2020–21 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra
2020–21 season
Chairman	John Bowler
Manager	David Artell
Stadium	Alexandra Stadium
League One	12th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Mikael Mandron; (11); All: Mikael Mandron (14)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 144th season in existence of Crewe Alexandra, their 97th in the English Football League and the first season back in EFL League One following a four-season absence. Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CF	Offrande Zanzala	Accrington Stanley	Free transfer	^[1]
1 August 2020	CF	Mikael Mandron	Gillingham	Free transfer	^[2]
27 August 2020	CB	Donervon Daniels	Luton Town	Free transfer	^[3]
4 September 2020	CB	Omar Beckles	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[4]
4 September 2020	CM	Luke Murphy	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[5]

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
21 January 2021	RB	Billy Jones	Rotherham United	End of season	^[6]
22 January 2021	SS	Stephen Walker	Middlesbrough	End of season	^[7]
23 January 2021	AM	Antony Evans	Paderborn	End of season	^[8]
1 February 2021	LB	Harry Pickering	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	^[9]
1 February 2021	CB	Nathan Wood	Middlesbrough	End of season	^[10]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
7 October 2020	LM	Regan Griffiths	Witton Albion	November 2020	^[11]
29 October 2020	MF	Joe Robbins	Altrincham	December 2020	^[12]
6 November 2020	CB	Billy Sass-Davies	Altrincham	3 December 2020	^[13]
1 February 2021	CB	Eddie Nolan	Motherwell	End of season	^[14]
9 February 2021	CB	Billy Sass-Davies	Yeovil Town	April 2021	^[15]^[16]
31 March 2021	CM	Regan Griffiths	Notts County	End of season	^[17]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CM	Paul Green	Boston United	Released	^[18]^[19]
1 July 2020	CM	Connor Heath	Nantwich Town	Released	^[18]^[20]
1 July 2020	CB	Nicky Hunt	Darlington	Released	^[18]^[21]
1 July 2020	CF	Aaron Lomas	Unattached	Released	^[18]
1 July 2020	CF	Shaun Miller	Bolton Wanderers	Released	^[18]^[22]
1 July 2020	CF	Lewis Reilly	Chorley	Released	^[18]^[23]
6 July 2020	CM	James Jones	Lincoln City	Free transfer	^[24]
27 August 2020	GK	Dino Visser	Port Vale	Free transfer	^[25]
23 October 2020	CM	Ethan Hartshorn	Kidsgrove Athletic	Free transfer	^[26]
2 January 2021	CF	Offrande Zanzala	Carlisle United	Mutual consent	^[27]^[28]
19 January 2021	RB	Perry Ng	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	^[29]
1 February 2021	LB	Harry Pickering	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	^[9]
23 June 2021	MF	Ryan Wintle	Cardiff City	Free transfer	^[30]

Pre-season

Win	Draw	Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[a]	Ref.
4 August 2020	Connah's Quay Nomads	Home^[b]	3–1	^[31]
8 August 2020	Bala Town	Home^[b]	4–0	^[32]
11 August 2020	Salford City	Away	4–1	^[33]
14 August 2020	Accrington Stanley U23		4–2	^[34]
15 August 2020	Walsall	Home^[b]	2–0	^[35]
19 August 2020	Witton Albion	Away	4–0	^[36]
19 August 2020	Nantwich Town	Away	2–4	^[37]
22 August 2020	Barnsley	Home	0–2	^[38]
25 August 2020	Newcastle United	Neutral	0–3	^[39]
26 August 2020	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	Away	1–1	^[40]
28 August 2020	Bolton Wanderers	Away	3–0	^[41]
2 September 2020	Kidsgrove Athletic	Away	1–1	^[42]

Competitions

EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Portsmouth	46	21	9	16	65	51	+14	72
9	Ipswich Town	46	19	12	15	46	46	0	69
10	Gillingham	46	19	10	17	63	60	+3	67
11	Accrington Stanley	46	18	13	15	63	68	−5	67
12	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	12	16	56	61	−5	66
13	Milton Keynes Dons	46	18	11	17	64	62	+2	65
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	19	7	20	63	67	−4	64
15	Fleetwood Town	46	16	12	18	49	46	+3	60
16	Burton Albion	46	15	12	19	61	73	−12	57

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^[43]

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	18	12	16	56	61	−5	66	10	7	6	32	30	+2	8	5	10	24	31	−7

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W
Position	20	22	14	13	13	14	13	15	15	18	13	12	13	14	13	13	11	11	9	9	9	10	7	8	9	10	9	9	14	11	11	11	13	12	13	14	15	14	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	12

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.^[44]

