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Back to the 10th of February 1974 and Crewe Alexandra played their first ever league fixture away from home on a Sunday against Mansfield Town. In front of 2690 spectators…

Back to the 21st of August 1971 and our last visit to Holker Street, Barrow for a fourth division fixture. In front of 2387 spectators the Alex lined up- Adams,Lowry,Leigh,Gater,…

Back to Saturday 16th of November 1991 and FA Cup first round action against Carlisle United. In front of just 3106 supporters the Alex lined up - Greygoose, Wilson, McKearney,Carr,…

by Andrew Dobson Back to Saturday 22nd October 1988 as the Alex travelled to the Victoria Ground in Hartlepool to take on Bobby Moncur's side. In front of 1972 spectators…

By Andrew Dobson Back to the 24th of March 2009 and our first visit to the impressive Stadium:MK for a Sky Bet league one fixture against Roberto Di Matteo's Milton…

By Andrew Dobson Cheltenham Town versus Crewe Alexandra will always be remembered for the unforgettable Sunday in May 2012 but I've chosen a different rewind for this particular fixture. Back…

By Andrew Dobson On Friday 2nd March 1962 Accrington Stanley travelled to Crewe for what turned out to be their last league game. In wintry conditions close to a snow…

By Andrew Dobson Friday 30th November 1990 Crewe Alexandra travelled to the Abbey Stadium to take on Cambridge United in a Barclays League Division 3 fixture. After the disappointing display…

By Andrew Dobson Good Friday 2010 will always be a memorable occasion for all Alex fans but for all the wrong reasons!   On our first league visit to Christie…

By Andrew Dobson On the 28th of October 2000 the Alex made the long journey to the Priestfield Stadium to take on Gillingham in the old First Division. Prior to…

By Scott Kynnersley On the 24th of April 1999 bottom of the table Crewe Alexandra travelled to an Ipswich Town team lying second and  hoping to be playing premiership football…

By Tom Kural Crewe Alex have posted losses of £614,131 for the 13 months between June 2019 to July 2020 in the clubs first accounts since the Covid-19 pandemic rocked…

By Tom Kural Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. It is a day which has taken on extra significance in a year which has been more challenging than any in…

By Tom Kural There is an expectation that Crewe will be promoted later this week. It should be a cause for wild celebration. Fantastic. Wonderful. Isn't this what we wanted…

Crewe Alexandra Word Search Another weekend, another weekend of no live match day at 3pm. Fear not, we can try and fill a few minutes of your time with a…

By Tom Kural The Crewe Alex accounts for the period covering July 2018 to June 2019 are now available to view on Companies House and give reason for both optimism…

Today we were meant to be travelling to Port Vale in large numbers to get behind a table topping Crewe Alex team hoping to strengthen our position in the promotion…

By Richard Benson

So here we are, either at home with little to do or working from home or out doing essential key work (a big thanks to all of you in this group).

No football except repeats and highlights and if like me you barely acknowledge the EPL. You’ve probably paused your sports packages.

So to get my football fix I’ve been rummaging through boxes of random memorabilia and enjoying the memories. I even posted a couple of them on Twitter.

So after last rweet time to look for fun things. Rumnaging in “box of bits and memories”
Grassy slope behind goal?
Bob Scott for 1-0 ?
Age 18 and possibly first FA Cup victory I’d ever seen.@crewealexfc @therailwaymensg pic.twitter.com/6AOEpt5Jxd

— Richard Benson (@Richard73486677) March 20, 2020

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On 17th January 2020, Richard Benson was invited into BBC Radio Stoke to talk about the Railwaymen Supporters Society and what we're trying to achieve with #Project250. Here is his…

‘Twas the  night before Christmas and young Alexander Fann was tucked up in bed dreaming. He was approached by the ghost of Christmas “Hello young man I am Charles Grant”…

Here we are, 13 league games into the season, sitting pretty at the top of the league, playing a style of football we haven’t seen in years and after listening…