The 2019–20 season was Crewe Alexandra's 143rd season in their history, their 96th in the English Football League and fourth consecutive in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
Crewe vied for promotion to the EFL League One for much of the 2019–20 season, and were top of the table (ahead of Swindon Town on goal difference) when the football season was suspended on 13 March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. On 9 June, Crewe's promotion to League One was confirmed, but Swindon were crowned League Two champions on the basis of average points per game.
Pre-season The Railwaymen have announced pre-season friendlies against Nantwich Town, Altrincham, Witton Albion, Curzon Ashton Burnley and Wrexham.
Competitions
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.
FA Cup
The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.
EFL Trophy
On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 1 July 2019 CB Olly Lancashire Swindon Town Free transfer 1 July 2019 RW Daniel Powell Northampton Town Free transfer 30 October 2019 CB Christian Mbulu Motherwell Free transfer 12 March 2020 GK Dino Visser Exeter City Free transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until 20 August 2019 CF Chuma Anene FC Midtjylland 30 June 2020 16 January 2020 RB Michael Nottingham Blackpool 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 CF Stephen Walker Middlesbrough 30 June 2020
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until 24 July 2019 CF Shaun Miller Morecambe 30 June 2020 23 August 2019 CF Lewis Reilly AFC Telford United September 2019 19 September 2019 CB Billy Sass-Davies AFC Telford United 2 December 2019 4 October 2019 CM Connor Heath Witton Albion November 2019 24 October 2019 CF Lewis Reilly Curzon Ashton December 2019 15 November 2019 CM Josh Lundstram Kidsgrove Athletic December 2019 13 December 2019 RB Luke Offord Nantwich Town 21 January 2020 3 January 2020 FW Aaron Lomas Nantwich Town Dual Registration 17 January 2020 CM Josh Lundstram Altrincham 24 March 2020 22 January 2020 CM Connor Heath Colwyn Bay 26 April 2020 4 February 2020 CB Billy Sass-Davies Ashton United March 2020 14 February 2020 LM Regan Griffiths Kidsgrove Athletic 17 March 2020 13 March 2020 RB Travis Johnson Witton Albion 25 April 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee 1 July 2019 CF Jordan Bowery Milton Keynes Dons Free transfer 1 July 2019 GK Ben Garratt Burton Albion Released 1 July 2019 AM Joe Lynch Morecambe Released 1 July 2019 RW Alex Nicholls Solihull Moors Released Solihull Moors Twitter, 23 August 2019 1 July 2019 CB George Ray Tranmere Rovers Rejected contract 1 July 2019 CB Michael Raynes Hartlepool United Released 24 January 2020 CB Christian Mbulu Morecambe Mutual consent
Player statistics Appearances and goals
References