Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Rotherham United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 3 October 2009

Result

Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Rotherham United

League Two · Saturday 3 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Rotherham United: match report

Crewe Alexandra were beaten by Rotherham United 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 3 October 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Steven Schumacher opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Steven Schumacher (6') and Calvin Makongo Zola (51'). Rotherham United scored through Kevin Ellison (15'), Adam Le Fondre (57', penalty) and D. Broughton (85').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 15th on 12 points from 10 and Rotherham United 4th on 20 points from 10. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Rotherham United 5th with 76.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 0 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Steven SchumacherCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Kevin EllisonRotherham United · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Calvin Makongo ZolaCrewe Alexandra · 2-1
  • 57'Penalty goal · Adam Le FondreRotherham United · 2-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Nick FentonRotherham United
  • 76'Yellow card · Ian SharpsRotherham United
  • 85'Goal · D. BroughtonRotherham United · 2-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 1, draws 0, Rotherham United 1.