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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Crewe Alexandra | The Guardian</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra</link> <description>Latest news and features from theguardian.com, the world's leading liberal voice</description> <language>en-gb</language> <copyright>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</copyright> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:24:49 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2024-04-19T09:24:49Z</dc:date> <dc:language>en-gb</dc:language> <dc:rights>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</dc:rights> <image> <title>The Guardian</title> <url>https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/guardian-logo-rss.c45beb1bafa34b347ac333af2e6fe23f.png</url> <link>https://www.theguardian.com</link> </image> <item> <title>Data, deals and Airbnbs: the plan driving Crewe’s promotion push | Dominic Booth</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/21/crewe-promotion-push-league-two</link> <description><p>Club operate with one of the smallest wage bills in League Two but smart recruitment has them mixing with the big hitters</p><p>Crewe travelled to MK Dons<strong> </strong>for a vital League Two promotion game last Saturday but one man central to the club’s resurgence in the past two years, the head of recruitment, Josh Kennard, was not present. Instead, he travelled 70 miles further, to watch a National League South game between Chelmsford and Bath, a vital scouting trip he hopes could yield results just as productive as a win on the pitch.</p><p>Crewe lost at MK Dons, but that they are even in the promotion picture in an ultra-competitive season alongside the big budgets of Wrexham, Stockport and Mansfield owes a lot to Kennard’s meticulous and data-assisted philosophy. The Alex operate with one of the smallest wage bills in the division and the squad consists almost entirely of academy products and signings made by Kennard. Not one cost a fee.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/21/crewe-promotion-push-league-two">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/leaguetwofootball">League Two</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league">Football League</category> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:30:05 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/21/crewe-promotion-push-league-two</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d14906bd5582f558af59e3e2b1eef627bc0076ce/0_256_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=150c3f5e290176982979d373a38c0af1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Ryan Browne/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d14906bd5582f558af59e3e2b1eef627bc0076ce/0_256_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7c82cbbf057ac6fe35ac7407725351ab"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Ryan Browne/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Dominic Booth</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-03-21T11:30:05Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Long-serving Crewe chairman John Bowler dies at 85</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/16/long-serving-crewe-chairman-john-bowler-dies-at-85</link> <description><ul><li>Bowler was chairman of League One club from 1987 to 2021</li><li>He left following Sheldon report into historical sexual abuse</li></ul><p>John Bowler, the former long-serving Crewe chairman, has died at the age of 85. Bowler joined the Crewe board in 1980 and was chairman of the League One club for 34 years between 1987 and 2021. He stood down last March following the publication of the Sheldon report into historical sexual abuse in football.</p><p>A Crewe statement said: “It is with deepest sadness that the football club has to announce the passing of our former chairman and director, John Bowler MBE. Further information will be issued when made available and our thoughts are very much with the family.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/16/long-serving-crewe-chairman-john-bowler-dies-at-85">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/leagueonefootball">League One</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league">Football League</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:39:31 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/16/long-serving-crewe-chairman-john-bowler-dies-at-85</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ac6a23af7178bb789498217c9c5f9ed0cf90e685/0_0_3440_2064/master/3440.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e411be78d6ee05e7267f8a63804cb55d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Colorsport/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ac6a23af7178bb789498217c9c5f9ed0cf90e685/0_0_3440_2064/master/3440.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=985f09a7d174a2641b0fe2ea772ff48c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Colorsport/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>PA Media</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-02-16T22:39:31Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Phillips and Harrison strike late for Leeds to end Crewe’s resistance</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/24/leeds-united-crewe-alexandra-carabao-cup-match-report</link> <description><p>An Olympic gold medal winner is heading for territory he has never previously charted. Marcelo Bielsa’s pedigree in knockout competitions also includes steering his teams to the finals of the Copa América, Copa Libertadores and the Uefa Cup. Now, at the fourth time of asking, he has finally reached the third round of the Carabao Cup.