Editing Crewe Alexandra F.C. (section)

==Management==
===Managerial history===
{{Main|List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. managers}}
[[File:Lee Bell.jpg|thumb|[[Lee Bell]], current manager of Crewe Alexandra, applauding travelling supporters at Sutton United on 4 March 2023.]]

Since 1892, 29 men have managed Crewe. Dario Gradi holds the record for the most games: 1,359 first team games.<ref name="Soccerbase-Managers">{{cite web |title=Crewe Alexandra managers |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=652&teamTabs=managers |website=Soccerbase |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> Two Crewe managers have been inducted into the [[English Football Hall of Fame]]: Gradi in 2004<ref name="NFM">{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame: Dario Gradi|url=http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/dario-gradi|website=National Football Museum|access-date=28 February 2017|archive-date=1 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301012715/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/dario-gradi|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Harry Catterick]], posthumously, in 2010.<ref name="Echo-26Aug2010">{{cite news |title=Everton FC legend Harry Catterick will gain Hall of Fame recognition at last |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-fc-legend-harry-catterick-3399946 |access-date=12 July 2021 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=26 August 2010}}</ref>

''As of 25 January 2025.<ref name="Soccerbase-Managers"/> Only competitive matches are counted.''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Name
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="6"|Record
|-
!P!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|W.C. McNeill<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''1'''</span></sup>
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|August 1892
|align=left|May 1894
{{WDL|50|12|10|28}}
|-
|align=left|J.G. Hall<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''1'''</span></sup>
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|August 1895
|align=left|May 1896
{{WDL|31|5|3|23}}
|-
|align=left|[[Robert Roberts (footballer, born 1865)|Robert Roberts]]<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''1'''</span></sup>
|{{flagicon|Wales}}
|align=left|January 1897
|align=left|December 1897
{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}
|-
|align=left|John Blomerley<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''2'''</span></sup>
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|January 1898
|align=left|May 1925
{{WDL|169|56|44|69}}
|-
|align=left|[[Tom Bailey (footballer)|Tom Bailey]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|August 1925
|align=left|May 1938
{{WDL|578|223|113|242}}
|-
|align=left|[[George Lillycrop]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|August 1938
|align=left|July 1944
{{WDL|45|20|7|18}}
|-
|align=left|[[Frank Hill]]
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=left|July 1944
|align=left|October 1948
{{WDL|102|45|19|38}}
|-
|align=left|[[Arthur Turner (footballer born 1909)|Arthur Turner]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|October 1948
|align=left|December 1951
{{WDL|149|56|39|54}}
|-
|align=left|[[Harry Catterick]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|December 1951
|align=left|June 1953
{{WDL|74|31|11|32}}
|-
|align=left|[[Ralph Ward]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|June 1953
|align=left|May 1955
{{WDL|96|25|28|43}}
|-
|align=left|[[Maurice Lindley]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|August 1955
|align=left|May 1958
{{WDL|143|23|28|92}}
|-
|align=left|[[Harry Ware]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|August 1958
|align=left|May 1960
{{WDL|100|36|22|42}}
|-
|align=left|[[Jimmy McGuigan]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|June 1960
|align=left|November 1964
{{WDL|222|87|85|50}}
|-
|align=left|[[Ernie Tagg]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|November 1964
|align=left|October 1970
{{WDL|273|105|69|99}}
|-
|align=left|[[Tom McAnearney]]
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=left|October 1970
|align=left|July 1971
{{WDL|39|15|9|15}}
|-
|align=left|[[Dennis Viollet]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|August 1971
|align=left|November 1971
{{WDL|15|4|2|9}}
|-
|align=left|[[Jimmy Melia]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|May 1972
|align=left|December 1973
{{WDL|70|16|23|31}}
|-
|align=left|[[Ernie Tagg]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|January 1974
|align=left|December 1974
{{WDL|48|13|12|23}}
|-
|align=left|[[Harry Gregg]]
|{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}}
|align=left|January 1975
|align=left|May 1978
{{WDL|163|53|53|57}}
|-
|align=left|[[Warwick Rimmer]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|August 1978
|align=left|May 1979
{{WDL|46|6|14|26}}
|-
|align=left|[[Tony Waddington]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|June 1979
|align=left|July 1981
{{WDL|93|24|27|42}}
|-
|align=left|[[Arfon Griffiths]]
|{{flagicon|Wales}}
|align=left|August 1981
|align=left|October 1982
{{WDL|59|9|10|40}}
|-
|align=left|[[Peter Morris (English footballer)|Peter Morris]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|November 1982
|align=left|June 1983
{{WDL|33|8|7|18}}
|-
|align=left|[[Dario Gradi]]<ref name="SB-Gradi">{{cite web |title=Dario Gradi |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=317 |website=Soccerbase |access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref><sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''3'''</span></sup>
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|June 1983
|align=left|July 2007
{{WDL|1241|464|476|301}}
|-
|align=left|[[Dario Gradi]]<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''4'''</span></sup> / [[Steve Holland (footballer)|Steve Holland]]<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''5'''</span></sup>
|{{flagicon|England}} / {{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|July 2007
|align=left|November 2008
{{WDL|72|19|16|37}}
|-
|align=left|[[Dario Gradi]]<ref name="SB-Gradi"/><sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''6'''</span></sup>
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|November 2008
|align=left|December 2008
{{WDL|8|3|1|4}}
|-
|align=left|[[Guðjón Þórðarson|Gudjon Thordarson]]
|{{flagicon|Iceland}}
|align=left|December 2008
|align=left|October 2009
{{WDL|37|12|7|18}}
|-
|align=left|[[Dario Gradi]]<ref name="SB-Gradi"/><sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''6'''</span></sup>
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|October 2009
|align=left|November 2011
{{WDL|110|38|23|49}}
|-
|align=left|[[Steve Davis (footballer, born 1965)|Steve Davis]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|November 2011
|align=left|January 2017
{{WDL|272|84|71|117}}
|-
|align=left|[[David Artell]]
|{{flagicon|Gibraltar}}
|align=left|January 2017
|align=left|April 2022
{{WDL|274|100|51|123}}
|-
|align=left|[[Alex Morris (footballer)|Alex Morris]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|April 2022
|align=left|November 2022
{{WDL|24|5|9|10}}
|-
|align=left|[[Lee Bell]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|November 2022
|align=left|''present''
{{WDL|122|47|36|39}}
|}
<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''1'''</span></sup><small>As secretary-manager</small><br />
<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''2'''</span></sup><small>A railway clerk, John Bradburn Blomerley (also among the club's first directors in 1899,<ref name="CoHo1899"/> and, in 1902, chairman of the [[Cheshire Football Association|Cheshire F.A.]])<ref name="ChObs">{{cite news |title=Football: Chester and District Association Annual Dinner |url=https://papuraunewydd.llyfrgell.cymru/view/4281425/4281427 |access-date=22 September 2021 |work=Cheshire Observer |date=June 14, 1902}}</ref> was secretary-manager to 1911; honorary secretary to 1925</small><br />
<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''3'''</span></sup><small>As sole manager. Between 22 September and 17 October 2003, Gradi underwent heart surgery. Assistant manager Neil Baker took charge of the team for this period (P6, W0, D1, L5).</small><br />
<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''4'''</span></sup><small>As technical director</small><br />
<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''5'''</span></sup><small>As first team coach</small><br />
<sup><span style="color: #002bb8">'''6'''</span></sup><small>As caretaker manager</small>

