The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Cam Bragg, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.84
A mark of 7.84 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Tom Booth at Crewe Alexandra
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Tom Booth is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
The crowd has taken to Cam Bragg
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match24 Oct 2026
Joe Powell the difference as Crewe Alexandra beat Walsall
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Joe Powell. 2‑0 against Walsall, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Ninety minutes of Joe Powell at his very best
Marked 8.30. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Crewe Alexandra.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Phil Croker signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Phil Croker and Crewe Alexandra agree another 4 years.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Crewe Alexandra keep their word to Cam Bragg
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Josh Stephenson falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Alexander Mitchell has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Alexander Mitchell on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
In brief
- Player ratings Dion Rankine beats them one at a time
- Squad Joe Powell named player of the week
- The dugout No place in the plan for Shqipon Bektasi