PUBLISHED
12:32 15 February 2012
By Club Staff
Formed in 1877, Crewe Alexandra is one of the oldest Football League clubs in Britain and has experienced many highs and lows during its history. From the trauma of re-election to promotion to the Championship in 1997, Crewe Alexandra has an established and proud history as a club that often ‘punches above its weight’.
The appointment of the visionary Dario Gradi in 1983 and the security of a united and long-serving board of directors helped Crewe Alexandra develop into one of the most friendly and respected clubs in the country. Crewe Alexandra was honoured with the Football League’s Most Respected Club Award in 2005 – an accolade that takes pride of place at the Alexandra Stadium.
Under Dario, the Football Club has developed a well renowned and respected youth Academy that has produced a number of full internationals and generated over £25 million in transfer revenue.
Crewe Alexandra continues to nurture young talent and provide them with an opportunity to play first-team football. Our objective is to produce talented, skilful footballers, as well as disciplined and respectful men both on-and-off the pitch. The club is often awarded the PFA and FA Fair Play Awards for our excellent discipline.
Despite having to sell playing assets to survive, Crewe Alexandra reached the Championship for a period of eight seasons and always strives to play at the highest level possible. 2012 saw the club promoted back to League One via the play-offs and then sell Nick Powell to Manchester United.
The club’s Soccer in the Community scheme is also award winning and holds sessions for children of all ages, as well for those with disabilities and learning difficulties.
We also pride on ourselves on the work our dedicated staff members embrace with local schools, colleges and local universities, as well as our own in-house schools’ project ‘The Alex Zone.’ Where sport and education unite to provide a motivation for learning.
The 2011/12 saw Crewe Alexandra also receive the proud accolade of the Family Excellence award due to our family friendly atmosphere at the Alexandra Stadium.
In the forthcoming season, everyone at the Club is aiming to build on these successes both on and off the pitch whilst forming even more partnerships with the local community.
During these tough economic times, The Football Club is also keen to assist our supporters by offering real value for money in relation to ticketing and season tickets. We continue to offer some of the cheapest seats in the Football League, especially for our younger supporters. Our free season ticket offer for our Under-11s has once again proved very popular with families.
We aim to improve our customer service through our improving CRM functionality to give our supporters more of a voice on those things that affect them and for which we can improve upon.
We aim to repeat the standard we have set on a match day and aim to retain the family excellence award.
Customer Service
The Club’s customer service contact is the first instance is the Supporters Services Manager (Beverley Dyer) who will forward any queries to the appropriate member of staff and will ensure a response within seven working days. Bev can be contacted on 01270 252610, via email on bdyer@crewealex.net or in the ticket office from 9am-5pm Monday-Friday.
The method of responding to any issue raised with the club should be relevant to the query; in the majority of cases this will be either a returned telephone call or email, whilst a response through Royal Mail will be made if this is deemed appropriate.
The Football League Customer Services Department can be contacted on the below address should the correspondent not be satisfied with the club’s response.
The Football League Customer Services Department, Operations Centre, Edward VII Quay, Navigation Way, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 2YF
Email: enquires@football-league.co.uk
Telephone 0844 335 0183
Staff Conduct
All club employees are expected to comply with the Club’s high Customer Service Standards and any matters arising on this issue should be forwarded either to the Supporters Services Manager or Business Operations Manager who will investigate the issue and acknowledge receipt within seven working days.
Consultation and Information
In addition to the annual Supporters evening, the club continues to listen to the views of supporter groups.
The club will use all available media to promote and inform customers of major policy changes and club information.
Ticketing
The club is committed to ‘inclusionary’ ticket pricing in order to make home fixtures accessible for all members of the community and will endeavor to inform supporters of any significant changes or discount promotions with appropriate notice.
Match tickets can be purchased in the following ways, subject to ticket allocation and on-sale dates. Please refer to the Club’s communication channels for full ticket details of the relevant fixtures.
Tickets can be purchased
By telephone – Ticket Office 01270 252610 Monday to Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday Match days 9am-3pm You will require your postcode and house number, together with a valid credit/debit card.
In person - At the ticket office, open from Monday –Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday Match days from 9am – Kick off.
Payment options – All major credit/debit cards are accepted with the
exception of American express.
Refunds on unwanted tickets will be offered as long as the ticket is presented to the Ticket Office no less than three working days before the fixture.
The club operates a scheme to enable supporters to pay for season tickets by installment at a reasonable rate of interest.
The club will always provide support for disabled spectators and their carers. Details of all ticketing arrangements and our disabled support service can be obtained from Beverley Dyer (01270 252610)
At least 5% of tickets to each game will be made available to Non-Season ticket holders.
If a match is postponed before kick-off, ticket holders are entitled to free admission to the rearranged game or a refund, provided this is claimed prior to the date of the rearranged game. If a match is abandoned after kick-off, spectators are entitled to half price admissions to the re-arranged match.
Visiting Supporters
The club abides by Football League Regulations governing the allocation of tickets to visiting clubs.
Match day Tickets for Visiting Supporters will always be comparable to Home supporter prices in order to encourage larger attendances and also ensure that that all customers are treated fairly.
Loyalty & Membership Schemes
The club are continuing with its Family Season tickets that allows every full priced paying adult or guardian season ticket holder to bring under 11 to all league games for free.
The club runs a membership scheme, which is perfect for those supporters who come regularly but are not in a position to commit to a full season ticket, this offers benefits including discounts on match tickets and priority purchase.
Retail Merchandise
Time limit for returned goods is 28 days after date of purchase.
All goods must be returned in unworn/unused condition with original packaging.
Proof of purchase is required for cash refunds, otherwise credit note/voucher or replacement goods will be offered.
We are unable to offer refunds or exchanges on a custom printed shirts or accept responsibility if a player leaves the club or changes his squad number.
The Club will work towards a policy that all replica strip designs shall have a minimum life span of two seasons.
The Club will carry out its obligations under football league regulations to prevent price fixing in relation to the sale of replica strip.
Community Activities
The Club is aware that it is an integral part of the local community and will always ensure that it’s resources and facilities are highly accessible to all. The Community Team based at the Alexandra Soccer Centre in Shavington exists to provide a non-discriminatory program, which will develop local youngsters; harbour local talent and promote healthy lifestyles.
Data Protection
Crewe Alexandra FC undertakes and adheres to a strict data protection policy to ensure the security details of supporters and customers of the club.
Supporters when purchasing tickets, hospitality, functions or merchandise are made aware that any details they voluntarily offer to the club may be used by the club for future marketing.
The club does not share or sell its data to any source and will only ever advertise third party organizations to those supporters who have actively opted-in to receive such messages.
FLi are responsible for ensuring data protection for all user data collected via club websites
Anti-Discrimination Policy
Crewe Alexandra Football Club is committed to confront and eliminate discrimination whether by reason of sex, sexual orientation, race, age, nationality, ethnic origin, colour, religion or disability.
The club is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal opportunity within our own organization and to encouraging similar commitment from every organization or individual acting within the game.
Equality of opportunity at Crewe Alexandra Football Club means that in none of our activities will we discriminate against, or in any way treat less favorably, any person on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, colour, religion or disability:
The advertisement of jobs
The selection of candidates for employment or promotion
Job Location or working environment
Internal training and development activities
Crewe Alexandra Football Club will not tolerate sexual or racially based harassment or other discriminatory behavior, whether physical or verbal, and will work to ensure that such behavior is met with appropriate disciplinary action in whatever context it occurs.