12 September 2020 1	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Charlton Athletic	Crewe
15:00 GMT		Report	Doughty 24' 80' Washington 43' Amos 71'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

19 September 2020 2	Hull City	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	de Wijs 55' Smallwood 67' Elder 72' Wilks 81' 90' Mayer 83'	Report	Pickering 70'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

26 September 2020 3	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Mandron 13' Finney 20' 56'	Report	Gladwin 37' Houghton 57' Fraser 65' Morris 90+4'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

10 October 2020 4	Crewe Alexandra	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Offord 27' Pickering 40' Mandron 59' Wintle 61'	Report		Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Coy

17 October 2020 5	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Blackpool	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Mandron 54' Murphy 78' Beckles 83'	Report	Turton 45' Yates 69' Ward 71'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Wright

20 October 2020 6	Sunderland	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Sunderland
19:00 GMT	Wyke 45+1'	Report	Jääskeläinen 66' Ng 71' Wintle 90+1'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 0 Referee: Neil Hair

24 October 2020 7	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Crewe Alexandra	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Sims 27' Halliday 64'	Report	Kirk 26' Pickering 70'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

27 October 2020 8	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Lincoln City	Crewe
19:00 GMT	Murphy 39'	Report	Anderson 39'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie

31 October 2020 9	Ipswich Town	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Dozzell 55' Hawkins 62' Judge 66' Jackson 86' Edwards 88'	Report	Mandron 63'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

3 November 2020 10	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Gillingham	Crewe
19:00 GMT	Offord 12' Ng 76' Mandron 83'	Report	Akinde 58'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Johnson

14 November 2020 11	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Peterborough United	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Pickering 29' Kirk 41'	Report		Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Pollard

17 November 2020 12	Oxford United	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Oxford
19:00 GMT	Shodipo 67' Clare 78' Rodríguez 90'	Report	Mandron 28' Offord 68' Dale 79' 90+2'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

21 November 2020 13	Portsmouth	4–1	Crewe Alexandra	Milton
15:00 GMT	Cannon 15' Curtis 15', 40' Naylor 51' Marquis 56' Harrison 85'	Report	Ng 57' Finney 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

24 November 2020 14	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Accrington
19:00 GMT	Russell 35' Bishop 59'	Report	Pickering 58' Dale 62'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

1 December 2020 15	Crewe Alexandra	4–2	Swindon Town	Crewe
19:00 GMT	Powell 39' Ng 54' Lowery 62' Dale 66'	Report	Grant 20' Smith 37' Broadbent 68'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

5 December 2020 16	Burton Albion	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Bostwick 52' Hughes 71' 76' Powell 90+3'	Report	Johnson 60' Dale 88'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

12 December 2020 17	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Northampton Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Dale 53' Pickering 83' Wintle 90+4'	Report	Holmes 3' Bolger 15' Martin 26' 70'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2,000 Referee: John Busby

15 December 2020 18	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Crewe
19:00 GMT	Kirk 22' Dale 43'	Report	Fornah 17' Jephcott 85'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Scott Oldham

19 December 2020 19	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Crewe Alexandra	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Woodyard 31' Reilly 45+1' Longman 90'	Report	Mandron 60' Jääskeläinen 83' Beckles 87' Finney 90+1'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: James Linington

26 December 2020 20	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Beckles 16' Dale 23' Offord 42' Mandron 61'	Report	Andrew 38' Burns 49' Rossiter 60' Madden 77' Barton	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

9 January 2021 21	Rochdale	3–3	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Lund 41', 60', 84' Morley 47'	Report	Finney 6', 35' Dale 23'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

16 January 2021 22	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Jephcott 11' (pen.) Watts 26' Edwards 58' Opoku 60' Mayor 74' Camará 78' 90+3'	Report	Finney 64' Offord 80'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear

19 January 2021 (2021-01-19) 23	Crewe Alexandra	3–2	Bristol Rovers	Crewe
19:00 GMT	Kirk 4' Wintle 23' Finney 31' Offord 45' Lancashire 55' Johnson 86'	Report	McCormick 45+4' 51' Ehmer 47' Harries 58'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Coy

23 January 2021 24	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Finney 31'	Report	Pigott 2' McLoughlin 78'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Johnson

26 January 2021 25	Gillingham	4–1	Crewe Alexandra	Gillingham
18:00 GMT	Graham 11' (pen.) Lee 38', 62' Dempsey 45' Oliver 46' Cundy 67' Akinde 90+3'	Report	Porter 80' Johnson 90+4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

