2008–09 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Crewe Alexandra 2008–2009 2007–08 2009–10 Guðjón Þórðarson FA Cup League Cup Third round Third round 22nd League One Football League Trophy Second round Tom Pope (10) John Bowler This article details Crewe Alexandra's 2008–09 season in League One, their 85th competitive season in the English Football League. Events This will be a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order. 9 August 2009- season begins with a 2–1 loss at home to Brighton. 26 August 2009- Crewe progress into the third round of the League Cup with wins over Barnsley and then Bristol City, and are drawn to face Liverpool at Anfield. Statistics +Technical Director  Dario GradiChairman  John BowlerHighest attendance7138Lowest attendance3432Transfer Spending£ 0,330,000 Transfer Income£2,200,000 Players Squad information y Collis y ENG 1 GK 1981 3 18 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2010 Free y Woodards y ENG 2 DF 1983 10 8 2008 07 01 2007 51 0 30 June 2010 £30,000 Jones y ENG 3 DF 1983 6 26 2008 07 01 2007 26 0 30 June 2010 £65,000 y Schumacher y ENG 4 MF 1984 4 30 2008 07 01 2007 29 1 30 June 2010 Free Baudet y FRA 6 DF 1979 1 13 2008 07 01 2006 77 2 30 June 2009 Free y Bopp y DEU 7 MF 1983 11 5 2008 07 01 2007 12 1 30 June 2010 Free O'Connor y NIR 8 MF 1987 10 6 2008 07 01 2005 59 1 30 June 2010 YS y Elding y ENG 9 FW 1982 4 16 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2011 U Zola n COD 10 FW 1984 12 31 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2011 £200,000 y Grant y ENG 11 MF 1987 8 26 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2011 £130,000 y Rix y ENG 12 MF 1983 12 11 2008 07 01 2001 152 4 30 June 2009 YS Legzdins y ENG 13 GK 1986 11 28 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2010 Free y McCready y ENG 14 DF 1981 11 5 2008 07 01 2007 117 2 30 June 2009 Free y Abbey y NGR 15 DF 1978 10 20 2008 07 01 2007 23 0 30 June 2010 Free Livermore y ENG 16 MF 1989 11 14 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 11 January 2009 Loan On loan from Tottenham Hotspur y Moore y ENG 17 FW 1988 8 24 2008 07 01 2007 36 2 30 June 2010 YS Carrington y ENG 18 MF 1987 5 4 2008 07 01 2005 14 0 30 June 2009 YS Pope y ENG 19 FW 1985 8 27 2008 07 01 2005 32 7 30 June 2009 Free Miller y ENG 20 FW 1987 9 25 2008 07 01 2006 25 4 30 June 2011 YS Tomlinson y ENG 21 GK 1985 5 10 2008 07 01 2001 17 0 30 June 2009 YS Daniel y ENG 22 DF 1988 2 15 2008 07 01 2007 1 0 30 June 2009 Free Bailey y ENG 23 MF 1988 9 18 2008 07 01 2007 1 0 30 June 2009 YS y Roberts y ENG 25 MF 1987 2 4 2008 07 01 2004 129 11 YS 30 June 2009 Clements y ENG 26 MF 1990 2 6 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2009 YS Danville y ENG – DF 1989 12 15 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2009 YS y Leitch-Smith y ENG – FW 1990 3 6 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2009 YS y Murphy y ENG – MF 1989 10 21 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2009 YS y O'Donnell y ENG – DF 1986 3 10 2008 07 01 2007 59 2 30 June 2010 £100,000 Thompson y ENG – FW 1990 10 1 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2009 YS y Westwood y ENG – DF 1990 4 1 2008 07 01 2008 0 0 30 June 2009 YS ENG 2008 Squad Number Wikipedia players' articles, Crewe Alexandra, crewe-mad pl ENG 2008 December 2012 Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. Squad stats y League One FA Cup Football League Cup Football League Trophy Collis ENG 1 GK 7 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Woodards ENG 2 DF 7 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Jones ENG 3 DF 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 Schumacher ENG 4 MF 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 O'Donnell ENG 5 DF 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Baudet FRA 6 DF 7 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Bopp GER 7 MF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 File:Injuryicon.jpg Groin Strain O'Connor NIR 8 MF 6 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Elding ENG 9 FW 6 4 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 Zola COD 10 FW 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Grant ENG 11 MF 6 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Rix ENG 12 MF 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Legzdins ENG 13 GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McCready