsall	Crewe
15:00 BST	Nevitt 60' 77' Powell 90+4'	Report	Draper 1' Hutchinson 29' Stirk 65'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,892 Referee: Sam Allison

26 August 2023 5	Bradford City	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Bradford
15:00 BST	Walker 43' Kelly 45+1' Richards 71'	Report		Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium Attendance: 16,736 Referee: Darren Drysdale

2 September 2023 6	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Crewe
15:00 BST	Thomas 55' 62' Baker-Richardson 69' O'Riordan 90' Long 90' Rowe 90+2' Davies 90+3'	Report	Leko 8' Gilbey 75'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 3,927 Referee: Christopher Pollard

9 September 2023 7	Forest Green Rovers	1–4	Crewe Alexandra	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Brown 35' Deeney 46' Robson 53' Bunker 68' Johnson 74'	Report	Tabiner 11' Offord 18' Long 49' Baker-Richardson 60', 69' O'Riordan 64' Nevitt 82'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,855 Referee: Thomas Parsons

16 September 2023 8	AFC Wimbledon	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Neufville 30' Tilley 38' Ogundere 52' Currie 57'	Report	Tabiner 51' White 90+7' Nevitt 90+10' Rowe 90+13'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 8,147 Referee: Lewis Smith

23 September 2023 9	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Colchester United	Crewe
15:00 BST	Long 3', 8' (pen.) Demetriou 90+3'	Report	Tovide 53'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,070 Referee: Charles Breakspear

30 September 2023 10	Wrexham	3–3	Crewe Alexandra	Wrexham
15:00 BST	Palmer 11' Barnett 36' Mullin 40' (Hayden) 47' (Palmer) 90+2' McClean 45+2' Boyle 45+4' Fletcher 90+5' (Mendy)	Report	Demetriou 25' (Tabiner) Tracey 33' 65' (Adebisi) Long 45+5' (pen) Williams 79' Davies 82' Holíček 87'	Stadium: STōK Cae Ras Attendance: 10,007 Referee: Lee Swabey

3 October 2023 11	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Gillingham	Crewe
19:45 BST	O'Riordan 30' Powell 35' White 85'	Report		Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Daniel Middleton

7 October 2023 12	Salford City	4–2	Crewe Alexandra	Salford
15:00 BST	Ingram 35' Smith 45+3', 58' Watt 68' Watson 71' Berkoe 90+1'	Report	Baker-Richardson 27', 90+3', 38' O'Riordan 59'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,025 Referee: Thomas Kirk

14 October 2023 13	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Tranmere Rovers	Crewe
15:00 BST	Demetriou 11' Davies 37' Long 52' Tracey 77' Powell 90+3'	Report	McGee 48' Hendry 90+5' Davies 90+6' 90+12'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 5,826 Referee: Ross Joyce

21 October 2023 14	Crawley Town	2–4	Crewe Alexandra	Crawley
15:00 BST	Conroy 2' Lolos 15' 66' Darcy 28' Wright 45+3' Williams 90+6'	Report	Tracey 20' Baker-Richardson 54' 75' Conroy 56' (o.g.) Nevitt 90+4' 90+6'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,028 Referee: Sam Purkiss

24 October 2023 15	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Stockport County	Crewe
19:45 BST	Long 59' Nevitt 90+8'	Report	Wootton 66' 90+3' Olaofe 89'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 6,634 Referee: Martin Woods

28 October 2023 16	Harrogate Town	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	Sutton 45' Folarin 90+3' McDonald 90+6'	Report	Williams 31'	Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 2,244 Referee: Declan Bourne

11 November 2023 17	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Notts County	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Offord 14' Cooney 90+1' Baker-Richardson 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Cameron 45+1' Baldwin 50' O'Brien 70' Jones 88' Randall 89'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 5,663 Referee: Simon Mather

25 November 2023 19	Crewe Alexandra	3–2	Doncaster Rovers	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Offord 29' O'Riordan 44', 90+2' Thomas 90+1'	Report	Faal 16' Maxwell 19' Anderson 37' Ironside 57'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,263 Referee: Martin Coy

28 November 2023 20	Sutton United	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Sutton
19:45 GMT	John 28' Coley 82' Pereira 88'	Report	Baker-Richardson 17' Cooney 45'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 2,233 Referee: John Busby

9 December 2023 21	Grimsby Town	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Eisa 18' Mullarkey 33' Rose 45'	Report	White 78' 79' Rowe 85' O'Riordan 90+1'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,291 Referee: Richie Watkins

16 December 2023 22	Crewe Alexandra	3–3	Accrington Stanley	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Rowe 4' Demetriou 29' Tracey 45' Thomas 51' Offord 80' Nevitt 90+8' 90+9'	Report	Nolan 6' Martin 71' B. Woods 87' J. Woods 90+6' Hills 90+9'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,012 Referee: Paul Howard

