Crewe Alexandra 5-0 Hartlepool United: result and report

Carabao Cup · Saturday 11 August 2012

Result

Crewe Alexandra 5-0 Hartlepool United

Carabao Cup · Saturday 11 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Crewe Alexandra 5-0 Hartlepool United: match report

Crewe Alexandra defeated Hartlepool United 5-0 in the Carabao Cup on Saturday 11 August 2012. The half-time score was 4-0.

AJ Leitch-Smith opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from AJ Leitch-Smith (7'), Max Clayton (13'), Mathias Pogba (34'), Max Clayton (39') and Mathias Pogba (90+1'). Hartlepool United did not score.

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

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Crewe Alexandra wins, 1 draw and 1 for Hartlepool United.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Peter HartleyHartlepool United
  • 7'Goal · AJ Leitch-SmithCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Max ClaytonCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 34'Goal · Mathias PogbaCrewe Alexandra · 3-0
  • 39'Goal · Max ClaytonCrewe Alexandra · 4-0
  • 90+1'Goal · Mathias PogbaCrewe Alexandra · 5-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 2, draws 1, Hartlepool United 1.

Team news

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Chris Martin, Harry Davis, Mark Ellis, Adam Dugdale, Gregor Robertson, Ashley Westwood, Abdul Osman, Max Clayton, Mathias Pogba, AJ Leitch-Smith, Byron Moore

Hartlepool United line-up

S. Flinders, Neil Jeffrey Austin, Evan Horwood, Peter Hartley, Jonathan Franks, Andy Monkhouse, Luke James, Steve Howard, Sam Collins, Simon Walton, Antony Sweeney