Dude, Where's My Club? - A Journeyman

NOVEMBER
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Last month was fun. More please.

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Dagenham & Redbridge 1-4 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro 72, Penney, Close (Sass-Davies 72), Griffiths (Burridge 58), Ainley, Wintle, Cooper, Nolan (Reilly 58)
Easy.

FA CUP FIRST ROUND
Southend United 0-2 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Sass-Davies, Penney, Close, Griffiths (Burridge 63), Ainley, Wintle, Cooper, Kennedy (Reilly 63)
A comprehensive victory over League 1 Southend! I'm loving this tactic

CHECKATRADE TROPHY GROUP B
Port Vale 0-3 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Sass-Davies, Penney, Sammutt, Griffiths (Burridge 45), Walker, Pelzier, Cooper (Ainley 45), Nolan
We top the group with ease

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Cambridge United
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Sass-Davies, Penney (Haunstrup 70), Close, Burridge, Walker (Ainley 58), Wintle, Cooper, Reilly (Nolan 58)
They were awful apart from those two minutes either side of half-time

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 3-1 AFC Wimbledon
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Ray, Penney, Close, Ainley, Walker (Griffiths 60), Wintle, Cooper, Kennedy
We bounce back immediately and in the best way possible

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Barnet 1-1 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Ainley (Walker 78), Wintle, Cooper, Kennedy (Reilly 78)
Disappointing.

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Carlisle United
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths (Burridge 63), Walker (Ainley 63), Wintle, Cooper, Kennedy
A nice win to end the month

LEAGUE TABLE
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Another fantastic month​
 
DECEMBER
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Things have been looking up. Long may that continue.

FA CUP SECOND ROUND
Crewe Alexandra 2-0 AFC Fylde
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close (Sammutt 68), Griffiths, Ainley, Wintle (Nolan 8), Cooper, Kennedy
A comfortable victory over non-league opposition sees us into the next round

CHECKATRADE TROPHY NORTH SECOND ROUND
Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Newcastle Under 23s
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths (Burridge 77), Ainley (Walker 84), Nolan, Cooper (Pelzier 77), Kennedy
And we're through to the next round of the most ridiculous competition in the world

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths (Burridge 72), Walker, Kirk, Cooper, Nolan (Reilly 72)
Win at home and draw away

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Rochdale
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths (Burridge 79), Walker, Kirk, Cooper, Nolan (Reilly 79)
We scored 4 great goals. Technically.

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Bristol Rovers
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths (Burridge 66), Walker, Ainley (Kennedy 66), Cooper, Nolan
Ooo-arr

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Wycombe Wanderers
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Walker (Ainley 72), Wintle, Cooper (Kirk 72), Nolan (Kennedy 72)
All over inside 40 minutes

LEAGUE TABLE
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Looking good​
 
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CULLEN JOINS PROMOTION PUSH
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Swansea striker Liam Cullen has joined Crewe Alexandra on loan until the end of the season as the Alex attempt to regain their status in League 1 after 3 seasons in League 2

Cullen has joined following the departures of Daniel Udoh and Michael Raynes, who left for Mansfield and Stevenage respectively, garnering £32,000 in transfer fees

Cullen has joined following a testing month for Crewe, where they overcame League 1 Peterborough United in the FA Cup Third Round but fell to Scunthorpe United in the Checkatrade Trophy

They have also had an eventful month in the league. Beating Newport County, Crawley Town and Cheltenham Town, drawing with Notts County and Lincoln City before losing to Bury 3-0.

Cullen has been brought in due to what manager Matthew Hawkins sees as a "lack of goalscorers" in his side, with his top scorers being wingers George Cooper and Ryan Wintle, who have an impressive 31 goals between them

The strikers, however, are lagging behind. With Mikhail Kennedy bagging just 9 goals this term and Colm Nolan just three with Owen Dale scoring just one Jermaine Beckford yet to find the back of the net
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FEBRUARY
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Big month.

