2025–26 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra
2025–26 season
ChairmanCharles Grant
ManagerLee Bell
StadiumGresty Road

The 2025–26 season is the 149th season in the history of Crewe Alexandra Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
25 June 2025 CB England Phil Croker England Oxford City Undisclosed [1]
30 June 2025 LB England Reece Hutchinson Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers [2]
1 July 2025[a] CF England Josh March England Harrogate Town Bosman [3]
24 July 2025 England Louis Moult Scotland Dundee United [4]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 22 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Harrogate contract had ended

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
11 July 2025 GK England Sam Waller England Burnley 31 May 2026 [5]
15 July 2025 CAM England Tommi O'Reilly England Aston Villa [6]
24 July 2025 CF England Emre Tezgel England Stoke City [7]
11 August 2025 CB Republic of Ireland James Golding England Oxford United [8]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
30 July 2025 RW England Fin Roberts England Chester 31 May 2026 [9]
12 August 2025 CB Wales Zac Williams Scotland Kilmarnock [10]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 RB England Ryan Cooney Northern Ireland Glentoran 14 July 2025 [11][12]
CF England Kane Hemmings England Barrow 24 July 2025 [11][13]
CF England Chris Long Australia Brisbane Roar [11][14]
LB England Lucas Sant [11]
16 July 2025 CB England Nathan Robinson [15]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
3 June 2025 GK England Tom Booth 30 June 2027 [16]
DM England Owen Lunt 30 June 2026[a] [17]
10 June 2025 CM England Oliver Armstrong 30 June 2026[b] [18]
16 June 2025 CF England Jordan Hodkin [19]
18 June 2025 LB England Charlie Finney 30 June 2026[a] [20]
26 June 2025 RB England Stan Dancey 30 June 2026[b] [21]
CM England Luca Moore [22]
16 July 2025 RW England Shilow Tracey 30 June 2026[a] [23]
12 August 2025 CB Wales Zac Williams Undisclosed [10]
  1. ^ a b c Option for a further year
  2. ^ a b First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 29 May, Crewe Alexandra announced five pre-season friendlies, against Kidsgrove Athletic, Newcastle Town, Ashton United, Radcliffe and Southport.[24] Two further friendlies were confirmed in June, against Stoke City and Birmingham City[25][26]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly Kidsgrove Athletic 0–6 Crewe Alexandra Kidsgrove
15:00 BST Report
  • Tabiner 9', 36'
  • Trialist 34'
  • March 75'
  • Croker 78'
  • Holíček 86'
Stadium: Hollinwood Road
8 July 2025 Friendly Newcastle Town 1–7 Crewe Alexandra Newcastle-under-Lyme
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium
12 July 2025 Friendly Ashton United 0–5 Crewe Alexandra Ashton-under-Lyne
13:30 BST Report
Stadium: Hurst Cross
15 July 2025 Friendly Radcliffe 1–5 Crewe Alexandra Radcliffe
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Stainton Park
19 July 2025 Friendly Crewe Alexandra 4–0 Birmingham City Crewe
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Gresty Road
23 July 2025 Friendly Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Stoke City Crewe
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,237
26 July 2025 Friendly Southport 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Blowick
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Haig Avenue

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Crewe Alexandra 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12 Promotion to League One
2 Grimsby Town 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5 10
3 Chesterfield 4 3 0 1 7 5 +2 9
4 Salford City 4 3 0 1 6 5 +1 9 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Milton Keynes Dons 4 2 2 0 8 1 +7 8
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[27]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 4 0 0 10 2  +8 12 2 0 0 3 0  +3 2 0 0 7 2  +5

Last updated: 19 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234
GroundAHHA
ResultWWWW
Position211
Points36912
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were released.[28]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Salford City 1–3 Crewe Alexandra Kersal
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 3,994 (1,224 away)
Referee: Neil Hair
9 August 2025 2 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Accrington Stanley Crewe
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,093 (169 away)
Referee: Richard Eley
16 August 2025 3 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Crawley Town Crewe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,062
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
19 August 2025 4 Fleetwood Town 1–4 Crewe Alexandra Fleetwood
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 2,529
Referee: Thomas Kirk
23 August 2025 5 Gillingham v Crewe Alexandra Gillingham
15:00 BST Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
30 August 2025 6 Crewe Alexandra v Swindon Town Crewe
12:30 BST Stadium: Gresty Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[29]
6 September 2025 7 Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra Colchester
15:00 BST Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
13 September 2025 8 Crewe Alexandra v Barnet Crewe
15:00 BST Stadium: Gresty Road
20 September 2025 9 Barrow v Crewe Alexandra Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST Stadium: Holker Street
27 September 2025 10 Crewe Alexandra v Notts County Crewe
12:30 BST Stadium: Gresty Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[29]

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Crewe were drawn away to Stockport County in the first round.[30][31]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Stockport County 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Edgeley
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 4,945
Referee: Scott Jackson

EFL Trophy

Crewe were drawn against Burton Albion, Chesterfield and Liverpool U21 in the group stage.[32]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L2 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Liverpool U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 19 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Tom Booth 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Lewis Billington 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Reece Hutchinson 4 2 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Mickey Demetriou 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF England ENG Max Sanders 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Conor Thomas 3 2 3+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK England ENG Sam Waller 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF England ENG Charlie Finney 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF Republic of Ireland IRL James Golding 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 DF Wales WAL James Connolly 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Owen Lunt 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW Wales WAL Calum Agius 5 2 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
22 DF England ENG Phil Croker 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF England ENG Jack Powell 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW England ENG Josh March 4 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF England ENG Tommi O'Reilly 5 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
27 FW England ENG Jordan Hodkin 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
29 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Adrien Thibaut 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF England ENG Stan Dancey 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
31 FW England ENG Louis Moult 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF England ENG Luca Moore 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
34 MF England ENG Oliver Armstrong 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
36 FW England ENG Emre Tezgel 5 1 0+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0

References

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  2. ^ "Hutchinson is a Red!". Crewe Alexandra FC. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. ^ "March joins The Railwaymen". Crewe Alexandra FC. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Crewe sign forwards Tezgel & Moult". BBC Sport. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Keeper Sam seals loan deal". Crewe Alexandra FC. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  6. ^ "O'Reilly arrives on loan". Crewe Alexandra FC. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Tezgel finds loan home". Crewe Alexandra FC. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Gaffer gets Golding!". Crewe Alexandra FC. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Roberts joins Chester FC". Crewe Alexandra FC. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Williams joins Kilmarnock on loan". Crewe Alexandra FC. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d "Retained List 2025 | Crewe Alexandra". Crewe Alexandra FC. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Ryan Cooney completes move to Glentoran". Glentoran FC. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Kane Hemmings Signs". Barrow AFC. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Roar lure experienced target man as Valkanis continues to bolster squad". Brisbane Roar FC. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
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  31. ^ "Stockport County (Carabao Cup First Round)". Crewe Alexandra FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  32. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2025/26 Vertu Trophy". English Football League. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.