Crewe finished 24th in League One last season, picking up just 29 points from their 46 matches, meaning that they will play in the fourth tier of English football during the 2022-23 campaign.
The Railwaymen have had an extremely busy month in terms of pre-season friendlies, playing five times in total, overcoming Nantwich Town, Kidsgrove Athletic and Halesowen Town.
Crewe also drew with Barnsley and lost to Macclesfield FC, and they will now play three more pre-season games against West Brom, Lommel and Rotherham United before starting their 2022-23 League One campaign away to Rochdale on July 30.
Alex Morris’s side have managed to bring in five new players on free transfers this summer, with Courtney Baker-Richardson, Charlie Colkett, Conor Thomas, Kelvin Mellor and Rod McDonald arriving at the club.
There have also been a number of departures ahead of the new season, with the team back in League Two after two seasons in League One, finishing 12th in 2020-21 before their relegation last term.
West Brom, meanwhile, started their pre-season with a 2-1 victory over Leyton Orient on July 4 before suffering a 2-0 defeat at Stevenage five days later.
The Baggies returned to winning ways on Wednesday, though, as they put three unanswered goals past Northampton Town, with Daryl Dike, Karlan Grant and Adam Reach finding the back of the net.
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West Brom will now take on Crewe, Oxford United and Hertha Berlin in their final three friendlies of the summer before opening their 2022-23 Championship campaign away to Middlesbrough on July 30.
Steve Bruce’s side finished 10th in the Championship last season, eight points behind sixth-place Luton Town, and they will certainly be looking to move closer to the playoffs next term.
The Baggies have been quiet this summer in terms of incomings, with Jayson Molumby, John Swift and Jed Wallacetheir only additions thus far, but there is expected to be more movement in the coming weeks.
