Club records

Football League record

• 1892 – 1896 Division Two
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  
• 1921 – 1958 Division Three (North)
  Football League Third Division North
  The Third Division North of The Football League was a tier in the English association football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran parallel to Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to one or the other according to geographical position...
  
  
• 1958 – 1963 Division Four
  Football League Fourth Division
  The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...
  
  
• 1963 – 1964 Division Three
  Football League Third Division
  The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
  
  
• 1964 – 1968 Division Four
  Football League Fourth Division
  The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...
  
  
• 1968 – 1969 Division Three
  Football League Third Division
  The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
  
  
• 1969 – 1989 Division Four
  Football League Fourth Division
  The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...
  
  
• 1989 – 1991 Division Three
  Football League Third Division
  The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
  
  
• 1991 – 1992 Division Four
  Football League Fourth Division
  The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...
  
  
• 1992 – 1994 Division Three
  Football League Third Division
  The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
  
  
• 1994 – 1997 Division Two
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  
• 1997 – 2002 Division One
  Football League First Division
  The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
  
  
• 2002 – 2003 Division Two
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  
• 2003 – 2006 Division One
  Football League First Division
  The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
  
   / Football League Championship
  Football League Championship
  The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
  
   (2004 onwards)
• 2006 – 2009 Football League One
  Football League One
  Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
  
• 2009 – present Football League Two
  Football League Two
  Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
  

• League games above counted until end of 2008–2009 season

Cup records

Wins

• Biggest league win - 8–0 vs Rotherham United
  Rotherham United F.C.
  Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...
  
   (Division 3 North, 1 October 1932)
• Biggest cup win - 8–0 against:
  • Hartlepool United
    Hartlepool United F.C.
    Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...
    
     (Auto Windscreens Shield 1st Rd, 17 October 1995)
  • Doncaster Rovers
    Doncaster Rovers F.C.
    Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...
    
     (LDV Vans Trophy 3rd Rd, 10 November 2002)

Defeats

• Biggest league defeat - 1–11 vs Lincoln City
  Lincoln City F.C.
  Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....
  
   (Division 3 North, 29 September 1951)
• Biggest cup defeat - 2–13 vs Tottenham Hotspur
  Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
  Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
  
   (FA Cup 4th Rd Replay. 3 February 1960)

Sequences

• Longest undefeated run in league - 17 (25 March 1995 to 23 September 1995)
• Longest league run without a win - 30 (22 September 1956 to 6 April 1957)

Others

• Most league points, where a win awards three points, in a season - 86 (2002/2003, Division 2)
• Most clean sheets in a season - 24 (2002/2003, Clayton Ince
  Clayton Ince
  Clayton Ince is a Trinidadian football goalkeeper who had lengthy spells in the English Football League at Crewe Alexandra and Walsall...
  
   20 & Ademola Bankole
  Ademola Bankole
  Ademola Bankole is a Nigerian professional footballer born in Lagos on 9 September 1969...
  
   4)
• Most away wins in a single season - 17 (2002/2003 Division 2)

Appearances

• Youngest first-team player - Steve Walters
  Steve Walters (footballer)
  Steve Walters is an English former footballer.-Playing career:Walters began his career with Crewe Alexandra in 1989. He made his debut at 16 years and 119 days on 6 May 1989 against Peterborough United. Through the early part of the 1990s he built up 173 appearances for the club over all...
  
  , 16 years 119 days (vs Peterborough United
  Peterborough United F.C.
  Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...
  
  , 6 May 1988)
• Oldest first-team player - Kenny Swain
  Kenny Swain
  Kenny Swain is a retired English footballer who played in numerous positions, including striker, midfielder and full back.-Football career:...
  
  , 39 years 281 days (vs Maidstone United
  Maidstone United F.C.
  Maidstone United Football Club is an English football team from Maidstone, Kent.The current club is a continuation of the old Maidstone United, which was a member of the Football League between 1989 and 1992. The club was forced out of the league by financial ruin but the youth squad formed the...
  
