Crewe Alexandra 2019–20 football 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 .[ 1] 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.[ 2]
Pre-season
The Railwaymen have announced pre-season friendlies against Nantwich Town ,[ 3] Altrincham ,[ 4] Witton Albion ,[ 3] Curzon Ashton [ 3] Burnley [ 4] and Wrexham .[ 5]
Competitions
League Two
League table
Source:
EFL Official Website Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences
[ 6] (C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted
Notes:
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
37
20
9
8
67
43
+24
69
13
3
3
38
17
+21
7
6
5
29
26
+3
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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.[ 7]
FA Cup
The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.[ 12] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.[ 13] The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium , Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.[ 14]
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 20 June.[ 15] The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.[ 16]
EFL Trophy
On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.[ 17]
Transfers
Transfers in
Loans in
Loans out
Transfers out
Player statistics
Appearances and goals
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only)
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only)
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League (Premier East , Premier West - level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (Premier - level 10 only )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions