The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle
Market20 Mar 2028
Beryly Lubala is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Crewe Alexandra is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
Gideon Kumar 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.
Match18 Mar 2028
Whatever happens, Crewe Alexandra do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Adam Forshaw 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.
Market20 Mar 2028
Alexander Fisher steps up from the Crewe Alexandra academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Fisher 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.
Market20 Mar 2028
Michael Harris steps up from the Crewe Alexandra academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michael Harris 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.
Market20 Mar 2028
Crewe Alexandra promote Jason Spencer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jason Spencer 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.
The dugout20 Mar 2028
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Anthony Allen was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Crewe Alexandra dressing room was either.
Squad20 Mar 2028
A row about effort at Crewe Alexandra
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Oliver Armstrong was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Cole McGhee plays
- Squad Noam Emeran: “I am not a substitute”
- The dugout Callum Burton gets it from the manager