Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 31 January 2009

Result

Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Tranmere Rovers

League One · Saturday 31 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Crewe Alexandra beat Tranmere Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 31 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

A. Kay opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Mark Carrington (83') and Joel Grant (88'). Tranmere Rovers scored through A. Kay (26').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 3 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 24th on 19 points from 26 and Tranmere Rovers 8th on 43 points from 26. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 22nd with 46 points, and Tranmere Rovers 7th with 74.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 1 draw and 1 for Tranmere Rovers.

Going into the match Crewe Alexandra's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Tranmere Rovers's W-W-L-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Ryan ShottonTranmere Rovers
  • 9'Yellow card · Clayton DonaldsonCrewe Alexandra
  • 26'Goal · A. KayTranmere Rovers · 0-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Tom PopeCrewe Alexandra
  • 77'Yellow card · Ben ChorleyTranmere Rovers
  • 82'Yellow card · Joel GrantCrewe Alexandra
  • 83'Goal · Mark CarringtonCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 88'Goal · Joel GrantCrewe Alexandra · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 1, draws 1, Tranmere Rovers 1.