</p><p>As Crewe belied a gap of 51 league positions to provide valiant resistance, it was tempting to wonder if it represented the final frontier for Bielsa. Instead, Kalvin Phillips and Jack Harrison provided a late flurry of goals and, aided by an outstanding cameo from Patrick Bamford, Leeds registered only their third win in a cup match in Bielsa’s four-season reign.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/24/leeds-united-crewe-alexandra-carabao-cup-match-report">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/carabao-cup">Carabao Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/leedsunited">Leeds United</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league">Football League</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:02:25 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/24/leeds-united-crewe-alexandra-carabao-cup-match-report</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/daf700376665c8afac9f02cc82d07b1be51160d8/0_90_2700_1620/master/2700.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=70b51673d1065805865b5635e42af54d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Simon Davies/ProSports/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/daf700376665c8afac9f02cc82d07b1be51160d8/0_90_2700_1620/master/2700.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=8886ddc28a9b919f88d3eccec388e877"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Simon Davies/ProSports/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Richard Jolly at Elland Road</dc:creator> <dc:date>2021-08-24T21:02:25Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Crewe chairman steps down after Sheldon's football sexual abuse report</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/25/crewe-chairman-steps-down-after-sheldon-football-sexual-abuse-report-john-bowler</link> <description><ul><li>John Bowler, chairman since 1987, joined board in 1980<br></li><li>He says he always intended to stand aside after report</li></ul><p>The chairman of Crewe has stood down following the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/17/football-sexual-abuse-report-scandal-sheldon-fa">publication of the Sheldon report</a> into sexual abuse in football. John Bowler said in a statement he had always intended to step aside once the report had been published.</p><p>The report came out on Wednesday last week, after being commissioned by the Football Association in December 2016, and was critical of Crewe for not doing enough to protect boys from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/15/barry-bennell-abuse-manchester-city-crewe">the serial abuser Barry Bennell</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/25/crewe-chairman-steps-down-after-sheldon-football-sexual-abuse-report-john-bowler">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:55:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/25/crewe-chairman-steps-down-after-sheldon-football-sexual-abuse-report-john-bowler</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/21b0e7138ae28ed12fbf5073db90d0266680f4e9/0_346_5184_3110/master/5184.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ffecc0d2b188018b0f1f94a59ed5dd78"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Rich Linley - CameraSport/CameraSport/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/21b0e7138ae28ed12fbf5073db90d0266680f4e9/0_346_5184_3110/master/5184.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=490abf941e3924faeb4ee217e15e6653"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Rich Linley - CameraSport/CameraSport/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>PA Media</dc:creator> <dc:date>2021-03-25T09:55:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Dario Gradi sorry for 'not recognising signs' of Barry Bennell abuse</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/19/dario-gradi-sorry-for-not-recognising-signs-of-barry-bennell-abuse</link> <description><ul><li>Former Crewe manager offers ‘deepest sympathy’ to survivors</li><li>Gradi hits back at FA’s assertion over lifetime ban from football</li></ul><p>Dario Gradi has apologised for “not recognising signs of abuse” carried out at Crewe Alexandra by the former football coach and serial paedophile Barry Bennell.</p><p>Bennell, who was working at the club in the 1980s and 90s, is serving a 34-year sentence after being <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/19/barry-bennell-branded-sheer-evil-as-he-is-sentenced-to-31-years" title="">convicted of child sexual abuse five times</a>. He was described by the sentencing judge as “the devil incarnate”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/19/dario-gradi-sorry-for-not-recognising-signs-of-barry-bennell-abuse">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/barry-bennell">Barry Bennell</category> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:34:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/19/dario-gradi-sorry-for-not-recognising-signs-of-barry-bennell-abuse</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b0fde68d215e464f8e62f2179b79e28f404a2c37/167_131_1833_1099/master/1833.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b4c7ae161c3ac69730d704fab73d4822"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Focus Images Ltd/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b0fde68d215e464f8e62f2179b79e28f404a2c37/167_131_1833_1099/master/1833.