West Women Preview | Crewe Alexandra (H)
West vs Crewe Alexandra
- Sunday 22nd November 2026
- 2pm kick-off
- NWWRL Premier Division, Matchday 12
- Brookburn Road, M21 8DP for parking - note there is no parking at Brookburn Road or the nearby Chorltonville Estate, see our Matchday page for further detail.
- Admission, pay on the gate with card or cash
- £4 Adults
- £2 Concessions (16-17, over 60s)
- Free for Under 16s
West are back at Brookburn Road on Sunday 22nd November, after a week off, as Crewe Alexandra make the trip up from Cheshire.
We're coming into it having been leapt over in the league table by the Salmonesses, after Darwen left Brookburn Road with all three points on 8th November. Two second half goals were enough to make Beth Wilson's opening effort irrelevant, and we fell to our fifth league defeat of the season.
At the time of writing, our opponents Crewe sit 9th on 11 points - but that league position doesn't tell the whole story. At home they have taken ten points from five league games, but they lost their first five on the road before picking up a first away point in a 1 - 1 draw at Bury last time out.
Their best form has come in the FA Cup, with wins over Atherton Laburnum Rovers, Droitwich Spa, and - in the First Round Proper - away at Royston Town. That earned them a Second Round Proper tie at Thornaby on 15 November, so they will arrive at Brookburn Road either looking forward to a game in the third round, or wondering what might have been.
We last met Crewe in September and it is not an afternoon to dwell on, a 4-0 away defeat being our biggest loss of the league season to date. We have won three of our five league games since, but lost the last two. Sunday will be our 14th meeting with Crewe, and the record so far reads 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. One of those wins came on their last visit to Brookburn Road, a 3 - 1 victory last season.
Upcoming North West Women's Regional League Premier Division fixtures
| Sunday 15 November | ||
| FC St Helens | 14:00 | Bury |
| Poulton Vics | 14:00 | Tranmere Rovers |
| Sunday 22 November | ||
| FC United of Manchester | 14:00 | Preston North End |
| Mancunian Unity | 14:00 | Tranmere Rovers |
| Poulton Vics | 14:00 | Bolton Wanderers |
| West Didsbury & Chorlton | 14:00 | Crewe Alexandra |
Travelling to Brookburn Road
We strongly recommend that, where possible, visitors walk, cycle or use public transport when travelling to our stadium.
Car parking at the stadium itself is strictly restricted to players and officials. If you're a supporter and you require a parking space for accessibility reasons, please contact ollie@wdcfc.co.uk.
If you are driving to the match, please use our car park at Hardy Farm M21 8DP or alternatively the car park opposite the Bowling Green pub M21 9ES.
Please note that there is NO PARKING allowed in the Chorltonville area adjacent to the ground, which is private.
For further details of how to get to Brookburn Road, please head to the MATCHDAY page.
North West Women's Regional League Premier Division table, after the games on Sunday 8 November
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 30 |
| 2 | Mancunian Unity | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Nantwich Town | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Darwen | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 19 |
| 5 | West Didsbury & Chorlton | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 18 |
| 6 | Bury | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 |
| 7 | Preston North End | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 12 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | FC St Helens | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -16 | 11 |
| 11 | FC United of Manchester | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -15 | 8 |
| 12 | Poulton Vics | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | -14 | 3 |
Recent North West Women's Regional League Premier Division results
| Sunday 8 November | ||
| Bolton Wanderers | 2 - 1 | Mancunian Unity |
| Bury | 1 - 1 | Crewe Alexandra |
| Nantwich Town | 4 - 2 | FC United of Manchester |
| Tranmere Rovers | 2 - 1 | FC St Helens |
| West Didsbury & Chorlton | 1 - 2 | Darwen |