# 2017–18 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Crewe Alexandra's 141st season in their history, their 94th in the English Football League and second consecutive in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018

## Competitions
### Friendlies

As of 5 June 2017, Crewe Alexandra have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Stoke City, Macclesfield Town, Buxton, Barrow, Alsager Town, Bury, Kidsgrove Athletic.

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Colchester United | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 62 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 59 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 56 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 55 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 67 | 73 | −6 | 51 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2018. Source:

#### 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 | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Crewe Alexandra were drawn at home to Rotherham United in the first round. In the second round Alex were given an away tie against Blackburn Rovers.
* ↑ On 12 December, both clubs agreed to reschedule the second round replay fixture 24 hours later due to adverse weather conditions.'"`UNIQ--ref-000001D3-QINU`"'

### EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Crewe Alexandra were drawn at home to Bolton Wanderers in the first round.

### EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Crewe Alexandra were drawn against Newcastle United U23s, Oldham Athletic and Port Vale in Northern Group D.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Port Vale (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Oldham Athletic (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Newcastle United U21 (E) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Crewe Alexandra (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Jordan Bowery | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Chris Porter | Colchester United | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Michael Raynes | Carlisle United | Free |
| 3 July 2017 | LB | Eddie Nolan | Blackpool | Free |
| 4 July 2017 | CM | Brad Walker | Hartlepool United | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2017 | GK | Will Jääskeläinen | Leek Town | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Billy Bingham | Gillingham | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Harry Davis | St Mirren | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Andrew Dawber | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Jon Guthrie | Walsall | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Danny Hollands | Eastleigh | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Ben Nugent | Gillingham | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Marcus Poscha | Ramsbottom United | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Callum Saunders | Notts County | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Ollie Turton | Blackpool | Rejected contract |
| 18 January 2018 | CM | George Cooper | Peterborough United | Undisclosed fee |
* ↑ Billy Bingham joined Gillingham following his release.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000215-QINU`"'
* ↑ Harry Davis joined St Mirren following his release.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000219-QINU`"'
* ↑ Danny Hollands joined Eastleigh after rejecting a new contract.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000021F-QINU`"'
* ↑ Ben Nugent joined Gillingham following his release.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000221-QINU`"'
* ↑ Marcus Poscha joined Ramsbottom United following his release.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000225-QINU`"'
* ↑ Callum Saunders joined Notts County following his release.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000227-QINU`"'
* ↑ Ollie Turton joined Blackpool after rejecting a new contract.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000229-QINU`"'

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date |
| 29 August 2017 | CB | | Sam Stubbs | Wigan Athletic | 10 January 2018 |
| 30 August 2017 | MF | | Conor Grant | Everton | 10 January 2018 |
| 11 January 2018 | MF | | Paul Green | Oldham Athletic | May 2018 |
| 19 January 2018 | MF | / | Daniel Barlaser | Newcastle United | 9 April 2018 |
| 19 January 2018 | FW | | Harry McKirdy | Aston Villa | May 2018 |
| 25 January 2018 | FW | | Shaun Miller | Carlisle United | May 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | RB | | Jamie Sterry | Newcastle United | May 2018 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 1 September 2017 | CM | Oliver Finney | Halesowen Town | 31 October 2017 |
| 1 September 2017 | CF | Daniel Udoh | Halesowen Town | 30 November 2017 |
| 14 September 2017 | GK | William Jääskeläinen | Loughborough Dynamo | 10 October 2017 |
| 10 October 2017 | GK | William Jääskeläinen | Nantwich Town | 11 December 2017 |
| 1 November 2017 | CF | Owen Dale | Witton Albion | 30 November 2017 |
| 7 December 2017 | CF | Daniel Udoh | Chester | 8 January 2018 |
| 4 January 2018 | GK | William Jääskeläinen | Buxton | 4 February 2018 |
| 11 January 2018 | CF | Daniel Udoh | Leamington | 11 February 2018 |
| 1 March 2018 | GK | William Jääskeläinen | Chester | 1 April 2018 |
* ↑ On 4 November, Daniel Udoh's loan at Halesowen Town was extended.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000242-QINU`"'
* ↑ On 13 November, William Jääskeläinen's loan at Nantwich Town was extended.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000248-QINU`"'