The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle
Market5 Jun 2028
Gillingham come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Crewe Alexandra did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market5 Jun 2028
Christian Bos hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Crewe Alexandra can pretend not to have heard.
Market5 Jun 2028
Aaron Lewis has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Crewe Alexandra they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Transfer targets5 Jun 2028
Tommy Setford due for a Crewe Alexandra medical
Everything agreed with Arsenal, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A falling-out at Crewe Alexandra
James Gibbons and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout5 Jun 2028
Matúš Holíček frozen out at Crewe Alexandra
This is not rotation. Matúš Holíček has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Crewe Alexandra is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom5 Jun 2028
Crewe Alexandra agree a free transfer for Alex Baird
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market5 Jun 2028
One of our own: Daniel Hill joins the Crewe Alexandra first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Hill is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A row about effort at Crewe Alexandra
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dion Rankine was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad No place for Josh Campbell-Slowey in the new shape
- Transfer targets Crewe Alexandra ask about Harrison Murray-Campbell
- The dugout Liam MacKenzie gets it from the manager