22 December 2023 23	Crewe Alexandra	1–3	Barrow	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Nevitt 40' 58' Baker-Richardson 64' Demetriou 66' Thomas 68'	Report	Whitfield 27', 76' Spence 34' Garner 50' (pen.) White 61' Farman 84' Gotts 90'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 7,646 Referee: Alan Young
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 23 December but was moved a day earlier.^[42]

26 December 2023 24	Walsall	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Hutchinson 8' Draper 33' McEntee 61'	Report	White 39' O'Riordan 54' Long 71' Rowe 90+1' Cooney 90+3'	Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,672 Referee: Scott Jackson

29 December 2023 25	Newport County	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Newport
19:45 GMT	Evans 64'	Report	Long 48' Williams 72'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,926 Referee: Ben Speedie

1 January 2024 26	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Bradford City	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Long 13' (pen.) Rowe 39' Booth 69' Billington 77' Demetriou 87' Baker-Richardson 90+5'	Report	Smallwood 38' Halliday 90+1'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 5,529 Referee: Peter Wright

6 January 2024 27	Mansfield Town	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Flint 12' Maris 45+2'	Report	White 2' Thomas 63' Tracey 90+3'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 7,295 Referee: Matthew Corlett

13 January 2024 28	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Swindon Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Nevitt 13' 90+4' Thomas 56' Baker-Richardson 71' Rowe 72'	Report	Kinsella 17' Minturn 20' Austin 30' 34'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,597 Referee: Leigh Doughty

20 January 2024 29	Barrow	1–3	Crewe Alexandra	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Gotts 9' Chester 90+6'	Report	Tracey 9' Nevitt 19', 90+7' Billington 64', 80' Holíček 84' Demetriou 86' Offord 90+2' O'Riordan 90+4'	Stadium: SO Legal Stadium Attendance: 3,757 Referee: Thomas Parsons

27 January 2024 30	Crewe Alexandra	2–3	Salford City	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Rowe 27' 44' Nevitt 45+2'	Report	Smith 4', 55', 85' John 23' Garbutt 40' Lund 89' Hendry 90+4'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,938 Referee: Stephen Parkinson

3 February 2024 31	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Walker 87'	Report	Nevitt 47' Long 61' Thomas 76' Baker-Richardson 90+3'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7,169 Referee: Carl Brook

10 February 2024 32	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Crawley Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Rowe 11' Cooney 16' Adebisi 61' Offord 90' Leigh 90+4'	Report	Campbell 13' Addai 54'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,189 Referee: Martin Coy

13 February 2024 33	Stockport County	1–3	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley
19:45 GMT	Olaofe 35'	Report	Demetriou 8' Turns 43' Austerfield 51' Baker-Richardson 90+2'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,363 Referee: Neil Hair

17 February 2024 34	Crewe Alexandra	0–0	Harrogate Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT		Report	Cornelius 7' Abu 42' Thomson 67'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,421 Referee: David Rock

24 February 2024 35	Notts County	1–3	Crewe Alexandra	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Ashby-Hammond 18' Bostock 54' Langstaff 81' O'Brien 83' Jatta 90'	Report	Demetriou 5', 53' Nevitt 19' (pen.) Kirk 27' Austerfield 77' Turns 81' Adebisi 88'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 11,470 Referee: Ross Joyce

2 March 2024 36	Crewe Alexandra	2–3	Morecambe	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Nevitt 18' Adebisi 25' Tracey 49' Demetriou 58'	Report	Stokes 58' Senior 68' Adams 69' Hiwula 72' Slew 74' Rawson 83'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,995 Referee: Farai Hallam

9 March 2024 37	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Adelakun 17' Rowe 58'	Report	Rowe 37' Adebisi 43' Cooney 54' Williams 65'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,617 Referee: Craig Hicks

12 March 2024 38	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Sutton United	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Nevitt 71' Austerfield 90+1'	Report	Sowunmi 42' Beautyman 48' Kizzi 77' Duke-McKenna 90+1'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 3,562 Referee: Andrew Humphries

16 March 2023 39	Milton Keynes Dons	3–1	Crewe Alexandra	Denbigh
15:00 GMT	Dennis 5', 22' Wearne 25' Bate 62' Kemp 70' Tomlinson 72'	Report	Nevitt 19' Turns 38' Cooney 72'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 6,661 Referee: Paul Howard

23 March 2024 40	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Adebisi 13' Nevitt 85' Long 90+1'	Report	Gordon 2' O'Toole 63' Davison 87'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 5,110 Referee: Darren Drysdale

