This article details Crewe Alexandra F.C. records since the club's establishment in 1877.Club records taken from official Crewe Alexandra website

Honours and achievements In 102 completed seasons, Crewe Alexandra have never won a division title, and have only been division runners-up twice.

Football League Second Division (3rd tier) 2nd place promotion: 2002–03 Play-off winners: 1997

Football League Fourth Division / League Two (4th tier) 2nd place promotion: 2019–20 3rd place promotion: 1962–63, 1993–94 4th place promotion: 1967–68, 1988–89 Play-off winners: 2012

Football League Trophy Winners: 2013

Welsh Cup Winners: 1936, 1937

Cheshire Senior Cup Winners: (16) - 1887, 1888, 1892, 1893, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1907, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1923, 2002, 2003, 2017, 2026

Cheshire Premier Cup Winners: 2009, 2010

Milk Cup Premier Section Winners: 1987, 1999 Junior Section Winners: 1990, 1998

Club records Football League record Including the 2026-2027 season, Crewe Alexandra has played in 104 Football League seasons. The club has never played in the top flight, and has played only 12 seasons in the second tier (four, from 1892 to 1896, when there were only two divisions); 48 seasons have been in the third tier (30 when there were only three tiers), and 42 in the fourth tier. In total, Crewe has played in the bottom division of the Football League in 78 out of 103 seasons.

YearsSeasonsTierDivision1892 – 189642ndDivision Two (Best finishing position: 10th of 12 teams, in 1892–93)1921 – 1958313rdDivision Three (North)1958 – 196354thDivision Four1963 – 196413rdDivision Three1964 – 196844thDivision Four1968 – 196913rdDivision Three1969 – 1989204thDivision Four1989 – 199123rdDivision Three1991 – 199214thDivision Four1992 – 199424thDivision Three1994 – 199733rdDivision Two1997 – 200252ndDivision One (Highest League finishing position: 11th of 24 teams, in 1997–98)2002 – 200313rdDivision Two2003 – 200632ndDivision One / Football League Championship (2004 onwards)2006 – 200933rdFootball League One2009 – 201234thFootball League Two2012 – 201643rdFootball League One2016 – 202044thFootball League Two2020 – 202223rdFootball League One2022 – present54thFootball League Two

Aggregate league record from 1888-89 to 2025-26 TierLeagueSeasonsPWDLFAGDYearsNotes2Championship/Division 212478126106246572926-3541892–93 to 2021–223League One/Division 3177822621803409711164-1931920–21 to 2021–223Division 3 North31128545627155819512250-2991921–22 to 1957–584League Two/Division 442191367949274225522701-1491958–59 to 2025–26All102445815231049188660467041-9951892–93 to 2025–26

Cup records (up to and including the 2024–25 season) CupBest performanceSeasonsPWDLFAGDNotesFA CupSemi-Final (1887–88, lost to Preston North End 0–4)1072559059106377427-50League Cup3rd Round Replay (1974–75, lost to Aston Villa 0–1)65151473371211270-59League TrophyChampions (2012–13, won against Southend United 2–0)349938263816515015

Wins Biggest league win - 8–0 vs Rotherham United (Division 3 North, 1 October 1932) - six different Crewe scorers. Biggest cup win - 9–1 against Northwich Victoria (FA Cup, 16 November 1889)Crisp, pp.12, 20.Eight goal margins also achieved (8-0 wins) against: Hartlepool United (Auto Windscreens Shield 1st Rd, 17 October 1995) - seven different Crewe scorers (plus an own goal). Doncaster Rovers (LDV Vans Trophy 3rd Rd, 10 November 2002)

Defeats Biggest league defeat - 1–11 vs Lincoln City (Division 3 North, 29 September 1951) Biggest cup defeat - 2–13 vs Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup 4th Rd Replay, 3 February 1960)

Sequences Longest undefeated run in league - 19 (in 2011-12 season, 24 February 2012 to 17 May 2012 inclusive, including three play-off matches.) Longest league run without a win - 30 (22 September 1956 to 6 April 1957)Dates taken from 1956–57 results section from crewealexandra–mad.co.ukCrisp, p.88. Longest run without an away win - 56 (25 December 1954 to 24 April 1957) Longest run without scoring - 9 (6 November 1974) Longest run with goals conceded - 40 (10 April 1936) Longest run of home defeats - 8 (29 January to 2 April 2022) Longest run of away defeats - 24 (1894–95, Division 2) Longest run of defeats from start of season - 8 (1981–82, Division 4)

