1955/56 - 1st round (replay) - Crewe Alexandra vs Barrow

Wednesday, 23rd November 1955
Score: Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Barrow
Scorers: TBC
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC

1955/56 - 1st round - Barrow vs Crewe Alexandra

Saturday, 19th November 1955
Score: Barrow 0-0 Crewe Alexandra
Scorers: None
Venue: Holker Street, Barrow
Attendance: TBC



1954/55 - 1st round - Oldham Athletic vs Crewe Alexandra

Saturday, 20th November 1954
Score: Oldham 1-0 Crewe Alexandra
Scorers: None
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC

1953/54 - 2nd round - Walsall vs Crewe Alexandra

Date: Saturday, 12th December 1953

Score: Walsall 3-0 Crewe Alexandra
Scorers: None
Venue: Fellows Park
Attendance: TBC

Programme from Walsall's 3rd round game with Lincoln from the same season.

1953/54 - 1st Round (replay) - Bradford City vs Crewe

Date: Wednesday, 25th November 1953
Score: Bradford City 0-1 Crewe Alexandra
Scorers: TBC
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC




Crewe won the replay at Valley Parade 1-0 following a goal from....

In addition to the official programme, there was also a 4 page pirate programme issued for the game as shown below.  The cover has the match details and page 3 has the team lineups but pages 2 & 4 seem to have no relevance to the game in hand as they show the team pictures of Arsenal and Newcastle.

1953/54 - 1st Round - Crewe vs Bradford City

Date: Saturday, 21st November 1953
Score: Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Bradford City
Scorers: none
Venue: Gresty Road, Crewe.
Attendance: TBC

1952/53 - 1st Round - Gateshead vs Crewe

Date: Saturday, 22th November 1952
Score: Gateshead 2-0 Crewe Alexandra
Scorers: none
Venue: Redheugh Park, Gateshead.
Attendance: TBC

Crewe's 52/53 FA Cup hopes were ended at the first hurdle by Gateshead. The goals came from Ken Smith (pictured below) and Leslie Price.

Ken Smith





Gateshead went on to the FA quarter final this year (beating Bradford PA, Liverpool, Hull & Plymouth before finally losing 1-0 to Bolton with a goal from Nat Lofthouse).