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2015–16 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Crewe Alexandra's 139th season in their history, their 92nd in the English Football League and fourth consecutive season in League One.[1] Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Crewe Alexandra
2015–16 season
ChairmanJohn Bowler
ManagerSteve Davis
StadiumGresty Road
League One24th (relegated)
FA CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
(knocked out by Preston North End)
JP TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Brad Inman (10)
All:
Brad Inman
Marcus Haber
(10 each)

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 ST   Andre Brown Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 CM   Joe Howell Academy Trainee [3]
1 July 2015 CB   Joe Kearns Academy Trainee [4]
1 July 2015 FW   Liam O'Neill Academy Trainee [5]
1 July 2015 CM   Toby Mullarkey Academy Trainee [6]
6 July 2015 CM   Billy Bingham Dagenham & Redbridge Free transfer [7]
14 July 2015 CM   David Fox Colchester United Free transfer [8]
28 July 2015 GK   Dave Richards Bristol City Free transfer [9]
3 August 2015 DF   Ben Nugent Cardiff City Free transfer [10]
21 March 2016 FW   Daniel Udoh Ilkeston – [11]
6 May 2016 FW   Tom Lowery Academy Trainee [12]

Transfers out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CM   Anthony Grant Port Vale Free transfer [13]
1 July 2015 CM   Liam Nolan Southport[a] Released [15]
1 July 2015 CF   Vadaine Oliver York City[b] Free transfer [17]
1 July 2015 GK   Scott Shearer Mansfield Town[c] Free transfer [19]
1 July 2015 CB   Anthony Stewart Wycombe Wanderers[d] Free transfer [17]
1 July 2015 RB   Matt Tootle Shrewsbury Town Free transfer [21]
1 July 2015 DM   Billy Waters Cheltenham Town[e] Free transfer [15]
5 September 2015 GK   Paul Rachubka Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [23]
  1. ^ Following Nolan's release he joined Southport.[14]
  2. ^ Following Oliver's release he joined York City.[16]
  3. ^ Following Shearer's release he joined Mansfield Town.[18]
  4. ^ Following Stewart's release he joined Wycombe Wanderers.[20]
  5. ^ Following Waters' release he joined Cheltenham Town.[22]

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
6 July 2015 CM   Adam King Swansea City 5 January 2016 [24]
26 August 2015 LB   Stephen Kingsley Swansea City 27 November 2015 [25]
26 August 2015 LW   Harry Wilson Liverpool 5 January 2016 [26]
1 October 2015 GK   Danijel Nizic Burnley 1 November 2015 [27]
26 November 2015 CB   Semi Ajayi Cardiff City 26 January 2016 [28]
29 January 2016 ST   Ryan Seager Southampton 17 February [29]
23 February 2016 ST   Tom Hitchcock Milton Keynes Dons End of season [30]

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 10 October 2016
No. Pos. Nat. Name League One FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Ben Garratt 46 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 49 0
2 DF   ENG Ollie Turton 46 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 49 1
3 DF   ENG Jon Guthrie 38 (1) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 41 (1) 1
4 DF   ENG Harry Davis 10 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 (1) 0
5 DF   WAL George Ray 19 (3) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 22 (3) 0
6 DF   ENG Ben Nugent 39 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 42 1
8 MF   ENG Chris Atkinson 7 (9) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 8 (10) 0
9 ST   CAN Marcus Haber 36 (4) 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 39 (4) 10
10 MF   AUS Bradden Inman 33 (6) 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 36 (6) 10
11 FW   ENG George Cooper 13 (14) 1 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 14 (16) 1
12 FW   FIN Lauri Dalla Valle 10 (4) 2 0 (1) 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 11 (6) 2
13 GK   WAL David Richards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   WAL Callum Saunders 6 (12) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 (12) 2
15 MF   ENG David Fox 39 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 41 2
16 MF   SCO Adam King 22 (2) 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 24 (2) 5
17 DF   SCO Stephen Kingsley 9 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 (3) 0
18 MF   ENG Billy Bingham 17 (4) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 (4) 0
19 DF   ENG James Baillie 1 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 (4) 0
20 MF   SCO James Jones 29 (2) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 (2) 0
21 MF   ENG Ryan Wintle 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0
22 ST   SCO Fraser Murdoch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   ENG Perry Ng 1 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (5) 0
24 FW   WAL Harry Wilson 3 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (4) 0
25 MF   ENG Callum Ainley 6 (10) 1 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 6 (11) 1
27 FW   ENG Ryan Colclough 10 (2) 2 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 1 11 (3) 3
28 DF   ENG Toby Mullarkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF   NGA Semi Ajayi 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
30 GK   AUS Danijel Nizic 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
32 MD   ENG Joe Howell 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0
33 FW   ENG Ryan Seager 3 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (1) 1
36 FW   ENG Tom Hitchcock 6 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 (1) 0
39 FW   NGA Daniel Udoh 1 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (5) 0
41 DF   CIV Zoumana Bakayogo 16 (6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 (6) 0