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=747797d4fedd23acc07fec54a705a999"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Focus Images Ltd/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian sport</dc:creator> <dc:date>2021-03-19T20:34:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Former Crewe manager Dario Gradi should lose MBE, says Offside Trust</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/18/former-crewe-manager-dario-gradi-banned-for-life-from-football</link> <description><ul><li>Gradi ‘banned for life’ by FA after initial 2016 suspension</li><li>Report into football sexual abuse criticised Gradi</li></ul><p>The former Crewe manager Dario Gradi should have his MBE taken away, according to an organisation set up by survivors of child sexual abuse in sport.</p><p><a href="http://www.offsidetrust.com/">The Offside Trust</a>, created to end abuse and support survivors, has written to the Cabinet Office after the publication of a review into <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/17/football-sexual-abuse-report-scandal-sheldon-fa">historical sexual abuse in football</a> and confirmation from the Football Association that Gradi is “effectively banned for life” from the sport.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/18/former-crewe-manager-dario-gradi-banned-for-life-from-football">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fa">The FA</category> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:19:52 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/18/former-crewe-manager-dario-gradi-banned-for-life-from-football</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5cfc97afe6a46561affc736b82de1b8e5dca6b5f/0_0_1651_990/master/1651.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f6b74f2029bc7931441ab49254fb02d9"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5cfc97afe6a46561affc736b82de1b8e5dca6b5f/0_0_1651_990/master/1651.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=168a6ed90c50bc9c9cd4cba794f5fd90"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian sport and PA Media</dc:creator> <dc:date>2021-03-18T15:19:52Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>League One 2020-21 season preview</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/10/league-one-2020-21-season-preview</link> <description><p>Peterborough and Sunderland hope to put last season behind them, Oxford and Portsmouth also look contenders but Wigan’s and Hull’s struggles seem set to continue <br></p><p>It is fair to say <strong>Peterborough</strong> were miffed when they were bumped out of the play-offs on points per game – “this is the worst day of my life because I think we’ve been cheated” said a typically understated Barry Fry, the director of football – but they will have a chance if they can carry on where they left off. The division’s most prolific side won seven of their last nine matches, scoring four times in four of those and overcoming promoted Wycombe and Rotherham along the way. The £6m sale of top-scorer Ivan Toney was inevitable but the return of Jonson Clarke-Harris from Bristol Rovers, coupled with the emergence of Ricky Jade-Jones, 17, and Flynn Clarke, 20, gives Posh reasons to be cheerful.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/10/league-one-2020-21-season-preview">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/leagueonefootball">League One</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/peterborough">Peterborough</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/sunderland">Sunderland</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/ipswichtown">Ipswich Town</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/portsmouth">Portsmouth</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blackpool">Blackpool</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fleetwood-town">Fleetwood Town</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/doncaster">Doncaster Rovers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/swindon">Swindon</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/plymouthargyle">Plymouth Argyle</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/lincoln">Lincoln</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/hullcity">Hull City</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/wiganathletic">Wigan Athletic</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/charltonathletic">Charlton Athletic</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/northampton">Northampton</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/rochdale">Rochdale</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/mkdons">MK Dons</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/afc-wimbledon">AFC Wimbledon</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/oxford-united">Oxford United</category> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 07:00:36 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/10/league-one-2020-21-season-preview</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a48637e1af84c9f983e9530b7996a1c15ed39e0e/0_0_2560_1536/master/2560.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=541cf293c4ab760555bbd7403065b5ef"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Getty Images, Shutterstock, PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a48637e1af84c9f983e9530b7996a1c15ed39e0e/0_0_2560_1536/master/2560.