List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics

This article details Crewe Alexandra F.C. records since the club's establishment in 1877.[1]

Honours and achievements

Football League Second Division (3rd tier)

Football League Fourth Division / League Two (4th tier)

  • 2nd place promotion: 2019-20
  • 3rd place promotion: 1962–63, 1993–94
  • 4th place promotion: 1967–68, 1988–89
  • Play-off winners: 2012

Football League Trophy

Welsh Cup

  • Winners: 1936, 1937

Cheshire Senior Cup

  • Winners: 1910, 1912, 1913, 1923, 2002, 2003, 2017

Cheshire Premier Cup

  • Winners: 2009, 2010

Milk Cup

  • Premier Section Winners: 1987, 1999
  • Junior Section Winners: 1990, 1998

Club records

Football League record

Cup records

CupBest performancePWDLFA
FA CupSemi-Final (18871888,[2] lost to Preston North End 04)226835390342376
League Cup3rd Round Replay (19741975, lost to Aston Villa 01)128422957181225
League TrophyChampions (20122013, won against Southend United 20)551820179770

Wins

Defeats

  • Biggest league defeat - 111 vs Lincoln City (Division 3 North, 29 September 1951)
  • Biggest cup defeat - 213 vs Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup 4th Rd Replay. 3 February 1960)

Sequences

  • Longest undefeated run in league - 19 (in 2011-12 season, 24 February 2012 to 17 May 2012 inclusive, including three play-off matches.)
  • Longest league run without a win - 30 (22 September 1956 to 6 April 1957[3])

Most league points in a season

  • Three points for win - 86 (2002-2003, Division 2)
  • Two points for win - 59 (1962-1963, Division 4)

Least league points in a season

  • Two points for win - 10 (1894-1895, Division 2 - 16 teams)
  • Two points for win - 21 (1956-1957, Division 3 North - 24 teams)
  • Three points for win - 27 (1981-1982, Division 4 - 24 teams; tally would have been 21 under old points system)

Others

  • Most clean sheets in a season - 24 (2002-2003, Clayton Ince 20 and Ademola Bankole 4)
  • Most away wins in a single season - 17 (2002-2003 Division 2)

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.

# Name Nation League FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Watney Cup Welsh Cup Total
1 Tommy Lowry 435 0(2) 21 0(0) 24 0(0) 0 0(0) 1 0(1) 0 0(0) 482 0(3)
2 Peter Leigh 430 0(2) 25 0(0) 17 0(0) 0 0(0) 1 0(0) 0 0(0) 473 0(2)
3 Shaun Smith 402 0(41) 20 0(2) 22 0(3) 13 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 466 0(52)
4 Kenny Lunt 390 0(35) 17 0(0) 25 0(1) 4 0(1) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 436 0(37)
5 Eric Barnes 350 0(1) 26 0(1) 14 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 390 0(2)
6 Alan Bradshaw 295 0(50) 15 0(1) 12 0(0) 0 0(0) 1 0(0) 0 0(0) 323 0(51)
7 Steve Macauley 270 0(23) 16 0(1) 20 0(0) 11 0(3) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 317 0(27)
8 Jack Meaney 288 0(38) 19 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 307 0(42)
9 Byron Moore 262 0(30) 10 0(1) 10 0(1) 15 0(1) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 297 0(33)
10 Mark Rivers 252 0(52) 14 0(4) 18 0(9) 11 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 295 0(69)
11 Neil Sorvel 250 0(13) 12 0(0) 17 0(0) 4 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 283 0(13)
12 Bert Swindells 257 0(126) 14 0(9) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 9 0(5) 280 0(137)
12 Geoff Crudgington 250 0(0) 14 0(0) 16 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 280 0(0)
14 Stan Keery 253 0(23) 11 0(1) 7 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 277 0(24)
15 Barrie Wheatley 240 0(50) 22 0(8) 10 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 272 0(58)
16 Bob Scott 239 0(16) 6 0(1) 14 0(0) 2 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 261 0(17)
17 Bernard Purdie 230 0(44) 10 0(0) 15 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 255 0(44)
18 Dean Greygoose 205 0(0) 18 0(0) 15 0(0) 13 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 251 0(0)
19 Stephen Foster 217 0(15) 11 0(1) 10 0(2) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 242 0(18)
20 Mark Gardiner 195 0(34) 15 0(4) 15 0(3) 16 0(1) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 241 0(42)
  • Player in current squad with most appearances : Callum Ainley - 179 (up to and including match played on 7 March 2020).

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.

# Name Nation League FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Watney Cup Welsh Cup Total
1 Bert Swindells 126 0(257) 9 0(14) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 5 0(9) 137 0(280)
2 Dean Ashton 61 0(158) 5 0(9) 3 0(7) 5 0(3) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 74 0(177)
3 Frank Lord 67 0(106) 3 0(8) 3 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 73 0(118)
4 Mark Rivers 52 0(152) 4 0(14) 9 0(18) 4 0(11) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 69 0(195)
5 Jack Waring 55 0(150) 4 0(11) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 8 0(9) 67 0(170)
6 Dave Waller 55 0(170) 0 0(4) 6 0(8) 5 0(6) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 66 0(188)
7 Jack Basford 60 0(154) 5 0(8) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 65 0(154)
8 Tony Naylor 50 0(137) 5 0(11) 5 0(7) 8 0(3) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 63 0(153)
9 David Platt 56 0(134) 1 0(3) 4 0(7) 0 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 61 0(148)
10 Johnny King 60 0(238) 0 0(6) 0 0(6) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 60 0(238)
11 Barrie Wheatley 50 0(240) 8 0(22) 0 0(10) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 58 0(272)
11 Rob Edwards 44 0(155) 5 0(18) 5 0(8) 4 0(17) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 58 0(198)
13 Craig Hignett 43 0(123) 8 0(12) 4 0(10) 2 0(5) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 57 0(150)
14 Shaun Smith 41 0(402) 2 0(20) 3 0(22) 4 0(13) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 52 0(466)
15 Alan Bradshaw 50 0(295) 1 0(15) 0 0(12) 0 0(0) 0 0(1) 0 0(0) 51 0(323)
15 Rob Hulse 45 0(116) 0 0(6) 2 0(7) 4 0(2) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 51 0(131)
15 Shaun Miller 47 0(205) 3 0(6) 1 0(5) 0 0(9) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 51 0(225)
18 Chris Riley 46 0(136) 3 0(14) 0 0(5) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 49 0(155)
18 Peter Coyne 47 0(135) 1 0(6) 1 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 49 0(145)
18 Clayton Donaldson 47 0(117) 1 0(5) 0 0(4) 1 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 49 0(130)
21 Peter Gowans 43 0(140) 4 0(9) 0 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 47 0(153)
22 Dele Adebola 39 0(122) 3 0(10) 2 0(7) 2 0(13) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 46 0(152)
22 Steve Jones 40 0(162) 1 0(5) 4 0(6) 1 0(4) 0 0(0) 0 0(0) 46 0(177)
  • Current player with most goals - Chris Porter (41 goals (111 appearances) - up to 7 March 2020)

International caps

Transfers

Notes

  1. Club records taken from official Crewe Alexandra website Archived 21 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Crewe originally lost 23 to Swifts F.C. in the Fourth Round Replay, but the game was declared void, and replayed. Crewe won the replay 21
  3. Dates taken from 195657 results section from crewealexandramad.co.uk
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