2008–09 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

This article details Crewe Alexandra's 2008–09 season in League One, their 85th competitive season in the English Football League.

Crewe Alexandra

2008–2009 season
Chairman	John Bowler
Manager	Guðjón Þórðarson
League One	22nd
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Tom Pope (10)

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 Gradi
Chairman	John Bowler
Highest attendance	7138
Lowest attendance	3432
Transfer Spending	£ 0,330,000
Transfer Income	£2,200,000

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Collis	27	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2010	Free
2	DF		Woodards	24	EU	2007	51	0	30 June 2010	£30,000
3	DF		Jones	25	EU	2007	26	0	30 June 2010	£65,000
4	MF		Schumacher	24	EU	2007	29	1	30 June 2010	Free
6	DF		Baudet	29	EU	2006	77	2	30 June 2009	Free
7	MF		Bopp	24	EU	2007	12	1	30 June 2010	Free
8	MF		O'Connor	20	EU	2005	59	1	30 June 2010	Youth system
9	FW		Elding	26	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2011	Undisclosed
10	FW		Zola	23	Non-EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2011	£200,000
11	MF		Grant	20	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2011	£130,000
12	MF		Rix	24	EU	2001	152	4	30 June 2009	Youth system
13	GK		Legzdins	21	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2010	Free
14	DF		McCready	26	EU	2007	117	2	30 June 2009	Free
15	DF		Abbey	29	EU	2007	23	0	30 June 2010	Free
16	MF		Livermore	18	EU	2008	0	0	11 January 2009	Loan	On loan from Tottenham Hotspur
17	FW		Moore	19	EU	2007	36	2	30 June 2010	Youth system
18	MF		Carrington	21	EU	2005	14	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
19	FW		Pope	22	EU	2005	32	7	30 June 2009	Free
20	FW		Miller	20	EU	2006	25	4	30 June 2011	Youth system
21	GK		Tomlinson	23	EU	2001	17	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
22	DF		Daniel	20	EU	2007	1	0	30 June 2009	Free
23	MF		Bailey	19	EU	2007	1	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
25	MF		Roberts	21	EU	2004	129	11	30 June 2009	Youth system
26	MF		Clements	18	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
–	DF		Danville	18	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
–	FW		Leitch-Smith	18	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
–	MF		Murphy	18	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
–	DF		O'Donnell	22	EU	2007	59	2	30 June 2010	£100,000
–	FW		Thompson	17	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system
–	DF		Westwood	18	EU	2008	0	0	30 June 2009	Youth system

• Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Crewe Alexandra, crewe-mad
• Ordered by Squad Number.

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

				Total			League One		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Football League Trophy		Notes
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Collis	7	7		4				2		1
2	DF		Woodards	7	7		4				2		1
3	DF		Jones	6	7	1	4				2		1	1
4	MF		Schumacher	1	4	1	1				2		1	1
5	DF		O'Donnell	4	4	1	2				1		1	1
6	DF		Baudet	7	7		4				2		1
7	MF		Bopp	1	1		1								Groin Strain
8	MF		O'Connor	6	6	1	4				2	1
9	FW		Elding	6	7	3	4	1			2	2	1
10	FW		Zola	2	3	1	2	1					1
11	MF		Grant	6	6	1	4	1			2
12	MF		Rix	2	3		1				1		1
13	GK		Legzdins
14	DF		McCready	3	2	1	1	1			1
15	DF		Abbey		1		1
16	MF		Livermore												Fractured Fibula
17	FW		Moore	6	7	1	4				2	1	1
18	MF		Carrington		1						1
19	FW		Pope	5	5	1	3	1			2
20	FW		Miller	1	3		2						1
21	GK		Tomlinson
22	MF		Daniel		1		1
23	MF		Bailey	6	6		4				2
25	MF		Roberts												On loan to Yeovil Town.
26	MF		Clements
27	FW		Donaldson		4		2				1		1
29	DF		Westwood
30	DF		Brayford