  , 5 November 1991)
• Most consecutive appearances - Geoff Crudgington
  Geoff Crudgington
  Geoff Crudgington is an English former professional footballer who made 633 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Aston Villa, Bradford City, Crewe Alexandra, Swansea City and Plymouth Argyle. He went on to become Football in the Community officer and goalkeeping coach at...
  
  , 137 (Between 1975–77)

Most appearances

#	Name	Nation	League	FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...	League Cup Football League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...	Football League Trophy Football League Trophy The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...	Watney Cup Watney Cup The Watney Mann Invitation Cup was a short-lived English football tournament held in the early 1970s....	Welsh Cup Welsh Cup The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.The Football Association of Wales is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1877-78...	Total
1			435 (2)	21 (0)	24 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1)	0 (0)	482 (3)
2			430 (2)	25 (0)	17 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)	0 (0)	473 (2)
3			402 (41)	20 (2)	22 (3)	13 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	466 (52)
4			390 (35)	17 (0)	25 (1)	4 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	436 (37)
5			350 (1)	26 (1)	14 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	390 (2)
6			295 (50)	15 (1)	12 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)	0 (0)	323 (51)
7			270 (23)	16 (1)	20 (0)	11 (3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	317 (27)
8			288 (38)	19 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	307 (42)
9			252 (52)	14 (4)	18 (9)	11 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	295 (69)
10			250 (13)	12 (0)	17 (0)	4 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	283 (13)
11			257 (126)	14 (9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	9 (5)	280 (137)
11			250 (0)	14 (0)	16 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	280 (0)
13			253 (23)	11 (1)	7 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	277 (24)
14			240 (50)	22 (8)	10 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	272 (58)
15			239 (16)	6 (1)	14 (0)	2 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	261 (17)
16			230 (44)	10 (0)	15 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	255 (44)
17			205 (0)	18 (0)	15 (0)	13 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	251 (0)
18			217 (15)	11 (1)	10 (2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	242 (18)
19			195 (34)	15 (4)	15 (3)	16 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	241 (42)
20			213 (3)	12 (0)	11 (0)	4 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	240 (3)

• Current player with most appearances - Byron Moore
  Byron Moore
  Byron Curtis Moore is an English footballer currently playing for Crewe Alexandra.-Career:...
  
  , 101 as of January 15, 2010

Goalscorers

• Most league goals scored in a season - 35, Terry Harkin
  Terry Harkin
  John Terence Harkin is a former footballer who played as a centre forward. He was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, and played for the Northern Ireland national football team.-Club career:...
  
   (Div 4, 1964/65)
• Most goals in a match - 5, Tony Naylor
  Tony Naylor
  Anthony Joseph Naylor is an English former football player. He is best known for his spells at Port Vale and Crewe Alexandra in the 1990s....
  
   (vs Colchester United
  Colchester United F.C.
  Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....
  
  , Div 3, 24 April 1993)
• Most hat-tricks - 8, Frank Lord
  Frank Lord
  Frank Lord was an English footballer and manager. He played as a centre-forward, with a goalscoring ratio of nearly 1 goal in every 2 league matches...
  
  
• Most hat-tricks in a season - 4, Frank Lord (1961/62)
• Youngest goalscorer - David Jones
  David Jones (footballer born 1940)
  David Willmott Llewellyn Jones is an English former professional footballer who scored 72 goals in 184 appearances in the Football League playing for Crewe Alexandra, Birmingham City and Millwall, where he spent the majority of his career....
  
  , 16 years 144 days (vs Gateshead
  Gateshead F.C.
  Gateshead Football Club are a professional Association football club, based in Gateshead, England. They currently play in the Conference National, the fifth level of the English football league system.Ian Bogie is the current manager....
  
