2008–09 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra Football Club
	Season 2008–09
Head Coach	Guðjón Þórðarson
Technical Director	Dario Gradi
Chairman	John Bowler
League	League One
League Position	2007–08: 20th (League One)
	Final position: 22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Third Round
Football League Trophy	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League:; All: Tom Pope (10)
Most appearances	League:; All: Billy Jones (40)
Highest attendance	7138
Lowest attendance	3432
Last match	Leicester City (H), lost 0−3
Next match	FL2, 08/08/09
Transfer Spending	£ 0,330,000
Transfer Income	£2,200,000
	Last updated: 21:32, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

This article details Crewe Alexandra's 2008-09 season in League One. This was Crewe's 85th competitive season.

Events

This will be a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008-09 season, presented in chronological order.

9 August 2009- season begins with a 2-1 loss at home to Brighton.
26 August 2009- Crewe progress into the third round of the League Cup with wins over Barnsley and then Bristol City, and are drawn to face Liverpool at Anfield.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Collis	27	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2010	Free
2	DF	Woodards	24	EU	2007	51	0	30 June 2010	£30,000
3	DF	Jones	25	EU	2007	26	0	30 June 2010	£65,000
4	MF	Schumacher	24	EU	2007	29	1	30 June 2010	Free
6	DF	Baudet	29	EU	2006	77	2	30 June 2009	Free
7	MF	Bopp	24	EU	2007	12	1	30 June 2010	Free
8	MF	O'Connor	20	EU	2005	59	1	30 June 2010	Youth system
9	FW	Elding	26	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2011	Undisclosed
10	FW	Zola	23	Non-EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2011	£200,000
11	MF	Grant	20	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2011	£130,000
12	MF	Rix	24	EU	2001	152	4	30 June 2009	Youth system
13	GK	Legzdins	21	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2010	Free
14	DF	McCready	26	EU	2007	117	2	30 June 2009	Free
15	DF	Abbey	29	EU	2007	23	0	30 June 2010	Free
16	MF	Livermore	18	EU	2008	0	0	11 January 2009	Loan	On loan from Tottenham Hotspur
17	FW	Moore	19	EU	2007	36	2	30 June 2010	Youth system
18	MF	Carrington	21	EU	2005	14	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
19	FW	Pope	22	EU	2005	32	7	30 June 2009	Free
20	FW	Miller	20	EU	2006	25	4	30 June 2011	Youth system
21	GK	Tomlinson	23	EU	2001	17	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
22	DF	Daniel	20	EU	2007	1	0	30 June 2009	Free
23	MF	Bailey	19	EU	2007	1	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
25	MF	Roberts	21	EU	2004	129	11	30 June 2009	Youth system
26	MF	Clements	18	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
–	DF	Danville	18	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
–	FW	Leitch-Smith	18	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
–	MF	Murphy	18	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
–	DF	O'Donnell	22	EU	2007	59	2	30 June 2010	£100,000
–	FW	Thompson	17	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
–	DF	Westwood	18	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system

Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Crewe Alexandra, crewe-mad
Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Squad stats

Template:Fb ss header |- |1 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Collis |7 |7 || |4 || | || |||2 || |||1 ||

|- |2 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Woodards |7 |7 || |4 || | || |||2 || |||1 ||

|- |3 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Jones |6 |7 ||1 |4 || | || |||2 || |||1 ||1

|- |4 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Schumacher |1 |4 ||1 |1 || | || |||2 || |||1 ||1

|- |5 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |O'Donnell |4 |4 ||1 |2 || | || |||1 || |||1 ||1

|- |6 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Baudet |7 |7 || |4 || | || |||2 || |||1 ||

|- |7 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Bopp |1 |1 || |1 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |8 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |O'Connor |6 |6 ||1 |4 || | || |||2 ||1 ||| ||

|- |9 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Elding |6 |7 ||3 |4 ||1 | || |||2 ||2 |||1 ||

|- |10 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Zola |2 |3 ||1 |2 ||1 | || ||| || |||1 ||

|- |11 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Grant |6 |6 ||1 |4 ||1 | || |||2 || ||| ||

|- |12 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Rix |2 |3 || |1 || | || |||1 || |||1 ||

|- |13 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Legzdins | | || | || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |14 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |McCready |3 |2 ||1 |1 ||1 | || |||1 || ||| ||

|- |15 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Abbey | |1 || |1 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |16 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Livermore | | || | || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |17 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Moore |6 |7 ||1 |4 || | || |||2 ||1 |||1 ||

|- |18 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Carrington | |1 || | || | || |||1 || ||| ||

|- |19 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Pope |5 |5 ||1 |3 ||1 | || |||2 || ||| ||

|- |20 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Miller |1 |3 || |2 || | || ||| || |||1 ||

|- |21 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Tomlinson | | || | || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |22 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Daniel | |1 || |1 || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |23 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Bailey |6 |6 || |4 || | || |||2 || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |25 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Roberts | | || | || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |26 |MF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Clements | | || | || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |27 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Donaldson | |4 || |2 || | || |||1 || |||1 ||

|- |29 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Westwood | | || | || | || ||| || ||| ||

|- |30 |DF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Brayford | | || | || | || ||| || ||| ||

|} Source:^{[citation needed]}
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record

N	P	Name
8	MF	O'Connor	2
19	FW	Pope	1
12	MF	Rix	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Awards

Individual

Date	Country	N	P	Name	Award	Notes
2008-08-26	ENG	11	MF	Grant	League One Team of the Week

Club

Date	Period	Award	Notes
23 February	Season 2007/08	Bobby Moore Fair Play award	Source

Players in and out

In

N	P	Name	EU	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee
13	GK	Legzdins	EU	21	Transfer Y	Birmingham City	Summer	30 June 2010	Free
11	MF	Grant	EU	20	Transfer Y	Aldershot Town	Summer	30 June 2011	£130,000
10	FW	Zola	Non-EU	23	Transfer Y	Tranmere Rovers	Summer	30 June 2011	£200,000
1	GK	Collis	EU	27	Transfer Y	Southend United	Summer	30 June 2010	Free
24	FW	Elding	EU	26	Transfer Y	Leeds United	Summer	30 June 2011	Undisclosed
TBA	FW	Donaldson	EU	24	Transfer Y	Hibernian	Summer	30 June 1011	Undisclosed
TBA	DF	McManus	EU	19	Transfer Y	Manchester United	Summer	30 June 2010	Free
16	MF	Livermore	EU	18	Loan Y	Tottenham Hotspur	Summer	11 January 2009	Loan

Out

N	P	Name	EU	Age	Status	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee
5	DF	Cox	EU	36	Retired		Summer	Free
20	FW	Bailey	EU	22	Transfer Y	Northwich Victoria	Summer	Free
1	GK	Williams	EU	25	Transfer Y	Carlisle United	Summer	Free
16	FW	Lowe	EU	29	Transfer Y	Chester	Summer	Free
21	GK	Fôn Williams	EU	21	Transfer Y	Stockport County	Summer	Free
9	FW	Maynard		22	Transfer Y	Bristol City	Summer	£2.2m
29	DF	Lynch	EU	21	Considering Retirement		Summer	Free
26	FW	Brown	EU	19	Contract Offer	Darlington	Summer	Free
24	FW	Farquharson	EU	19	Released		Summer	Free

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.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff

Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

Other information

Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

Kits

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	First match	Last match
League One	—	17th	9 August 2008	2 May 2008
Football League Cup	1st round	—	12 August 2008
Football League Trophy	Template:Fb round2 2008-09 Football League Trophy R1	—
FA Cup	1st round	—

Source: Competitions

League one

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leicester City (C) (P)	46	27	15	4	84	39	+45	96	Promotion to Football League Championship 2009–10
2	Peterborough United (P)	46	26	11	9	78	54	+24	89	Promotion to Football League Championship 2009–10
3	Milton Keynes Dons	46	26	9	11	83	47	+36	87	Qualification to Football League One playoffs
4	Leeds United	46	26	6	14	77	49	+28	84
5	Millwall	46	25	7	14	63	53	+10	82
6	Scunthorpe United (O) (P)	46	22	10	14	82	63	+19	76
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	11	14	62	49	+13	74
8	Southend United	46	21	8	17	58	61	−3	71
9	Huddersfield Town	46	18	14	14	62	65	−3	68
10	Oldham Athletic	46	16	17	13	66	65	+1	65
11	Bristol Rovers	46	17	12	17	79	61	+18	63
12	Colchester United	46	18	9	19	58	58	0	63
13	Walsall	46	17	10	19	61	66	−5	61
14	Leyton Orient	46	15	11	20	45	57	−12	56
15	Swindon Town	46	12	17	17	68	71	−3	53
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	13	20	55	70	−15	52
17	Yeovil Town	46	12	15	19	41	66	−25	51
18	Stockport County	46	16	12	18	59	57	+2	050^*
19	Hartlepool United	46	13	11	22	66	79	−13	50
20	Carlisle United	46	12	14	20	56	69	−13	50
21	Northampton Town (R)	46	12	13	21	61	65	−4	49	Relegation to League Two
R	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	12	10	24	59	82	−23	46
R	Cheltenham Town (R)	46	9	12	25	51	91	−40	39
R	Hereford United (R)	46	9	7	30	42	79	−37	34

Updated to games played on 16 May 2009.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Stockport County deducted 10 points^[1]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	12	10	24	59	82	−23	46	8	4	11	30	38	−8	4	6	13	29	44	−15

Last updated: 16 May 2009.
Source: http://www.crewealexandra-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadlgt.asp

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	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	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	L

Last updated: 16 May 2009.
Source: Matches section below
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

9 August 2008

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Brighton & Hove Albion
Zola 85' O'Connor 75' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Virgo 36' Forster 84' (Dissent) Forster 90'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,557
Referee: J Moss

Crewe Alexandra v Barnsley

12 August 2008
League Cup
First Round

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 0	Barnsley
O'Connor 14' (pen.) Elding 36' (pen.)	Report	Kozluk 36' (Unsporting behaviour) Foster 68' (Unsporting behaviour) Odejayi 69' (Unsporting behaviour) León 83' (Unsporting behaviour)

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 2,492
Referee: A Taylor

Carlisle United v Crewe Alexandra

16 August 2008

Carlisle United	4 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
Graham 15' Graham 19' Dobie 59' Hackney 76'	Report	McCready 22' Pope 86' Pope 90' (Dissent)

Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,919
Referee: M Oliver

Crewe Alexandra v Walsall

23 August 2008

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Walsall
Elding 21' Grant 45' O'Connor 68' (Unsporting Behaviour)	Report	Hughes 59' Hughes 70' (Unsporting Behaviour) Ibehre 76' (Unsporting Behaviour) Reich 79' (Unsporting Behaviour)

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,160
Referee: K Wright

Crewe Alexandra v Bristol City

26 August 2008
League Cup
Second Round

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Bristol City
Elding 24' Moore 76'	Report	Wilson 79'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: A Hall

Hereford United v Crewe Alexandra

30 August 2008

Hereford United	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
O'Leary 48' Hudson-Odoi 56'	Report

Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,894

Crewe Alexandra v Macclesfield Town

2 September 2008
Paint Trophy

Crewe Alexandra	3 – 0	Macclesfield Town
Schumacher 5' Jones 27' O'Donnell 42' Rix 80'	Report	Gritton 10' Gritton 13' Bell 56' Flynn 62'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 2,463