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b7247c157c09d667e85eebc9dd3eab7a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Getty Images, Shutterstock, PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Ben Fisher</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-09-10T07:00:36Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Crewe's David Artell: 'I did a helluva lot on crime-scene analysis'</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league-blog/2020/feb/25/crewe-david-artell-manager-crime-scene-analysis-forensic-biology-thomas-muller</link> <description><p>The manager discusses his forensic biology studies, how Thomas Müller made him laugh, and his ‘Dad’s Army lads’</p><p>Daytime television can be deemed dreary but, in David Artell’s case, tuning into a couple of timeless crime dramas after training, while a young professional at his hometown club Rotherham United, proved the inspiration for his bachelors’ degree in forensic biology. “Around 2.25pm it was Diagnosis: Murder with Dick Van Dyke and then Murder, She Wrote with Jessica Fletcher and I thought: ‘Yeah, I’ll be good at that,’” says Artell. “I did think: ‘Why do I not tune into something better than the man off Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jessica Fletcher? But I found them interesting and it all started from there.”</p><p>Not that there were too many parallels between his studies – which he started at Sheffield Hallam in 2003 and finished at the University of Chester in 2010, encompassing a postgraduate certificate in biomedical sciences – and those storylines on the sofa. “I suppose it’s a bit like saying Poirot or Midsomer Murders is like being a detective inspector,” the 39-year-old says. “I’m pretty certain the high-ranking police officers of this world do not think Midsomer is anything like a normal sleepy town. It was chalk and cheese, I have to say.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league-blog/2020/feb/25/crewe-david-artell-manager-crime-scene-analysis-forensic-biology-thomas-muller">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/leaguetwofootball">League Two</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league">Football League</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:47:25 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league-blog/2020/feb/25/crewe-david-artell-manager-crime-scene-analysis-forensic-biology-thomas-muller</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3128f664f26c241f8a971966c06da5f7331c67a0/0_89_4739_2843/master/4739.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=48d245b329719e4d223cf976a5043feb"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3128f664f26c241f8a971966c06da5f7331c67a0/0_89_4739_2843/master/4739.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1e9213a2ca2c0bd096472ec3fd5de1f5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Ben Fisher</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-02-25T12:47:25Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>FA Cup roundup: QPR thrash Swansea, League Two Northampton progress</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/05/fa-cup-roundup-northampton-town-burton-qpr-swansea</link> <description>• Jordan Hugill strikes twice for QPR, who won 5-1<br />• Burton 2-4 Northampton; Charlton 0-1 West Brom<p>Jordan Hugill scored twice as <strong>QPR</strong> thrashed <strong>Swansea</strong> 5-1. In-form Bright Osayi-Samuel also netted for Rangers, who were three up by half-time. George Byers struck for Swansea but Lee Wallace’s brilliant volley with 14 minutes remaining and an even better strike from Josh Scowen in added time completed the rout.</p><p>League Two <strong>Northampton</strong> will be in the hat after despatching <strong>Burton</strong> 4-2. Nicky Adams, Ryan Watson and Charlie Goode put the visitors into a three-goal lead before Ryan Edwards pulled one back. Sam Hoskins ensured there would be no comeback with a fourth but Scott Fraser did add a late consolation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/05/fa-cup-roundup-northampton-town-burton-qpr-swansea">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fa-cup">FA Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/northampton">Northampton</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/burton-albion">Burton Albion</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/qpr">QPR</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/swansea">Swansea City</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/barnsley">Barnsley</category> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2020 18:13:45 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/05/fa-cup-roundup-northampton-town-burton-qpr-swansea</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/47192f0b2741f2426666a6122a353e5859bb3073/0_74_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=73ebd60ceb92f3a59af17a460aba62d5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/47192f0b2741f2426666a6122a353e5859bb3073/0_74_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4e43cf9c8fe9be32ed70864c62a8b672"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian sport and agencies</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-01-05T18:13:45Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Macclesfield's League Two match with Crewe suspended over financial crisis</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/05/macclesfield-preparing-boycott-of-league-two-match-with-crewe</link> <description><ul><li>Players and staff protest over unpaid wages</li><li>EFL ‘forced to suspend the game’</li></ul><p>Macclesfield’s League Two match against Crewe on Saturday has been “suspended” after the club informed the English Football League they would be unable to fulfil the fixture.</p><p>An <a href="https://www.efl.com/news/2019/december/efl-statement-macclesfield-town-v-crewe-alexandra/">EFL statement</a> said it had been informed by the financially troubled club, whose players have suffered a number of wage payment delays in recent months, that it was unable to stage the game. As a result, the League had been “forced to suspend the game and under EFL Regulations, the club is now deemed to be guilty of misconduct and will be referred to an Independent Disciplinary Commission. The EFL will now consider the matter of determining when the fixture will be played.