Dario Gradi: "We will go where our players take us, not get the players to go where we want to go. That's an accepted maxim at the club."
A simple philosophy that has served Crewe Alexandra well and taken this modest Cheshire club to the highest level of football in its history. Since Dario Gradi's arrival in 1983, the Alex have made incredible progress. Investing time and effort in youth has paid dividends at Gresty Road, and could yet take the club still further.
The Gradi Years celebrates this transformation and tracks the key events and people who have made it all possible.
* Originally published in paperback in 2000, The Gradi Years covers 1983-2000, with extensive interview footage linked through a chronological journey through the years as Crewe Alexandra rose to the second tier of the English game.
A simple philosophy that has served Crewe Alexandra well and taken this modest Cheshire club to the highest level of football in its history. Since Dario Gradi's arrival in 1983, the Alex have made incredible progress. Investing time and effort in youth has paid dividends at Gresty Road, and could yet take the club still further.
The Gradi Years celebrates this transformation and tracks the key events and people who have made it all possible.
* Originally published in paperback in 2000, The Gradi Years covers 1983-2000, with extensive interview footage linked through a chronological journey through the years as Crewe Alexandra rose to the second tier of the English game.
