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4 unusual facts about Crewe Alexandra F.C.


Emilio Aldecoa

His first team debut came in September that year, a 2-1 victory away to Crewe Alexandra and he finished the season as Wolves’ leading scorer with 11 goals in 30 games.

Mornflake

Mornflake Oats is the official shirt sponsor of Crewe Alexandra Football Club.

Norman Rowlinson

Norman Rowlinson (1923 – 18 August 2006) was a football chairman who chaired Crewe Alexandra.

Rhyl F.C.

Rhyl had been losing finalists to Cardiff City in 1930 and Crewe Alexandra in 1937, but did not feature in the final again until 1993, when they lost 5–0 to Cardiff City.


Andy Hinchcliffe

Hinchcliffe has stated that he was encouraged to take up a football career from his father who was a season ticket holder at Crewe Alexandra F.C. He was also given a Nigeria national football team shirt with the name Tolu on the back for his 6th Birthday.

Arthur Lockett

Lockett was born in Alsager and played for local amateur sides Alsager's Bank, Audley and Cross Heath before joining Crewe Alexandra.

Ben Marshall

He remained there until he was 14 in 2005 before he joined Dario Gradi at Crewe Alexandra's academy in 2005, he spent a total of 4 years at Crewe Alexandra.

Danny Woodards

Glovers manager Russell Slade was reportedly interested in signing the English defender, but it was Dario Gradi of fellow League One side Crewe Alexandra who managed to sign Woodards for a fee of £30,000 and a 20% sell-on clause.

Jim McNichol

On 9 May 1987 Torquay were heading out of the Football League, 2–0, down to Crewe Alexandra at half-time on the last game of the season, they needed two more goals to ensure survival—McNichol, Paul Dobson and a German shepherd called Bryn saved the day for Torquay.

Keith Branagan

Branagan has remained in the game following retirement; he now has a UEFA 'A' Coaching licence and has coached the goalkeepers at Crewe Alexandra and Stockport County before taking up a coaching role at Bolton School.

The Combination

As the competition evolved, the nature of the teams changed, with many more Welsh teams being involved, as well as the reserve teams of the Football League clubs such as Everton and Crewe Alexandra.


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