2025–26 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra
2025–26 season
ChairmanCharles Grant
ManagerLee Bell
StadiumGresty Road

The 2025–26 season is the 149th season in the history of Crewe Alexandra Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
25 June 2025 CB Phil Croker Oxford City Undisclosed [1]
30 June 2025 LB Reece Hutchinson Sligo Rovers [2]
1 July 2025[a] CF Josh March Harrogate Town Bosman [3]
24 July 2025 CF Louis Moult Dundee United [4]
2 September 2025 RW Dion Rankine Wigan Athletic [5]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 22 May, and would become official on 1 July once his Harrogate contract had ended

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
11 July 2025 GK Sam Waller Burnley 31 May 2026 [6]
15 July 2025 CAM Tommi O'Reilly Aston Villa [7]
24 July 2025 CF Emre Tezgel Stoke City [8]
11 August 2025 CB James Golding Oxford United [9]
1 September 2025 CDM Harvey Griffiths Wolverhampton Wanderers [10]
RB Jay Mingi Stockport County [11]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
30 July 2025 RW Fin Roberts Chester 31 May 2026 [12]
12 August 2025 CB Zac Williams Kilmarnock [13]
25 August 2025 CF Jordan Hodkin Leek Town [14]
4 October 2025 CF Adrien Thibaut Southport 3 December 2025[a] [15][16]
  1. ^ On 3 December , Thibaut was recalled back from his loan at Southport

Released / out of contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 RB Ryan Cooney Glentoran 14 July 2025 [17][18]
CF Kane Hemmings Barrow 24 July 2025 [17][19]
CF Chris Long Brisbane Roar [17][20]
LB Lucas Sant [17]
16 July 2025 CB Nathan Robinson [21]

New contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
3 June 2025 GK Tom Booth 30 June 2027 [22]
DM Owen Lunt 30 June 2026[a] [23]
10 June 2025 CM Oliver Armstrong 30 June 2026[b] [24]
16 June 2025 CF Jordan Hodkin [25]
18 June 2025 LB Charlie Finney 30 June 2026[a] [26]
26 June 2025 RB Stan Dancey 30 June 2026[b] [27]
CM Luca Moore [28]
16 July 2025 RW Shilow Tracey 30 June 2026[a] [29]
12 August 2025 CB Zac Williams Undisclosed [13]
  1. ^ a b c Option for a further year
  2. ^ a b First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 29 May, Crewe Alexandra announced five pre-season friendlies, against Kidsgrove Athletic, Newcastle Town, Ashton United, Radcliffe and Southport.[30] Two further friendlies were confirmed in June, against Stoke City and Birmingham City[31][32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly Kidsgrove Athletic 0–6 Crewe Alexandra Kidsgrove
15:00 BST Report
  • Tabiner 9', 36'
  • Trialist 34'
  • March 75'
  • Croker 78'
  • Holíček 86'
Stadium: Hollinwood Road
8 July 2025 Friendly Newcastle Town 1–7 Crewe Alexandra Newcastle-under-Lyme
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium
12 July 2025 Friendly Ashton United 0–5 Crewe Alexandra Ashton-under-Lyne
13:30 BST Report
Stadium: Hurst Cross
15 July 2025 Friendly Radcliffe 1–5 Crewe Alexandra Radcliffe
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Stainton Park
19 July 2025 Friendly Crewe Alexandra 4–0 Birmingham City Crewe
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Gresty Road
23 July 2025 Friendly Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Stoke City Crewe
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,237
26 July 2025 Friendly Southport 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Blowick
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Haig Avenue

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Cambridge United 21 9 7 5 24 18 +6 34
9 Fleetwood Town 21 9 6 6 32 28 +4 33
10 Crewe Alexandra 21 9 5 7 34 28 +6 32
11 Colchester United 21 8 7 6 35 26 +9 31
12 Gillingham 21 7 9 5 29 24 +5 30
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. 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[33]

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
20 9 4 7 33 27  +6 31 5 2 3 17 15  +2 4 2 4 16 12  +4

Last updated: 13 December 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021
GroundAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWLLDLLWWLLWWDDLDW
Position211114681285811978811128
Points3691212121313131619191922252627272831
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were released.[34]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Salford City 1–3 Crewe Alexandra Kersal
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 3,994 (1,224 away)
Referee: Neil Hair
9 August 2025 2 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Accrington Stanley Crewe
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,093 (169 away)
Referee: Richard Eley
16 August 2025 3 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Crawley Town Crewe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,062
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
19 August 2025 4 Fleetwood Town 1–4 Crewe Alexandra Fleetwood
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 2,529
Referee: Thomas Kirk
23 August 2025 5 Gillingham 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Gillingham
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 6,089 (234 away)
Referee: Abigail Byrne
30 August 2025 6 Crewe Alexandra 0–3 Swindon Town Crewe
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,431
Referee: Matthew Russell
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[35]
6 September 2025 7 Colchester United 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Colchester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,572 (211 away)
Referee: Greg Rollason
13 September 2025 8 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Barnet Crewe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,762
Referee: Declan Bourne
20 September 2025 9 Barrow 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 3,177 (389 away)
Referee: Scott Oldham
27 September 2025 10 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Notts County Crewe
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,285
Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[35]
6 October 2025 11 Harrogate Town 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Harrogate
20:00 BST
Stadium: Wetherby Road
Attendance: 2,503
Referee: Simon Mather
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 4 October, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[36]
11 October 2025 12 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Bromley Crewe
15:00 BST
  • Lunt  90+5'
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,091
Referee: Aaron Bannister
18 October 2025 13 Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Denbigh
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,011 (483 away)
Referee: Craig Hicks
25 October 2025 14 Crewe Alexandra 3–2 Grimsby Town Crewe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,736 (1,102 away)
Referee: Martin Coy
8 November 2025 15 Crewe Alexandra 3–1 Shrewsbury Town Crewe
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 6,614 (1,674 away)
Referee: Tom Reeves
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[36]
15 November 2025 16 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Oldham
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8,937
Referee: Aaron Farmer
22 November 2025 17 Crewe Alexandra 3–3 Chesterfield Crewe
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,770 (1,188 away)
Referee: David Rock
29 November 2025 18 Cambridge United 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Cambridge
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 5,947
Referee: Martin Woods
10 December 2025 19 Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Newport County Crewe
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,895
Referee: Edward Duckworth
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 9 December, but was rescheduled due to Newport's FA Cup involvements on the preceding Sunday.[37]
13 December 2025 20 Tranmere Rovers 1–4 Crewe Alexandra Birkenhead
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Prenton Park
Referee: Ross Joyce
19 December 2025 21 Crewe Alexandra v Bristol Rovers Crewe
19:45 GMT Stadium: Gresty Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 December, but was brought forward to help with the busy Christmas schedule.[38]