30 January 2021 26	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Ipswich Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Beckles 39' Kirk 59', 73'	Report	Kenlock 33' Sears 36' Bishop 70' 82' Drinan 75'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 27	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Shrewsbury
19:00 GMT	Whalley 38' Chapman 76'	Report	Pickering 11' Dale 27' Beckles 74' Lancashire 85'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

6 February 2021 28	Peterborough United	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Szmodics 25' Clarke-Harris 31' Taylor 33' Kent 47' Dembélé 63'	Report		Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Boyeson

20 February 2021 29	Swindon Town	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Johnson 10' (o.g.) Thompson 84' Twine 90+4'	Report	Lowery 5', 70'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

23 February 2021 30	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Crewe
19:00 GMT	Beckles 32' Lowery 45+1' Porter 79'	Report	Rodgers 50' Hughes 71'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Brett Huxtable

27 February 2021 31	Crewe Alexandra	2–2	Sunderland	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Porter 30' Lowery 38'	Report	McFadzean 36' Jones 76' Maguire 90+7'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Sarginson

2 March 2021 32	Blackpool	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Blackpool
19:00 GMT	Ballard 41' Lawrence-Gabriel 78' Virtue 90+3' Garbutt 90+3'	Report	Walker 86'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

6 March 2021 33	Lincoln City	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Rogers 21' McGrandles 52' Jackson 67' Jones 79' Johnson 80'	Report		Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

9 March 2021 34	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Crewe
19:00 GMT	Beckles 43' Wintle 53' Mandron 56' Lowery 90+4'	Report	James 61' Robertson 72'	Stadium: Gresty Road Referee: Ben Speedie

13 March 2021 35	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Burton Albion	Crewe
15:00 GMT		Report	Hemmings 9', 23', 34' Taylor 76' Carter 90+4'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 36	Northampton Town	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Northampton
15:00 GMT	McWilliams 47'	Report	Murphy 45' Beckles 45+2' Dale 74'	Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind Closed Doors Referee: Sam Allison

2 April 2021 37	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Hull City	Crewe
15:00 BST	Porter 66' (pen.) Kirk 84'	Report	Honeyman 63' Lewis-Potter 65' Magennis 71' (pen.) Docherty 73' Wilks 90+1'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Pollard

5 April 2021 38	Milton Keynes Dons	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Denbigh
15:00 BST		Report	Mandron 15', 20' Lancashire 77' Wintle 90+5'	Stadium: Stadium:mk Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Woolmer

10 April 2021 39	Crewe Alexandra	0–6	Oxford United	Crewe
15:00 BST	Beckles 87'	Report	Ruffels 36' Henry 40' Moore 45+2' Barker 47' Brannagan 50', 50' Winnall 84'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

13 April 2021 40	Crewe Alexandra	0–0	Portsmouth	Crewe
18:00 BST	Lowery 20' Offord 45+4'	Report	Raggett 28' Williams 49' Marquis 59' Johnson 77'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale

17 April 2021 41	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Wigan
12:30 BST	Dodoo 15' Darikwa 66' Evans 72' (pen.)	Report	Beckles 70'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

20 April 2021 42	Fleetwood Town	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Connolly 14' Vassell 27' Andrew 69' Baggley 76'	Report	Dale 24' Adebisi 45+4' Murphy 54' Porter 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

24 April 2021 43	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Rochdale	Crewe
15:00 BST	Evans 52' Kirk 90', 90'	Report	O'Connell 90' Done 90+7'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

27 April 2021 44	Charlton Athletic	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Charlton
19:00 BST	Stockley 10' Maatsen 50' Gilbey 60', 83' Pearce 61'	Report	Dale 29', 67', 90+6' Wood 45+1' Kirk 90'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

1 May 2021 45	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Horfield
15:00 BST	Baldwin 41'	Report	Ainley 19'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

9 May 2021 46	Crewe Alexandra	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	Crewe
12:00 BST	Mandron 10', 21' Porter 81'	Report	Whalley 34' Udoh 42'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.^[45] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.^[46]

Win Draw Loss

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) First round	Bolton Wanderers	2–3	Crewe Alexandra	Bolton
15:00 BST	Delfouneso 37', 78'	Report	Mandron 29' Finney 70' Kirk 75'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Lewis

28 November 2020 Second round	Cheltenham Town	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Crewe Alexandra	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Azaz 2' Freestone 30' May 80' Lloyd 94'	Report	Porter 63'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: James Adcock

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.^[47]

5 September 2020 First round	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Lincoln City	Crewe
15:00 BST	Dale 47' Sass-Davies 55'	Report	Hopper 52' Montsma 66' 90+2'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham

EFL Trophy

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.^[48] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.^[49]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	3	0	9	4	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Crewe Alexandra	3	2	1	7	6	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	2	6	7	−1	3
4	ACA	Newcastle United U21	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

Win Draw Loss

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)	Bolton Wanderers	2–3	Crewe Alexandra	Horwich
19:00 BST	Delaney 53' Miller 75'	Report	Mandron 15', 89' (pen.) Dale 66'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

29 September 2020 Group stage	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Newcastle United U21	Crewe
19:00 BST	Lowery 55' Pickering 66'	Report		Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Lewis

10 November 2020 Group stage	Crewe Alexandra	3–4	Shrewsbury Town	Crewe
18:00 GMT	Griffiths 31' Powell 34', 60' Zanzala 40'	Report	Ebanks-Landell 13' Millar 17' Tracey 25', 76', 82' Pierre 45+2' Love 48' Barnett 90+3'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

8 December 2020 Round 2	Hull City	0–0 (3–2 p)	Crewe Alexandra	Kingston upon Hull
17:30 GMT	Arthur 87'	Report	Porter 19' Nolan 55'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell
	Penalties
	Docherty Chadwick Coyle Wilks Adelakun		Porter Finney Griffiths Zanzala Ng

Statistics

As of 8 May 2021

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FIN	Will Jääskeläinen	33	0	31+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Harry Pickering	49	4	44+0	3	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	1
4	MF	ENG	Ryan Wintle	48	3	41+2	3	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	MSR	Donervon Daniels	16	0	11+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	IRL	Eddie Nolan	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Daniel Powell	28	3	14+11	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	2
8	MF	ENG	Tom Lowery	39	3	29+7	3	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Chris Porter	37	8	15+20	7	1+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Charlie Kirk	48	7	41+1	6	2+0	1	1+0	0	2+1	0
11	MF	ENG	Callum Ainley	28	1	12+10	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
12	FW	FRA	Mikael Mandron	45	14	35+7	11	1+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	2
13	GK	WAL	Dave Richards	20	0	15+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Oliver Finney	32	8	19+7	7	1+1	1	1+0	0	2+1	0
16	DF	ENG	Olly Lancashire	26	2	20+2	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Luke Offord	31	1	28+1	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Regan Griffiths	4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Owen Dale	48	10	33+10	9	0+2	0	1+0	0	2+0	1
20	MF	ENG	Josh Lundstram	6	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Rio Adebisi	18	0	11+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
22	DF	WAL	Billy Sass-Davies	4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	3+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Travis Johnson	12	0	5+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Luke Murphy	43	0	28+12	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
29	DF	GRN	Omar Beckles	43	1	37+4	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
30	DF	ENG	Billy Jones	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW	ENG	Stephen Walker	10	1	1+9	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF	ENG	Antony Evans	13	0	5+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Nathan Wood	12	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club:
2	DF	ENG	Perry Ng	20	1	15+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
15	FW	CGO	Offrande Zanzala	10	1	1+4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	4+0	1

Goals record

As of 8 May 2021

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	12	CF	Mikael Mandron	11	1	0	2	14
2	19	RW	Owen Dale	12	0	0	1	13
3	14	CM	Oliver Finney	7	1	0	0	8
4	10	LW	Charlie Kirk	6	1	0	0	7
5	9	CF	Chris Porter	5	1	0	0	6
6	3	LB	Harry Pickering	3	0	0	1	4
7	4	DM	Ryan Wintle	3	0	0	0	3
	7	RW	Daniel Powell	1	0	0	2	3
	8	CM	Tom Lowery	3	0	0	0	3
10	16	CB	Olly Lancashire	2	0	0	0	2
11	2	RB	Perry Ng	1	0	0	0	1
	11	LM	Callum Ainley	1	0	0	0	1
	15	CF	Offrande Zanzala	0	0	0	1	1
	17	CB	Luke Offord	1	0	0	0	1
	22	CB	Billy Sass-Davies	0	0	1	0	1
	29	CB	Omar Beckles	1	0	0	0	1
	33	SS	Stephen Walker	1	0	0	0	1
Total				58	4	1	7	69

Disciplinary record

As of 26 January 2021

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	29		CB	Omar Beckles	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
2	17		CB	Luke Offord	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
3	8		CM	Tom Lowery	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
3	19		RW	Owen Dale	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	3		LB	Harry Pickering	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	4		DM	Ryan Wintle	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	28		CM	Luke Murphy	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	2		RB	Perry Ng	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	23		RB	Travis Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	1		GK	Will Jääskeläinen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	10		LW	Charlie Kirk	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	12		CF	Mikael Mandron	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	14		CM	Oliver Finney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16		CB	Olly Lancashire	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	6		CB	Eddie Nolan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	9		CF	Chris Porter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	21		RB	Rio Adebisi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	32		AM	Antony Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	33		CB	Nathan Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					52	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	56	0	1