29 March 2024 41	Gillingham	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Morris 46' Ehmer 82'	Report	Cooney 70' Austerfield 74' Turns 84'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,112 Referee: Tom Reeves

1 April 2024 42	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Forest Green Rovers	Crewe
15:00 BST	Nevitt 43' Kirk 75' Adebisi 76'	Report	Garrick 13', 26' Robson 27' Inniss 43' Osadebe 52' Jones 87'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 5,478 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

6 April 2024 43	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Accrington
15:00 BST	Henderson 11' Martin 57'	Report	Nevitt 90+1'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,658 Referee: Adam Herczeg

9 April 2024 18^[43]^[44]	Morecambe	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Songo'o 90+5'	Report	Nevitt 70' Leigh 89'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 3,564 Referee: Scott Oldham
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 18 November and 23 January, but was postponed due to international call-ups and then a waterlogged pitch respectively.^[45]^[46]

13 April 2024 44	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Grimsby Town	Crewe
15:00 BST	Cooney 34' Williams 62'	Report	Mullarkey 38', 45' Thompson 59' Hume 90'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 5,665 Referee: Simon Mather

20 April 2024 45	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Wrexham	Crewe
12:30 BST	Rowe 45' Williams 45' Cooney 54' Nevitt 86'	Report	Palmer 24' McClean 45' Mullin 45+1' Cannon 61'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 9,033 Referee: Seb Stockbridge
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved at request from the Cheshire Police.^[47]

27 April 2024 46	Colchester United	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Colchester
15:00 BST	Chilvers 35' Kelleher 62'	Report	Rowe 49' Nevitt 90+2'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 6,491 Referee: Lewis Smith

Play-offs

Crewe finished 6th in the regular 2023–24 EFL League Two season, so were drawn against 5th placed Doncaster Rovers in the Play-off Semi-Final. The first leg, which Doncaster won 2–0, took place at Gresty Road and the second leg took place at the Eco-Power Stadium. Crewe won the second leg 2–0, making the aggregate score 2–2, and then won a penalty shoot-out 4–3 to reach the final for promotion to EFL League One. Crewe lost the final at Wembley, beaten 2-0 by Crawley Town.

6 May 2024 Semi-Final First leg	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	Crewe
17:30 BST		Report	Molyneux 34' Biggins 48'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 8,220 Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

10 May 2024 Semi-Final Second leg	Doncaster Rovers	0–2 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (3–4 p)	Crewe Alexandra	Doncaster
20:00 BST	Demetriou 6' Maxwell 16' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 12,889 Referee: Scott Oldham
	Penalties
	Ironside Westbrooke Miller Bailey Adelakun		Baker-Richardson Demetriou Cooney Leigh Kirk

19 May 2024 Final	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Crawley Town	Wembley
13:00 BST	Rowe 19' Adebisi 59' Tabiner 66'	Report	Orsi 41' L. Kelly 85'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 33,341 Referee: Ben Toner

FA Cup

Crewe were drawn at home to Derby County in the first round.^[48]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 November 2023 First round	Crewe Alexandra	2–2	Derby County	Crewe
14:45 GMT	Baker-Richardson 41' Nevitt 54'	Report	Mendez-Laing 89' Hourihane 90+3'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 5,201 Referee: Scott Oldham

14 November 2023 First round replay	Derby County	1–3	Crewe Alexandra	Derby
19:45 GMT	Barkhuizen 3' Wilson 28' Sibley 37'	Report	Rowe 7', 21' Demetriou 65' Tracey 79' Thomas 90+1'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 6,439 Referee: Christopher Pollard

12 December 2023^[49] Second round	Crewe Alexandra	2–4	Bristol Rovers	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Offord 40' Baker-Richardson 55' Nevitt 65' Rowe 73'	Report	Marquis 18' 41' Wilson 25' Evans 42' Cooney 49' (o.g.) Taylor 65'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Declan Bourne
Note: Fixture was originally scheudled for 2 December, but was postponed due to an unsafe frozen pitch.

EFL Cup

Crewe were drawn away to Sunderland in the first round^[50] and to Port Vale in the second round.^[51]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2023 First round	Sunderland	1–1 (3–5 p)	Crewe Alexandra	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Batth 16' Bennette 31' Pritchard 33' Ba 50' Rigg 64'	Report	Powell 13' Offord 45+1' 2022 © WikiZero. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy \| Terms of Service

[36] On 29 January, Sass-Davies' loan at Boreham Wood was extended until the end of season.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	71	11	5	7	36	35	+1	8	9	6	33	30	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	71	11	5	7	36	35	+1	8	9	6	33	30	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	71	11	5	7	36	35	+1	8	9	6	33	30	+3