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).   

1951/52 - 1st Round - Crewe vs Lincoln City

Date: Saturday, 24th November 1951
Score: Crewe Alexandra 2-4 Lincoln City
Scorers: TBC
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC

1950/51 - 2nd Round (replay) - Plymouth Argyle vs Crewe

Date: Wednesday, 13th December 1950
Score: Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Crewe Alexandra
Scorers: TBC
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC

1950/51 - 2nd Round - Crewe vs Plymouth Argyle

Date: Saturday, 9th December 1950
Score: Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Plymouth Argyle
Scorers: TBC
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC

1950/51 - 1st Round - Crewe vs North Shields

Date: Saturday, 25th November 1950
Score: Crewe Alexandra 4-0 North Shields
Scorers: TBC
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC

1949/50 - 2nd Round (2nd replay) - Oldham Athletic vs Crewe

Date: Monday, 19th December 1949
Score: Oldham Athletic 3-0 Crewe Alexandra
Scorers: none
Venue: Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: TBC

The official programme was an 8 page Man City Issue (recently sold for GBP50 at a Sportingold auction Dec 2010)

Four page PIRATE issue

1949/50 - 2nd Round (replay) - Oldham Athletic vs Crewe

Date: Tuesday, 13th December 1949
Score: Oldham Athletic 0-0 Crewe Alexandra
Scorers: none
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC

Oldham programme from the 1949/50 season (vs Tranmere)

1949/50 - 2nd Round - Crewe vs Oldham Athletic

Date: Saturday, 10th December 1949
Score: Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Oldham Athletic
Scorers: TBC
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC

Date: Saturday, 10th December

1949/50 - 1st Round (replay) - Crewe vs Darlington

Date: Wednesday, 30th November 1949
Score: Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Darlington
Scorers: TBC
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC

1949/50 - 1st Round - Darlington vs Crewe

Date: Saturday, 26th November 1949
Score: Darlington 2-2 Crewe Alexandra
Scorers: TBC
Venue: TBC
Attendance: TBC