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Crewe Alexandra Football Club
	Season 2011–12
Manager	Dario Gradi
Chairman	John Bowler
League	League Two
League Position	2010–11: 10th
	Current: 24th
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	First Round vs Preston
Football League Trophy	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: (0) ; All: (0)
Most appearances	League: 13 players (1); All: 13 players (1)
Highest attendance	0
Lowest attendance	0
Average attendance	0
Last match	Swindon Town (A), lost 0–3
Next match	Preston North End (A), 09/08/11 (FLC)
Transfer Spending	£ 000,000
Transfer Income	£ 000,000
	Last updated: 10:01, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

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This article details Crewe Alexandra's 2011–12 season in League Two. This will be Crewe's 88th competitive season and third successive in League Two.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Phillips	46	2010	33	0	30 Jun 2012	Free
2	DF	Tootle	33	2009	72	1	30 Jun 2014	Youth system
3	DF	Davis	32	2009	2	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
4	DF	Westwood	34	2008	91	12	30 Jun 2014	Youth system
5	DF	Artell	43	2010	44	5	30 Jun 2012	Free
6	DF	Dugdale	36	2010	21	0	30 Jun 2012	Free
7	MF	Bell	41	2010	50	2	30 Jun 2012	Free
8	MF	Murphy	34	2008	89	8	30 Jun 2013	Youth system
9	FW	Miller	36	2006	142	36	30 Jun 2013	Youth system
10	FW	Leitch-Smith	34	2008	20	5	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
11	FW	Moore	35	2007	155	15	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
12	DF	Shelley	33	2008	50	6	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
13	GK	A Martin	35	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Free
14	MF	Sarcevic	32	2010	5	1	30 Jun 2012	Undisclosed
15	DF	C Martin	37	2009	6	1	30 Jun 2012	Undisclosed
16	FW	Connerton	34	2009	2	0	30 Jun 2012	Undisclosed
17	MF	Mellor	33	2009	1	0		Youth system
18	GK	Garratt	30	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2013	Youth system
19	MF	Clayton	29	2011	3	0	30 Jun 2014	Youth system
20	MF	Turton	31	2011	1	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
21	DF	White	31	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
22	DF	Ray	30	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
23	FW	Daniels	30	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
24	MF	Hughes	31	2011	1	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
25	FW	Powell	30	2010	20	0	30 Jun 2014	Youth system
	FW	Koral	31	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system
	FW	Oswell	31	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system	On loan at Rhyl
	DF	Ting	31	2011	0	0	30 Jun 2012	Youth system

Last updated: 7 August 2011
Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Crewe Alexandra, soccerbase
Ordered by Squad numbers.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Squad stats[edit]

				Total			League Two		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Football League Trophy
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Phillips	1	1		1
2	DF		Tootle	1	1		1
3	DF		Davis	1	1		1
4	DF		Westwood	1	1		1
5	DF		Artell	1
6	DF		Dugdale	1
7	MF		Bell	1	1		1
8	MF		Murphy
9	FW		Miller	1	1		1
10	FW		Leitch-Smith		1		1
11	FW		Moore	1	1		1
12	DF		Shelley	1	1		1
13	GK		A Martin
14	MF		Sarcevic
15	DF		C Martin
16	FW		Connerton
17	MF		Mellor
18	GK		Garratt
19	MF		Clayton		1		1
20	MF		Turton
21	DF		White
22	DF		Ray
23	FW		Daniels
24	MF		Hughes
25	FW		Powell	1	1		1
	FW		Koral
	FW		Oswell												On loan at Rhyl
	DF		Ting

Last updated: 7 August 2011
Source: Crewe Alexandra
Ordered by Squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record[edit]

N	Pos.	Name
5	DF	Artell	1
7	MF	Bell	1
6	DF	Dugdale	1
12	DF	Shelley	1

Last updated: 7 August 2011
Source: Crewe Alexandra
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Awards[edit]

Individual[edit]

Date	N	P	Nat.	Name	Award	Notes
2011-07-01

Club[edit]

Date	Period	Award	Notes
2011-07-01	2011-07-01

Players in and out[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
13	GK		A Martin	22	Ayr United	Free Transfer	Summer	30 Jun 2012	Free	Source

Out[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
6	DF	Ada	26	Kilmarnock	Released	Summer	Free	Source
15	DF	Mitchel-King	27	AFC Wimbledon	Released	Summer	Free	Source
9	FW	Zola	26	Burton Albion	Released	Summer	Free	Source
11	MF	Grant	23	Wycombe Wanderers	Released	Summer	Free	Source
3	DF	Blanchett	24	Burton Albion	Released	Summer	Free	Source
27	MF	Short	20	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	Source
28	DF	AM Westwood	34	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	Source
24	GK	Fogler	26	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	Source
7	FW	Donaldson	27	Brentford	Out of contract	Summer	Free	Source
	FW	Oswell	18	Rhyl	Loan	Summer	Loan	Source

