1998–99 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

In the 1998–99 season, Crewe had a disastrous first half of the campaign which saw them almost midway point at the bottom of the table with just 2 wins from 22 league games and 11 points from safety. Even though they managed to get another couple of wins together; by 20 February, Crewe were still bottom and 11 points from safety with 14 league matches remaining and their First Division status was in severe danger of being lost. From then on against the odds, Crewe went on a superb run of just 3 defeats from their remaining 14 league games, winning 7 of them on their way to completing the great escape, the key result being a 3–1 win against Portsmouth which saved them from the drop.

{{main|1998–99 Football League#First Division}}

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Crewe Alexandra's score comes first{{cite web|url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crewe-alexandra/1998-1999/results|title=Crewe Alexandra 1998-1999 Results - statto.com|publisher=statto.com|accessdate=2014-03-14}}

{{Main|1998–99 FA Cup}}

{{Main|1998–99 Football League Cup}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/teams/crewe-alexandra/tab/players/season/1999|title=All Crewe Alexandra players: 1999|publisher=11v11.com|accessdate=2014-03-14}}

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{{Fs player|no=-|nat=AUS|pos=GK|name=Jason Kearton}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Shaun Smith}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Dave Walton}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Kevin Shepherd}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Marcus Bignot}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=David Wright}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Jermaine Wright}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Phil Charnock}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Mark Rivers}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=VIN|pos=FW|name=Rodney Jack}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Colin Little}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Steve Anthrobus}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Chris Lightfoot}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Danny Murphy|other=on loan from Liverpool}}

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{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Kevin Welsby}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Lee Unsworth}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Steve Macauley}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Kenny Lunt}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Kevin Street}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Jamie Collins}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Mark Foran}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Mike Newell}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=WAL|pos=FW|name=Peter Smith}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Stephen Foster}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Rob Hulse}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=John Pemberton}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Andy Lovelock}}

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{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Matt Wicks|other=to Peterborough United}}

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{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Seth Johnson|other=to Derby County}}

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