| David John Artell (born 22 November 1980) is a football manager and former professional player who is the head coach of EFL League Two club Grimsby Town. Born in England, he played for the Gibraltar national team, where he won seven caps in 2014 and 2015.
Artell began his career as a centre back with Rotherham United, as the "Millers" won successive promotions from the Third Division to the First Division in 1999–2000 and 2000–01. He joined Shrewsbury Town on loan for the 2002–03 season before successive two-year spells with Mansfield Town and Chester City, then joining Morecambe in July 2007. He joined Crewe Alexandra in June 2010, and captained the "Railwaymen" to victory in the 2012 League Two play-off final. He joined Port Vale in July 2012 but switched to Northampton Town the following month. After a loan spell at Wrexham in February 2013, he joined the club permanently seven months later. He signed with Bala Town in the summer of 2014, and then Port Talbot Town in February 2016, and then Kidsgrove Athletic and Droylsden in 2016.
He was appointed manager of Crewe Alexandra in January 2017 and went on to lead the club to promotion out of League Two at the end of the 2019–20 season, and became League Two Manager of the Year as a result. In 2020–21, Crewe finished 12th in League One – the club's highest finish since 2005–06 - but the following season was one of the worst in Crewe's modern history; the club was relegated back to League Two with four games still to play, and Crewe parted company with Artell in April 2022. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
|  Crewe Alexandra | 17/22 | | League Two 16/17 | 21 | | League Two 17/18 | 46 | | League Cup 17/18 | 1 | | EFL Trophy 17/18 | 3 | | FA Cup 17/18 | 3 | | League Two 18/19 | 46 | | EFL Trophy 18/19 | 3 | | League Cup 18/19 | 1 | | FA Cup 18/19 | 1 | | League Two 19/20 | 38 | | EFL Trophy 19/20 | 3 | | League Cup 19/20 | 2 | | FA Cup 19/20 | 4 | | League Cup 20/21 | 1 | | EFL Trophy 20/21 | 4 | | League One 20/21 | 46 | | FA Cup 20/21 | 2 | | League Cup 21/22 | 2 | | FA Cup 21/22 | 1 | | EFL Trophy 21/22 | 5 | | League One 21/22 | 42 | | | Grimsby Town | 23/now | | League Two 23/24 | 27 | | FA Cup 23/24 | 1 | | League Cup 24/25 | 2 | | League Two 24/25 | 46 | | EFL Trophy 24/25 | 3 | | FA Cup 24/25 | 1 | | League Cup 25/26 | 4 | | League Two 25/26 | 23 | | EFL Trophy 25/26 | 3 | | FA Cup 25/26 | 2 |
| | Artell last games Grimsby Town
29-Dec-25 home Shrewsbry 1-0 in League Two
26-Dec-25 home Oldham 0-0 in League Two
20-Dec-25 away Bromley 2-0 in League Two
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