Crewe Alexandra Ladies Football Club is a women's football club that plays in the tier five Premier Division of the

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, and is associated with

Crewe Alexandra F.C. Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

The club currently has three teams – First Team/Reserve Squad/Under 18's – all of which train at The Alexandra Soccer Centre. The first team currently play their home matches at the Cumberland Arena, on Thomas Street in

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, on Sunday afternoons.

History

The original Crewe Ladies joined the

in 1985 and folded on 14 February 1993 with their season incomplete. Before the 1999–2000 season, Crewe Alexandra Ladies FC were elected into the same league but they also disbanded. This was on 28 August 2001, after just two seasons in Division two South. In 2000–01, a new club called Crewe Vagrants was formed, playing in the West Midlands Regional Football League. They won the Premier Division in 2002–03 with 58 points and moved into the (then) tier three

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. Success continued with a second championship in 2005–06, the season in which the club became Crewe Alexandra. They spent two seasons in the

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(tier three), with a highest placing of 4th in 2006–07, before being relegated back to the Midland Combination. Currently (2021–22 season), they are playing in the Premier Division (tier five) of the North West Women's Regional Football League. The team's best season in the

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has been a fourth round appearance in 2007–08. In the Cheshire County Cup, they have been finalists on three occasions and won the trophy once, in 2004–05. In 2012–13, the Alex won silverware in the shape of the NWWRFL Plate by beating Kendal Ladies 7–1 in the final played at The Pavilions in

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. In the same season, the club also established a Development Squad, playing in the Cheshire Women's & Youth Football League to enhance the playing squad. The club's best known player is

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, a prolific striker who scored a then record 44 goals in 82 appearances for England (1982–1998). Her record was beaten in February 2012, when

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scored her 45th goal while playing against Finland in the Cyprus Cup.

Staff

Chairman: Ray Walker Treasurer / Club Captain: Katie Nuttall Secretary: Bev Lambourne Club Welfare Officer: Bev Lambourne First Team Manager: Matt Fisher First Team Assistant Manager: Emma Lambourne First Team Coaches: Christopher Lloyd First Team Goalkeeper Coach: James Brown Reserve Team Manager: Micky Beamon Reserve Team Assistant Manager: Matt Halliwell Under 18's (EDS) Manager: Mike Jansinski Under 18's Coach: Chris Lewis Under 18's Coach: Jamie Mellor

References

External links

Crewe Alexandra Ladies FC Official Website
{{FA Women's Premier League Crewe Alexandra F.C. FA Women's National League teams Women's football clubs in England