The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle
Squad23 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ian Lawlor
77 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Crewe Alexandra lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Quenten Attigah at Crewe Alexandra
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Quenten Attigah is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
An offer of $24.0K for James Norwood
Crewe Alexandra have gone to Fleetwood Town with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
No deal for Freddie Ladapo at that price
Crewe Alexandra offered $26.0K; Chesterfield said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Matěj Jurásek 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Malcolm Ebiowei has improved at 24, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Ascoli tell Crewe Alexandra: Mohamed Amine Chakir is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match21 Aug 2027
Grimsby Town take the points off Crewe Alexandra
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- Market Crewe Alexandra promote Thomas Atkinson from within
- Market Steven Kelly steps up from the Crewe Alexandra academy
- Market Crewe Alexandra promote Jason Harvey from within