Source: Soccerbase and 11v11.com Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Top scorers edit

As of 9 October 2016
Place Position Nationality Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
1 MF   10 Bradden Inman 10 0 0 0 10
FW   9 Marcus Haber 9 0 0 1 10
3 MF   16 Adam King 4 0 1 0 5
4 MF   27 Ryan Colclough 2 0 0 1 3
5 FW   12 Lauri Dalla Valle 2 0 0 0 2
MF   15 David Fox 2 0 0 0 2
FW   14 Callum Saunders 2 0 0 0 2
8 MF   25 Callum Ainley 1 0 0 0 1
DF   11 Zoumana Bakayogo 1 0 0 0 1
FW   11 George Cooper 1 0 0 0 1
DF   3 Jon Guthrie 1 0 0 0 1
DF   6 Ben Nugent 1 0 0 0 1
FW   33 Ryan Seager 1 0 0 0 1
DF   2 Ollie Turton 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 38 0 1 2 41

Source: Soccerbase and 11v11.com

Disciplinary record edit

As of 12 October 2016
Number Nationality Position Name League One FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
                   
6   DF Ben Nugent 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
5   DF George Ray 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2   DF Ollie Turton 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
20   MF James Jones 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
15   MF David Fox 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3   DF Jon Guthrie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9   FW Marcus Haber 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
29   DF Semi Ajayi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
41   DF Zoumana Bakayogo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27   FW Ryan Colclough 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
14   FW Callum Saunders 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1   GK Ben Garratt 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
8   MF Chris Atkinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19   DF James Baillie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16   MF Billy Bingham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11   FW George Cooper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4   DF Harry Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16   MF Adam King 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23   DF Perry Ng 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 47 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 51 1

Source: Soccerbase and 11v11.com

Clean sheets edit

As of 8 October 2016
Place Nationality Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
1   1 Ben Garratt 7 0 0 0 7
TOTALS 7 0 0 0 7

Source: 11v11.com (Ben Garratt)

Competitions edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

On 7 May 2015, Crewe Alexandra announced they would travel to Nantwich Town for a pre-season friendly on 19 July 2015.[31] On 13 May 2015, a further six friendlies were announced against, Congleton Town, Alsager Town, Newcastle Town, Kidsgrove Athletic, Altrincham and Kirby Muxloe.[32] On 18 June 2015, a friendly against Chester was announced.[33]

