# 2008–09 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

This article details Crewe Alexandra's 2008–09 season in League One, their 85th competitive season in the English Football League.

## Events

This will be a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order.
9 August 2009- season begins with a 2–1 loss at home to Brighton.
26 August 2009- Crewe progress into the third round of the League Cup with wins over Barnsley and then Bristol City, and are drawn to face Liverpool at Anfield.

## Statistics

| Technical Director | Dario Gradi |
| Chairman | John Bowler |
| Highest attendance | 7138 |
| Lowest attendance | 3432 |
| Transfer Spending | £ 0,330,000 |
| Transfer Income | £2,200,000 |

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Collis | 27 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2010 | Free | |
| 2 | DF | Woodards | 24 | EU | 2007 | 51 | 0 | 30 June 2010 | £30,000 | |
| 3 | DF | Jones | 25 | EU | 2007 | 26 | 0 | 30 June 2010 | £65,000 | |
| 4 | MF | Schumacher | 24 | EU | 2007 | 29 | 1 | 30 June 2010 | Free | |
| 6 | DF | Baudet | 29 | EU | 2006 | 77 | 2 | 30 June 2009 | Free | |
| 7 | MF | Bopp | 24 | EU | 2007 | 12 | 1 | 30 June 2010 | Free | |
| 8 | MF | O'Connor | 20 | EU | 2005 | 59 | 1 | 30 June 2010 | Youth system | |
| 9 | FW | Elding | 26 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2011 | Undisclosed | |
| 10 | FW | Zola | 23 | Non-EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2011 | £200,000 | |
| 11 | MF | Grant | 20 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2011 | £130,000 | |
| 12 | MF | Rix | 24 | EU | 2001 | 152 | 4 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
| 13 | GK | Legzdins | 21 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2010 | Free | |
| 14 | DF | McCready | 26 | EU | 2007 | 117 | 2 | 30 June 2009 | Free | |
| 15 | DF | Abbey | 29 | EU | 2007 | 23 | 0 | 30 June 2010 | Free | |
| 16 | MF | Livermore | 18 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 11 January 2009 | Loan | On loan from Tottenham Hotspur |
| 17 | FW | Moore | 19 | EU | 2007 | 36 | 2 | 30 June 2010 | Youth system | |
| 18 | MF | Carrington | 21 | EU | 2005 | 14 | 0 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
| 19 | FW | Pope | 22 | EU | 2005 | 32 | 7 | 30 June 2009 | Free | |
| 20 | FW | Miller | 20 | EU | 2006 | 25 | 4 | 30 June 2011 | Youth system | |
| 21 | GK | Tomlinson | 23 | EU | 2001 | 17 | 0 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
| 22 | DF | Daniel | 20 | EU | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 30 June 2009 | Free | |
| 23 | MF | Bailey | 19 | EU | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
| 25 | MF | Roberts | 21 | EU | 2004 | 129 | 11 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
| 26 | MF | Clements | 18 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
| – | DF | Danville | 18 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
| – | FW | Leitch-Smith | 18 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
| – | MF | Murphy | 18 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
| – | DF | O'Donnell | 22 | EU | 2007 | 59 | 2 | 30 June 2010 | £100,000 | |
| – | FW | Thompson | 17 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
| – | DF | Westwood | 18 | EU | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 2009 | Youth system | |
* Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Crewe Alexandra, crewe-mad
* Ordered by Squad Number.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

