# 2015–16 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Crewe Alexandra's 139th season in their history, their 92nd in the English Football League and fourth consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | ST | Andre Brown | Academy | Trainee |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Joe Howell | Academy | Trainee |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Joe Kearns | Academy | Trainee |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Liam O'Neill | Academy | Trainee |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Toby Mullarkey | Academy | Trainee |
| 6 July 2015 | CM | Billy Bingham | Dagenham & Redbridge | Free transfer |
| 14 July 2015 | CM | David Fox | Colchester United | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2015 | GK | Dave Richards | Bristol City | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2015 | DF | Ben Nugent | Cardiff City | Free transfer |
| 21 March 2016 | FW | Daniel Udoh | Ilkeston | – |
| 6 May 2016 | FW | Tom Lowery | Academy | Trainee |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Anthony Grant | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Liam Nolan | Southport | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Vadaine Oliver | York City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Scott Shearer | Mansfield Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Anthony Stewart | Wycombe Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Matt Tootle | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DM | Billy Waters | Cheltenham Town | Free transfer |
| 5 September 2015 | GK | Paul Rachubka | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
* ↑ Following Nolan's release he joined Southport.
* ↑ Following Oliver's release he joined York City.
* ↑ Following Shearer's release he joined Mansfield Town.
* ↑ Following Stewart's release he joined Wycombe Wanderers.
* ↑ Following Waters' release he joined Cheltenham Town.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 6 July 2015 | CM | Adam King | Swansea City | 5 January 2016 |
| 26 August 2015 | LB | Stephen Kingsley | Swansea City | 27 November 2015 |
| 26 August 2015 | LW | Harry Wilson | Liverpool | 5 January 2016 |
| 1 October 2015 | GK | Danijel Nizic | Burnley | 1 November 2015 |
| 26 November 2015 | CB | Semi Ajayi | Cardiff City | 26 January 2016 |
| 29 January 2016 | ST | Ryan Seager | Southampton | 17 February |
| 23 February 2016 | ST | Tom Hitchcock | Milton Keynes Dons | End of season |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 10 October 2016
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Football League Trophy | Football League Trophy | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ben Garratt | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Ollie Turton | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Jon Guthrie | 38 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 (1) | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Harry Davis | 10 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (1) | 0 |
| 5 | DF | WAL | George Ray | 19 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 (3) | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Nugent | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Chris Atkinson | 7 (9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 8 (10) | 0 |
| 9 | ST | CAN | Marcus Haber | 36 (4) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 (4) | 10 |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Bradden Inman | 33 (6) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 (6) | 10 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | George Cooper | 13 (14) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 (16) | 1 |
| 12 | FW | FIN | Lauri Dalla Valle | 10 (4) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 11 (6) | 2 |
| 13 | GK | WAL | David Richards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | WAL | Callum Saunders | 6 (12) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (12) | 2 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | David Fox | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Adam King | 22 (2) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 (2) | 5 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Stephen Kingsley | 9 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (3) | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Billy Bingham | 17 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 (4) | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | James Baillie | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | James Jones | 29 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 (2) | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Ryan Wintle | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 |
| 22 | ST | SCO | Fraser Murdoch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Perry Ng | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 |
| 24 | FW | WAL | Harry Wilson | 3 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4) | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Callum Ainley | 6 (10) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 6 (11) | 1 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Ryan Colclough | 10 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 (3) | 3 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Toby Mullarkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | NGA | Semi Ajayi | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Danijel Nizic | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 32 | MD | ENG | Joe Howell | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Ryan Seager | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Tom Hitchcock | 6 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (1) | 0 |
| 39 | FW | NGA | Daniel Udoh | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 |
| 41 | DF | CIV | Zoumana Bakayogo | 16 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (6) | 0 |
Source: Soccerbase and 11v11.com Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

### Top scorers

    As of 9 October 2016
| Place | Position | Nationality | Number | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | Football League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 10 | Bradden Inman | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Marcus Haber | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | | 16 | Adam King | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | 27 | Ryan Colclough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | 12 | Lauri Dalla Valle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 15 | David Fox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | 14 | Callum Saunders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 25 | Callum Ainley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 11 | Zoumana Bakayogo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | 11 | George Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 3 | Jon Guthrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 6 | Ben Nugent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | 33 | Ryan Seager | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 2 | Ollie Turton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 38 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 41 |
Source: Soccerbase and 11v11.com

### Disciplinary record

    As of 12 October 2016
| Number | Nationality | Position | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Football League Trophy | Football League Trophy | Total | Total |
| 6 | | DF | Ben Nugent | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | George Ray | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Ollie Turton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | James Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | David Fox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Jon Guthrie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Marcus Haber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | | DF | Semi Ajayi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | | DF | Zoumana Bakayogo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | | FW | Ryan Colclough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | | FW | Callum Saunders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | | GK | Ben Garratt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Chris Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | DF | James Baillie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Billy Bingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | George Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Harry Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Adam King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Perry Ng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
Source: Soccerbase and 11v11.com

### Clean sheets

    As of 8 October 2016
| Place | Nationality | Number | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | Football League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | | 1 | Ben Garratt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Source: 11v11.com (Ben Garratt)

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

On 7 May 2015, Crewe Alexandra announced they would travel to Nantwich Town for a pre-season friendly on 19 July 2015. On 13 May 2015, a further six friendlies were announced against, Congleton Town, Alsager Town, Newcastle Town, Kidsgrove Athletic, Altrincham and Kirby Muxloe. On 18 June 2015, a friendly against Chester was announced.

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 50 | |
| 21 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 46 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Blackpool (R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 46 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 23 | Colchester United (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 57 | 99 | −42 | 40 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra (R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 46 | 83 | −37 | 34 | Relegation to EFL League Two |

#### Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Crewe Alexandra were drawn at home against Preston North End.

### Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Crewe will host Wigan Athletic.

### Cheshire Senior Cup

On the Cheshire FA website the preliminary round details were announced, Crewe Alex will face Witton Albion.