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An emotional return for me this afternoon to Gresty Road for my first visit since March 2020 when Crewe beat Stevenage 3-1 in L2. Nothing seemed to have changed since then apart from the covid testing centre set up in a marquee in the car park (well done for thinking of that) and the sanitising equipment inside the stadium.

I had seen Ross Joyce before and was not disappointed on that occasion nor this. He **** down early on with some robust Burton challenges and an early yellow card was to prove crucial in the 2nd half as Burton went down to 10 men after yet another yellow card. Burton boss Hasselbaink was clearly not impressed as he chewed the ear of the 4O on more than occasion, and he had a point when Ross preferred to issue a final warning to a Crewe player rather than a 2nd yellow, but this was the only inconsistent moment in a creditable performance from Ross and his team. The problems he encountered 3-4 years ago certainly seemed to have been fully overcome

And Crewe won 2-0 to secure their first win of the season. Their lucky mascot from L2 is obviously working wonders already in L1! 

Edit - why has the word which is the same as what you pull at Christmas dinner been binned?  Surely it's not a banned word like ******!