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Burton Albion
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close (Sammutt 78), Griffiths, Ainley (Walker 66), Wintle, Cooper, Cullen (Nolan 78)
Another comfortable victory over a League 1 side proves that, at our best, we're too god for League 2

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Exeter City
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Ainley (Walker 65), Wintle, Cooper, Kennedy (Cullen 65)
Pfft

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Port Vale 3-2 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths (Walker 62), Ainley, Wintle, Cooper, Cullen
Heartbreaking way to lose the derby

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 0-1 York City
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Ainley (Walker 45), Wintle, Cooper, Kennedy
An embarrassing defeat to lowly York

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND
Crewe Alexandra 2-6 West Bromwich Albion
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Walker (Ainley 56), Wintle, Cooper, Kennedy (Cullen 56)
THREE PENALTIES! That's ridiculous. Surely there's something dodgy about the Prem team getting 2 penalties immediately after going 2-0 down to the League 2 side.

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Accrington Stanley 1-1 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro 51, Penney, Close (Sass-Davies 51), Griffiths, Walker, Wintle, Cooper, Cullen
*Sigh*

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 4-3 Luton Town
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Sass-Davies, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Walker (Ainley 74), Wintle, Cooper, Kennedy (Cullen 59)
What a game!

LEAGUE TABLE
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Not a good month​
 
Unlucky in the FA Cup! I bet 10 minutes into the game against West Brom you were wondering who you were going to get in the quarter finals. And despite the bad month hopefully you can do enough in the remaining games to get top 3.
 
Hampus Silverholt said:
Unlucky in the FA Cup! I bet 10 minutes into the game against West Brom you were wondering who you were going to get in the quarter finals. And despite the bad month hopefully you can do enough in the remaining games to get top 3.
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I had my head in my hands after the penalties. Here's hoping!
 
MARCH
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We need to recover from last month's poor outing

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Sass-Davies, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Walker (Ainley 64), Wintle, Cooper, Kennedy (Cullen 64)
A draw is better than a loss

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Oldham Athletic
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott (Sass-Davies 58), Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Walker (Ainley 58), Wintle, Cooper, Kennedy
I like big wins

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Macclesfield Town 1-2 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Elliott, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Walker (Ainley 76), Wintle (Nolan 57), Cooper, Kennedy (Cullen 57)
Phew

LEAGUE TABLE
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A solid month to get us back on track​
 
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9 MAN CREWE BATTLE ON TO REMAIN IN POLE POSITION
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AFC WIMBLEDON 1
Smith-Rowe 59
CREWE ALEXANDRA 1
Wintle 65
Ruben Sammutt sent off 47

The nine men of Crewe Alexandra battled on to gain a valuable point at Plough Lane

The Railymen, left short-handed following Ruben Sammutt's early red card and an injury to Jack Elliott in the 70th minute, battled hard to recover an irretrievable position as they aim to regain their status as a League 1 club

Crewe started brightly before Sammutt' dismissal shifted things massively into Wimbledon's favour, with a makeshift backline of George Cooper, Brandon Haunstrup, Michele Di Pietro and Matt Penney keeping the Wombles at bay

A performance of steel backs up Hawkins' assertion that the Alex aren't feeling the nerves as they have extended their unbeaten run to 8 games following their 0-0 draw with Dagenham & Redbridge and a 1-0 win away at Cambridge United

These results have left Crewe in pole position going into the final four games of the season
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END OF SEASON
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4 games. Many possibilities.

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Barnet
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Garratt, Sesegnon, Sass-Davies, Ray, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Walker (Ainley 61), Wintle (Nolan 61), Cooper, Cullen
A late, late goal from George Cooper leaves us just a win away from League 1

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Carlisle United 1-2 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Ray, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths (Walker 61), Ainley, Wintle, Cooper, Nolan (Cullen 61)
"Its last chance saloon for Crewe Alexandra, the ball's whipped in from the corner.. DI PIETRO'S IN SPACE.. HE SHOOTS!!! GOOOOOOOOOAL!!!! CREWE HAVE WON IT, THEY'LL BE IN LEAGUE 1 NEXT SEASON!!!!"