Source:
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
8	MF		O'Connor	2	0	0
19	FW		Pope	1	0	0
12	MF		Rix	1	0	0

Source:
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

Individual

Date	Country	N	P	Name	Award	Notes
2008-08-26	ENG	11	MF	Grant	League One Team of the Week

Club

Date	Period	Award	Notes
23 February	Season 2007/08	Bobby Moore Fair Play award	Source

Players in and out

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
13	GK		Legzdins	21	EU	Birmingham City	Transfer Y	Summer	30 June 2010	Free
11	MF		Grant	20	EU	Aldershot Town	Transfer Y	Summer	30 June 2011	£130,000
10	FW		Zola	23	Non-EU	Tranmere Rovers	Transfer Y	Summer	30 June 2011	£200,000
1	GK		Collis	27	EU	Southend United	Transfer Y	Summer	30 June 2010	Free
24	FW		Elding	26	EU	Leeds United	Transfer Y	Summer	30 June 2011	Undisclosed
TBA	FW		Donaldson	24	EU	Hibernian	Transfer Y	Summer	30 June 1011	Undisclosed
TBA	DF		McManus	19	EU	Manchester United	Transfer Y	Summer	30 June 2010	Free
16	MF		Livermore	18	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan Y	Summer	11 January 2009	Loan

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
5	DF		Cox	36	EU		Retired	Summer	Free
20	FW		Bailey	22	EU	Northwich Victoria	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
1	GK		Williams	25	EU	Carlisle United	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
16	FW		Lowe	29	EU	Chester City	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
21	GK		Fôn Williams	21	EU	Stockport County	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
9	FW		Maynard	22		Bristol City	Transfer Y	Summer	£2.2m
29	DF		Lynch	21	EU		Considering Retirement	Summer	Free
26	FW		Brown	19	EU	Darlington	Contract Offer	Summer	Free
24	FW		Farquharson	19	EU		Released	Summer	Free

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

Coaching staff

Position	Staff

Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

Competitions

League One

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Carlisle United	46	12	14	20	56	69	−13	50
21	Northampton Town (R)	46	12	13	21	61	65	−4	49	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	12	10	24	59	82	−23	46
23	Cheltenham Town (R)	46	9	12	25	51	91	−40	39
24	Hereford United (R)	46	9	7	30	42	79	−37	34

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2009. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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
46	12	10	24	59	82	−23	46	8	4	11	30	38	−8	4	6	13	29	44	−15

Last updated: 16 May 2009.
Source: http://www.crewealexandra-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadlgt.asp

Results by round

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	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

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2009. Source: Matches section below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Crewe Alexandra v Brighton & Hove Albion

9 August 2008 1	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Crewe
	Zola 85' O'Connor  75' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Virgo 36' Forster  84' (Dissent) Forster 90'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,557 Referee: J Moss

Carlisle United v Crewe Alexandra

16 August 2008 2	Carlisle United	4–2	Crewe Alexandra	Carlisle
	Graham 15' Graham 19' Dobie 59' Hackney 76'	Report	McCready 22' Pope 86' Pope  90' (Dissent)	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,919 Referee: M Oliver

Crewe Alexandra v Walsall

23 August 2008 3	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Walsall	Crewe
	Elding 21' Grant 45' O'Connor  68' (Unsporting Behaviour)	Report	Hughes 59' Hughes  70' (Unsporting Behaviour) Ibehre  76' (Unsporting Behaviour) Reich  79' (Unsporting Behaviour)	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,160 Referee: K Wright

Hereford United v Crewe Alexandra

30 August 2008 4	Hereford United	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Hereford
	O'Leary 48' Hudson-Odoi 56'	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,894

Leeds United v Crewe Alexandra

6 September 2008 5	Leeds United	5–2	Crewe Alexandra	Bescot, Leeds
	Delph 26' Sheehan 36' Douglas 49' Beckford 67' Michalik  69' Delph  71' Robinson 82' Michalik  90+2'	Report	Baudet  86' Zola 90+3' Bopp 90+4'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 20,075