10 July 2015 (2015-07-10) Friendly Congleton Town 1–3 Crewe Alexandra Congleton
19:45 BST Smith   66' Report Dalla Valle   29'
Coulibaly   87'
Saunders   89'		 Stadium: Richborough Estates Stadium
11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly Alsager Town 1–7 Crewe Alexandra Alsager
15:00 BST   79' Report Coulibaly   4', 34'
Turton   14'
Saunders   41'
Inman   47'
Dalla Valle   55'
Baillie   64'		 Stadium: Wood Park Stadium
17 July 2015 (2015-07-17) Friendly Newcastle Town 0–3 Crewe Alexandra Newcastle-under-Lyme
19:30 BST Report Atkinson   22'
Brennan   41'
O'Neill   90'		 Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium
19 July 2015 (2015-07-19) Friendly Nantwich Town 1–4 Crewe Alexandra Nantwich
14:00 BST Ray   33' (o.g.) Report Davis   7'
Dalla Valle   55'
Cooper   76'
Saunders   81'		 Stadium: The Weaver Stadium
Attendance: 1,067
22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Friendly Kidsgrove Athletic 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Kidsgrove
19:30 BST Woolley   32' Report Saunders   13'
Ng   69'		 Stadium: The Novus Stadium
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly Altrincham 0–3 Crewe Alexandra Altrincham
19:30 BST Report Inman   1', 55'
Wintle   77'		 Stadium: Moss Lane
Attendance: 390
1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly Chester 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Chester
15:00 BST Rooney   4'
Hannah   57'
Peers   74'		 Report Turton   21'
Cooper   72'		 Stadium: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium
3 August 2015 (2015-08-03) Friendly Kirby Muxloe 0–3 Crewe Alexandra Kirby Muxloe
19:30 BST Report Howell   2'
Cooper   7'
Atkinson   74'		 Stadium: Ratby Lane

League One edit

Main article: 2015–16 Football League One

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 11 22 58 79 −21 50
21 Doncaster Rovers (R) 46 11 13 22 48 64 −16 46 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Blackpool (R) 46 12 10 24 40 63 −23 46
23 Colchester United (R) 46 9 13 24 57 99 −42 40
24 Crewe Alexandra (R) 46 7 13 26 46 83 −37 34
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Matches edit

