Editing Crewe Alexandra F.C. (section)

===Rivalries===
Crewe's main rivals are fellow English Football League team [[Port Vale]]. As of November 2024, the clubs have played 84 games since 1892 (8 games against Burslem Port Vale); overall, Crewe have won 20 games, Port Vale have won 40, with the teams drawing 24 games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crewe Alexandra football club: record v Port Vale |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/crewe-alexandra/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Port%20Vale/ |website=11 v 11 |access-date=27 November 2024}}</ref> The rivalry (known by some since the 1980s as the [[A500 road|A500]] Derby) intensified after the millennium, when both clubs were in [[Football League One|Leagues One]] and [[Football League Two|Two]], with close encounters sometimes resulting in violence and arrests.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-12201606|title=Football fans charged after Crewe and Port Vale match|date=16 January 2011|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/13-arrests-following-Port-Vale-Crewe-Alex-game/story-20167780-detail/story.html|title=13 arrests made following Port Vale and Crewe Alex game|work=Stoke Sentinel|access-date=4 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104204713/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/13-arrests-following-Port-Vale-Crewe-Alex-game/story-20167780-detail/story.html|archive-date=4 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In January 2015 at Vale Park, Crewe won 1–0 to seal their first league double over Port Vale, and two arrests were made at the game, with minor disturbances between rival fans after the match.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/arrests-following-Port-Vale-s-1-0-home-defeat/story-25917916-detail/story.html |title=Two arrests following Port Vale's 1-0 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra &#124; Stoke Sentinel |access-date=26 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504211656/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/arrests-following-Port-Vale-s-1-0-home-defeat/story-25917916-detail/story.html |archive-date=4 May 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Six arrests were made at Gresty Road during the 22 September 2018 meeting between the two sides.<ref name="Wise-24Sep2018">{{cite news |last1=Wise |first1=Lauren |title=Six arrested at Crewe Alex v Port Vale match |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/two-arrested-crewe-alex-v-15192662 |access-date=24 September 2018 |work=Cheshire Live |date=24 September 2018}}</ref> A 2019 study ranked the Port Vale-Crewe Alexandra rivalry as the 14th biggest rivalry in English professional football.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Peter |title=Stoke v Port Vale named in top 30 English football rivalries, below Vale v Crewe |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-port-vale-derby-3300121 |access-date=9 September 2019 |work=Stoke Sentinel |date=9 September 2019}}</ref>

Crewe also maintain smaller rivalries with [[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]], [[Salford City F.C.|Salford City]], [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]], [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] and traditional local Cheshire derbies with [[Macclesfield F.C.|Macclesfield]], [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]], [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]] and [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]. The Railwaymen's rivalry with Stockport intensified somewhat in 2009 when Stockport all but relegated Crewe from League One, after beating them 4–3 at [[Edgeley Park]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8002053.stm|title=Stockport 4–3 Crewe|work=BBC Sport}}</ref> Crewe then returned the favour on 30 April 2011, when they beat County 2–0 at [[Gresty Road]], confirming County's relegation to non-League football.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stockport-county-relegated-crewe-2-859633|title=Stockport County relegated: Crewe 2 Stockport 0|date=30 April 2011|work=Manchester Evening News}}</ref>