The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle
Squad21 Aug 2028
Owen Lunt is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Jake Bidwell in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Crewe Alexandra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Stanley Mills
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Crewe Alexandra
5 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words at Crewe Alexandra training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Will Smallbone is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match19 Aug 2028
The goals have deserted Crewe Alexandra
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Crewe Alexandra can tell you which week it ends in.
Market21 Aug 2028
Alexander Pearson steps up from the Crewe Alexandra academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Pearson 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Daniel Young joins the Crewe Alexandra first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Young is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
Crewe Alexandra promote David Edwards from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Edwards 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Peter Cooper joins the Crewe Alexandra first team
- Match Crewe Alexandra come up short against Rotherham United
- Boardroom Crewe Alexandra board go back on their word