League points Most league points in a season Three points for win - 86 (2002-2003, Division 2) Two points for win - 59 (1962-1963, Division 4 - under 'three points for win' system, total would have been 83)

Least league points in a season Two points for win - 10 (1894-1895, Division 2 - 16 teams; Crewe lost all 15 away games that season, and won just three home games) Two points for win - 21 (1956-1957, Division 3 North - 24 teams) Three points for win - 27 (1981-1982, Division 4 - 24 teams; tally would have been 21 under old points system)

Others Most goals in a season - 95 (in 40 games), 1931-32 Division 3 North Most clean sheets in a season - 24 (2002-2003, Clayton Ince 20 and Ademola Bankole 4) Most away wins in a single season - 17 (2002-2003 Division 2)

Player records

Appearances Youngest first-team player - Joel Ewusi, 16 years 79 days (vs Barnsley, 25 August 2026) Oldest first-team player - Kenny Swain, 39 years 281 days (vs Maidstone United, 5 November 1991) Most consecutive League, FA Cup and League Cup appearances - Geoff Crudgington, 138 (between 17 August 1974 and 5 March 1977)

Most appearances Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.

#NameNationLeagueFA CupLeague CupFootball League TrophyWatney CupWelsh CupTotal 1 435 (2) 21 (0) 24 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0) 482 (3) 2 430 (2) 25 (0) 17 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 473 (2) 3 400 (40) 21 (4) 25 (4) 23 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 469 (52) 4 390 (35) 17 (0) 25 (1) 4 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 436 (37) 5 350 (1) 26 (1) 14 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 390 (2) 6 295 (50) 15 (1) 12 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 323 (51) 7 270 (23) 16 (1) 20 (0) 11 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 317 (27) 8 288 (38) 19 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 307 (42) 9 262 (30) 10 (1) 10 (1) 15 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 297 (33) 10 252 (52) 14 (4) 18 (9) 11 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 295 (69) 11 250 (13) 12 (0) 17 (0) 4 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 283 (13) 12 250 (0) 14 (0) 16 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 280 (0) 13 242 (16) 8 (1) 8 (1) 20 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 278 (20) 14 253 (23) 11 (1) 7 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 277 (24) 15 241 (22) 9 (2) 9 (0) 13 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 272 (26) 15 240 (50) 22 (8) 10 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 272 (58) 17 247 (128) 13 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 9 (5) 269 (139) 18 239 (16) 6 (1) 14 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 261 (17) 19 230 (44) 10 (0) 15 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 255 (44) 20 205 (0) 18 (0) 15 (0) 13 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 251 (0) 21 223 (0) 8 (0) 6 (0) 9 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 246 (0) 22 217 (15) 11 (1) 10 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 242 (18) 23 195 (34) 15 (4) 15 (3) 16 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 241 (42)

Players in current squad with most appearances:

Luke Offord - total: 178

Goalscorers Most goals (and most league goals) - 139 (128), Bert Swindells Most league goals scored in a season - 35, Terry Harkin (Div 4, 1964–65) Most goals in a match - 5, Tony Naylor (vs Colchester United, Div 3, 24 April 1993) Most hat-tricks - 8, Frank Lord Most hat-tricks in a season - 4, Frank Lord (1961–62) Most hat-tricks in a match - 3, scored by Jack Waring, Tommy Armstrong and Joe Mawson in a 9-2 defeat of Llay Welfare in the Welsh Cup on 24 February 1937.Crisp, p. 63. Youngest goalscorer - Joel Ewusi, 16 years 79 days (vs Barnsley, 25 August 2026) Fastest goal - 16 seconds, by Tony Naylor (vs Mansfield Town, Div 4, 13 September 1991)Crisp, p. 124. Longest goalscoring streak - 7 games: Nicky Maynard (15 March to 19 April 2008; total 11 goals, including one hat-trick)Five players have scored in six consecutive games: Bert Llewellyn (19 September to 7 October 1959; total 11 goals, including two hat-tricks);Crisp, p. 91. Frank Lord (12-27 April 1963; total 11 goals, including two hat-tricks);Crisp, p. 94. Ashley Ward (12 November to 3 December 1994; total 10 goals, including two hat-tricks);Crisp, p. 126. David Platt (31 March - 25 April 1987; total 8 goals, including one hat-trick); Terry Harkin (16 January - 17 February 1965; total 7 goals).Crisp, p. 96.