ENG 14 DF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Abbey NGA 15 DF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Livermore ENG 16 MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 File:Injuryicon.jpg Fractured Fibula Moore ENG 17 FW 6 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 Carrington ENG 18 MF 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Pope ENG 19 FW 5 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Miller ENG 20 FW 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tomlinson ENG 21 GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daniel ENG 22 MF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bailey ENG 23 MF 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 y Roberts ENG 25 MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 On loan to Yeovil Town. Clements ENG 26 MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Donaldson ENG 27 FW 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Westwood ENG 29 DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brayford ENG 30 DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Squad Numbers August 2008 Disciplinary record NIR 8 O'Connor MF 0 0 2 y ENG 19 Pope FW 0 0 1 ENG 12 Rix MF 0 0 1 August 2008 Awards Individual DateCountryNPNameAwardNotes 2008-08-26 England ENG 11 MF Grant League One Team of the Week Club DatePeriodAwardNotes23 FebruarySeason 2007/08Bobby Moore Fair Play awardSourceSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Players in and out In y ENG Transfer y ENG 13 GK Legzdins 21 Birmingham City ENG S 30 June 2010 Free ENG y Transfer y ENG 11 MF Grant 20 Aldershot Town ENG S 30 June 2011 £130,000 ENG Transfer n COD 10 FW Zola 23 Tranmere Rovers ENG S 30 June 2011 £200,000 ENG y Transfer y ENG 1 GK Collis 27 Southend United ENG S 30 June 2010 Free ENG Transfer y ENG 24 FW Elding 26 Leeds United ENG S 30 June 2011 U ENG y Transfer y ENG TBA FW Donaldson 24 Hibernian SCO S 30 June 1011 U ENG Transfer y ENG TBA DF McManus 19 Manchester United ENG S 30 June 2010 Free ENG Loan y ENG 16 MF Livermore 18 Tottenham Hotspur ENG S 11 January 2009 Loan March 2008 Out y ENG Cox Retired y ENG 5 DF 36 S Free ENG y Bailey Transfer y ENG 20 FW 22 Northwich Victoria ENG S Free ENG Williams Transfer y ENG 1 GK 25 Carlisle United ENG S Free ENG y Lowe Transfer y ENG 16 FW 29 Chester City ENG S Free ENG Fôn Williams Transfer y WAL 21 GK 21 Stockport County ENG S Free ENG y Maynard Transfer ENG 9 FW 22 Bristol City ENG S £2.2m ENG Lynch Considering Retirement y ENG 29 DF 21 S Free ENG y Brown Contract Offer y ENG 26 FW 19 Darlington ENG S Free ENG Farquharson Released y ENG 24 FW 19 S Free 2008 March 2008 Club Coaching staff Crewe Alexandra Staff March 2008 Kits Competitions League One Table CRE Results summary 8 4 11 30 38 4 6 13 29 44 16 May 2009 http://www.crewealexandra-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadlgt.asp December 2012 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/L/W/L/L/W/L/D/L/L/D/L/L/D/L/L/L/L/L/W/D/L/W/W/L/L/W/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/D/W/D/L/D/L/D/D/D/L/L/L Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 16 May 2009 Matches section below December 2012 Results 9 August 2008 Crewe Alexandra 1 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Zola 85 O'Connor 75 (Unsporting behaviour) Virgo 36 Forster 84 (Dissent) Forster 90 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 4,557 J Moss L Report 16 August 2008 Carlisle United 2 4–2 Crewe Alexandra Graham 15Graham 19Dobie 59Hackney 76 McCready 22Pope 86Pope 90 (Dissent) Brunton Park Carlisle 6,919 M Oliver L Report 23 August 2008 Crewe Alexandra 3 2–1 Walsall Elding 21 Grant 45 O'Connor 68 (Unsporting Behaviour) Hughes 59Hughes 70 (Unsporting Behaviour)Ibehre 76 (Unsporting Behaviour)Reich 79 (Unsporting Behaviour) Alexandra Stadium Crewe 4,160 K Wright W Report 30 August 2008 4 2–0 Report Hereford United Crewe Alexandra O'Leary 48Hudson-Odoi 56 Edgar Street Hereford 2,894 L 6 September 2008 Leeds United 5 5–2 Crewe Alexandra Delph 26Sheehan 36Douglas 49Beckford 67Michalik 69Delph 71Robinson 82Michalik 1 90+2 Baudet 86Zola 90+3Bopp 90+4 Elland Road Bescot, Leeds 20,075 L Report 13 September 2008 Crewe Alexandra 6 2–0 Colchester United O'Connor 46Pope 69 Ifil 14Heath 29Platt 45+3Gillespie 0 87Hammond 90+5 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 3,510 W Report 20 