Crewe Alexandra v Colchester United

13 September 2008 6	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Colchester United	Crewe
	O'Connor 46' Pope 69'	Report	Ifil  14' Heath  29' Platt  45+3' Gillespie  87' Hammond  90+5'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,510

Crewe Alexandra v Southend United

20 September 2008 7	Crewe Alexandra	3–4	Southend United	Crewe
	O'Connor 25' Pope 42' Zola 66'	Report	Freedman 4' Baudet 21' (o. g.) Freedman 69' Betsy  86' Grant 88'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,574

Bristol Rovers v Crewe Alexandra

27 September 2008 8	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Bristol
	Hinton  85'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,870

Crewe Alexandra v Northampton Town

4 October 2008 9	Crewe Alexandra	1–3	Northampton Town	Crewe
	O'Connor  39' Pope 55'	Report	Davis  32' Jackman 45+1' Crowe  56' Akinfenwa 64' (pen.) Osman 70'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,977

Scunthorpe United v Crewe Alexandra

11 October 2008 10	Scunthorpe United	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Scunthorpe
	Woolford 35' Hayes 67' Iriekpen 80' Mirfin  90'	Report	Schumacher  25'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,790

Crewe Alexandra v Milton Keynes Dons

18 October 2008 11	Crewe Alexandra	2–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Crewe
	O'Hanlon 32' (o. g. ) Miller 43'	Report	Baldock 15' O'Hanlon  48' Chadwick 79'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,055

Yeovil Town v Crewe Alexandra

21 October 2008 12	Yeovil Town	3–2	Crewe Alexandra	Yeovil
	Owen  37' Schfield 45+1' Schofield  56' Schofield 66' Way 85'	Report	Zola  45+2' O'Connor  70' Moore 73' Miller 77'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,536

Tranmere Rovers v Crewe Alexandra

24 October 2008 13	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Birkenhead
	Jennings 51' Shotton  53' Shuker 74'	Report	Miller  77' Jones  87'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,790

Crewe Alexandra v Peterborough United

28 October 2008 14	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Peterborough United	Crewe
	Pope 88'	Report	McLean 14' Zakuani  37' Hyde 90'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,699

Huddersfield Town v Crewe Alexandra

1 November 2008 15	Huddersfield Town	3–2	Crewe Alexandra	Huddersfield
	Butler 20' Parker  36' Craney 39' Worthington  64' Parker 88' Parker  90+3'	Report	Donaldson 41' Donaldson 59'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 11,679

Crewe Alexandra v Leyton Orient

15 November 2008 16	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Leyton Orient	Crewe
	Grant  18' O'Connor  58'	Report	Saah  14' Mkandawire 55' Boyd 74'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,872

Crewe Alexandra v Stockport County

22 November 2008 17	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Stockport County	Crewe
	Jones  71'	Report	Davies 48' Pilkington 66' Thompson 90+4'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 5,337

Leicester City v Crewe Alexandra

25 November 2008 18	Leicester City	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Leicester
	Fryatt 15' King 72'	Report	Zola 70'	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 16,961

Cheltenham Town v Crewe Alexandra

6 December 2008 19	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Cheltenham
	Diallo 48'	Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,052

Crewe Alexandra v Swindon Town

13 December 2008 20	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Swindon Town	Crewe
	Miller 45+4'	Report	Paynter  67' Ifil  81'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,941

Millwall v Crewe Alexandra

20 December 2008 21	Millwall	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Bermondsey, London
	Robinson  13' Grabban  54'	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9,018

Crewe Alexandra v Oldham Athletic

26 December 2008 22	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Oldham Athletic	Crewe
		Report	Byfield 57' Hughes 68' Hazell  73' Hughes 85'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 5,780

Hartlepool United v Crewe Alexandra

28 December 2008 23	Hartlepool United	1–4	Crewe Alexandra	Hartlepool
	Porter 48'	Report	Brayford 45' Nelson 56' (o.g.) Murphy 61' Miller 83'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,877