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/05/macclesfield-preparing-boycott-of-league-two-match-with-crewe">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/macclesfield">Macclesfield</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/leaguetwofootball">League Two</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:17:11 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/05/macclesfield-preparing-boycott-of-league-two-match-with-crewe</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f1bac89e81d70f146141430d781bad4c47068e60/0_317_4726_2836/master/4726.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0bbc320f7cc48b8efd17f25a64157bca"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Simon Roe/TGS Photo/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f1bac89e81d70f146141430d781bad4c47068e60/0_317_4726_2836/master/4726.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5b6f54db5c6b466224ab1bdaa20fc08b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Simon Roe/TGS Photo/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>PA Media</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-12-06T15:17:11Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Crewe beat Accrington as chaotic FA Cup tie ends without assistant referee</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/09/crewe-beat-accrington-as-chaotic-fa-cup-tie-ends-without-assistant-referee</link> <description><p>Crewe won 2-0 at Accrington Stanley in an extraordinary three-hour FA Cup first-round tie that ended with just one assistant referee after an injury crisis among the officials.</p><p>The first referee, Neil Hair, limped off in the 22nd minute and was replaced in the middle by the fourth official, Alan Clayton – but he picked up an injury and was unable to return for the second half. Crewe took the lead through Charlie Kirk in first-half stoppage time, but the interval lasted over an hour as the two sides discussed how to deal with the situation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/09/crewe-beat-accrington-as-chaotic-fa-cup-tie-ends-without-assistant-referee">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fa-cup">FA Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/accringtonstanley">Accrington Stanley</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2019 19:17:35 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/09/crewe-beat-accrington-as-chaotic-fa-cup-tie-ends-without-assistant-referee</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/68386832dc9baf25a13161bfb62fbc151cefa6af/411_0_2905_1743/master/2905.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0fdff52ca32711ac475279772ad11878"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Paul Currie/BPI/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/68386832dc9baf25a13161bfb62fbc151cefa6af/411_0_2905_1743/master/2905.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fda49862e72317cee042b6389eaabaf7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Paul Currie/BPI/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>PA Media and Guardian sport</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-11-09T19:17:35Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Dario Gradi retires from Crewe role three years after FA suspension</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/07/dario-gradi-retires-crewe-fa-suspension</link> <description>• Gradi suspended in connection with sexual abuse investigation<br />• Former manager found in August not to have reported offender<p>Dario Gradi has officially ended his long and chequered career in football after nearly three years of being suspended from his role at Crewe Alexandra, amid continuing questions about his conduct as a work colleague of two of the sport’s worst paedophiles.</p><p>Gradi, 78, was suspended by the Football Association in December 2016 after the Guardian’s interview with a former Crewe player, Andy Woodward, enveloped the fourth-tier club in scandal and led to Barry Bennell, one of their former coaches, being jailed for 31 years.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/07/dario-gradi-retires-crewe-fa-suspension">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 15:23:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/07/dario-gradi-retires-crewe-fa-suspension</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/65ce39b1db9f33141291aca5a6a828973d27e140/245_192_1502_901/master/1502.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=64fc07b37069f2a9afb476388e71de1c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PA Wire/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/65ce39b1db9f33141291aca5a6a828973d27e140/245_192_1502_901/master/1502.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=55922d46fba8e9bff1dc52751d00132a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PA Wire/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-10-07T15:23:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Aston Villa show their class in 6-1 Carabao Cup win at Crewe Alexandra</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/27/crewe-aston-villa-carabao-cup-match-report</link> <description><p>Aston Villa coasted into the Carabao Cup third round, Dean Smith’s team soaking up some early pressure from Crewe before their class allowed them to pull away with ease.</p><p>The manager was proud of his team’s approach. “I wanted to make sure the attitude was right and show the importance of what [the competition] is. We play for three trophies in a season – this, the FA Cup and the Premier League.