FA Cup

Crewe were drawn at home to Doncaster Rovers in the first round.[39][40]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 November 2025 First round Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Doncaster Rovers Crewe
15:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2,996
Referee: Neil Hair

EFL Cup

Crewe were drawn away to Stockport County in the first round.[41][42]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Stockport County 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Edgeley
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 4,945
Referee: Scott Jackson

EFL Trophy

Crewe were drawn against Burton Albion, Chesterfield and Liverpool U21 in the group stage.[43] After winning the group, Alex were drawn at home to Stockport County in the round of 32.[44][45]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Crewe Alexandra (A) 3 3 0 0 0 12 2 +10 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Chesterfield (A) 3 1 0 1 1 4 9 −5 4
3 L1 Burton Albion (E) 3 1 0 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4 ACA Liverpool U21 (E) 3 0 1 0 2 2 6 −4 2
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2025. Source: EFL
(A) Advance to next round; (E) Eliminated

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2025 Nor. Group H Crewe Alexandra 7–1 Chesterfield Crewe
19:00 BST

Thibaut 57' (pen.)

Armstrong 67'
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 961
Referee: Greg Rollason
14 October 2025 Nor. Group H Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Liverpool U21 Crewe
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Martin Woods
11 November 2025 Nor. Group H Burton Albion 1–3 Crewe Alexandra Burton upon Trent
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 791
Referee: Peter Wright
3 December 2025 Round of 32 Crewe Alexandra 1–1
(1–4 p)
Stockport County Crewe
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 1,535 (636 away)
Referee: Richie Watkins
Penalties

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 13 December 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Tom Booth 19 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  ENG Lewis Billington 24 0 20+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
3 DF  ENG Reece Hutchinson 21 3 17+2 3 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
4 DF  ENG Jay Mingi 7 0 1+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF  ENG Mickey Demetriou 17 2 16+0 1 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF  ENG Max Sanders 22 3 19+0 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
7 MF  ENG Jack Lankester 6 0 2+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF  ENG Conor Thomas 16 2 14+1 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW  ENG Omar Bogle 2 3 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 2
13 GK  ENG Sam Waller 7 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
14 DF  ENG Charlie Finney 17 0 4+8 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
15 FW  ENG Dion Rankine 10 1 0+6 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
16 DF  IRL James Golding 15 0 6+6 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
17 MF  SVK Matúš Holíček 12 0 4+6 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 DF  WAL James Connolly 23 1 18+1 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
19 MF  ENG Owen Lunt 22 1 16+2 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
20 FW  WAL Calum Agius 21 4 16+1 3 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 1
22 DF  ENG Phil Croker 5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
23 MF  ENG Jack Powell 8 0 2+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
24 FW  ENG Josh March 16 4 13+2 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
26 MF  ENG Tommi O'Reilly 24 4 20+0 4 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
27 FW  ENG Jordan Hodkin 3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 1
29 FW  IRL Adrien Thibaut 6 2 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 2
30 DF  ENG Stan Dancey 6 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
31 FW  ENG Louis Moult 17 2 0+13 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
32 MF  ENG Luca Moore 4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
33 MF  ENG Iago Scott 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
34 MF  ENG Oliver Armstrong 5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 4+0 1
35 MF  ENG Ryan Chadwick 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
36 FW  ENG Emre Tezgel 25 12 9+11 7 1+0 0 1+0 1 2+1 4
38 FW  ENG Lucas Swann 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
40 FW  WAL Patrick Mlynarski 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

Disciplinary record

As of match played 13 December 2025
Rank No. Pos. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
         
1 3 DF Reece Hutchinson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
2 6 MF Max Sanders 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
18 DF James Connolly 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
19 MF Owen Lunt 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
5 26 MF Tommi O'Reilly 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 2 DF Lewis Billington 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 DF Mickey Demetriou 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 DF James Golding 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 MF Matúš Holíček 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
10 1 GK Tom Booth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 DF Jay Mingi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF Conor Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 FW Omar Bogle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 DF Charlie Finney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 MF Jack Powell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 FW Josh March 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 FW Jordan Hodkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
29 FW Adrien Thibaut 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
32 MF Luca Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
33 MF Iago Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
36 FW Emre Tezgel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 41 0 0

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