September 2008 Crewe Alexandra 7 3–4 Southend United O'Connor 25Pope 42Zola 66 Freedman 4Baudet 21 o. g.Freedman 69Betsy 86Grant 88 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 3,574 L Report 27 September 2008 Bristol Rovers 8 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Hinton 85 Memorial Stadium Bristol 5,870 D Report 4 October 2008 Crewe Alexandra 9 1–3 Northampton Town O'Connor 39Pope 55 Davis 32Jackman 45+1Crowe 56Akinfenwa 64 pen. Osman 70 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 3,977 L Report 11 October 2008 Scunthorpe United 10 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Woolford 35Hayes 67Iriekpen 80Mirfin 90 Schumacher 25 Glanford Park Scunthorpe 4,790 L Report 18 October 2008 Crewe Alexandra 11 2–2 Milton Keynes Dons O'Hanlon 32 o. g. Miller 43 Baldock 15O'Hanlon 48Chadwick 79 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 4,055 D Report 21 October 2008 Yeovil Town 12 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Owen 37Schfield 45+1Schofield 56Schofield 66Way 85 Zola 45+2O'Connor 70Moore 73Miller 77 Huish Park Yeovil 3,536 L Report 24 October 2008 Tranmere Rovers 13 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Jennings 51Shotton 53Shuker 74 Miller 77Jones 0 87 Prenton Park Birkenhead 5,790 L Report 28 October 2008 Crewe Alexandra 14 1–1 Peterborough United Pope 88 McLean 14Zakuani 37Hyde 90 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 3,699 D Report 1 November 2008 Huddersfield Town 15 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Butler 20Parker 36Craney 39Worthington 64Parker 88Parker 1 90+3 Donaldson 41Donaldson 59 Kirklees Stadium Huddersfield 11,679 L Report 15 November 2008 Crewe Alexandra 16 0–2 Leyton Orient Grant 18O'Connor 58 Saah 14Mkandawire 55Boyd 74 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 3,872 L Report 22 November 2008 Crewe Alexandra 17 0–3 Stockport County Jones 71 Davies 48Pilkington 66Thompson 90+4 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 5,337 L Report 25 November 2008 Leicester City 18 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Fryatt 15King 72 Zola 70 Walkers Stadium Leicester 16,961 L Report 6 December 2008 Cheltenham Town 19 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Diallo 48 Whaddon Road Cheltenham 4,052 L Report 13 December 2008 Crewe Alexandra 20 1–0 Swindon Town Miller 45+4 Paynter 0 67Ifil 81 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 3,941 W Report 20 December 2008 Millwall 21 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Robinson 13Grabban 54 The Den Bermondsey, London 9,018 D Report 26 December 2008 Crewe Alexandra 22 0–3 Oldham Athletic Byfield 57Hughes 68Hazell 73Hughes 85 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 5,780 L Report 28 December 2008 Hartlepool United 23 1–4 Crewe Alexandra Porter 48 Brayford 45Nelson 56 o.g.Murphy 61Miller 83 Victoria Park Hartlepool 3,877 W Report 17 January 2009 Crewe Alexandra 24 3–2 Scunthorpe United O'Connor 60 pen. O'Connor 66Donaldson 72O'Donnell 90+3 Hayes 19Thompson 54O'Donnell 70 o. g. Byrne 90+2 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 3,811 W Report 24 January 2009 Northampton Town 25 5–1 Crewe Alexandra Clarke 2Jackman 19Doig 28Clarke 55Davis 57Clarke 70 pen. (Hat-trick) Baudet 0 18Carrington 19Daniel 30Daniel 69O'Connor 70 Sixfields Stadium Sixfields, Northampton 4,675 L Report 27 January 2009 Peterborough United 26 4–2 Crewe Alexandra Boyd 50McLean 53Keates 69Boyd 87 Pope 2Pope 57 London Road Stadium Peterborough 5,782 L Report 31 January 2009 Crewe Alexandra 27 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Donaldson 9Grant 82Carrington 83Grant 82 Shotton 5Kray 26Barnett 72Chorley 77 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 4,936 W Report 14 February 2009 Leyton Orient 28 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Purches 11Smith 44 Baudet 28Jones 88 Brisbane Road Leyton, London 3,705 L Report 17 February 2009 Southend United 29 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Francis 8Dervite 69 Jones 34 Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 6,614 W Report 21 February 2009 Crewe Alexandra 30 3–1 Huddersfield Town Moore 32Pope 58Donaldson 60Broomes 63 Williams 13Berrett 30 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 5,056 W Report 24 February 2009 Crewe Alexandra 31 2–0 Yeovil Town Donaldson 45+1Pope 53Brayford 79 Peltier 75 