Crewe Alexandra v Aston Villa pre-match thread

[Dogtanian]

I don't know what's happened to me since the Championship.  I've suddenly become obsessed with visiting grounds that I've never been to before.

It's a good thing!  I sometimes go through each of the league divisions and check off which ones I have been to so far.

Stopped / Changed at Crewe so many times over the years going to away matches up north, I've always wanted to see us play there.

[SoccerHQ]

I’m getting a bit confused already with all these Cup games...is the League Cup now the Carabao Cup or is that the EFL Cup where we play the kids/reserves? Since when has there been a north/south draw in the League Cup...or have I actually confused that with one or both of the EFL or Carabao Cups? Have Baggies just lost 2-1 to Millwall in front of barely 11,000 at home in the League Cup, Carabao Cup or EFL Cup? Are we supposed to care about this one and does winning it get you into the Europa League Cup thing? 🤔

Same competition as Coca Cola cup.

[Pete3206]

I’m getting a bit confused already with all these Cup games...is the League Cup now the Carabao Cup or is that the EFL Cup where we play the kids/reserves? Since when has there been a north/south draw in the League Cup...or have I actually confused that with one or both of the EFL or Carabao Cups? Have Baggies just lost 2-1 to Millwall in front of barely 11,000 at home in the League Cup, Carabao Cup or EFL Cup? Are we supposed to care about this one and does winning it get you into the Europa League Cup thing? 🤔

Carabao/League Cup/EFL Cup is the same thing. The winners qualify for the Europa League.

The under 23s and lower leagues is the EFL Trophy

[cdbearsfan]

EFL Trophy is basically the Leyland Daf Cup. Except rather than leave it for what it was, a chance for the lesser lights such as Carlisle, Grimsby, Mansfield, Small Heath and Wolves, to have a day in the sun, they've decided to add Premier League under-21 teams to ruin it.

[darren woolley]

A good draw for us Crewe away,

[simon ward 50]

Just the small matter of the M6 junctions 15 and 16 to negotiate then?

[Damo70]

Will probably have 2 stands this time round

Yes for Crewe the away end is touchline shed and then for overspill away support gets behind the goal aswell. Would imagine a few Villa will be in the gigantic main stand they have, think it's 6k capacity for a ground that just about holds 10k.

was there in 1989, such a memorable match.  but does memory serve me right that the away end was an unterraced earth bank, at least in part?


I might be wrong but my memories of Crewe in 1989 was that it was a normal stepped terrace.

[Clark W Griswold]

EFL Trophy is basically the Leyland Daf Cup. Except rather than leave it for what it was, a chance for the lesser lights such as Carlisle, Grimsby, Mansfield, Small Heath and Wolves, to have a day in the sun, they've decided to add Premier League under-21 teams to ruin it.

Did Blues win the Layland DAF once some years back? I remember a few away matches at one point having a few renditions of 'you can stick your Leyland DAF up your arse'....'sideways' during the course of the afternoon.

[Damo70]

EFL Trophy is basically the Leyland Daf Cup. Except rather than leave it for what it was, a chance for the lesser lights such as Carlisle, Grimsby, Mansfield, Small Heath and Wolves, to have a day in the sun, they've decided to add Premier League under-21 teams to ruin it.

Did Blues win the Layland DAF once some years back? I remember a few away matches at one point having a few renditions of 'you can stick your Leyland DAF up your arse'....'sideways' during the course of the afternoon.

When they won it in 1991 there was a BRMB phone in with BFR when he became Villa manager. A Villa fan rang in and asked Ron "Are you going to win us a cup like Blues have just won"?  Quick as a flash BFR replied "I hope I don't win you the Leyland Daf Cup"!

[cdbearsfan]

EFL Trophy is basically the Leyland Daf Cup. Except rather than leave it for what it was, a chance for the lesser lights such as Carlisle, Grimsby, Mansfield, Small Heath and Wolves, to have a day in the sun, they've decided to add Premier League under-21 teams to ruin it.

Did Blues win the Layland DAF once some years back? I remember a few away matches at one point having a few renditions of 'you can stick your Leyland DAF up your arse'....'sideways' during the course of the afternoon.

They've won it twice. Which is twice more than Real Madrid, to be fair.

[Clark W Griswold]

I think it must be after one of those victories, such a proud and defining moment in the history of Birmingham City, that Paul Tait decided to bask in the glory of 'his moment' the pinnacle of his career by unveiling a 'shit on the Villa' tee shirt. Or was that when they got promoted from League one...?

[Hookeysmith]

Looking at 1600 allocation from a capacity of 10,100 which is 15% - do they not have to offer 25% for cup games? Even so 2500 tickets would go in an instant so I hope they do televise it.

I went there in 1989 and nearly died as a bought of food poisoning meant I passed out whilst driving on the M6 and cut across 2 lanes until stopping up a bank.

I went there in early 80's with a some friends to watch them vs Port Vale in a local derby and that was a bit tasty - so wonder if they are like Walsall and just let us buy tickets for their stands?

[Exeter 77]

Partially as a result of that game in 1989 I ended applying to be student in Crewe (I missed a train, wandered around  and found a campus) and lived there for three years. Two of them just off Gresty Road.

[TopDeck113]

Of all the remarkable things I have learned from H&V over the years, right up there is the fact that Crewe has a University.

[danno]

Of all the remarkable things I have learned from H&V over the years, right up there is the fact that Crewe has a University.

When I read it I assumed the University of Stafford had one of its campus's there.
Apparently not but a google search tells me manchester metropolitan has a campus in Crewe.