Leeds United v Crewe Alexandra

6 September 2008

Leeds United	5 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
Delph 26' Sheehan 36' Douglas 49' Beckford 67' Michalik 69' Delph 71' Robinson 82' Michalik 90+2'	Report	Baudet 86' Zola 90+3' Bopp 90+4'

Elland Road
Attendance: 20,075

Crewe Alexandra v Colchester United

13 September 2008

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 0	Colchester United
O'Connor 46' Pope 69'	Report	Ifil 14' Heath 29' Platt 45+3' Gillespie 87' Hammond 90+5'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,510

Crewe Alexandra v Southend United

20 September 2008

Crewe Alexandra	3 – 4	Southend United
O'Connor 25' Pope 42' Zola 66'	Report	Freedman 4' Baudet 21' (o. g.) Freedman 69' Betsy 86' Grant 88'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,574

Liverpool v Crewe Alexandra

23 September 2008
League Cup

Liverpool	2 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Agger 15' Lucas 58'	Report	O'Connor 25'

Anfield
Attendance: 28,591

Bristol Rovers v Crewe Alexandra

27 September 2008

Bristol Rovers	0 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Hinton 85'	Report

Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,870

Crewe Alexandra v Northampton Town

4 October 2008

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 3	Northampton Town
O'Connor 39' Pope 55'	Report	Davis 32' Jackman 45+1' Crowe 56' Akinfenwa 64' (pen.) Osman 70'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,977

Tranmere Rovers v Crewe Alexandra

6 October 2008
Paint Trophy

Tranmere Rovers	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Shuker 86'	Report

Prenton Park
Attendance: 2,626

Scunthorpe United v Crewe Alexandra

11 October 2008

Scunthorpe United	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Woolford 35' Hayes 67' Iriekpen 80' Mirfin 90'	Report	Schumacher 25'

Glanford Park
Attendance: 4,790

Crewe Alexandra v Milton Keynes Dons

18 October 2008

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 2	Milton Keynes Dons
O'Hanlon 32' (o. g. ) Miller 43'	Report	Baldock 15' O'Hanlon 48' Chadwick 79'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,055

Yeovil Town v Crewe Alexandra

21 October 2008

Yeovil Town	3 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
Owen 37' Schfield 45+1' Schofield 56' Schofield 66' Way 85'	Report	Zola 45+2' O'Connor 70' Moore 73' Miller 77'

Huish Park
Attendance: 3,536

Tranmere Rovers v Crewe Alexandra

24 October 2008

Tranmere Rovers	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Jennings 51' Shotton 53' Shuker 74'	Report	Miller 77' Jones 87'

Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,790

Crewe Alexandra v Peterborough United

28 October 2008

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Peterborough United
Pope 88'	Report	McLean 14' Zakuani 37' Hyde 90'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,699

Huddersfield Town v Crewe Alexandra

1 November 2008

Huddersfield Town	3 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
Butler 20' Parker 36' Craney 39' Worthington 64' Parker 88' Parker 90+3'	Report	Donaldson 41' Donaldson 59'

Galpharm Stadium
Attendance: 11,679

Crewe Alexandra v Ebbsfleet United

8 November 2008
FA Cup

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 0	Ebbsfleet United
O'Donnell 29' Donaldson 34' Grant 37'	Report	Hand 64' Ricketts 79' Charles 80'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 2,593

Crewe Alexandra v Leyton Orient

15 November 2008

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 2	Leyton Orient
Grant 18' O'Connor 58'	Report	Saah 14' Mkandawire 55' Boyd 74'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,872

Crewe Alexandra v Stockport County

22 November 2008

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 3	Stockport County
Jones 71'	Report	Davies 48' Pilkington 66' Thompson 90+4'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 5,337

Leicester City v Crewe Alexandra

25 November 2008

Leicester City	2 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Fryatt 15' King 72'	Report	Zola 70'

Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 16,961

Carlisle United v Crewe Alexandra

3 December 2008
FA Cup

Carlisle United	0 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
	Report	Miller 3' Miller 12'

Brunton Park
Attendance: 2,755

Cheltenham Town v Crewe Alexandra

6 December 2008

Cheltenham Town	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Diallo 48'	Report

Whaddon Road
Attendance: 4,052

Crewe Alexandra v Swindon Town

13 December 2008

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 0	Swindon Town
Miller 45+4'	Report	Paynter 67' Ifil 81'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,941

Millwall v Crewe Alexandra

20 December 2008

Millwall	0 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Robinson 13' Grabban 54'	Report

The Den
Attendance: 9,018

Crewe Alexandra v Oldham Athletic

26 December 2008

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 3	Oldham Athletic
	Report	Byfield 57' Hughes 68' Hazell 73' Hughes 85'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 5,780

Hartlepool United v Crewe Alexandra

28 December 2008

Hartlepool United	1 – 4	Crewe Alexandra
Porter 48'	Report	Brayford 45' Nelson 56' (o. g. ) Murhpy 61' Miller 83'

Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,877

Millwall v Crewe Alexandra

3 January 2009
FA Cup

Millwall	2 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
Frampton 20' Laird 40' Frampton 45+2' Laird 58' Kandol 68' Fuseini 78'	Report	Lawrence 12' Brayford 45+2' Shelley 58' Donaldson 79'

The Den
Attendance: 5,754

Crewe Alexandra v Millwall

13 January 2009
FA Cup
Replay

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 3	Millwall
Murphy 7' Miller 58'	Report	Barron 8' Barron 23' Harris 54' Whitbread 86'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,060

Crewe Alexandra v Scunthorpe United

17 January 2009

Crewe Alexandra	3 – 2	Scunthorpe United
O'Connor 60' (pen.) O'Connor 66' Donaldson 72' O'Donnell 90+3'	Report	Hayes 19' Thompson 54' O'Donnell 70' (o. g. ) Byrne 90+2'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,811

Northampton Town v Crewe Alexandra

24 January 2009

Northampton Town	5 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Clarke 2' Jackman 19' Doig 28' Clarke 55' Davis 57' Clarke 70' (pen.) (Hat-trick)	Report	Baudet 18' Carrington 19' Daniel 30' Daniel 69' O'Connor 70'

Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,675

Peterborough United v Crewe Alexandra

27 January 2009

Peterborough United	4 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
Boyd 50' McLean 53' Keates 69' Boyd 87'	Report	Pope 2' Pope 57'

London Road Stadium
Attendance: 5,782

Crewe Alexandra v Tranmere Rovers

31 January 2009

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Tranmere Rovers
Donaldson 9' Grant 82'Carrington 83' Grant 82'	Report	Shotton 5' Kray 26' Barnett 72' Chorley 77'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,936

Leyton Orient v Crewe Alexandra

14 February 2009

Leyton Orient	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Purches 11' Smith 44'	Report	Baudet 28' Jones 88'

Brisbane Road
Attendance: 3,705

Southend United v Crewe Alexandra

17 February 2009

Southend United	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Francis 8' Dervite 69'	Report	Jones 34'

Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,614

Crewe Alexandra v Huddersfield Town

21 February 2009

Crewe Alexandra	3 – 1	Huddersfield Town
Moore 32' Pope 58' Donaldson 60' Broomes 63'	Report	Williams 13' Berrett 30'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 5,056

Crewe Alexandra v Yeovil Town

24 February 2009

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 0	Yeovil Town
Donaldson 45+1' Pope 53' Brayford 79'	Report	Peltier 75'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,432

28 February 2009

Brighton & Hove Albion	0 – 4	Crewe Alexandra
McNulty 32' Cox 54'	Report	Jones 24' (pen.) Daniel 30' Baudet 40' Schumacher 79' Jones 84' Sigurdsson 89'

