|  Nickname:
The Railwaymen
Year formed: 1877
Ground: The Alexandra Stadium
(Gresty Road)
Capacity: 10,107 2004/2005
average: 7,403
For visitors: 1,680 in the
Blue Bell Stand.
Record attendance: 20,000
Position last season: 21st
in Championship, 50 points.
Top scorer: Dean Ashton
(20). The big striker may have
left Gresty Road in January
to join the Canaries but he
still comfortably beat Steve
Jones (13) into second place.
Manager: Dario Gradi.
Title odds:
150-1.
 Players
in: Mat Bailey (Stockport,
free), Juan Ugarte (Wrexham,
free), Eddie Johnson (Manchester
United, loan).
Players out: Andy White
(Notts County, free), Clayton
Ince (Coventry, free).
One to watch: Mark Rivers:
Will be aiming to prove a point
or two to Nigel Worthington
after being released by the
Canaries last summer.
Former Canaries: Mark
Rivers.
Record transfer fee
paid: £650,000
(Rodney Jack, Torquay)
Record transfer fee
received: £3,000,000
(Dean Ashton, Norwich)
 Ticket
office: 01270 252610
Ticket prices:
Adults £16.50, OAPs and
disabled £13.50, students
£5.50, juniors £4.50
(discounts available for tickets
purchased prior to match-day).
Programme:
£2
Official website:
www.crewealex.net
How
to get there: Exit
the M6 to junction 16, and take
the A500 sign-posted Crewe.
Turn right onto the A5020 Weston
Road and at the A534 Nantwich
Road roundabout take the first
exit sign-posted for the station.
Best place to park:
Designated away car park next
to ground. Large municipal car
park at a cost of £1.60.
Best place to eat:
Gresty Road chippy was voted
runner-up in the ‘Best
of British’ contest two
years ago.
Best place to drink:
The Royal Hotel on Nantwich
Road is in close proximity to
the stadium.
Safe to wear scarf:
No problem.
Return journey:
420 miles
Journey time:
7hr 40mins
Petrol cost:
£38.96
Last meeting:
Crewe Alexandra 1, Norwich City
3 (May 9, 2004): With
the Division One championship
in the bag, the final match
of a triumphant campaign was
always going to be about providing
a fitting send-off to one of
the greatest goal scorers ever
to pull on a Norwich City shirt.
And, in a season when everyone’s
wishes have tended to come true,
that’s just what happened
as Iwan Roberts scored two goals,
one of them an absolute corker,
to bring the curtain down on
a wonderful career in highly
appropriate fashion.
Chances:
Dean Ashton’s departure
in January was the catalyst
for a remarkable slump that
saw Crewe freefall from a comfortable
spot in the top-half of the
table to only escaping relegation
on the final day of last season.
Boss Dario Gradi has worked
wonders over the years in keeping
the Railwaymen competitive in
the Championship on a meagre
budget but he will know that
the squad will need strengthening
if they are to not carry over
last seasons woeful form into
the new campaign.
For Directions
to the Ground click
here.
For an unofficial Guide to the
Ground click
here.
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