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 3,432 W Report 28 February 2009 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 0–4 Crewe Alexandra McNulty 32Cox 54 Jones 24 pen. Daniel 30Baudet 40Schumacher 79Jones 84Sigurdsson 89 Withdean Stadium Brighton 6,366 W Report 3 March 2009 Crewe Alexandra 33 1–2 Carlisle United Donaldson 34Baudet 71 Taylor 17Raven 38Kavanagh 57Anyinsah 73 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 3,759 L Report 7 March 2009 Crewe Alexandra 34 2–1 Hereford United Zola 37Jones 55 pen. Jones 82 Hewson 55Diagouraga 79 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 5,195 W Report 10 March 2009 Walsall 35 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Deeney 57 Schumacher 90+3 Bescot Stadium Bescot, Walsall 3,604 D Report 14 March 2009 Colchester United 36 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Izzet 67 Sigurdsson 18Zola 63Brayford 86 Colchester Community Stadium Colchester 4,907 W Report 17 March 2009 Crewe Alexandra 37 1–1 Bristol Rovers Lawrence 70 Disley 33Duffy 74 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 3,879 D Report 21 March 2009 Crewe Alexandra 38 2–3 Leeds United Jones 17 (Dissent)Jones 0 17 (Foul & Abusive Language)Pope 60Pope 73 Kilkenny 27Becchio 30Snodgrass 32Naylor 45+4Ankergren 90Snodgrass 90+3 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 7,138 L Report 24 March 2009 Milton Keynes Dons 39 2–2 Crewe Alexandra Wilbraham 15Puncheon 19Guéret 81O'Hanlon 90Howell 90+2Leven 90+3 Grant 21Brayford 38Pope 66Carrington 78Sigurdsson 82 pen. Stadium MK Denbigh, Milton Keynes 8,454 D Report 28 March 2009 40 0–1 Report Crewe Alexandra Baudet 76Donaldson 84 Millwall Whitbread 45+1Alexander 70Bolder 73Henry 90Price 90+2Price 90+5 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 4,680 L 4 April 2009 Swindon Town 41 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Robson-Kanu 51Tudur Jones 74Vincent 86 County Ground Swindon 7,165 D Report 11 April 2009 Crewe Alexandra 42 0–0 Hartlepool United Alexandra Stadium Crewe 4,477 D Report 13 April 2009 Oldham Athletic 43 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Hazell 41 Baudet 42Moore 89 Boundary Park Oldham 4,334 D Report 18 April 2009 Crewe Alexandra 44 1–2 Cheltenham Town Sigurdsson 2 Artus 38Finnigan 58 penFinnigan 81Connor 84 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 4,542 L Report 24 April 2009 Stockport County 45 4–3 Crewe Alexandra Vincent 13O'Grady 49Johnson 65Johnson 82 Jones 24Lawrence 80McManus 90+1 Edgeley Park Edgeley, Stockport 7,134 L Report 2 May 2009 Crewe Alexandra 46 0–3 Leicester City Berner 56Dyer 66Fryatt 68 Alexandra Stadium Crewe 6,982 L Report Crewe Alexandra are relegated to League Two League Cup 12 August 2008 Crewe Alexandra First round 2–0 Barnsley O'Connor 14 pen. Elding 36 pen. Kozluk 36 (Unsporting behaviour)Foster 68 (Unsporting behaviour)Odejayi 69 (Unsporting behaviour)León 83 (Unsporting behaviour) Alexandra Stadium 2,492 A Taylor W Report 26 August 2008 Crewe Alexandra Second round 2–1 Bristol City Elding 24 Moore 76 Wilson 79 Alexandra Stadium 3,227 A Hall W Report 23 September 2008 Liverpool Third round 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Agger 15Lucas 58 O'Connor 25 Anfield 28,591 L Report FA Cup 2008 11 08 y First round 1–0 Report Crewe Alexandra O'Donnell 29Donaldson 34Grant 37 Ebbsfleet United Hand 64Ricketts 79Charles 80 Gresty Road Crewe 2,593 Richard West W 3 December 2008 Second round 0–2 Report Carlisle United Crewe Alexandra Miller 3 12 Brunton Park Carlisle 2,755 Andy Woolmer W 3 January 2009 Third round 2–2 Report Millwall Frampton 20 45+2Laird 40Laird 58Kandol 68Fuseini 78 Crewe Alexandra Lawrence 12Brayford 45+2Shelley 58Donaldson 79 The Den Bermondsey 5,754 Darren Deadman D 13 January 2009 Third round replay 2–3 Report Crewe Alexandra Murphy 7Miller 58 Millwall Barron 8 23Harris 54Whitbread 86 Gresty Road Crewe 3,060 Nigel Miller L Football League Trophy 2 September 2008 First round 3–0 Report Crewe Alexandra Schumacher 5Jones 27O'Donnell 42 Rix 80 Macclesfield Town Gritton 10Gritton 1 13Bell 56Flynn 62 Gresty Road Crewe 2,463 Chris Sarginson W 6 October 2008 Second round 1–0 Report Tranmere Rovers Shuker 86 Crewe Alexandra Prenton Park Birkenhead 2,626 Carl Boyeson L References External links Official Website Sky Sports BBC Football Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. seasons Crewe Alexandra