Top goalscorers Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.

#NameNationLeagueFA CupLeague CupFootball League TrophyWatney CupWelsh CupTotal 1Crisp (1998), pp.55-63. 128 (247) 6 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (9) 139 (269) 2 61 (158) 5 (9) 3 (7) 5 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 74 (177) 3 67 (106) 3 (8) 3 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 73 (118) 4 52 (152) 4 (14) 9 (18) 4 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0) 69 (195) 5 55 (150) 4 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (9) 67 (170) 6 55 (170) 0 (4) 6 (8) 5 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 66 (188) 7 60 (154) 5 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 65 (154) 8 50 (137) 5 (11) 5 (7) 8 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 63 (153) 9 56 (134) 1 (3) 4 (7) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 61 (148) 10 60 (238) 0 (6) 0 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 60 (238) 11 50 (240) 8 (22) 0 (10) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 58 (272) 11 44 (155) 5 (18) 5 (8) 4 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0) 58 (198) 13 43 (138) 8 (12) 4 (10) 2 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 57 (165) 14 47 (96) 6 (8) 2 (2) 4 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 55 (106) 15 46 (168) 4 (9) 2 (4) 2 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 54 (189) 16 48 (205) 3 (6) 1 (5) 0 (9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 52 (227) 16 40 (400) 4 (21) 4 (25) 4 (23) 0 (0) 0 (0) 52 (469) 18 50 (295) 1 (15) 0 (12) 0 (0) 0 (1) 0 (0) 51 (323) 18 47 (118) 3 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2) 51 (125) 18 45 (116) 0 (6) 2 (7) 4 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 51 (131) 21 47 (135) 1 (6) 1 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 49 (145) 21 47 (117) 1 (5) 0 (4) 1 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 49 (130) 21 46 (136) 3 (14) 0 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 49 (155) 24 43 (140) 4 (9) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 47 (153) 25 39 (122) 3 (10) 2 (7) 2 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0) 46 (152) 25 40 (162) 1 (5) 4 (6) 1 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 46 (177)

International caps First capped Crewe player - William Bell, for Wales v. Ireland in Wrexham, February 1886. Most international caps while playing for Crewe - Clayton Ince, 31 caps for Trinidad and Tobago First (only) Crewe player to play in a World Cup final tournament - Efe Sodje (for Nigeria v. Argentina, 2 June 2002)

Transfers Highest transfer fee paid - £650,000 Rodney Jack from Torquay United in August 1998 (surpassing the £500,000 paid to Shrewsbury Town for Dave Walton in October 1997). Highest transfer fee received - £6 million for Nick Powell to Manchester United in 2012

Awards PFA Awards (End-of-season Team of the Year awards, inaugurated in 1973) First PFA award winner - Defender Paul Edwards was the first Crewe player to feature, named in the 1990 Third Division PFA Team of the Year. Most PFA awards - Neil Lennon won three awards while a Crewe player (in 1994, 1995 and 1996). Other PFA award winners - Gareth Whalley and Danny Murphy (both in 1997) Rob Hulse (2004) Jon Otsemobor and Luke Varney (both in 2007) John Brayford (2010) Luke Murphy (2013) Perry Ng and Charlie Kirk (both in 2020) Mickey Demetriou (2024, 2025)

EFL Player of the Month (Monthly awards, inaugurated in 2004) First Player of the Month award winner - Striker Dean Ashton - named EFL Championship Player of the Month for December 2004. Other Player of the Month award winners - both for EFL League One Player of the Month: Nicky Maynard - September 2006 Owen Dale - December 2020

Other Fastest sending-off - 19 seconds, Mark Smith (v. Darlington, Third Division, 12 March 1994), p. 125.

Manager records

Most games managed - 1,359: Dario Gradi (in four spells, 1983-2011)

Awards LMA League Two Manager of the Year - 1: David Artell (2019–20) LMA Manager of the Month - 1 each for Gudjon Thordarson (February 2009) and Dario Gradi (January 2011)

Attendances Highest home attendance - 20,000 vs Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup fourth round), 30 January 1960.Crisp, pp.9, 91. Highest home league attendance - 17,883 vs Port Vale, 21 September 1953.Crisp, p.85. Highest home attendance (all-seater) - 10,092 vs Manchester City, 12 March 2002. Highest away attendance - 64,365 at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane (FA Cup fourth round replay), 3 February 1960.Crisp, p.91.