Crewe Alexandra v Scunthorpe United

17 January 2009 24	Crewe Alexandra	3–2	Scunthorpe United	Crewe
	O'Connor 60' (pen.) O'Connor  66' Donaldson 72' O'Donnell 90+3'	Report	Hayes 19' Thompson  54' O'Donnell 70' (o. g. ) Byrne  90+2'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,811

Northampton Town v Crewe Alexandra

24 January 2009 25	Northampton Town	5–1	Crewe Alexandra	Sixfields, Northampton
	Clarke 2' Jackman 19' Doig  28' Clarke 55' Davis 57' Clarke 70' (pen.) (Hat-trick)	Report	Baudet  18' Carrington  19' Daniel 30' Daniel  69' O'Connor  70'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,675

Peterborough United v Crewe Alexandra

27 January 2009 26	Peterborough United	4–2	Crewe Alexandra	Peterborough
	Boyd 50' McLean 53' Keates 69' Boyd 87'	Report	Pope 2' Pope 57'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,782

Crewe Alexandra v Tranmere Rovers

31 January 2009 27	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Crewe
	Donaldson  9' Grant  82'Carrington 83' Grant 82'	Report	Shotton  5' Kray 26' Barnett  72' Chorley  77'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,936

Leyton Orient v Crewe Alexandra

14 February 2009 28	Leyton Orient	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Leyton, London
	Purches 11' Smith  44'	Report	Baudet  28' Jones  88'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,705

Southend United v Crewe Alexandra

17 February 2009 29	Southend United	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Southend-on-Sea
	Francis  8' Dervite  69'	Report	Jones 34'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,614

Crewe Alexandra v Huddersfield Town

21 February 2009 30	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Huddersfield Town	Crewe
	Moore 32' Pope 58' Donaldson 60' Broomes  63'	Report	Williams  13' Berrett 30'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 5,056

Crewe Alexandra v Yeovil Town

24 February 2009 31	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Yeovil Town	Crewe
	Donaldson 45+1' Pope  53' Brayford 79'	Report	Peltier  75'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,432

Brighton & Hove Albion v Crewe Alexandra

28 February 2009 32	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–4	Crewe Alexandra	Brighton
	McNulty  32' Cox  54'	Report	Jones 24' (pen.) Daniel  30' Baudet  40' Schumacher 79' Jones 84' Sigurdsson 89'	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6,366

Crewe Alexandra v Carlisle United

3 March 2009 33	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Carlisle United	Crewe
	Donaldson 34' Baudet  71'	Report	Taylor 17' Raven  38' Kavanagh  57' Anyinsah 73'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,759

Crewe Alexandra v Hereford United

7 March 2009 34	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Hereford United	Crewe
	Zola  37' Jones 55' (pen.) Jones 82'	Report	Hewson  55' Diagouraga 79'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 5,195

Walsall v Crewe Alexandra

10 March 2009 35	Walsall	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Bescot, Walsall
	Deeney 57'	Report	Schumacher 90+3'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,604

Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra

14 March 2009 36	Colchester United	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Colchester
	Izzet 67'	Report	Sigurdsson 18' Zola 63' Brayford  86'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,907

Crewe Alexandra v Bristol Rovers

17 March 2009 37	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Crewe
	Lawrence 70'	Report	Disley  33' Duffy 74'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,879

Crewe Alexandra v Leeds United

21 March 2009 38	Crewe Alexandra	2–3	Leeds United	Crewe
	Jones  17' (Dissent) Jones  17' (Foul & Abusive Language) Pope 60' Pope 73'	Report	Kilkenny 27' Becchio 30' Snodgrass 32' Naylor  45+4' Ankergren  90' Snodgrass  90+3'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 7,138

Milton Keynes Dons v Crewe Alexandra

24 March 2009 39	Milton Keynes Dons	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Denbigh, Milton Keynes
	Wilbraham 15' Puncheon 19' Guéret  81' O'Hanlon  90' Howell  90+2' Leven  90+3'	Report	Grant  21' Brayford  38' Pope  66' Carrington 78' Sigurdsson 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 8,454

