2019–20 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season
# 2019–20 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Crewe Alexandra's 143rd season in their history, their 96th in the English Football League and fourth consecutive in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Crewe vied for promotion to the EFL League One for much of the 2019–20 season, and were top of the table (ahead of Swindon Town on goal difference) when the football season was suspended on 13 March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. On 9 June, Crewe's promotion to League One was confirmed, but Swindon were crowned League Two champions on the basis of average points per game.

## Pre-season

The Railwaymen have announced pre-season friendlies against Nantwich Town, Altrincham, Witton Albion, Curzon Ashton Burnley and Wrexham.

## Competitions

### League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Swindon Town (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 69 | 1.92 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra (P) | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 69 | 1.86 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle (P) | 37 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 68 | 1.84 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 36 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 64 | 1.78 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Exeter City | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 65 | 1.76 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Colchester United | 37 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 58 | 1.57 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Northampton Town (O, P) | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 58 | 1.57 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Port Vale | 37 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | 1.54 | |

* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 7 March 2020. Source: BBC

**Results by matchday**

| Matchday | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 24 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

**Matches**

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ACA | Everton U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | L1 | Burton Albion | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Olly Lancashire | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Daniel Powell | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 30 October 2019 | CB | Christian Mbulu | Motherwell | Free transfer |
| 12 March 2020 | GK | Dino Visser | Exeter City | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 August 2019 | CF | Chuma Anene | FC Midtjylland | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | RB | Michael Nottingham | Blackpool | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Stephen Walker | Middlesbrough | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 July 2019 | CF | Shaun Miller | Morecambe | 30 June 2020 |
| 23 August 2019 | CF | Lewis Reilly | AFC Telford United | September 2019 |
| 19 September 2019 | CB | Billy Sass-Davies | AFC Telford United | 2 December 2019 |
| 4 October 2019 | CM | Connor Heath | Witton Albion | November 2019 |
| 24 October 2019 | CF | Lewis Reilly | Curzon Ashton | December 2019 |
| 15 November 2019 | CM | Josh Lundstram | Kidsgrove Athletic | December 2019 |
| 13 December 2019 | RB | Luke Offord | Nantwich Town | 21 January 2020 |
| 3 January 2020 | FW | Aaron Lomas | Nantwich Town | Dual Registration |
| 17 January 2020 | CM | Josh Lundstram | Altrincham | 24 March 2020 |
| 22 January 2020 | CM | Connor Heath | Colwyn Bay | 26 April 2020 |
| 4 February 2020 | CB | Billy Sass-Davies | Ashton United | March 2020 |
| 14 February 2020 | LM | Regan Griffiths | Kidsgrove Athletic | 17 March 2020 |
| 13 March 2020 | RB | Travis Johnson | Witton Albion | 25 April 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Jordan Bowery | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Ben Garratt | Burton Albion | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Joe Lynch | Morecambe | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Alex Nicholls | Solihull Moors | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | George Ray | Tranmere Rovers | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Michael Raynes | Hartlepool United | Released |
| 24 January 2020 | CB | Christian Mbulu | Morecambe | Mutual consent |

## Player statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Will Jääskeläinen | 39 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Perry Ng | 45 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Harry Pickering | 43 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ryan Wintle | 46 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Olly Lancashire | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | EIR | Eddie Nolan | 26 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Daniel Powell | 33 | 9 | 24+6 | 9 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | James Jones | 29 | 2 | 13+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Chris Porter | 31 | 14 | 25+1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Charlie Kirk | 44 | 9 | 35+1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Callum Ainley | 31 | 3 | 6+19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | EIR | Paul Green | 33 | 4 | 22+4 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Dave Richards | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Oliver Finney | 24 | 6 | 11+7 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Nicky Hunt | 29 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Tom Lowery | 36 | 5 | 28+1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Chuma Anene | 34 | 9 | 12+16 | 7 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Regan Griffiths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Owen Dale | 36 | 2 | 7+20 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Josh Lundstram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Luke Offord | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | WAL | Billy Sass-Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Travis Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Lewis Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Rio Adebisi | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Connor Heath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ENG | Sam Booth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SKN | Michael Nottingham | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Stephen Walker | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Christian Mbulu | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RSA | Dino Visser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

* Source:
