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Crewe Alexandra 11th, English Div 1 |
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| English Div 1 |
| No. | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 | 09-Aug-97 | A | Swindon Town | L | 0-2 | (0-1) | 8,334 |
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| 2 | 16-Aug-97 | H | West Bromwich Albion | L | 2-3 | (1-1) | 5,234 |
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| 3 | 23-Aug-97 | A | Norwich City | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 11,821 |
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| 4 | 02-Sep-97 | H | Bury | L | 1-2 | (1-1) | 4,447 |
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| 5 | 13-Sep-97 | A | Portsmouth | W | 3-2 | (1-0) | 9,505 |
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| 6 | 16-Sep-97 | H | Port Vale | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 5,519 |
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| 7 | 20-Sep-97 | H | Queens Park Rangers | L | 2-3 | (0-2) | 5,340 |
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| 8 | 27-Sep-97 | H | Tranmere Rovers | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | 4,845 |
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| 9 | 04-Oct-97 | A | Birmingham City | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 16,548 |
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| 10 | 11-Oct-97 | A | Reading | D | 3-3 | (3-2) | 6,685 |
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| 11 | 18-Oct-97 | H | Middlesbrough | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 5,759 |
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| 12 | 21-Oct-97 | H | Ipswich Town | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 4,730 |
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| 13 | 25-Oct-97 | A | Bradford City | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 15,333 |
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| 14 | 29-Oct-97 | A | Manchester City | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | 27,384 |
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| 15 | 01-Nov-97 | A | Nottingham Forest | L | 1-3 | (1-1) | 18,268 |
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| 16 | 04-Nov-97 | H | Wolverhampton Wndrs | L | 0-2 | (0-1) | 5,743 |
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| 17 | 08-Nov-97 | H | Oxford United | W | 2-1 | (2-1) | 4,524 |
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| 18 | 15-Nov-97 | A | Charlton Athletic | L | 2-3 | (1-2) | 14,091 |
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| 19 | 22-Nov-97 | H | Stockport County | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | 5,231 |
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| 20 | 29-Nov-97 | A | Sheffield United | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 16,973 |
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| 21 | 06-Dec-97 | H | Huddersfield Town | L | 2-5 | (1-2) | 4,861 |
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| 22 | 13-Dec-97 | A | Stoke City | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 14,623 |
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| 23 | 20-Dec-97 | H | Sunderland | L | 0-3 | (0-2) | 5,404 |
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| 24 | 26-Dec-97 | H | Manchester City | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 5,759 |
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| 25 | 28-Dec-97 | A | Bury | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 5,661 |
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| 26 | 11-Jan-98 | H | Swindon Town | W | 2-0 | (0-0) | 4,176 |
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| 27 | 17-Jan-98 | A | West Bromwich Albion | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 15,257 |
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| 28 | 24-Jan-98 | A | Port Vale | W | 3-2 | (3-1) | 10,571 |
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| 29 | 31-Jan-98 | H | Norwich City | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 5,559 |
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| 30 | 07-Feb-98 | A | Queens Park Rangers | L | 2-3 | (0-1) | 13,429 |
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| 31 | 14-Feb-98 | H | Portsmouth | W | 3-1 | (0-0) | 5,114 |
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| 32 | 17-Feb-98 | H | Birmingham City | L | 0-2 | (0-2) | 5,559 |
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| 33 | 21-Feb-98 | A | Tranmere Rovers | W | 3-0 | (1-0) | 7,534 |
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| 34 | 25-Feb-98 | A | Middlesbrough | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 29,936 |
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| 35 | 28-Feb-98 | H | Reading | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 5,202 |
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| 36 | 03-Mar-98 | A | Oxford United | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 6,069 |
