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2014–15 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

During the 2014–15 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in Football League One, their 91st season in the English Football League.

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

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Pre-season

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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

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Main article: 2014–15 Football League One

League table

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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

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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'		 [1] 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

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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

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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

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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

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In

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

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

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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

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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

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  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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