Editing Crewe Alexandra F.C. (section)

==Honours==

'''League'''
*[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] (level 3){{efn|name=Tiers|Upon its formation in 1992, the [[Premier League]] became the top tier of [[Football in England|English football]]; the [[English Football League|Football League]] [[Football League First Division|First]], [[Football League Second Division|Second]] and [[Football League Third Division|Third]] Divisions then became the second, third and fourth tiers, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/History/HistoryDetail/0,,10794~1357277,00.html|title=History Of The Football League|publisher=The Football League|date=22 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202161656/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/History/HistoryDetail/0%2C%2C10794~1357277%2C00.html|archive-date=2 February 2013}}</ref> From 2004, the First Division became the [[EFL Championship|Championship]], the Second Division became [[EFL League One|League One]] and the Third Division became [[EFL League Two|League Two]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3795239.stm|title=League gets revamp|website=BBC Sport|date=10 June 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729210603/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3795239.stm|archive-date=29 July 2020|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>}}
**2nd place promotion: [[2002–03 Football League|2002–03]]<ref name=statto/>
**Play-off winners: [[1997 Football League play-offs#Second Division|1997]]<ref name=p1028/>
*[[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]] / [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] / [[EFL League Two|League Two]] (level 4){{efn|name=Tiers}}
**2nd place promotion: [[2019–20 EFL League Two|2019–20]]<ref name="BBC-09Jun2020"/>
**3rd place promotion: [[1962–63 Football League|1962–63]], [[1993–94 Football League|1993–94]]<ref name=Crisp134>Crisp, pp.134–138.</ref>
**4th place promotion: [[1967–68 Football League|1967–68]], [[1988–89 Football League|1988–89]]<ref name=Crisp134/>
**Play-off winners: [[2012 Football League play-offs#League Two|2012]]<ref name=guardrep/><ref name=timesrep/>

'''Cup'''
*[[Football League Trophy]]
**Winners: [[2012–13 Football League Trophy|2012–13]]<ref name=Osborne/>
*[[Welsh Cup]]
**Winners: [[1935–36 Welsh Cup|1935–36]], [[1936–37 Welsh Cup|1936–37]]<ref name=p12/>
Crewe Alexandra have never won a division title, and have only been division runners-up twice. In addition to play-off promotions, the club also achieved four promotions, all from the fourth tier, by third-place finishes in [[1962–63 Football League|1962–63]] and [[1993–94 Football League|1993–94]]<ref name=Crisp134>Crisp, pp.134–138.</ref> and by fourth-place finishes in [[1967–68 Football League|1967–68]] and [[1988–89 Football League|1988–89]].<ref name=Crisp134/> Crewe's highest finishing league position was 11th in the second tier, the [[1997–98 Football League#First Division|First Division in 1997–98]].<ref name=Crisp7/>

In the major cup competitions, Crewe reached the semi-finals of the [[FA Cup]] in 1888.<ref name="Crisp7" /> They have reached the third round of the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] ten times (1960, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008),<ref>Crisp (for years 1960–1992), pp.92, 106, 107, 110 and 124.</ref> losing 1–0 to Aston Villa in a replay at [[Villa Park]] in 1974,<ref name="AVHistory">{{cite web |last1=Northam |first1=Randall |title=League cup winner comes so late Hamilton puts Villa through |url=https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/16-10-1974-villa-v-crewe |website=Aston Villa History |access-date=29 March 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and taking cup holders [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] into extra time at Gresty Road in 2006 before losing 2–1.<ref name="BBC-25Oct2006">{{cite news |title=Crewe 1–2 Man Utd (aet) |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/6072610.stm |access-date=29 March 2021 |work=BBC Sport |date=25 October 2006}}</ref>

While Crewe is not in Wales, English clubs, usually from border areas, have participated by invitation in the [[Welsh Cup]], which Crewe won twice, in 1936 and 1937.<ref name=p12/> The club won the [[Cheshire Senior Cup]] 19 times up to 1998,<ref name=p12/> and have won it a further three times, most recently in 2017.<ref name="CAFC-5Apr2017">{{cite web |title=Cheshire Cup Final: Crewe 3–2 Nantwich (5 April 2017) |url=https://www.crewealex.net/news/2017/april/cheshire-cup-final-crewe-3-2-nantwich/ |website=Crewe Alexandra F.C. |access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref>