Crewe Alexandra 5-1 Chesterfield: result and report

League Two · Saturday 9 September 2017

Result

Crewe Alexandra 5-1 Chesterfield

League Two · Saturday 9 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Crewe Alexandra 5-1 Chesterfield: match report

Crewe Alexandra defeated Chesterfield 5-1 in the League Two on Saturday 9 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Chris Porter opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Chris Porter (6'), Chris Porter (47'), P. Ng (54'), George Cooper (66') and Callum Ainley (81'). Chesterfield scored through an own goal by E. Nolan (72').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards; Chesterfield received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 9th on 8 points from 5 and Chesterfield 21st on 4 points from 5. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Chesterfield 24th with 38.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chesterfield in a 3-5-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Crewe Alexandra wins, 3 draws and 5 for Chesterfield.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Chris PorterCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Chris PorterCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · P. NgCrewe Alexandra · 3-0
  • 66'Goal · George CooperCrewe Alexandra · 4-0
  • 72'Own goal · E. NolanChesterfield · 4-1
  • 81'Goal · Callum AinleyCrewe Alexandra · 5-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Louis ReedChesterfield

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 2, draws 3, Chesterfield 5.

Team news

Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Garratt, Perry Ng, Zoumana Bakayogo, Michael Raynes, Eddie Nolan, Brad Walker, George Cooper, Ryan Wintle, Tom Lowery, Chris Porter, Chris Dagnall

Chesterfield line-up (3-5-1-1)

Tommy Lee, Sam Hird, S. Wiseman, Ian Ross Evatt, Andy Kellett, Zak Jules, Jordan Flores, Louis Reed, Matthew Briggs, Kristian Dennis, Chris O'Grady