# 2011–12 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

This article details Crewe Alexandra's 2011–12 season in League Two. This will be Crewe's 88th competitive season in the English Football League and third successive in League Two.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Phillips | 46 | 2010 | 32 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Free |
| 2 | DF | Tootle | 34 | 2009 | 71 | 1 | 30 Jun 2014 | Youth system |
| 3 | DF | Davis | 33 | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| 4 | DF | Westwood | 34 | 2008 | 90 | 12 | 30 Jun 2014 | Youth system |
| 5 | DF | Artell | 44 | 2010 | 43 | 5 | 30 Jun 2012 | Free |
| 6 | DF | Dugdale | 37 | 2010 | 20 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Free |
| 7 | MF | Bell | 42 | 2010 | 49 | 2 | 30 Jun 2012 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Murphy | 35 | 2008 | 89 | 8 | 30 Jun 2013 | Youth system |
| 9 | FW | Miller | 37 | 2006 | 141 | 36 | 30 Jun 2013 | Youth system |
| 10 | FW | Leitch-Smith | 34 | 2008 | 19 | 5 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| 11 | FW | Moore | 36 | 2007 | 154 | 15 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| 12 | DF | Shelley | 34 | 2008 | 49 | 6 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| 13 | GK | A Martin | 36 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Free |
| 14 | MF | Sarcevic | 32 | 2010 | 5 | 1 | 30 Jun 2012 | Undisclosed |
| 15 | DF | C Martin | 38 | 2009 | 6 | 1 | 30 Jun 2012 | Undisclosed |
| 16 | FW | Connerton | 35 | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Undisclosed |
| 17 | MF | Mellor | 34 | 2009 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system |
| 18 | GK | Garratt | 30 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 30 Jun 2013 | Youth system |
| 19 | MF | Clayton | 30 | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 30 Jun 2014 | Youth system |
| 20 | MF | Turton | 32 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| 21 | DF | White | 32 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| 22 | DF | Ray | 31 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| 23 | FW | Daniels | 31 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| 24 | MF | Hughes | 32 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| 25 | FW | Powell | 30 | 2010 | 19 | 0 | 30 Jun 2014 | Youth system |
| | FW | Koral | 32 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| | FW | Oswell | 32 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
| | DF | Ting | 32 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 30 Jun 2012 | Youth system |
* Last updated: 25 July 2011
* Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Crewe Alexandra, soccerbase
* Ordered by Squad numbers.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

### Squad stats
#### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Steve Phillips | 54 | 0 | 49+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Matthew Tootle | 44 | 0 | 39+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Harry Davis | 47 | 5 | 42+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ashley Westwood | 47 | 3 | 42+2 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GIB | David Artell | 38 | 3 | 33+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Adam Dugdale | 51 | 3 | 46+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Lee Bell | 36 | 0 | 23+10 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Luke Murphy | 49 | 7 | 41+3 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Shaun Miller | 36 | 5 | 26+7 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | A-Jay Leitch-Smith | 44 | 10 | 34+7 | 10 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Byron Moore | 49 | 11 | 45+0 | 10 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Danny Shelley | 29 | 1 | 12+14 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Antoni Sarcevic | 10 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Carl Martin | 34 | 0 | 27+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Kelvin Mellor | 17 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Max Clayton | 30 | 5 | 1+26 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Ollie Turton | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Caspar Hughes | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Nick Powell | 45 | 15 | 37+4 | 14 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Jordan Brown | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players on loan to Crewe who returned to their parent club: ||||||||||||||
| 27 | FW | ENG | Wes Fletcher | 6 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Jamie Lowry | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Greg Pearson | 9 | 3 | 8+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | James Tunnicliffe | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | WAL | Billy Bodin | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

#### Top scorers

Source:
| Place | Position | Number | Name | League Two$^1$ | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | MF | 25 | Nick Powell | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Byron Moore | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | A-Jay Leitch-Smith | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Luke Murphy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Shaun Miller | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| | | | TOTALS | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
    $^1$Includes 2012 Football League play-offs.

#### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 7 | MF | Lee Bell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | David Artell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Harry Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Adam Dugdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Shaun Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Danny Shelley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |

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

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 13 | GK | | A Martin | 22 | Ayr United | Free Transfer | Summer | 30 Jun 2012 | Free | Source |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 6 | DF | Ada | 26 | Kilmarnock | Released | Summer | Free | Source |
| 15 | DF | Mitchel-King | 27 | AFC Wimbledon | Released | Summer | Free | Source |
| 9 | FW | Zola | 26 | Burton Albion | Released | Summer | Free | Source |
| 11 | MF | Grant | 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | Released | Summer | Free | Source |
| 3 | DF | Blanchett | 24 | Burton Albion | Released | Summer | Free | Source |
| 27 | MF | Short | 20 | Free agent | Released | Summer | Free | Source |
| 28 | DF | AM Westwood | 34 | Free agent | Released | Summer | Free | Source |
| 24 | GK | Fogler | 26 | Free agent | Released | Summer | Free | Source |
| 7 | FW | Donaldson | 27 | Brentford | Out of contract | Summer | Free | Source |
Last updated: 2 July 2011 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 |
| First Team Manager | Dario Gradi MBE |
| Assistant Manager | Steve Davis |
| Assistant Manager (Player Recruitment) | Neil Baker |
| Assistant Academy Manager | James Collins |
| Assistant Academy Manager | Neil Critchley |
| Head physiotherapist | Rob Sharp |
| Physiotherapist | Nick Oakley |
| Fitness Coach | Andy Franks |
| Academy Recruitment Officer | Phil Swift |
| Academy Operations Manager | Paul Anthrobus |
Last updated: 21 May 2011 Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

### Other information

| Chairman | John Bowler |
| Vice Chairman | David Rowlinson |
| Director | Richard Clayton |
| Director | Dario Gradi MBE |
| Director | Mark Hassall |
| Director | Jim McMillan |
| Director | Daniel Potts |
| Director | Norman Hassall |
| Director | Jimmy Rowlinson |
| Head Groundsman | John Huxley |
| Assistant Groundsman | Andrew Wareham |
| Club Doctor | Dr Mike Freeman |
| Club Masseur | Roy Ambrose |
| Club Chaplain | Steve Clapham |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Alexandra Stadium (10,153 / 100 × 66 yd) |
Updated to match played 21 May 2011 Source: Crewe Alexandra Staff

### Kits

| Home Supplier: Carbrini Sponsors: Mornflake Oats | Away Supplier: Carbrini Sponsors: Mornflake Oats | Home goalkeepers Supplier: Carbrini Sponsors: Mornflake Oats | Away goalkeepers Supplier: Carbrini Sponsors: Mornflake Oats |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Football League Two | — | 10 | 7 | 6 August 2011 | 5 May 2012 |
| Football League Cup | 1st round | 1st round | | 9 August 2011 | |
| Football League Trophy | 1st round | Area Quarter Finals | | w/c 29 August 2011 | |
| FA Cup | 1st round | 1st round | | November 2011 | |
Updated to match played 1 July 2011 Source: Competitions

### League Two
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Torquay United | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 81 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 77 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra (O, P) | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 67 | 59 | +8 | 72 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Gillingham | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 79 | 62 | +17 | 70 | |
| 9 | Oxford United | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 68 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2012. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/tables/default.stm

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | D |
| Position | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

## Matches

Won  Drawn  Lost  Postponed

### Pre-Season Friendlies

Last updated: 4 May 2011

### Football League Cup

Last updated: 1 July 2011

### FA Cup

Last updated: 12 November 2011