Editing Crewe Alexandra F.C. (section)

==Records==
{{Main|List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics}}

Crewe's biggest league victory came against [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]] on 1 October 1932 in the [[Third Division North]] when they won 8–0.<ref>Crisp, p.59.</ref> In the FA Cup, their biggest win was 9–1 over [[Northwich Victoria F.C.|Northwich Victoria]] on 16 November 1889.<ref>Crisp, p.20.</ref> The club's heaviest defeat was in the FA Cup in 1960 when they were beaten 13–2 by [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] at [[White Hart Lane]] on 30 January 1960,<ref name=p12/> a game watched by 64,365: the largest crowd for a match involving Crewe.<ref>Crisp, p.91.</ref> In the league, Crewe's worst performance saw them beaten 11–1 at [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] on 29 September 1951 in the Third Division North.<ref>Crisp, p.83.</ref>

[[Tommy Lowry]] made the most first team appearances in all competitions for Crewe: 482 between 1965 and 1977.<ref name=p12/> [[Bert Swindells]] holds the record for most Crewe goals: 128, scored from 1927 to 1937,<ref name=p12/> while [[Terry Harkin]] scored the most Crewe goals in a single season: 34 in [[1964–65 Football League|1964–65]].<ref name="ENFA"/><ref name=p12/> Best match return was five goals, scored by [[Tony Naylor]] in Crewe's 7–1 league defeat of [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]] at Gresty Road on 24 April 1993.<ref>Crisp, p.124.</ref>

[[William Bell (footballer, born 1859)|William Bell]] was the first Crewe player to win an international cap, playing for Wales against Ireland in Wrexham in February 1886.<ref name="EUFImatch"/> [[Clayton Ince]], with 31 caps for [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]], has won most caps while playing for Crewe.<ref name="RSSF">{{cite web |title=Clayton Ince – International Appearances |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/cince-intl.html |website=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref> [[Efe Sodje]] is the only Crewe player to play in a [[2002 FIFA World Cup|World Cup Finals]] tournament, for [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], on 2 June 2002, and then against England on 12 June 2002, both in Japan.<ref name="NFT-Sodje"/>

Crewe's most expensive player was [[Rodney Jack]], signed from [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]] in August 1998 for £650,000.<ref>Hornbrook, p.150.</ref> Crewe were reported to have received £3 million for [[Nick Powell]] when he moved to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] on 2 July 2012, with options for the fee to grow to £6 million depending on appearances.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18396573 |title=Manchester United sign Nick Powell from Crewe Alexandra |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=15 September 2012 |access-date=15 September 2012 }}</ref> Crewe also received £3 million for [[Seth Johnson (footballer)|Seth Johnson]]'s 1999 move to Derby County,<ref name="Burnton-28Feb2012"/> and for [[Dean Ashton]]'s move to Norwich City in 2005.<ref name="Flown"/>