Crewe Alexandra v Millwall

28 March 2009 40	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Millwall	Crewe
	Baudet  76' Donaldson  84'	Report	Whitbread  45+1' Alexander  70' Bolder  73' Henry  90' Price 90+2' Price  90+5'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,680

Swindon Town v Crewe Alexandra

4 April 2009 41	Swindon Town	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Swindon
	Robson-Kanu  51' Tudur Jones  74' Vincent  86'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,165

Crewe Alexandra v Hartlepool United

11 April 2009 42	Crewe Alexandra	0–0	Hartlepool United	Crewe
		Report		Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,477

Oldham Athletic v Crewe Alexandra

13 April 2009 43	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Oldham
	Hazell 41'	Report	Baudet  42' Moore 89'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,334

Crewe Alexandra v Cheltenham Town

18 April 2009 44	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Crewe
	Sigurdsson 2'	Report	Artus  38' Finnigan 58' (pen) Finnigan  81' Connor 84'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,542

Stockport County v Crewe Alexandra

24 April 2009 45	Stockport County	4–3	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley, Stockport
	Vincent 13' O'Grady 49' Johnson 65' Johnson 82'	Report	Jones 24' Lawrence 80' McManus 90+1'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,134

Crewe Alexandra v Leicester City

2 May 2009 46	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Leicester City	Crewe
		Report	Berner 56' Dyer 66' Fryatt 68'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 6,982
Note: Crewe Alexandra are relegated to League Two

League Cup

Crewe Alexandra v Barnsley

12 August 2008 First round	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Barnsley	Alexandra Stadium
	O'Connor 14' (pen.) Elding 36' (pen.)	Report	Kozluk  36' (Unsporting behaviour) Foster  68' (Unsporting behaviour) Odejayi  69' (Unsporting behaviour) León  83' (Unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 2,492 Referee: A Taylor

Crewe Alexandra v Bristol City

26 August 2008 Second round	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Bristol City	Alexandra Stadium
	Elding 24' Moore 76'	Report	Wilson 79'	Attendance: 3,227 Referee: A Hall

Liverpool v Crewe Alexandra

23 September 2008 Third round	Liverpool	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Anfield
	Agger 15' Lucas 58'	Report	O'Connor 25'	Attendance: 28,591

FA Cup

Crewe Alexandra v Ebbsfleet United

8 November 2008 (2008-11-08) First round	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Ebbsfleet United	Crewe
	O'Donnell  29' Donaldson 34' Grant  37'	Report	Hand  64' Ricketts  79' Charles  80'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2,593 Referee: Richard West

Carlisle United v Crewe Alexandra

3 December 2008 Second round	Carlisle United	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Carlisle
		Report	Miller 3', 12'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,755 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Millwall v Crewe Alexandra

3 January 2009 Third round	Millwall	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Bermondsey
	Frampton  20' 45+2' Laird 40' Laird  58' Kandol  68' Fuseini  78'	Report	Lawrence 12' Brayford  45+2' Shelley 58' Donaldson  79'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 5,754 Referee: Darren Deadman

Crewe Alexandra v Millwall

13 January 2009 Third round replay	Crewe Alexandra	2–3	Millwall	Crewe
	Murphy 7' Miller 58'	Report	Barron 8'  23' Harris 54' Whitbread 86'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,060 Referee: Nigel Miller

Football League Trophy

Crewe Alexandra v Macclesfield Town

2 September 2008 First round	Crewe Alexandra	3–0	Macclesfield Town	Crewe
	Schumacher 5' Jones 27' O'Donnell 42' Rix  80'	Report	Gritton  10' Gritton  13'  Bell  56' Flynn  62'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2,463 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Tranmere Rovers v Crewe Alexandra

6 October 2008 Second round	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Birkenhead
	Shuker 86'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2,626 Referee: Carl Boyeson

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