Matt Tootle to make his 200th appearance for the club tomorrow
Reliable full-back Matt Tootle will mark his 200th appearance for the club tomorrow after just four and half years in the first-team. The 23-year-old could well be wearing the captain’s armband to mark the milestone as well after developing into a leader on-and-off the pitch.
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thThe former Academy graduate has arguably been the club’s most consistent player this season and is one of the favourites to be named as the supporters’ choice for Player-of-the-Season at the annual awards evening on Sunday, 4
Tootle is extremely proud to have reached the 200 games mark at such a young age and he is focussed on trying to mark the occasion with three points against Coventry City this weekend.
Tootle told Crewe Alex Player: “I am extremely proud to have reached 200 games in the four and half years I have been in the first-team squad. From a personal point of view it is a big achievement and something that I didn’t think I would have been doing so quickly when I made my debut at Northampton all those years ago.
“I have enjoyed some great success with the two victories at Wembley and from a personal level it has been a great honour to have come through and captained the team this season. I am honoured to be captain of this club when Abdul (Osman) isn’t playing.
“It is great to have reached the milestone and hopefully I will go on and surpass it. I feel I have playing well this season and I am just focussed on helping the club stay in League One.
“People have wrote us off but I can tell the supporters that we are all fighting for the cause and will be doing everything we can to make sure we are at this level again next season.”
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