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Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Game 16: Tuesday 1 November 2005
Crewe Alexandra 1 - 0 Leeds United
(Half-time: 1 - 0)
Crowd: 7220
Referee: T Kettle (Berkshire)
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With trains running behind Crewe's humble ground it seemed
almost apposite that Leeds's promotion challenge should be derailed
here. Kevin Blackwell had warned his players not to be fooled by
Crewe's dismal record of one win in 16 matches but they failed to
heed his advice and slipped to an embarrassing defeat which left
the Leeds manager apoplectic.
"I am bloody angry," said Blackwell. "I have told the players
that won't be tolerated. We got our noses bloodied and Crewe
thoroughly deserved it. We could not get any cohesion going
whatsoever."
Victory was not enough to lift Crewe out of the relegation zone,
though that mattered little to Dario Gradi, who saw his side
outplay Leeds for long periods. Indeed they might have won by a
much more convincing margin had their striker Steve Jones shown
greater composure in front of goal. "He should have had a
hat-trick," lamented Gradi. "But we deserved to win. It was our
best performance of the season."
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