Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra Football Club have a long and illustrious history. For most people the team will always be associated with Gresty Road, their home since 1906. They are still at Gresty Road but the ground is officially known as The Alexandra Stadium. A pernickety difference, perhaps, but there was actually a ground on Gresty Road that was called Alexandra Recreation Ground, with Crewe playing there on and off from their formation in 1887 until the current ground opened in 1906. In the end they were forced to leave Alexandra Recreation Ground when the club received a compulsory purchase order. They had to abandon the stadium because a new railway line was being built there. This is part of the reason the club’s nickname is The Railwaymen. Instead a new ground was built a short distance to the West of the Rec ground.