2024–25 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 148th season in the history of Crewe Alexandra Football Club and their third consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in the League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Crewe Alexandra
2024–25 season
ChairmanCharles Grant
ManagerLee Bell
StadiumGresty Road

Transfers

In
Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
27 June 2024RW Jack Lankester Cambridge UnitedUndisclosed[1]
1 July 2024[lower-alpha 1]CF Kane Hemmings StevenageFree[2]
1 July 2024[lower-alpha 2]CF Fin Roberts[lower-alpha 3] Beckenham TownFree[3]
  1. The transfer was announced on 21 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Stevenage contract expired
  2. The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Beckenham Town contract expired
  3. Signed initially for the U21s

Out
Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
14 June 2024[lower-alpha 1]GK Dave Richards Dundee UnitedFree[4]
  1. The transfer was announced on 7 June, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opens

Loaned in
Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[lower-alpha 1]CB Jamie Knight-Lebel Bristol CityEnd of Season[5]
  1. The loan was announced on 24 June, and would officially commence on July 1

Loaned out
Date Pos Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract
Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024CF Elliott Nevitt Gillingham1 July 2024[6]
30 June 2024CB Luke Offord Milton Keynes Dons1 July 2024[7]
30 June 2024CM Charlie Colkett[8]
30 June 2024CB Zak Kempster-Down[8]
30 June 2024LW Charlie Kirk[8]
30 June 2024CB Billy Sass-Davies[8]
30 June 2024CF Max Woodcock[8]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 4 June, Crewe announced their pre-season preparations, with matches against Newcastle Town, Stafford Rangers, Stoke City, Tamworth and Blackpool.[9] Two weeks later, the club confirmed the squad would travel to Algarve for a five day training camp.[10]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 July 2024 Friendly Newcastle Town v Crewe Alexandra Newcastle-under-Lyme
15:00 BST Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium
16 July 2024 Friendly Stafford Rangers v Crewe Alexandra Stafford
19:30 BST Stadium: The Stan Robinson Stadium
23 July 2024 Friendly Crewe Alexandra v Stoke City Crewe
19:30 BST Stadium: Gresty Road
27 July 2024 Friendly Tamworth v Crewe Alexandra Tamworth
15:00 BST Stadium: The Lamb Ground
3 August 2024 Friendly Crewe Alexandra v Blackpool Crewe
15:00 BST Stadium: Gresty Road

Competitions

League Two
Main article: 2024–25 EFL League Two

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
7 Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for League Two play-offs
8 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Doncaster Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Gillingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. 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[11]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[12]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Barrow v Crewe Alexandra Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST Stadium: Holker Street

FA Cup
Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup
Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Crewe being drawn away against Rotherham United.[13]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Rotherham United v Crewe Alexandra Rotherham
19:45 BST Stadium: New York Stadium

EFL Trophy
Main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Crewe were drawn into Northern Group E alongside Blackpool, Harrogate Town and Liverpool U21.[14][15]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L2 Harrogate Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Liverpool U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals
As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague TwoFA CupEFL CupEFL Trophy
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
— GK  ENG Tom Booth 000+000+000+000+00
Defenders
— DF  ENG Lewis Billington 000+000+000+000+00
— DF  ENG Ryan Cooney 000+000+000+000+00
— DF  ENG Mickey Demetriou 000+000+000+000+00
— DF  CAN Jamie Knight-Lebel (on loan from Bristol City) 000+000+000+00
— DF  WAL Zac Williams 000+000+000+000+00
Midfielders
— MF  ENG Charlie Finney 000+000+000+000+00
— MF  SVK Matúš Holíček 000+000+000+000+00
— MF  ENG Owen Lunt 000+000+000+000+00
— MF  ENG Joel Tabiner 000+000+000+000+00
— MF  ENG Conor Thomas 000+000+000+000+00
Forwards
— FW  ENG Kane Hemmings 000+000+000+000+00
— FW  ENG Jack Lankester 000+000+000+000+00
— FW  ENG Chris Long 000+000+000+000+00
— FW  ENG Shilow Tracey 000+000+000+000+00

References
  1. "Jack joins The Railwaymen!". Crewe Alexandra FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. "Striker Hemmings joins The Railwaymen!". Crewe Alexandra FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. "Prospect Roberts joins The Railwaymen". Crewe Alexandra FC. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. "Keeper Richards joins Dundee United". Crewe Alexandra FC. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  5. "Alex seal deal for defender Knight-Lebel". Crewe Alexandra FC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  6. "Gills sign Elliott Nevitt". Gillingham FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  7. "DonDeal: Offord becomes MK Dons' second summer signing". MK Dons. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  8. "Retained List 2024". Crewe Alexandra FC. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  9. "2024/25 Pre-Season schedule". Crewe Alexandra FC. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  10. "Railwaymen will jet to Portugal for pre-season training". Crewe Alexandra FC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  11. "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  12. "Bromley face Harrogate in club's first ever EFL match". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  13. "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  14. "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  15. "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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