The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle
Squad21 Sep 2026
Francis Leather damages knee ligaments — 28 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 28 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match16 Sep 2026
The cup run ends for Crewe Alexandra
0‑1 against Blackpool, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match19 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Crewe Alexandra
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Crewe Alexandra are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Crewe Alexandra
Tommi O'Reilly 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Crewe Alexandra training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Josh Stephenson 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Louis Moult
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Louis Moult, and the manager let it.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Tommi O'Reilly
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Calum Agius takes the honours
Marked 7.48 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Crewe Alexandra had the best player on the pitch.
Match19 Sep 2026
Crewe Alexandra and Cambridge United cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Cambridge United came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
In brief
- Player ratings Jack Lankester ran the game
- Market Jack Powell placed on the list