caps First capped Crewe player - William Bell, for Wales v. Ireland in Wrexham, February 1886. Most international caps while playing for Crewe - Clayton Ince, 31 caps for Trinidad and Tobago First (only) Crewe player to play in a World Cup final tournament - Efe Sodje (for Nigeria v. Argentina, 2 June 2002) Transfers Highest transfer fee paid - £650,000 Rodney Jack from Torquay United in August 1998 (surpassing the £500,000 paid to Shrewsbury Town for Dave Walton in October 1997). Highest transfer fee received - £6 million for Nick Powell to Manchester United in 2012 Awards PFA Awards (End-of-season Team of the Year awards, inaugurated in 1973) First PFA award winner - Defender Paul Edwards was the first Crewe player to feature, being named in the Third Division PFA Team of the Year in 1990. Most PFA awards - Neil Lennon won three awards while a Crewe player (in 1994, 1995 and 1996). Other PFA award winners - Gareth Whalley and Danny Murphy (both in 1997) Rob Hulse (2004) Jon Otsemobor and Luke Varney (both in 2007) John Brayford (2010) Luke Murphy (2013) Perry Ng and Charlie Kirk (both in 2020) EFL Player of the Month (Monthly awards, inaugurated in 2004) First Player of the Month award winner - Striker Dean Ashton - named EFL Championship Player of the Month for December 2004. Other Player of the Month award winners - both for EFL League One Player of the Month: Nicky Maynard - September 2006 Owen Dale - December 2020 Other Fastest sending-off - 19 seconds, Mark Smith (v. Darlington, Third Division, 12 March 1994) Manager records Most games managed - 1,359: Dario Gradi (in four spells, 1983-2011) Awards LMA League Two Manager of the Year - 1: David Artell (2019–20) LMA Manager of the Month - 1 each for Gudjon Thordarson (February 2009) and Dario Gradi (January 2011) Attendances Highest home attendance - 20,000 vs Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup fourth round), 30 January 1960. Highest home league attendance - 17,883 vs Port Vale, 21 September 1953. Highest home attendance (all-seater) - 10,092 vs Manchester City, 12 March 2002. Highest away attendance - 64,365 at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane (FA Cup fourth round replay), 3 February 1960. Lowest home league attendance - 1,009 vs Peterborough United, 4 February 1986. Highest season average attendance - 9,065 in 1950–51 Lowest season average attendance - 1,817 in 1986–87 Notes and