Crewe Alexandra 4-3 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 April 2019

Result

Crewe Alexandra 4-3 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Saturday 27 April 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Crewe Alexandra 4-3 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Crewe Alexandra beat Forest Green Rovers 4-3 in the League Two on Saturday 27 April 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Chris Porter opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Chris Porter (19'), an own goal by Joseph Mills (63'), Charlie Kirk (87') and Charlie Kirk (89'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Reece Brown (36'), L. Scoble (47') and Christian Doidge (52').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 13th on 62 points from 44 and Forest Green Rovers 5th on 73 points from 44. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 12th with 65 points, and Forest Green Rovers 6th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 0 draws and 2 for Forest Green Rovers.

Going into the match Crewe Alexandra's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Forest Green Rovers's W-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Chris PorterCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · Reece BrownForest Green Rovers · 1-1
  • 47'Goal · L. ScobleForest Green Rovers · 1-2
  • 52'Yellow card · Gavin GunningForest Green Rovers
  • 52'Goal · Christian DoidgeForest Green Rovers · 1-3
  • 61'Yellow card · Reece BrownForest Green Rovers
  • 63'Own goal · Joseph MillsCrewe Alexandra · 2-3
  • 81'Yellow card · N. HuntCrewe Alexandra
  • 87'Goal · Charlie KirkCrewe Alexandra · 3-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Joseph MillsForest Green Rovers
  • 89'Goal · Charlie KirkCrewe Alexandra · 4-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Charlie KirkCrewe Alexandra
  • 90+5'Yellow card · R. ReidForest Green Rovers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 1, draws 0, Forest Green Rovers 2.

Team news

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Will Jääskeläinen, Perry Ng, Nicky Hunt, J. Jones, Ryan Wintle, Eddie Nolan, Paul Green, Tom Lowery, Chris Porter, Callum Ainley, Charlie Kirk

Forest Green Rovers line-up

James Montgomery, Liam Shephard, Joseph Mills, N. McGinley, Farrend Rawson, Gavin Gunning, Junior Mondal, Carl Winchester, Christian Doidge, Reece Brown, Dayle Grubb