The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle
Squad23 Aug 2027
The knee: Damián Zamorano out for 82 days
82 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Crewe Alexandra lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market23 Aug 2027
Evan Weir puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Crewe Alexandra, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Beryly Lubala was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 26. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Lyle Foster will not be coming to Crewe Alexandra
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Burnley is saying, and nobody at Crewe Alexandra is enjoying the guessing.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Crewe Alexandra
Wyll Stanway 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.
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.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Ipswich Town tell Crewe Alexandra: Dara O'Shea 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
A bad afternoon for Crewe Alexandra against Plymouth Argyle
0‑2 to Plymouth Argyle, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market23 Aug 2027
Peter Young steps up from the Crewe Alexandra academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Young 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Daniel Hunter joins the Crewe Alexandra first team
- Market One of our own: Edward Hamilton joins the Crewe Alexandra first team
- The dugout No hiding place for Jack Lankester