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[34]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Port Vale Crewe
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 6,751
Referee: Dean Whitestone
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Scunthorpe United 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Madden   10', 65' Report Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 3,188
Referee: Trevor Kettle
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Coventry City 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Coventry
19:45 BST Fleck   14'
Armstrong   51'
O'Brien   83'		 Report Inman   31'
Haber   53'		 Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 11,511
Referee: Tim Robinson
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Crewe Alexandra 3–3 Bury Crewe
15:00 BST King   3'
Colclough   37'
Inman   80'		 Report Mayor   23'
Soares   45'
Rose   58'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,125
Referee: Oliver Langford
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Wigan
15:00 BST Jacobs   12' Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,647
Referee: David Coote
5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6 Crewe Alexandra 1–3 Swindon Town Crewe
15:00 BST King   61' Report Smith   63'
Thomas   82'
Ajose   90'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Richard Clark
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7 Crewe Alexandra 1–3 Millwall Crewe
15:00 BST Dalla Valle   36' Report O'Brien   21', 64', 74' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,293
Referee: Darren Handley
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Report King   2' Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,481
Referee: Andy Madley
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Walsall 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Bescot
15:00 BST Bradshaw   3' Report Nugent   18' Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 4,229
Referee: James Linington
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Southend United Crewe
19:45 BST Inman   49' Report Pigott   47', 53' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,404
Referee: Darren Bond
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Chesterfield Crewe
15:00 BST Fox   36' Report Gardner   8', 57' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,053
Referee: Ross Joyce
10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12 Barnsley 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Barnsley
15:00 BST Mawson   16' Report Ryan Colclough   14'
Lauri Dalla Valle   79'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 8,406
Referee: Mark Brown
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Gillingham Crewe
15:00 BST Report Donnelly   90+2' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,924
Referee: David Webb
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14 Burton Albion 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 2,666
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15 Blackpool 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Blackpool
15:00 BST White   64'
Redshaw   87' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 6,970
Referee: Mark Haywood
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Sheffield United Crewe
15:00 GMT Colclough   71' Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,227
Referee: Fred Graham
14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17 Bradford 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Bradford
15:00 GMT Liddle   45+2'
B. Clarke   58'		 Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 17,546
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18 Crewe Alexandra 1–5 Peterborough Crewe
15:00 GMT Colclough   64' Report Taylor   6'
Washington   46'
Anderson   47', 82'
Angol   54'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,094
Referee: Charles Breakspear
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19 Colchester 2–3 Crewe Alexandra Colchester
19:45 GMT Harriott   40'
Moncur   48'		 Report Colclough   61'
Haber   80'
Lowe   90+3'		 Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,602
Referee: Chris Sarginson
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Oldham Athletic Crewe
15:00 GMT King   21' Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,969
Referee: Simon Hooper
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21 Doncaster Rovers 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Crewe
15:00 GMT Grant   32'
Stewart   90+3'
Williams   90+5'		 Report Haber   26'
Saunders   90'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,342
Referee: Darren Drysdale
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Fleetwood Town Crewe
15:00 GMT Lowe   5' Report Ball   10' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,749
Referee: Andy Madley
28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Crewe
15:00 GMT Colclough   26'
Haber   55'		 Report Cole   11'
Gerrard   64'
Whalley   90'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,506
Referee:   Andy Haines
2 January 2016 25 Crewe Alexandra 0–5 Coventry City Crewe
15:00 GMT Report Armstrong   11'   30' (pen.)   45'
Murphy   27'   85'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,946
Referee:   Mark Haywood
16 January 2016 26 Swindon Town 4–3 Crewe Alexandra Swindon
15:00 GMT Ajose   14'   90+1'
Obika   47'
Nugent   52' (o.g.)		 Report Inman   20'   40'
Colclough   26'
Jones   26'
Nugent   28'
Turton   62'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,888
Referee:   Lee Collins
23 January 2016 27 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Wigan Athletic Crewe
15:00 GMT Inman   43'
Cooper   63'		 Report Wabara   16'
Perkins   47'
McCann   53'
Power   59'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 6,010
Referee:   Nick Kinseley
26 January 2016 28 Bury 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Bury
19:45 GMT O'Sullivan   65'
Etuhu   88'		 Report Guthrie   63' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,343
Referee:   Darren England
30 January 2016 29 Millwall 1–1 Crewe Alexandra London
15:00 GMT Archer   59'
Gregory   64' (pen.)
Williams   89'		 Report Inman   59' (pen.)
Nugent   63'
Ajayi   86'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 9,044
Referee:   Chris Kavanagh
6 February 2016 30 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Rochdale Crewe
15:00 GMT Fox   7'
Haber   31'
Inman   45'		 Report Rafferty   49'
Lund   57'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,130
Referee:   Ross Joyce
13 February 2016 31 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Walsall Crewe
15:00 GMT Inman   49' Report Bradshaw   32' (pen.) Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,132
Referee:   Darren Handley
16 February 2016 23 Rochdale 2–2 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
19:45 GMT Bennett   2'
Bunney   6'
Lund   45+6'
Rose   45+6'		 Report Haber   24'
Seager   27'
Bakayogo   45+5'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,985
Referee:   Eddie Ilderton
20 February 2016 32 Chesterfield 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Ebanks-Blake   7'
Novak   12'
Dimaio   56'		 Report Jones   20'
Bakayogo   27'
Guthrie   87'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 6,264
Referee:   Gavin Ward
27 February 2016 33 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Barnsley Crewe
15:00 GMT Fox   5'
Guthrie   32'
Nugent   66'		 Report Bree   45+1'
Winnall   53'
Watkins   62'
Mawson   67'   67'
Isgrove   69'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,451
Referee:   Seb Stockbridge
1 March 2016 34 Southend United 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT Wordsworth   58'
Worrall   86'
Barnett   87'
Coker   87'
Payne   90+4' (pen.)		 Report Hitchcock   54'
Cooper   86'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 5,444
Referee:   Dean Whitestone
5 March 2016 35 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Burton Albion Crewe
15:00 GMT Haber   14'
Turton   32'
Jones   70'
Ng   80'
Nugent   87'		 Report Akins   35'
McCrory   90+1'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,380
Referee:   Peter Bankes
12 March 2016 36 Gillingham 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Gillingham, Kent
15:00 GMT Samuel   12'
El-Abd   38'
Guthrie   61' (o.g.)
Wright   90+2'		 Report Nugent   67' Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,656
Referee:   Keith Hill
19 March 2016 37 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Blackpool Crewe
15:00 GMT Haber   47'   83' Report Redshaw   34'   35'  
Aldred   84'
Potts   90+5'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,480
Referee:   Kevin Johnson
25 March 2016 38 Sheffield United 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Sheffield
15:00 GMT Adams   18'
Flynn   61'
Sharp   87'
Calvert-Lewin   90+7'		 Report Guthrie   58'
Fox   68'
Davis   82'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 18,539
Referee:   Andy Woolmer
28 March 2016 39 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Bradford City Crewe
15:00 GMT Ray   62' Report Proctor   50'
McMahon   70'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 5,320
Referee:   Kevin Wright
2 April 2016 40 Peterborough United 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Peterborough
15:00 GMT Beautyman   14'   40'   55'
Fox   23'
Angol   67'		 Report Bakayogo   12' Stadium: ABAX Stadium
Attendance: 4,881
Referee:   Lee Collins
9 April 2016 41 Port Vale 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Burslem
15:00 GMT Dodds   3'   83'
Streete   73'
Hooper   90+2'		 Report Ray   1' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,771
Referee:   Paul Tierney (referee)
16 April 2016 42 Crewe Alexandra 2–3 Scunthorpe United Crewe
15:00 GMT Turton   15'
Ainley   71'
Haber   79'		 Report Williams   43'   75'
Adelakun   64'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,852
Referee:   Darren England
19 April 2016 43 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Colchester United Crewe
19:45 GMT Turton   26'
Saunders   90+1'
Ray   90+3'		 Report Edwards   25'
Moncur   65' (pen.)		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 3,094
Referee:   Scott Duncan (referee)
23 April 2016 44 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Oldham
15:00 GMT Forte   59'
Croft   65'		 Report Ray   39'
Turton   81'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,571
Referee:   Michael Bull
30 April 2016 45 Crewe Alexandra 3–1 Doncaster Rovers Crewe
15:00 GMT Ainley   43'
Haber   57'
Inman   89'		 Report Rowe   28' Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,403
Referee:   Lee Swabey
8 May 2016 46 Fleetwood Town 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Fleetwood
12:30 GMT Grant   21'
Cole   24'		 Report Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 3,302