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/27/crewe-aston-villa-carabao-cup-match-report">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/carabao-cup">Carabao Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/aston-villa">Aston Villa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/newport-county">Newport County</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/westhamunited">West Ham United</category> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:04:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/27/crewe-aston-villa-carabao-cup-match-report</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/68fc84826f62fb117f2b498f8fbe773d749748e8/35_135_2717_1631/master/2717.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d92f7ffa40b38ed0c479357a09c40ff2"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Richard Long/News Images/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/68fc84826f62fb117f2b498f8fbe773d749748e8/35_135_2717_1631/master/2717.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c995ff799f8381655ed722ea5da1b163"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Richard Long/News Images/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Jamie Jackson at Gresty Road</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-08-27T22:04:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Jack Wilshere kickstarts West Ham’s Carabao Cup victory over Newport</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/27/newport-county-west-ham-carabao-cup-match-report</link> <description><p>It has been a long time coming but the wait is finally over for Jack Wilshere, who opened his West Ham United account in the rather inauspicious surroundings of Rodney Parade and in the process scored his first goal in 19 months. The last, for the record, came for Arsenal against Chelsea, when the stakes were a little higher.</p><p>At least it was a step in the right direction for Wilshere, whose West Ham career has never really got going since he joined the club last summer. He lasted 81 minutes here, by which time West Ham were two goals to the good courtesy of a tap-in from Pablo Fornals, a £25m summer signing from Villarreal, midway through the second half.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/27/newport-county-west-ham-carabao-cup-match-report">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/carabao-cup">Carabao Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/newport-county">Newport County</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/westhamunited">West Ham United</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/aston-villa">Aston Villa</category> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 20:51:15 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/27/newport-county-west-ham-carabao-cup-match-report</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d818b1a1b31fffa8b0025c1e5c3ed7157cb273ae/0_116_3096_1857/master/3096.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fa856aeb518b41c4011ac09a49c99b16"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Arfa Griffiths/West Ham United FC via Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d818b1a1b31fffa8b0025c1e5c3ed7157cb273ae/0_116_3096_1857/master/3096.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=afb46914b98a4495b7529eb65448291f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Arfa Griffiths/West Ham United FC via Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Stuart James at Rodney Parade</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-08-27T20:51:15Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Middlesbrough tumble out of Carabao Cup after losing to Crewe on penalties</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/13/crewe-middlesbrough-penalties-carabao-cup-first-round</link> <description><p>• ‘It was a terrible performance,’ says Jonathan Woodgate <br>• Forest Green beat Charlton thanks to debutant keeper</p><p>David Artell felt League Two <strong>Crewe</strong> deserved to be in the second round of the Carabao Cup even before <strong>Middlesbrough</strong> forced penalties at the Riverside Stadium.</p><p>Boro had to come from two goals down to level things in added time but Crewe progressed courtesy of a 4-2 penalty shoot-out win and set up a tie with Aston Villa.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/13/crewe-middlesbrough-penalties-carabao-cup-first-round">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/carabao-cup">Carabao Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category 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url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/44a074793ecedbc913816d9ab2b1cd73018e3d9d/23_293_4112_2467/master/4112.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5a80e30195715aa0fe86cfb7af9022bd"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Varley Picture Agency/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/44a074793ecedbc913816d9ab2b1cd73018e3d9d/23_293_4112_2467/master/4112.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0fc966fe763f891b615b972da6462d2d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Varley Picture Agency/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>PA Media</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-08-13T22:48:14Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>League Two 2019-20 season preview</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/29/league-two-2019-20-preview</link> <description><p>Scunthorpe and Plymouth should be contenders after their relegation to a division in which Stevenage could be dark horses</p><p>There is a vast pool of exciting 40-something coaches determined to make a splash as managers, some of whom are taking their first plunge while others, notably Paul Hurst, are hungry to kick on. Determined not to allow a 14-game reign at Ipswich define his reputation, Hurst has the look of a managerial catch for <strong>Scunthorpe United</strong>, given his success at Grimsby and Shrewsbury where he surpassed expectations, eking every sinew out of his players. At Glanford Park, however, Hurst will have to cope with the expectation that comes with the territory of being fancied for an instant return to League One. The signing of Andy Butler, who started his career at the club, seems a sensible addition.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/29/league-two-2019-20-preview">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/leaguetwofootball">League Two</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league">Football League</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/bradford">Bradford</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/cambridge-united">Cambridge United</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/carlisle">Carlisle</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/cheltenham">Cheltenham</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/colchester">Colchester</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crawley-town">Crawley Town</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/exetercityfc">Exeter City</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/forest-green-rovers">Forest Green Rovers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/grimsby">Grimsby</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/leytonorient">Leyton Orient</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/macclesfield">Macclesfield</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/mansfield">Mansfield</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/morecambe">Morecambe</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/newport-county">Newport County</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/northampton">Northampton</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/oldham">Oldham</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/plymouthargyle">Plymouth Argyle</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/portvale">Port Vale</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/salford-city">Salford City</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/scunthorpe">Scunthorpe</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/stevenage">Stevenage</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/swindon">Swindon</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/walsall">Walsall</category> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:06:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/29/league-two-2019-20-preview</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/10ebf62d3eb75f29af1c7592f3a93e36b6dc6627/0_0_2500_1500/master/2500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4b8d60b008b3e25c18f4cbe1b11a9b36"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Shutterstock/Getty/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/10ebf62d3eb75f29af1c7592f3a93e36b6dc6627/0_0_2500_1500/master/2500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=01e8825c133301c494456ea8433c06af"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Shutterstock/Getty/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Ben Fisher</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-07-29T11:06:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Andy Woodward extract: 'Telling my story stopped a young guy ending his life'</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/04/andy-woodward-book-extract-abuse-barry-bennell</link> <description><p>In an extract from his new book the former footballer discusses going public over the abuse he suffered and the impact that had</p><p>There were conversations I needed to have. People I couldn’t just spring this on. The hardest conversations were the ones with Mum and Dad. This was their story, too, wasn’t it?</p><p>They’d been there from the start, however much sometimes I’d tried to push them away. This man had been a part of their lives as well as the lives of their children. I wasn’t judging them but I was afraid that other people might. I understood the pain and guilt they felt as parents but I’ll never really know how they dealt with that grief and anger together, how they found the strength not to be destroyed by Barry Bennell.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/04/andy-woodward-book-extract-abuse-barry-bennell">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/barry-bennell">Barry Bennell</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:00:03 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/04/andy-woodward-book-extract-abuse-barry-bennell</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/868a3b090c8fccd1506e64658526665e3032fbb9/493_744_6227_3736/master/6227.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b725214ded3378692a366278c732199c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/868a3b090c8fccd1506e64658526665e3032fbb9/493_744_6227_3736/master/6227.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3fed6eeb9c6cab4d625da989d664b600"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Andy Woodward</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-06-04T16:00:03Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Andy Woodward: a 1970s murder and the shocking twist to my Barry Bennell story</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/03/andy-woodward-barry-bennell-cousin-mothers-sister-murdered</link> <description><p>The footballer tells for the first time how a relative of Barry Bennell cast a grim shadow over his family, years before the paedophile coach began abusing him </p><p>On the night before we were due to meet, Andy Woodward took himself away to spend some time alone. He wasn’t feeling great, was the truth. He wanted to find a bit of peace and he wanted to be in a place where he could remember a time in his life when everything felt so much more innocent.