Notes

^ Crewe Alexandra's score shown first
^ ^a ^b ^c Match took place at Crewe's training ground in Worleston

References

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^ "Mikael Mandron Joins The Reds". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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^ "Papa John's Trophy Round Two draw". English Football League. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[score-31] Crewe Alexandra's score shown first

[reaseheath-32] Match took place at Crewe's training ground in Worleston

[1] "Offrande Zanzala Signs". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[2] "Mikael Mandron Joins The Reds". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[3] "The Railwaymen Secure Donervon Daniels". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

[4] "Omar Beckles Becomes Club's 5th Major Signing Of The Summer". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

[5] "Luke Murphy Re-Joins Crewe Alexandra". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

[6] "Billy Jones Rejoins On Loan Until The End Of The Season". Crewe Alexandra - Official Site. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[7] "Walker Joins Crewe in Loan Move". Middlesbrough FC. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[8] "Crewe sign Paderborn midfielder Evans". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[HPickering-9] "Pickering Completes Blackburn Move And Will Return To Crewe On Loan For Rest Of The Season". Crewe Alexandra - Official Site. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[10] "Nathan Wood: Crewe Alexandra sign Middlesbrough centre-back on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[11] "Griffiths Joins Albion On Loan From Crewe". Northern Premier League. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

[12] "Robbins Joins Altrincham On Loan". Crewe Alexandra FC. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[13] "Billy's the kid for Parky! Sass-Davies signs on for second loan spell". Altrincham FC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[14] "Nolan Joins Motherwell On Loan". Crewe Alexandra - Official Site. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[15] "Billy Sass-Davies boosts defensive options". Yeovil Town FC - Official Site. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[16] "Billy Sass-Davies loan extended". Yeovil Town - Official Site. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[17] "Griffiths Heads Out On Loan To Notts County". Crewe Alexandra - Official Site. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[Retained_List-18] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Crewe Alexandra 2020 Retained List". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[19] "Former international midfielder Paul Green joins Boston United". Boston Standard. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[20] "Connor Heath - Nantwich Town". Nantwich Town FC. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

[21] "Quakers sign former Premiership defender Nicky Hunt". Darlington F.C. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[22] "Bolton sign ex-Crewe forward Miller". BBC. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[23] "Reilly Ready To Fire". Chorley F.C. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[24] "James Jones Completes Move To Lincoln". Crewe Alexandra F.C. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[25] "Dino Visser completes move to the Valiants". Port Vale F.C. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

[26] "Kidsgrove have signed youngster Ethan Hartshorn". Kidsgrove Athletic FC. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[27] "Zanzala Leaves Club By Mutual Consent". Crewe Alexandra FC. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[28] "Striker agrees half-season deal". Carlisle United FC. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[29] "Perry Ng signs for City". Cardiff City FC. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

[30] "Ryan Wintle: Out of contract Crewe Alexandra midfielder joins Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[33] "Crewe Kick Start Pre-Season With Useful Run-Out Against Connah's Quay Nomads". www.crewealex.net.

[34] Powell, Dave (8 August 2020). "Zanzala on target as Crewe Alex coast to friendly win over Bala". CheshireLive.

[35] "Report: Salford 1-4 Crewe". www.crewealex.net.

[36] "Report: Crewe 4-2 Stanley U23". www.crewealex.net.

[37] "Report: Crewe 2-0 Walsall". www.crewealex.net.

[38] "Report: Witton 0-4 Crewe". www.crewealex.net.

[39] "Report: Nantwich 4-2 Crewe". www.crewealex.net.

[40] "REDS BEAT CREWE AS PREPARATIONS STEP UP". www.barnsleyfc.co.uk.

[41] "Report: Newcastle United 3-0 Crewe Alex". www.crewealex.net.

[42] "Under-23 Fixtures & Results". www.wolves.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[43] "Bolton Wanderers 0-3 Crewe Alexandra". www.crewealex.net.

[44] "Kidsgrove Athletic 1-1 Crewe Alexandra". www.crewealex.net.

[45] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[46] "Sky Bet League One fixtures 2020/21". Sky Sports. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

[47] "EFL League One And Two Clubs Join Emirates FA Cup After Monday's first round Draw". The FA. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[48] "FA Cup second-round draw in full". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[49] "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[50] "EFL Trophy Regional Groups confirmed". English Football League. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[51] "Papa John's Trophy Round Two draw". English Football League. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

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