Crewe Alexandra 8-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 2 April 2011

Result

Crewe Alexandra 8-1 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Saturday 2 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Crewe Alexandra 8-1 Cheltenham Town: match report

Crewe Alexandra won against Cheltenham Town 8-1 in the League Two on Saturday 2 April 2011. The half-time score was 4-0.

Clayton Donaldson opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Clayton Donaldson (4'), Shaun Miller (11'), Clayton Donaldson (33'), Joel Grant (37'), Ashley Westwood (58'), Clayton Donaldson (67', penalty), Joel Grant (73') and Joel Grant (88', penalty). Cheltenham Town scored through Wes Thomas (50').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card; Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 12th on 53 points from 39 and Cheltenham Town 16th on 46 points from 39. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Cheltenham Town 20th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crewe Alexandra wins, 2 draws and 4 for Cheltenham Town.

Going into the match Crewe Alexandra's last five read L-D-L-W-W and Cheltenham Town's L-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Shaun MillerCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 33'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonCrewe Alexandra · 3-0
  • 37'Goal · Joel GrantCrewe Alexandra · 4-0
  • 50'Goal · Wes ThomasCheltenham Town · 4-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Wes ThomasCheltenham Town
  • 58'Goal · Ashley WestwoodCrewe Alexandra · 5-1
  • 60'Yellow card · David ArtellCrewe Alexandra
  • 67'Penalty goal · Clayton DonaldsonCrewe Alexandra · 6-1
  • 73'Goal · Joel GrantCrewe Alexandra · 7-1
  • 88'Penalty goal · Joel GrantCrewe Alexandra · 8-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 3, draws 2, Cheltenham Town 4.

Team news

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Rhys Taylor, Matt Tootle, Danny Blanchett, Danny Shelley, Ashley Westwood, Clayton Donaldson, Shaun Miller, David Artell, Joel Grant, Lee Bell, Ashley Westwood

Cheltenham Town line-up

Scott Brown, Danny Andrew, Martin Riley, Steve Elliott, David Alan Bird, Michael Pook, Brian Smikle, Frankie Artus, Marlon Pack, Wes Thomas, Jeff Goulding