Withdean Stadium
Attendance: 6,366

Crewe Alexandra v Carlisle United

3 March 2009

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Carlisle United
Donaldson 34' Baudet 71'	Report	Taylor 17' Raven 38' Kavanagh 57' Anyinsah 73'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,759

Crewe Alexandra v Hereford United

7 March 2009

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Hereford United
Zola 37' Jones 55' (pen.) Jones 82'	Report	Hewson 55' Diagouraga 79'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 5,195

Walsall v Crewe Alexandra

10 March 2009

Walsall	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Deeney 57'	Report	Schumacher 90+3'

Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 3,604

Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra

14 March 2009

Colchester United	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Izzet 67'	Report	Sigurdsson 18' Zola 63' Brayford 86'

Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,907

Crewe Alexandra v Bristol Rovers

17 March 2009

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Bristol Rovers
Lawrence 70'	Report	Disley 33' Duffy 74'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,879

Crewe Alexandra v Leeds United

21 March 2009

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 3	Leeds United
Jones 17' (Dissent) Jones 17' (Foul & Abusive Language) Pope 60' Pope 73'	Report	Kilkenny 27' Becchio 30' Snodgrass 32' Naylor 45+4' Ankergren 90' Snodgrass 90+3'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 7,138

Milton Keynes Dons v Crewe Alexandra

24 March 2009

Milton Keynes Dons	2 – 2	Crewe Alexandra
Wilbraham 15' Puncheon 19' Gueret 81' O'Hanlon 90' Howell 90+2' Leven 90+3'	Report	Grant 21' Brayford 38' Pope 66' Carrington 78' Sigurdsson 82' (pen.)

stadium:mk
Attendance: 8,454

Crewe Alexandra v Millwall

28 March 2009

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Millwall
Baudet 76' Donaldson 84'	Report	Whitbread 45+1' Alexander 70' Bolder 73' Henry 90' Price 90+2' Price 90+5'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,680

Swindon Town v Crewe Alexandra

4 April 2009

Swindon Town	0 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Robson-Kanu 51' Tudur Jones 74' Vincent 86'	Report

County Ground, Swindon
Attendance: 7,165

Crewe Alexandra v Hartlepool United

11 April 2009

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 0	Hartlepool United
	Report

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,477

Oldham Athletic v Crewe Alexandra

13 April 2009

Oldham Athletic	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra
Hazell 41'	Report	Baudet 42' Moore 89'

Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,334

Crewe Alexandra v Cheltenham Town

18 April 2009

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Cheltenham Town
Sigurdsson 2'	Report	Artus 38' Finnigan 58' (pen) Finnigan 81' Connor 84'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,542

Stockport County v Crewe Alexandra

24 April 2009

Stockport County	4 – 3	Crewe Alexandra
Vincent 13' O'Grady 49' Johnson 65' Johnson 82'	Report	Jones 24' Lawrence 80' McManus 90+1'

Edgeley Park
Attendance: 7,134

Crewe Alexandra v Leicester City

2 May 2009

Crewe Alexandra	0 – 3	Leicester City
	Report Crewe Alexandra are relegated to League Two	Berner 56' Dyer 66' Fryatt 68'

Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 6,982

Last updated: 16 May 2009

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Crewe Alexandra Football Club
Season 2008–09
Head Coach	Guðjón Þórðarson
Technical Director	Dario Gradi
Chairman	John Bowler
League	League One
League Position	2007–08: 20th (League One)
League Position	Final position: 22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Third Round
Football League Trophy	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Tom Pope (10)
Most appearances	League: All: Billy Jones (40)
Highest attendance	7138
Lowest attendance	3432
Last match	Leicester City (H), lost 0−3
Next match	FL2, 08/08/09
Transfer Spending	£ 0,330,000
Transfer Income	£2,200,000
Last updated: 21:32, 16 May 2009 (UTC)