FA Cup edit

7 November 2015 First round Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Eastleigh Crewe
15:00 Garratt   63' Report Strevens   75' (pen.) Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,008
Referee: Carl Boyeson

League Cup edit

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Crewe Alexandra were drawn at home against Preston North End.[35]

12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) First round Crewe Alexandra 1–3 Preston North End Crewe
19:45 BST King   36' Report Hugill   5'
Keane   13'
Brownhill   86'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2,852
Referee: Scott Duncan

Football League Trophy edit

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Crewe will host Wigan Athletic.[36]

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round Crewe Alexandra 2–3 Wigan Athletic Crewe
19:45 BST Haber   6'
Colclough   36'		 Report Hiwula   10', 70'
Wildschut   76'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2,168
Referee: James Adcock

Cheshire Senior Cup edit

On the Cheshire FA website the preliminary round details were announced, Crewe Alex will face Witton Albion.[37]

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Preliminary round Crewe Alexandra 5–0 Witton Albion Crewe
19:45 BST Ryan Wintle   41'
Liam O'Neil   45'
Saunders    
Andre Brown  		 Report Stadium: Gresty Road
3 February 2016 First Round Crewe Alexandra 6–0 Altrincham Crewe
19:45 BST Joe Howell   19'
Andre Brown   23'
Charlie Kirk   50'
Baillie   60'
Saunders   80'		 Report Stadium: Gresty Road
9 February 2016 Second round Stockport County 4–1 Crewe Alexandra Stockport
19:45 BST Karl Ledsham   2'
Montrose   16'
Brodie   59'
John Mardsen   90+1'		 Report Saunders   18' Stadium: Edgeley Park

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