- List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics
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For a season by season record of all competitions, see :Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. seasons.
Contents
Club records[1]
The following are club records since its establishment in 1877
Football League record
- 1892 – 1896 Division Two
- 1921 – 1958 Division Three (North)
- 1958 – 1963 Division Four
- 1963 – 1964 Division Three
- 1964 – 1968 Division Four
- 1968 – 1969 Division Three
- 1969 – 1989 Division Four
- 1989 – 1991 Division Three
- 1991 – 1992 Division Four
- 1992 – 1994 Division Three
- 1994 – 1997 Division Two
- 1997 – 2002 Division One
- 2002 – 2003 Division Two
- 2003 – 2006 Division One / Football League Championship (2004 onwards)
- 2006 – 2009 Football League One
- 2009 – present Football League Two
Played 3,770 Won 1,285 Drawn 878 Lost 1,607 Scored 5,172 Conceded 6,052 Goal Difference − 880 Goal Average 1.37 Points 3,908 - League games above counted until end of 2008–2009 season
Cup records
Cup Best performance P W D L F A FA Cup Semi-Final (1887–1888[2], lost to Preston North End 0–4) 226 83 53 90 342 376 League Cup 3rd Round Replay (1974–1975, lost to Aston Villa 0–1) 128 42 29 57 181 225 League Trophy Northern Section Final (2006–2007, lost to Doncaster Rovers 5–6 on aggregate) 55 18 20 17 97 70 Wins
- Biggest league win - 8–0 vs Rotherham United (Division 3 North, 1 October 1932)
- Biggest cup win - 8–0 against:
- Hartlepool United (Auto Windscreens Shield 1st Rd, 17 October 1995)
- Doncaster Rovers (LDV Vans Trophy 3rd Rd, 10 November 2002)
Defeats
- Biggest league defeat - 1–11 vs Lincoln City (Division 3 North, 29 September 1951)
- Biggest cup defeat - 2–13 vs Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup 4th Rd Replay. 3 February 1960)
Sequences
- Longest undefeated run in league - 17 (25 March 1995 to 23 September 1995)
- Longest league run without a win - 30 (22 September 1956 to 6 April 1957[3])
Others
- Most league points, where a win awards three points, in a season - 86 (2002/2003, Division 2)
- Most clean sheets in a season - 24 (2002/2003, Clayton Ince 20 & Ademola Bankole 4)
- Most away wins in a single season - 17 (2002/2003 Division 2)
Player records
Appearances
- Youngest first-team player - Steve Walters, 16 years 119 days (vs Peterborough United, 6 May 1988)
- Oldest first-team player - Kenny Swain, 39 years 281 days (vs Maidstone United, 5 November 1991)
- Most consecutive appearances - Geoff Crudgington, 137 (Between 1975–77)
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 (2)21 (0)24 (0)0 (0)1 (1)0 (0)482 (3)2 Peter Leigh 430 (2)25 (0)17 (0)0 (0)1 (0)0 (0)473 (2)3 Shaun Smith 402 (41)20 (2)22 (3)13 (4)0 (0)0 (0)466 (52)4 Kenny Lunt 390 (35)17 (0)25 (1)4 (1)0 (0)0 (0)436 (37)5 Eric Barnes 350 (1)26 (1)14 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)390 (2)6 Alan Bradshaw 295 (50)15 (1)12 (0)0 (0)1 (0)0 (0)323 (51)7 Steve Macauley 270 (23)16 (1)20 (0)11 (3)0 (0)0 (0)317 (27)8 Jack Meaney 288 (38)19 (4)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)307 (42)9 Mark Rivers 252 (52)14 (4)18 (9)11 (4)0 (0)0 (0)295 (69)10 Neil Sorvel 250 (13)12 (0)17 (0)4 (0)0 (0)0 (0)283 (13)11 Herbert Swindells 257 (126)14 (9)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)9 (5)280 (137)11 Geoff Crudgington 250 (0)14 (0)16 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)280 (0)13 Stan Keery 253 (23)11 (1)7 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)277 (24)14 Barrie Wheatley 240 (50)22 (8)10 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)272 (58)15 Bob Scott 239 (16)6 (1)14 (0)2 (0)0 (0)0 (0)261 (17)16 Bernard Purdie 230 (44)10 (0)15 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)255 (44)17 Dean Greygoose 205 (0)18 (0)15 (0)13 (0)0 (0)0 (0)251 (0)18 Stephen Foster 217 (15)11 (1)10 (2)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)242 (18)19 Mark Gardiner 195 (34)15 (4)15 (3)16 (1)0 (0)0 (0)241 (42)20 David Wright 213 (3)12 (0)11 (0)4 (0)0 (0)0 (0)240 (3)- Current player with most appearances - Byron Moore, 101 as of January 15, 2010
Goalscorers
- Most league goals scored in a season - 35, Terry Harkin (Div 4, 1964/65)
- Most goals in a match - 5, Tony Naylor (vs Colchester United, Div 3, 24 April 1993)
- Most hat-tricks - 8, Frank Lord
- Most hat-tricks in a season - 4, Frank Lord (1961/62)
- Youngest goalscorer - David Jones, 16 years 144 days (vs Gateshead, 10 September 1956)
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 Herbert Swindells 126 (257)9 (14)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)5 (9)137 (280)2 Dean Ashton 61 (158)5 (9)3 (7)5 (3)0 (0)0 (0)74 (177)3 Frank Lord 67 (106)3 (8)3 (4)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)73 (118)4 Mark Rivers 52 (152)4 (14)9 (18)4 (11)0 (0)0 (0)69 (118)5 Jackie Waring 55 (150)4 (11)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)8 (9)67 (170)6 Dave Waller 55 (170)0 (4)6 (8)5 (6)0 (0)0 (0)66 (188)7 Jack Basford 60 (154)5 (8)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)65 (154)8 Tony Naylor 50 (137)5 (11)5 (7)8 (3)0 (0)0 (0)63 (153)9 David Platt 56 (134)1 (3)4 (7)0 (4)0 (0)0 (0)61 (148)10 Johnny King 60 (238)0 (6)0 (6)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)60 (238)11 Barrie Wheatley 50 (240)8 (22)0 (10)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)58 (272)11 Rob Edwards 44 (155)5 (18)5 (8)4 (17)0 (0)0 (0)58 (198)13 Craig Hignett 43 (123)8 (12)4 (10)2 (5)0 (0)0 (0)57 (150)14 Shaun Smith 41 (402)2 (20)3 (22)4 (13)0 (0)0 (0)52 (466)15 Alan Bradshaw 50 (295)1 (15)0 (12)0 (0)0 (1)0 (0)51 (323)15 Rob Hulse 45 (116)0 (6)2 (7)4 (2)0 (0)0 (0)51 (131)16 Chris Riley 46 (136)3 (14)0 (5)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)49 (155)16 Peter Coyne 47 (135)1 (6)1 (4)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)49 (145)18 Peter Gowans 43 (140)4 (9)0 (4)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)47 (153)19 Dele Adebola 39 (122)3 (10)2 (7)2 (13)0 (0)0 (0)46 (152)19 Steve Jones 40 (162)1 (5)4 (6)1 (4)0 (0)0 (0)46 (177)- Current player with most goals - Calvin Zola, 19 as of January 15, 2010.
International caps
- First capped Crewe player - John Pearson (for England v. Ireland, 5 March 1892)
- Most international caps whilst at playing for Crewe - Clayton Ince, 31 caps for Trinidad and Tobago
- First Crewe player to play in a World Cup - Efe Sodje (for Nigeria v. Argentina, 2 June 2002)
Transfers
- Highest transfer fee paid - £650,000 Rodney Jack from Torquay United in August 1998
- Highest transfer fee received - £3 million for
- Seth Johnson from Derby County in June 1999
- Dean Ashton from Norwich City in January 2005
Notes
- ^ Club records taken from official Crewe Alexandra website
- ^ Crewe originally lost 2–3 to Swifts F.C. in the Fourth Round Replay, but the game was declared void, and replayed. Crewe won the replay 2–1
- ^ Dates taken from 1956–57 results section from crewealexandra–mad.co.uk
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