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Plymouth Argyle
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Ray, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Ainley, Wintle, Cooper, Nolan
1st vs 2nd. Ryan Wintle wins us the league.

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Rochdale 1-0 Crewe Alexandra
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Garratt, Sessegnon, Ferdinand, Di Pietro, Penney, Close, Griffiths, Ainley, Wintle, Cooper, Nolan
The team who finished bottom beat the champions on the last day

LEAGUE TABLE
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CHAMPIONS

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OTHER THINGS

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Awards for days

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Ben Close started all 46 league games and played 56 games in total this season

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£20k+ surplus in the wage budget. Let's go shopping!​
 
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PREMIER TRIO ARRIVE AT ALEX
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Crewe Alexandra have kicked off the transfer window in style, signing a trio of players all from Premier League clubs

First to sign were a duo from Chelsea who have signed permanent deals on free transfers.

First of the duo was Craig Laycock who's signed a one year deal following his release from Chelsea

Laycock, 18, came through the ranks at Stamford Bridge but was deemed surplus to requirements by the Blues

Hawkins had this to say on the youngster: "He has all the attributes required, he just has to get his head down and kick on"
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The second to join was also a free from Chelsea, as Alexandra brought in Junior Hall from the 6 time Premier League champions

Hall, also 18, came through the Chelsea youth system much like Laycock

Hall, like Laycock, was touted for greatness at one point in his career but is yet to make the grade following years at Chelsea
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Last but not least is the real coup, the capture of Welsh Under 21 international Neil Nicholas on a season long loan

Manchester United product Nicholas, born in Newport, has drawn comparisons to countrymen Ian Rush and Mark Hughes since becoming Manchester United's youngest ever player when he came on against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup Sixth Round at the age of just 15 and 348 days

The teenager has also had success on the international scene, scoring 5 goals in 12 games for Wales Under 21s as they impressed in the 2019 Euros
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Well that looks like your striker problem is sorted - for a season at least
 
JULY 1st TRANSFERS
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Lots of frees

BEN WHITE - BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION - FREE TRANSFER
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Di Pietro and Elliott were great last season but there was no depth outside those two so Ben White has come in to provide some very good competition for a starting spot

LUKE BURKE - WIGAN ATHLETIC - FREE TRANSFER
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Fulham wouldn't let us have Sessegnon on loan again so we needed a right back. Luke fills that mould perfectly

MATT PENNEY - SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - FREE TRANSFER
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He was great for us last season, he was available for nothing, so we signed him

BRANDON ODDY - CRYSTAL PALACE - FREE TRANSFER
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Our strikers are ****, we needed new ones

OLLIE CLARKE - LUTON TOWN - FREE TRANSFER
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Just look at him

LLOYD ISGROVE - BARNSLEY - FREE TRANSFER
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He's 27 and he's only made 74 league appearances. That's not good, but he looks fantastic

CALLUM BURTON - HULL CITY - FREE TRANSFER
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Backup.​
 
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LOANEES SIGNED FOLLOWING CREWE'S SOLID START
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Manchester United youngsters Scott McTominay and Ethan Galbraith have today secured loan deals with Crewe Alexandra following the Railwaymen's solid start to the League 1 season

Midfielders McTominay and Galbraith will link up with a familiar face in Neil Nicholas, who has scored 3 goals in 3 games so far this campaign

Scottish Under 21 international McTominay, 23, and Northern Irish Under 21 international Galbraith, 19, have been brought to the club following the departures of Tom Plezier (Crawley £10,000), Tom Burridge (Wrexham £10,000), Charlie Kirk (AFC Wimbledon £15,000) and Ruben Sammutt (Falkirk £15,00)
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The duo have been brought in to bolster Crewe's squad following a solid start to the season which has seen them sitting in 6th at the end of August

An opening day 3-1 win at Milton Keynes Dons was followed up by a disappointing 4-2 defeat at Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup

Crewe's next win, 2-1 away at Mansfield, was sandwiched by home draws against Walsall (1-1) and Scunthorpe (2-2)

Crewe's unbeaten start to the season, however, ended with a 1-0 defeat to Barnsley at Oakwell
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