The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
The knee: Ian Lawlor out for 103 days
103 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Calum Agius at 20 — 7.82
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Calum Agius did not need any: 7.82, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Crewe Alexandra baulk at the price for Rhys Chadwick
Leeds United wanted more than $1.3M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Crewe Alexandra go back to the board over Sydie Peck
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.4M — a club that wants Sydie Peck enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Danny Imray turns down Crewe Alexandra
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Wrexham keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Nehemiah Oriola
Crewe Alexandra asked and Brighton said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Crewe Alexandra
Joe Lewis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Crewe Alexandra
3 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
One of their own: Calum Agius
He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Match Crewe Alexandra find a way past Shrewsbury Town
- Market Crewe Alexandra promote Jacob Wright from within
- Market One of our own: Anthony Phillips joins the Crewe Alexandra first team