  , 10 September 1956)

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Nation	League	FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...	League Cup Football League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...	Football League Trophy Football League Trophy The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...	Watney Cup Watney Cup The Watney Mann Invitation Cup was a short-lived English football tournament held in the early 1970s....	Welsh Cup Welsh Cup The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.The Football Association of Wales is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1877-78...	Total
1			126 (257)	9 (14)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (9)	137 (280)
2			61 (158)	5 (9)	3 (7)	5 (3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	74 (177)
3			67 (106)	3 (8)	3 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	73 (118)
4			52 (152)	4 (14)	9 (18)	4 (11)	0 (0)	0 (0)	69 (118)
5			55 (150)	4 (11)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	8 (9)	67 (170)
6			55 (170)	0 (4)	6 (8)	5 (6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	66 (188)
7			60 (154)	5 (8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	65 (154)
8			50 (137)	5 (11)	5 (7)	8 (3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	63 (153)
9			56 (134)	1 (3)	4 (7)	0 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	61 (148)
10			60 (238)	0 (6)	0 (6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	60 (238)
11			50 (240)	8 (22)	0 (10)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	58 (272)
11			44 (155)	5 (18)	5 (8)	4 (17)	0 (0)	0 (0)	58 (198)
13			43 (123)	8 (12)	4 (10)	2 (5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	57 (150)
14			41 (402)	2 (20)	3 (22)	4 (13)	0 (0)	0 (0)	52 (466)
15			50 (295)	1 (15)	0 (12)	0 (0)	0 (1)	0 (0)	51 (323)
15			45 (116)	0 (6)	2 (7)	4 (2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	51 (131)
16			46 (136)	3 (14)	0 (5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	49 (155)
16			47 (135)	1 (6)	1 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	49 (145)
18			43 (140)	4 (9)	0 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	47 (153)
19			39 (122)	3 (10)	2 (7)	2 (13)	0 (0)	0 (0)	46 (152)
19			40 (162)	1 (5)	4 (6)	1 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	46 (177)

• Current player with most goals - Calvin Zola, 19 as of January 15, 2010.

International caps

• First capped Crewe player - John Pearson
  John Pearson (footballer)
  John Hargreaves "Jackie" Pearson was an English footballer who spent his entire club career with Crewe Alexandra, playing at inside right, and made one appearance for England in 1892...
  
   (for England
  England national football team
  The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
  
   v. Ireland, 5 March 1892)
• Most international caps whilst at playing for Crewe - Clayton Ince
  Clayton Ince
  Clayton Ince is a Trinidadian football goalkeeper who had lengthy spells in the English Football League at Crewe Alexandra and Walsall...
  
  , 31 caps for Trinidad and Tobago
  Trinidad and Tobago national football team
  The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...
  
  
• First Crewe player to play in a World Cup - Efe Sodje
  Efe Sodje
  Efetobore "Efe" Sodje is a footballer who is currently playing for Bury. He is a central defender...
  
   (for Nigeria
  Nigeria national football team
  The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...
  
   v. Argentina
  Argentina national football team
  The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
  
  , 2 June 2002)

Transfers

• Highest transfer fee paid - £650,000 Rodney Jack
  Rodney Jack
  Rodney Jack is a professional football player from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He is best known for his spells with Torquay United and Crewe Alexandra and also his long-term friendship with singer/songwriter Ash Cherrington...
  
   from Torquay United
  Torquay United F.C.
  Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...
  
   in August 1998
• Highest transfer fee received - £3 million for
  • Seth Johnson
    Seth Johnson
    Seth Art Maurice Johnson is a former England international footballer, who is currently without a club after his second spell as a player with Derby County ended in 2007.-Playing career:...
    
     from Derby County
    Derby County F.C.
    Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
    
     in June 1999
  • Dean Ashton
    Dean Ashton
    Dean Ashton is a former English professional footballer. He made over 240 appearances as a forward in the Football League and Premier League for Crewe Alexandra, Norwich City and , and was also capped by England. He was highly praised as a talented centre forward, but had a career frustrated by...
    
     from Norwich City
    Norwich City F.C.
    Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
    
    in January 2005