Last updated: 2 July 2011
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Club[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

Position	Staff
First Team Manager	Dario Gradi MBE
Assistant Manager	Steve Davis
Assistant Manager (Player Recruitment)	Neil Baker
Assistant Academy Manager	James Collins
Assistant Academy Manager	Neil Critchley
Head Physiotherapist	Rob Sharp
Physiotherapist	Nick Oakley
Fitness Coach	Andy Franks
Academy Recruitment Officer	Phil Swift
Academy Operations Manager	Paul Anthrobus

Last updated: 21 May 2011
Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

Other information[edit]

Chairman	John Bowler
Vice Chairman	David Rowlinson
Director	Richard Clayton
Director	Dario Gradi MBE
Director	Mark Hassall
Director	Jim McMillan
Director	Daniel Potts
Director	Norman Hassall
Director	Jimmy Rowlinson
Head Groundsman	John Huxley
Assistant Groundsman	Andrew Wareham
Club Doctor	Dr Mike Freeman
Club Masseur	Roy Ambrose
Club Chaplin	Steve Clapham
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Alexandra Stadium (10,153 / 100 × 66 yd)

Updated to match played 21 May 2011
Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

Kits[edit]

Home
Supplier: Carbrini
Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Away
Supplier: Carbrini
Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Home goalkeepers
Supplier: Carbrini
Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Away goalkeepers
Supplier: Carbrini
Sponsors: Mornflake Oats

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	First match	Last match
League Two	—	24	6 August 2011	5 May 2012
Football League Cup	1st round	—	9 August 2011
Football League Trophy	1st round	—	w/c 29 August 2011
FA Cup	1st round	—	November 2011

Updated to match played 7 August 2011
Source: Competitions

League Two[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Torquay United	46	23	12	11	63	50	+13	81	Qualification for League Two play-offs^[a]
6	Cheltenham Town	46	23	8	15	66	50	+16	77
7	Crewe Alexandra (O, P)	46	20	12	14	67	59	+8	72
8	Gillingham	46	20	10	16	79	62	+17	70
9	Oxford United	46	17	17	12	59	48	+11	68

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	−3

Last updated: 7 August 2011.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/tables/default.stm

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A
Result	L
Position	24

Updated to match(es) played on 7 August 2011. Source: Crewe Alexandra
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Won Drawn Lost Postponed

Pre-Season Friendlies[edit]

11 July 2011	Rhyl	0 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Belle Vue
19:30		Report		Attendance: 250

11 July 2011	Congleton Town	0 – 4	Crewe Alexandra	Congleton
19:30		Report	Moore Moore Daniels Trialist (McCammon)	Stadium: Booth Street

16 July 2011	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Miller 44' Sarcevic 85'	Report	Doyle 81'	Attendance: 2,567 Referee: Tony Bates

19 July 2011	Newcastle Town	1 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Newcastle-under-Lyme
19:30	Gartside	Report	Powell Pires Sarcevic (pen)	Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium

19 July 2011	Quorn	1 – 9	Crewe Alexandra	Quorn
19:45	87'	Report	Miller 5' Miller 18' Miller 20' Westwood 33' Miller 38' Shelley 40' Moore 51' Miller Oswell	Stadium: Sutton Park

22 July 2011	Nantwich Town	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Nantwich
19:30	Nicholls 89'	Report	Daniels 90'	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 1,084

26 July 2011	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Derby County	Alexandra Stadium
19:30	Moore Shelley 46'	Report	Riggott 14'	Attendance: 2,063 Referee: Steve Rushton

30 July 2011	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Rochdale	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Miller 2' Shelley 18' (pen)	Report	Marshall 78'

1 August 2011	Wealdstone	2 – 3	Crewe Alexandra	Ruislip, London Borough of Hillingdon
19:30	Jolly 13' Knight 56'	Report	M Clayton Trialist (Vassell) H Clayton	Stadium: St Georges Stadium

Last updated: 2 August 2011

League Two[edit]

6 August 2011	Swindon Town	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	The County Ground
15:00	Ritchie 23' (unsporting behaviour) Risser 37' (unsporting behaviour) Kennedy 45' (pen) Risser 63' Flint 77'	Report	Dugdale 45' (unsporting behaviour) Artell 45' (unsporting behaviour) Shelley 45+2' (unsporting behaviour) Bell 89' (dissent)	Attendance: 8,248 Away fans: 317 Referee: Michale Naylor Assistant referees: Simon Knapp and Adam Nunn Fourth official: Daniel Leach

Football League Cup[edit]

9 August 2011 First Round	Preston North End	vs	Crewe Alexandra
		Full draw

Last updated: 1 July 2011

Football League Trophy[edit]

w/c 29 August 2011 First Round

Last updated: 16 June 2011

FA Cup[edit]

First Round

Last updated: 21 May 2011

References[edit]

The following references are from crewealex.net, unless otherwise specified.

External links[edit]

[table_note_res_FLOPO0.65506182734625-1] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

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