# 2020–21 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was the 144th season in existence of Crewe Alexandra, their 97th in the English Football League and the first season back in EFL League One following a four-season absence. Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Offrande Zanzala | Accrington Stanley | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2020 | CF | Mikael Mandron | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 27 August 2020 | CB | Donervon Daniels | Luton Town | Free transfer |
| 4 September 2020 | CB | Omar Beckles | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 4 September 2020 | CM | Luke Murphy | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 21 January 2021 | RB | Billy Jones | Rotherham United | End of season |
| 22 January 2021 | SS | Stephen Walker | Middlesbrough | End of season |
| 23 January 2021 | AM | Antony Evans | Paderborn | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | LB | Harry Pickering | Blackburn Rovers | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CB | Nathan Wood | Middlesbrough | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 7 October 2020 | LM | Regan Griffiths | Witton Albion | November 2020 |
| 29 October 2020 | MF | Joe Robbins | Altrincham | December 2020 |
| 6 November 2020 | CB | Billy Sass-Davies | Altrincham | 3 December 2020 |
| 1 February 2021 | CB | Eddie Nolan | Motherwell | End of season |
| 9 February 2021 | CB | Billy Sass-Davies | Yeovil Town | April 2021 |
| 31 March 2021 | CM | Regan Griffiths | Notts County | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Paul Green | Boston United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Connor Heath | Nantwich Town | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Nicky Hunt | Darlington | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Aaron Lomas | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Shaun Miller | Bolton Wanderers | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Lewis Reilly | Chorley | Released |
| 6 July 2020 | CM | James Jones | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 27 August 2020 | GK | Dino Visser | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 23 October 2020 | CM | Ethan Hartshorn | Kidsgrove Athletic | Free transfer |
| 2 January 2021 | CF | Offrande Zanzala | Carlisle United | Mutual consent |
| 19 January 2021 | RB | Perry Ng | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | LB | Harry Pickering | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2021 | MF | Ryan Wintle | Cardiff City | Free transfer |

## Pre-season

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| 4 August 2020 | Connah's Quay Nomads | Home | 3–1 |
| 8 August 2020 | Bala Town | Home | 4–0 |
| 11 August 2020 | Salford City | Away | 4–1 |
| 14 August 2020 | Accrington Stanley U23 | | 4–2 |
| 15 August 2020 | Walsall | Home | 2–0 |
| 19 August 2020 | Witton Albion | Away | 4–0 |
| 19 August 2020 | Nantwich Town | Away | 2–4 |
| 22 August 2020 | Barnsley | Home | 0–2 |
| 25 August 2020 | Newcastle United | Neutral | 0–3 |
| 26 August 2020 | Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 | Away | 1–1 |
| 28 August 2020 | Bolton Wanderers | Away | 3–0 |
| 2 September 2020 | Kidsgrove Athletic | Away | 1–1 |

## Competitions
### EFL League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 72 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 69 |
| 10 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 67 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 67 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 66 |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 65 |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 64 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 60 |
| 16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 61 | 73 | −12 | 57 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2021. 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 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 20 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.

### EFL Trophy

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Newcastle United U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics

    As of 8 May 2021

### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Will Jääskeläinen | 33 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Harry Pickering | 49 | 4 | 44+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ryan Wintle | 48 | 3 | 41+2 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MSR | Donervon Daniels | 16 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Eddie Nolan | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Daniel Powell | 28 | 3 | 14+11 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Tom Lowery | 39 | 3 | 29+7 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Chris Porter | 37 | 8 | 15+20 | 7 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Charlie Kirk | 48 | 7 | 41+1 | 6 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Callum Ainley | 28 | 1 | 12+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Mikael Mandron | 45 | 14 | 35+7 | 11 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Dave Richards | 20 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Oliver Finney | 32 | 8 | 19+7 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Olly Lancashire | 26 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Luke Offord | 31 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Regan Griffiths | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Owen Dale | 48 | 10 | 33+10 | 9 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Josh Lundstram | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Rio Adebisi | 18 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | WAL | Billy Sass-Davies | 4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Travis Johnson | 12 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Luke Murphy | 43 | 0 | 28+12 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GRN | Omar Beckles | 43 | 1 | 37+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Stephen Walker | 10 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Antony Evans | 13 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Nathan Wood | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Perry Ng | 20 | 1 | 15+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CGO | Offrande Zanzala | 10 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |

### Goals record

    As of 8 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 12 | | CF | Mikael Mandron | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | 19 | | RW | Owen Dale | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | 14 | | CM | Oliver Finney | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | | LW | Charlie Kirk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 9 | | CF | Chris Porter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | | LB | Harry Pickering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | | DM | Ryan Wintle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | | RW | Daniel Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | | CM | Tom Lowery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 16 | | CB | Olly Lancashire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 2 | | RB | Perry Ng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | | LM | Callum Ainley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | | CF | Offrande Zanzala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | | CB | Luke Offord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | | CB | Billy Sass-Davies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 29 | | CB | Omar Beckles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 33 | | SS | Stephen Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 69 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 26 January 2021
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 29 | | CB | Omar Beckles | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 17 | | CB | Luke Offord | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | | CM | Tom Lowery | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 19 | | RW | Owen Dale | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | | LB | Harry Pickering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | | DM | Ryan Wintle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 28 | | CM | Luke Murphy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | | RB | Perry Ng | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 23 | | RB | Travis Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 1 | | GK | Will Jääskeläinen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | | LW | Charlie Kirk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | | CF | Mikael Mandron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | | CM | Oliver Finney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | | CB | Olly Lancashire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 6 | | CB | Eddie Nolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | | CF | Chris Porter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | | RB | Rio Adebisi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 32 | | AM | Antony Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 33 | | CB | Nathan Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 1 |