Crewe Alexandra FC

Crewe Alexandra FC
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Bayanai
Suna a hukumance	Crewe Alexandra Football Club
Iri	ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa
Ƙasa	Birtaniya
Mulki
Shugaba	John Bowler (ɗan kasuwa)
Hedkwata	Crewe (en)
Tarihi
Ƙirƙira	1877
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Crewe Alexandra Football Club kungiya ce ta ƙwararrun ƙwallon ƙafa da ke garin Crewe, Cheshire, Ingila . Kungiyar ta farko ta fafata a League Two, matakin na huɗu na tsarin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila. An kira su 'The Railwaymen' saboda alaƙar garin da masana'antar dogo, kuma an fi sani da 'The Alex', sun yi wasa a wurin da suke a yanzu na Gresty Road (kusa da shafukan yanar gizo biyu da suka gabata) tun 1906. Babban gwagwarmayar magoya bayan ita ce ta Port Vale da ke Staffordshire.

An kafa kulob din ne a watan Agustan 1877 a matsayin ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Crewe Alexandra Cricket Club, mai suna Princess Alexandra . Crewe ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe na FA Cup a 1888 kuma daga nan ne ya kasance memba na kafa Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Biyu a 1892. A shekara ta 1921, an gayyaci kulob din don shiga sabuwar Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Uku ta Arewa, inda suka zauna na shekaru 37 masu zuwa Kofin FA sanya su a cikin sabuwar kungiyar ta huɗu a shekara ta 1958. Kungiyar ta sami ci gaba ta farko bayan ta kammala ta uku a 1962-63. An sake sauke Crewe nan da nan a kakar wasa ta gaba amma an sake inganta su a 1967-68, amma kuma sun kasance kawai a kakar wasa daya a cikin Sashe na Uku.

Tarihi

Kafa da farkon shekarun

An kafa Crewe Alexandra Football Club a watan Agustan 1877 a matsayin reshen Crewe Alexandra Cricket Club (wanda Thomas Abraham da sauran ma'aikata a Crewe locomotive works suka kafa a watan Satumban 1866), kuma aka sanya masa suna bayan Alexandra, Gimbiya ta Wales. An kafa su ne a filin shakatawa na Alexandra da ke Crewe, kusa da tashar jirgin ƙasa ta Crewe, kuma sun buga wasansu na farko da wani ɓangare daga Basford a North Staffordshire a ranar 1 ga Disamba 1877, inda suka yi kunnen doki 1-1. A shekarar 1883, wasan farko da Crewe Alexandra ta yi a gasar cin kofin FA ya kasance da ƙungiyar Scotland Queen's Park ta Glasgow, inda ta sha kashi 10-0. A watan Fabrairun 1886, William Bell ya zama ɗan wasan Crewe na farko da ya lashe gasar ƙasa da ƙasa, inda ya buga wa Wales wasa da Ireland a Wrexham. A shekarar 1887–88, ƙungiyar ta buga wasanni 33 (ta yi nasara a wasanni 20, ta yi canjaras 5 sannan ta sha kashi a wasanni 8); ƙungiyar ta kuma kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na Kofin FA, inda ta doke Swifts, Derby County da Middlesbrough a kan hanyarsu, kafin ta tafi Preston North End . A shekarar 1891, ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta rabu da ƙungiyar wasan kurket - matakin da Francis Webb, babban injiniya na ayyukan London da North Western Railway (LNWR) na garin Crewe ya yi Allah wadai da shi, wanda ya yi adawa da ƙwarewa a wasanni sosai; bayan ɓangaranci, Webb da LNWR sun ce kamfanin "zai ƙi neman aiki a Crewe Works ga duk wani ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa", wani shawara "wanda aka yi tsokaci a kansa a cikin garin". Saboda haka, "sashen ƙwallon ƙafa na Alexandra Club bai cika bin LNWR ba..., duk da cewa ƙungiyoyin suna da alaƙa da masana'antar layin dogo ta gida" (kodayake ɗaya daga cikin magajin Webb a matsayin babban injiniyan LNWR, Charles Bowen Cooke, "ba shi da sauƙin sassautawa" kuma "shine Shugaban Ƙungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Crewe Alexandra da tarurrukan ƙwararru na wasanni da ta shirya").

Shekaru na Gradi (1983-2011)

Dario Gradi ya gudanar da wasanni 1,359 na kungiyar farko ta Crewe

A watan Yunin 1983, bayan Crewe ya kammala na biyu daga kasa a ƙarshen kakar 1982-83, shugaban kulob din Norman Rowlinson ya nada dan Milan Dario Gradi a matsayin kocin. Gradi ya nemi gina tsarin makarantar kimiyya don bunkasa 'yan wasan da za a iya siyar da su don taimakawa wajen tallafawa shirin ci gaban' yan wasa. Daga cikin nasarorin da ya samu na farko sun hada da Geoff Thomas da John Pemberton (duka sun sanya hannu daga Rochdale kuma sun sayar da su zuwa Crystal Palace, a 1987 da 1988 bi da bi), da kuma tsohon ɗan wasan Manchester United David Platt, ya sanya hannu a 1985 kuma ya sayar da su ga Aston Villa don £ 200,000 a watan Fabrairun 1988.

A karkashin Gradi, kuma duk da wasu magoya bayan Crewe na farko, Crewe ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa mai kyau, fasaha kuma ya sami suna don haɓaka ƙwarewar matasa. Steve Walters ya zama dan wasan Crewe mafi ƙanƙanta, yana da shekaru 16 da kwanaki 119 lokacin da ya buga wa Peterborough United wasa a ranar 7 ga Mayu 1988. A shekara ta 1989, Crewe ta lashe ci gaba ta uku, 1-1 draw a Tranmere Rovers isa ya dauki kungiyoyin biyu zuwa Division na Uku. A halin yanzu, a ranar 7 ga watan Janairun 1989, Crewe ya karbi bakuncin Aston Villa - da Platt - a Gresty Road a zagaye na uku na FA Cup, inda ya jagoranci 2-0 kafin baƙi suka taru don samun nasara 3-2, tare da Platt ya lashe amma ya ki yin bikin da tsohon kulob dinsa. Bayan shekara guda, a ranar 6 ga watan Janairun 1990, an fitar da Crewe a Chelsea a zagaye na uku; Walters ya ba Crewe jagora a rabi na farko a Stamford Bridge kafin Chelsea ta daidaita a minti na 82 don tilasta sakewa, wanda suka ci 2-0. A watan Maris na shekara ta 1990, an sayar da mai tsaron gidan Crewe Paul Edwards ga Coventry City don £ 350,000; daga baya aka sanya masa suna a cikin 1989-1990 Division PFA Team of the Year, dan wasan farko na Crewe don nunawa a cikin kyaututtuka.