Harry Pickering, Owen Dale and substitute Luke Walsh scored the goals to secure the 3-1 victory at Barnsley.

Crewe took the lead in the first half, Pickering steering a first time effort into the net from a low left-wing cross, but the Tykes levelled for 1-1 before the break - the unfortunate Luke Offord seeing the ball bounce off his thigh & looping into the net for an own goal.

After an even first half, the Alex gained control after the break & went ahead through Dale, who cleared a defensive corner at one end, before re-joining the counter-attack up-field & sweeping his first time effort underneath the goalkeeper from the edge of the area.

Sub Walsh made sure of the points when he cut in from the right-hand-side & fired his shot into the far corner.

Crewe: Wardley, Sass-Davies, Wilkinson, Offord, Griffiths (Walsh), Woodcock, Lynch (Harrison), Lundstram, Dale, Pickering, Reilly (Thompson)