### Squad stats

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Football League Cup | Football League Trophy | Football League Trophy | Notes |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Sts | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | Notes |
| 1 | GK | | Collis | 7 | 7 | | 4 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | |
| 2 | DF | | Woodards | 7 | 7 | | 4 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | |
| 3 | DF | | Jones | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | 2 | | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | MF | | Schumacher | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | DF | | O'Donnell | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | DF | | Baudet | 7 | 7 | | 4 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | |
| 7 | MF | | Bopp | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | Groin Strain |
| 8 | MF | | O'Connor | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| 9 | FW | | Elding | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | 1 | | |
| 10 | FW | | Zola | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 11 | MF | | Grant | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | |
| 12 | MF | | Rix | 2 | 3 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 13 | GK | | Legzdins | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | DF | | McCready | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | |
| 15 | DF | | Abbey | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | MF | | Livermore | | | | | | | | | | | | Fractured Fibula |
| 17 | FW | | Moore | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 18 | MF | | Carrington | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | |
| 19 | FW | | Pope | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | |
| 20 | FW | | Miller | 1 | 3 | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 21 | GK | | Tomlinson | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | MF | | Daniel | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | MF | | Bailey | 6 | 6 | | 4 | | | | 2 | | | | |
| 25 | MF | | Roberts | | | | | | | | | | | | On loan to Yeovil Town. |
| 26 | MF | | Clements | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | FW | | Donaldson | | 4 | | 2 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 29 | DF | | Westwood | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | DF | | Brayford | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Disciplinary record

| N | Pos. | Name | | | |
| 8 | MF | O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Pope | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Rix | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

#### Awards
##### Individual

| Date | Country | N | P | Name | Award | Notes |
| 2008-08-26 | ENG | 11 | MF | Grant | League One Team of the Week |

##### Club

| Date | Period | Award | Notes |
| 23 February | Season 2007/08 | Bobby Moore Fair Play award | Source |

### Players in and out
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 13 | GK | Legzdins | 21 | EU | Birmingham City | Transfer Y | Summer | 30 June 2010 | Free |
| 11 | MF | Grant | 20 | EU | Aldershot Town | Transfer Y | Summer | 30 June 2011 | £130,000 |
| 10 | FW | Zola | 23 | Non-EU | Tranmere Rovers | Transfer Y | Summer | 30 June 2011 | £200,000 |
| 1 | GK | Collis | 27 | EU | Southend United | Transfer Y | Summer | 30 June 2010 | Free |
| 24 | FW | Elding | 26 | EU | Leeds United | Transfer Y | Summer | 30 June 2011 | Undisclosed |
| TBA | FW | Donaldson | 24 | EU | Hibernian | Transfer Y | Summer | 30 June 1011 | Undisclosed |
| TBA | DF | McManus | 19 | EU | Manchester United | Transfer Y | Summer | 30 June 2010 | Free |
| 16 | MF | Livermore | 18 | EU | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan Y | Summer | 11 January 2009 | Loan |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 5 | DF | Cox | 36 | EU | | Retired | Summer | Free |
| 20 | FW | Bailey | 22 | EU | Northwich Victoria | Transfer Y | Summer | Free |
| 1 | GK | Williams | 25 | EU | Carlisle United | Transfer Y | Summer | Free |
| 16 | FW | Lowe | 29 | EU | Chester City | Transfer Y | Summer | Free |
| 21 | GK | Fôn Williams | 21 | EU | Stockport County | Transfer Y | Summer | Free |
| 9 | FW | Maynard | 22 | | Bristol City | Transfer Y | Summer | £2.2m |
| 29 | DF | Lynch | 21 | EU | | Considering Retirement | Summer | Free |
| 26 | FW | Brown | 19 | EU | Darlington | Contract Offer | Summer | Free |
| 24 | FW | Farquharson | 19 | EU | | Released | Summer | Free |
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

### Kits
## Competitions
### League One
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 56 | 69 | −13 | 50 | |
| 21 | Northampton Town (R) | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 61 | 65 | −4 | 49 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra (R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 59 | 82 | −23 | 46 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 23 | Cheltenham Town (R) | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 51 | 91 | −40 | 39 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 24 | Hereford United (R) | 46 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 42 | 79 | −37 | 34 | Relegation to Football League Two |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2009. Source: http://www.crewealexandra-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadlgt.asp

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | L |