Standing Alone 1877

I keep saying England have to be better. They can't keep playing poorly and dodging bullets. Well, all the evidence so far is to the contrary. Because despite truly playing well for possibly 90 minutes across their 6 games so far at this tournament, they are into the final 4 of the World Cup. A position they've only been in 3 times previously in their history. This was another performance full of holes, with more questions than answers and more doubts over their ability to go

The Alex started their pre-season off with a visit 30 minutes up the road to face Witton Albion. It was a mixed bag of a game where there was some good, some bad and some stuff in the middle. Here are 7 thoughts I had on their narrow 3-2 win: Trialist Everyone's eyes lit up at the sight of the name 'trialist' on the Alex's first half team sheet. Was it Joe White? Well no, unfortunately not. It was actually 23 year old former Harrogate midfielder Tom Hill. He hails from Formby

England have had some memorable wins and runs in the Euros. But at the World Cup, those moments have been few and far between. Before this tournament, they had just 8 knockout wins in their last 14 World Cups. And aside from their 2018 penalty shoot out win over Colombia, I would say there hasn't been another truly statement game and result for a long time. But this win, over Mexico, given all the context and all that happened in the game, is up there with their greatest Worl

I hope you all enjoy your final Saturday without Crewe Alex football for 10 months. Next Saturday, their pre-season begins with a trip to Witton Albion. The next 3 Saturday's after that are home games with Stoke and Birmingham, then a trip to Chester. Then of course, it's the league cup and then the league. So yeah, scrambling around to find weekend activities can officially end. With a week of pre-season training done at the Alex, their first friendly a week away and their f

Why do they never make things easy? Whether it's nailbiting penalty shoot outs, nailbiting extra time or nailbiting games like this, England will never not make it as tourtous as possible for their long, long suffering fans. But, in what was a massive banana skin for them, they just about emerged with a win and progression into the last 16 of the World Cup. And they were once again saved by their captain and leading goalscorer, Sir Harry Kane. Or is that King Kane? Here is my

I was going to release an article discussing the Alex's current situation, but other plans got in the way. In the article, I was going to look at the club's seeming lack of money to make signings and get their own players renewed and how they found themselves in this position. But then, just 1 day after the players returned to pre-season training, they made their 2nd signing of the summer to totally flip things on the head. Because the player they have signed is Luke Offord.