The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Crewe Alexandra turn down Mansfield Town for Matúš Holíček
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Kieran Green would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Kieran Green is living that version at Crewe Alexandra, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Crewe Alexandra
Charlie McNeill was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Crewe Alexandra
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jack Senior 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Samuel Matthews steps up from the Crewe Alexandra academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel Matthews has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Nathan Barnes steps up from the Crewe Alexandra academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nathan Barnes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Crewe Alexandra promote Anthony James from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony James has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sheyi Ojo has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Crewe Alexandra know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
In brief
- Match Crewe Alexandra and Shrewsbury Town take a point apiece
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Crewe Alexandra
- Player ratings Sheyi Ojo runs at them all day