2006–07 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was the 130th season in the club's history, their 84th in the English Football League and first back in League One, the third tier of English football following their relegation from the Championship in the previous season. They finished 13th in League One on 60 points. They also competed in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy, where they were eliminated in the first round, third round and area final respectively.

Crewe Alexandra

2006–07 season
Chairman	John Bowler
Manager	Dario Gradi
Stadium	Gresty Road
League One	13th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Third round
League Trophy	Northern area final
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Players

As of end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Ben Williams 2 DF  ENG Jon Otsemobor 3 DF  ENG Billy Jones 4 MF  ENG Gary Roberts 5 DF  FRA Julien Baudet 6 DF  ENG Neil Cox 7 MF  ENG Anthony McNamee (on loan from Watford) 8 MF  NIR Michael O'Connor 10 MF  ENG Michael Higdon 11 MF  WAL David Vaughan 12 FW  ENG Luke Varney 13 GK  ENG Stuart Tomlinson 14 MF  ENG Ben Rix 15 DF  ENG Danny Woodards 16 FW  ENG Ryan Lowe 17 DF  WAL Darren Moss 18 FW  ENG Nicky Maynard 20 DF  ENG Paul Bignot

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  ENG Darran Kempson 22 GK  WAL Owain Fôn Williams 24 FW  ENG Mat Bailey 25 FW  ENG Tom Pope 26 DF  ENG Ritchie Sutton 27 FW  SVK Pavol Šuhaj 28 MF  ENG Mark Carrington 29 MF  ENG John Dillon 30 DF  ENG Adam Dugdale 32 FW  ENG Shaun Miller 33 FW  ENG Adam Warlow 34 DF  ENG Cavell Coo 35 MF  WAL Christopher Flynn 36 FW  ENG Rodney Jack 37 DF  ENG Danny O'Donnell (on loan from Liverpool) 38 FW  ENG Lee Matthews 41 FW  ENG Byron Moore

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  ENG Tony Grant (joined Accrington Stanley in January 2007) 9 FW  ENG Luke Rodgers (joined Port Vale in January 2007) 15 MF  ENG Lee Bell (joined Burton Albion in January 2007) 19 DF  ENG Mark Roberts (joined Northwich Victoria in January 2007) 23 DF  ENG Robert Lloyd (joined Witton Albion in February 2007)

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 DF  ENG Nathaniel Kerr (joined Rotherham United in 2006) 39 MF  ENG Isaac Osbourne (on loan from Coventry City) 39 DF  FRA Patrick Noubissié (joined Swindon Town in February 2007) 40 DF  ENG Andy Taylor (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)

Competitions

Football League One

Main article: 2006–07 Football League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	15	15	52	47	+5	63
12	Port Vale	46	18	6	22	64	65	−1	60
13	Crewe Alexandra	46	17	9	20	66	72	−6	60
14	Northampton Town	46	15	14	17	48	51	−3	59
15	Huddersfield Town	46	14	17	15	60	69	−9	59

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[a]	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
5 August 2006	Northampton Town	Home	2–2	Lowe, Vaughan	5,553	[2]
8 August 2006	Doncaster Rovers	Away	1–3	Maynard	6,081	[3]
12 August 2006	Scunthorpe United	Away	2–2	Rodgers (pen.), Vaughan	4,329	[4]
19 August 2006	Bradford City	Home	0–3	—	5,274	[5]
27 August 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	4–1	Jones, Lowe, Maynard (2)	5,848	[6]
2 September 2006	Huddersfield Town	Home	2–0	Maynard (2)	4,868	[7]
9 September 2006	Bournemouth	Away	0–1	—	5,627	[8]
12 September 2006	Cheltenham Town	Home	3–1	Maynard, Cox, Varney	4,062	[9]
16 September 2006	Millwall	Home	1–0	Varney	4,875	[10]
23 September 2006	Yeovil Town	Away	0–2	—	5,333	[11]
26 September 2006	Swansea City	Away	1–2	Roberts (pen.)	10,031	[12]
30 September 2006	Carlisle United	Home	5–1	Varney (2), Lowe (3)	5,989	[13]
7 October 2006	Gillingham	Home	4–3	Maynard, Jack, O'Donnell, Varney	5,022	[14]
14 October 2006	Bristol City	Away	1–2	Varney	11,899	[15]
21 October 2006	Blackpool	Home	1–2	Maynard	5,765	[16]
28 October 2006	Rotherham United	Away	1–5	Varney	5,407	[17]
4 November 2006	Port Vale	Home	2–1	Maynard, Rodgers (pen.)	7,632	[18]
18 November 2006	Brentford	Away	4–0	Varney (2), Rix, Vaughan	4,771	[19]
25 November 2006	Chesterfield	Home	2–2	Varney, Rodgers	5,078	[20]
5 December 2006	Oldham Athletic	Away	0–1	—	4,798	[21]
9 December 2006	Nottingham Forest	Home	1–4	Roberts (pen.)	7,253	[22]
23 December 2006	Leyton Orient	Away	1–1	Maynard	4,371	[23]
26 December 2006	Swansea City	Home	1–3	Varney	6,083	[24]
30 December 2006	Yeovil Town	Home	2–3	Maynard, Roberts	5,450	[25]
2 January 2007	Cheltenham Town	Away	1–1	Varney	3,154	[26]
13 January 2007	Bournemouth	Home	2–0	Varney, Maynard	4,739	[27]
16 January 2007	Tranmere Rovers	Away	0–1	—	5,708	[28]
20 January 2007	Carlisle United	Away	2–0	Baudet, Maynard	7,075	[29]
27 January 2007	Leyton Orient	Home	0–4	—	5,280	[30]
3 February 2007	Northampton Town	Away	2–1	Varney (2)	5,262	[31]
17 February 2007	Bradford City	Away	1–0	Lowe	7,778	[32]
20 February 2007	Doncaster Rovers	Home	2–1	Rix, Higdon	4,483	[33]
24 February 2007	Huddersfield Town	Away	2–1	Higdon, Lowe	10,052	[34]
27 February 2007	Scunthorpe United	Home	1–3	Varney	4,842	[35]
3 March 2007	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home	1–1	Varney	5,202	[36]
10 March 2007	Gillingham	Away	0–1	—	6,373	[37]
13 March 2007	Millwall	Away	2–2	Higdon, Moss	8,867	[38]
17 March 2007	Bristol City	Home	0–1	—	5,731	[39]
24 March 2007	Rotherham United	Home	1–0	Moss	5,675	[40]
31 March 2007	Blackpool	Away	1–2	Miller	7,203	[41]
7 April 2007	Chesterfield	Away	1–2	Miller	3,698	[42]
9 April 2007	Brentford	Home	3–1	Vaughan, Lowe, Maynard	4,667	[43]
14 April 2007	Port Vale	Away	0–3	—	5,740	[44]
21 April 2007	Oldham Athletic	Home	2–1	Maynard (2)	6,304	[45]
28 April 2007	Tranmere Rovers	Home	1–1	Miller	5,777	[46]
5 May 2007	Nottingham Forest	Away	0–0	—	27,472	[47]

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[a]	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	11 November 2006	Bradford City	Away	0–4	—	3,483	[48]

Football League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[a]	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	22 August 2006	Grimsby Town	Away	3–0	Maynard, O'Connor, Lowe (pen.)	1,635	[49]
Second round	19 September 2006	Wigan Athletic	Home	2–0	Jack, Maynard	3,907	[50]
Third round	25 October 2006	Manchester United	Home	1–2[b]	Varney	10,046	[51]

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Trophy

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[a]	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Second round	31 October 2006	Rochdale	Away	1–1[c]	Varney	1,148	[52]
Northern quarter-final	29 November 2006	Port Vale	Away	3–2	Lowe (pen.), Jack, Varney	4,694	[53]
Northern semi-final	10 January 2007	Chesterfield	Away	4–2	Maynard, Varney (3)	3,414	[54]
Northern final first leg	30 January 2007	Doncaster Rovers	Home	3–3	Moss, Lowe, Varney	4,631	[55]
Northern final second leg	12 February 2007	Doncaster Rovers	Away	2–3[d]	Varney, Lowe	12,561	[56]

Notes

1. Crewe Alexandra's score shown first
2. After extra time
3. Crewe win 2–0 on penalties
4. Doncaster win 6–5 on aggregate