===Coaching positions===
{{updated|11 August 2023.}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Nationality
! Role
|-
| [[Lee Bell]]
| {{flagcountry|England}}
| Manager
|-
| [[Ryan Dicker]]
| {{flagcountry|British Virgin Islands}}
| Assistant manager<ref name="CAFC-01Aug2023">{{cite news |title=Ryan Dicker appointed Assistant Manager |url=https://www.crewealex.net/news/2023/august/ryan-dicker-appointed-assistant-manager/ |access-date=1 August 2023 |work=CreweAlex.net |date=1 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Fred Barber]]
| {{flagcountry|England}}
| Goalkeeping coach
|-
| Michael Jackson 
| {{flagcountry|England}}
| U23 manager
|-
| [[Kenny Lunt]]
| {{flagcountry|England}}
| Player development manager
|-
| [[David Vaughan (footballer)|David Vaughan]]
| {{flagcountry|Wales}}
| U18 manager<ref name="CAFC-11Aug2023">{{cite news |title=Vaughan appointed Under-18s Manager |url=https://www.crewealex.net/news/2023/august/vaughan-appointed-under-18s-manager/ |access-date=11 August 2023 |work=CreweAlex.net |date=11 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
| Sam Pettit
| {{flagcountry|England}}
| U18 assistant manager<ref name="CAFC-11Aug2023"/>
|-
| Aidan Callan
| {{flagcountry|England}}
| Academy manager
|-
| Josh Kennard
| {{flagcountry|England}}
| Head of recruitment<ref name="CAFC-22Apr2022">{{cite news |title=Crewe Alexandra Appoint Duo To Recruitment Team |url=https://www.crewealex.net/news/2022/april/crewe-alexandra-appoint-duo-to-head-up-recruitment-operation/ |access-date=19 February 2024 |work=CreweAlex.net |date=22 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Booth |first1=Dominic |title=Data, deals and Airbnbs: the plan driving Crewe's promotion push |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/21/crewe-promotion-push-league-two |access-date=20 May 2024 |work=Guardian |date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
|}