Crewe Alexandra Women F.C.

History

The original Crewe Ladies joined the North West Women's Regional Football League in 1985 but folded on 14 February 1993 with their season incomplete. A later incarnation, Crewe Alexandra Ladies FC, entered the same league before the 1999–2000 season and disbanded on 28 August 2001 after two seasons in Division Two South. In 2000–01, Crewe Vagrants formed in the West Midlands Regional Football League, winning the Premier Division in 2002–03 with 58 points and moving into the then tier-three Midland Combination.

The club became Crewe Alexandra in 2005–06 after winning a second championship. They spent two seasons in the National League North, reaching a highest placing of 4th in 2006–07, before relegation back to the Midland Combination. The team's best Women's FA Cup run was a fourth-round appearance in 2007–08. In the Cheshire County Cup, they have been finalists three times and won once, in 2004–05.

In 2012–13, Crewe Alexandra won the NWWRFL Plate by defeating Kendal Ladies 7–1 in the final at The Pavilions in Runcorn, and that same season established a development squad in the Cheshire Women's & Youth Football League. As of the 2025–26 season, the club plays in the NWWRFL Premier Division. The best known player is Kerry Davis, a striker who scored a then-record 44 goals in 82 England appearances from 1982 to 1998; she was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2022 and into the Stoke-on-Trent Sporting Hall of Fame in 2024.

Her England goal-scoring record was surpassed by Kelly Smith in February 2012. Other notable players include Una Harkin, Emily Hollinshead, and Millie Turner.