</p><p>His old primary school was pulled down a few years ago to make way for a housing estate. But the playing fields are still in use and it was here, as a 10-year-old, that he remembers bringing the ball out of defence, playing for his first junior football team, and trying a shot from the halfway line. The ball flew into the top corner and his father, Terry, ran on the pitch to give him a hug. And now, more than 35 years on, something drew Andy back to that same spot. He found a place to sit under a tree and stayed there for longer than he could even remember, lost in his own thoughts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/03/andy-woodward-barry-bennell-cousin-mothers-sister-murdered">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/barry-bennell">Barry Bennell</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:10:04 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/03/andy-woodward-barry-bennell-cousin-mothers-sister-murdered</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2d358995440e70d9840603a66a9bab1889f9b3ec/0_345_6720_4032/master/6720.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e87faaf57a818cf419ed5ea14d695a56"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2d358995440e70d9840603a66a9bab1889f9b3ec/0_345_6720_4032/master/6720.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=361e4e456ea88b1b14f4c804c076d422"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-06-03T18:10:04Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Crewe academy coach guilty of attempting to groom underage girl</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/14/crewe-sack-academy-coach-attempt-to-groom-under-age-girl</link> <description>• Carl Everall given three-year community order by court<br />• 28-year-old was sacked by Crewe in February<p>Crewe Alexandra, one of the clubs most heavily implicated in football’s sexual-abuse scandal, have announced they have sacked one of their academy coaches because of a police investigation that has led to him being convicted of attempting to groom an underage girl.</p><p>Carl Everall, formerly Crewe’s head of foundation, was suspended by the club in September because of what the Football Association described as “a safeguarding and police matter” and he appeared at Chester crown court last Thursday to face a charge of engaging in sexual communications with a child. Everall, 28, pleaded guilty and received a three-year community order with a 35-day rehabilitation activity requirement. He was also ordered to go on a sexual offenders’ treatment programme and told to sign the sex offender register for five years.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/14/crewe-sack-academy-coach-attempt-to-groom-under-age-girl">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 16:09:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/14/crewe-sack-academy-coach-attempt-to-groom-under-age-girl</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/56b988e4429e3b78fa19d76d099df28ecaf585fc/0_255_5472_3283/master/5472.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=bf86472301c1a005221005f390202c41"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/56b988e4429e3b78fa19d76d099df28ecaf585fc/0_255_5472_3283/master/5472.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c384134800e30468c17131d545a0c69f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-05-14T16:09:27Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Crewe agree first settlement with Barry Bennell victim after U-turn</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/26/crewe-first-out-of-court-settlement-barry-bennell-victim</link> <description>• Out-of-court deal signals change of position by club<br />• Club have declined to offer an apology to player’s parents<p>Crewe Alexandra have dramatically changed their position in the face of widespread legal action from Barry Bennell’s victims and agreed the first out-of-court settlement for damages since the club’s former youth-team coach was sentenced to 31 years in prison.</p><p>The deal was signed off on Tuesday and represents a significant climbdown on Crewe’s part bearing in mind the aggressive tactics they have been using to fight the claims in the high court. The club’s lawyers were calling for the cases to be thrown out but the Guardian’s information is that they will now offer similar settlements to more of their former players.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/26/crewe-first-out-of-court-settlement-barry-bennell-victim">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/crewealexandra">Crewe Alexandra</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:00:29 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/26/crewe-first-out-of-court-settlement-barry-bennell-victim</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/042f6af1d93335c9a4a0957222bc69fed044f0b3/0_0_2362_1417/master/2362.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0f923b1843e2c25f20170045f529498b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: BBC</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/042f6af1d93335c9a4a0957222bc69fed044f0b3/0_0_2362_1417/master/2362.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=9fd0c8f378fb2e47f645851f066bc3d1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: BBC</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-03-26T18:00:29Z</dc:date> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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