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| 37 | 07-Mar-98 | H | Nottingham Forest | L | 1-4 | (1-4) | 5,759 |
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| 38 | 14-Mar-98 | A | Wolverhampton Wndrs | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | 24,272 |
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| 39 | 21-Mar-98 | H | Charlton Athletic | L | 0-3 | (0-2) | 5,252 |
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| 40 | 28-Mar-98 | A | Stockport County | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 8,370 |
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| 41 | 11-Apr-98 | A | Huddersfield Town | L | 0-2 | (0-2) | 11,263 |
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| 42 | 13-Apr-98 | H | Stoke City | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 5,759 |
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| 43 | 18-Apr-98 | A | Sunderland | L | 1-2 | (1-2) | 40,441 |
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| 44 | 25-Apr-98 | H | Bradford City | W | 5-0 | (4-0) | 5,054 |
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| 45 | 30-Apr-98 | H | Sheffield United | W | 2-1 | (0-0) | 5,759 |
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| 46 | 03-May-98 | A | Ipswich Town | L | 2-3 | (1-1) | 19,105 |
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| English FA Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 3 | 03-Jan-98 | H | Birmingham City | L | 1-2 | (1-1) | 4,607 |
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| English League Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 L1 | 12-Aug-97 | H | Bury | L | 2-3 | (2-2) | 2,618 |
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| 1 L2 | 26-Aug-97 | A | Bury | D | 3-3 | (2-2) | 3,296 |
| [aet] |
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | GFA | GAA | | PpG | Pts | Rank |
| August | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 1.33 | 1.66 | | 1.00 | 3 | 15 |
| September | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 1.60 | 1.80 | | 1.20 | 6 | 15 |
| October | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 0.83 | 1.00 | | 1.00 | 6 | 14 |
| November | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 0.83 | 1.83 | | 0.50 | 3 | 24 |
| December | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 1.20 | 1.80 | | 1.40 | 7 | 14 |
| January | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1.75 | 0.50 | | 3.00 | 12 | 1 |
| February | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1.50 | 1.16 | | 1.50 | 9 | 8 |
| March | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0.40 | 1.60 | | 0.80 | 4 | 21 |
| April | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2.00 | 1.00 | | 1.80 | 9 | 8 |
| May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2.00 | 3.00 | | 0.00 | 0 | 15 |
Home and away results against each team, listed in the current league table standings
| Home | Team | Away | Pts |
| L 1-4 | Nottingham Forest | L 1-3 | 0 |
| D 1-1 | Middlesbrough | L 0-1 | 1 |
| L 0-3 | Sunderland | L 1-2 | 0 |
| L 0-3 | Charlton Athletic | L 2-3 | 0 |
| D 0-0 | Ipswich Town | L 2-3 | 1 |
| W 2-1 | Sheffield United | L 0-1 | 3 |
| L 0-2 | Birmingham City | W 1-0 | 3 |
| L 0-1 | Stockport County | W 1-0 | 3 |
| L 0-2 | Wolverhampton Wndrs | L 0-1 | 0 |
| L 2-3 | West Bromwich Albion | W 1-0 | 3 |
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| W 2-1 | Oxford United | D 0-0 | 4 |
| W 5-0 | Bradford City | L 0-1 | 3 |
| W 2-1 | Tranmere Rovers | W 3-0 | 6 |
| W 1-0 | Norwich City | W 2-0 | 6 |
| L 2-5 | Huddersfield Town | L 0-2 | 0 |
| L 1-2 | Bury | D 1-1 | 1 |
| W 2-0 | Swindon Town | L 0-2 | 3 |
| L 0-1 | Port Vale | W 3-2 | 3 |
| W 3-1 | Portsmouth | W 3-2 | 6 |
| L 2-3 | Queens Park Rangers | L 2-3 | 0 |
| W 1-0 | Manchester City | L 0-1 | 3 |
| W 2-0 | Stoke City | W 2-0 | 6 |
| W 1-0 | Reading | D 3-3 | 4 |
| Leading Scorers |
League Cup |
| Little | | 13 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Rivers | | 8 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Smith | | 8 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Adebola | | 7 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Anthrobus | | 5 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| Street | | 4 | |  |  |  |  |
| Charnock | | 3 | |  |  |  |
| Lunt | | 3 | |  |  |  |
| Westwood | | 3 | |  |  |  |
| Garvey | | 2 | |  |  |
| Antrobus | | 1 | |  |
| Foran | | 1 | |  |
| Holsgrove | | 1 | |  |
| Johnson | | 1 | |  |
| Lightfoot | | 1 | |  |
| Whalley | | 1 | |  |
| (own goals) | | 2 | |  |  |
Score distributions by match - goals scored by row, and goals conceded by column. Each box shows the number of this season's matches with the resulting scoreline.
| League | Cup |
 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | | 5 | | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 5 | 1 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1 | | | 1 |
| 2 | | | | 1 |
| 3 | | | | 1 |
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When the goals have been scored and conceded this season