2025–26 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

140th season in existence of Shrewsbury Town FC From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2025–26 season is the 140th season in the history of Shrewsbury Town Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2014–15 season following their relegation from League One in the preceding season. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2025–26 EFL Trophy.

ChairmanRoland Wycherley

Head CoachMichael Appleton
(until 28 January)^[1]
Gavin Cowan
(from 29 January)^[2]

StadiumNew Meadow

Highest home attendance7,879(vs Walsall)

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Shrewsbury Town
2025–26 season
Chairman	Roland Wycherley
Head Coach	Michael Appleton (until 28 January)^[1] Gavin Cowan (from 29 January)^[2]
Stadium	New Meadow
Highest home attendance	7,879(vs Walsall)
Lowest home attendance	4,116(vs Barrow)
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

Managerial changes

On 28 January, Michael Appleton was sacked as the clubs head coach after forty three matches in charge and a win ratio of 20.93%.^[1] A day later, Gavin Cowan was appointed as the new head coach after a compensation agreement was made with Brackley Town.^[2]

Transfers and contracts

In

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025^[a]	CB	Tom Anderson	Doncaster Rovers	Free	^[3]
1 July 2025^[b]	CM	Sam Clucas	Lincoln City		^[4]
25 June 2025	CB	Sam Stubbs	Bradford City		^[5]
26 June 2025	CB	Will Boyle	Wrexham	Undisclosed	^[6]^[7]
27 June 2025	CM	Tom Sang	Port Vale	Free	^[8]
24 July 2025	LW	Anthony Scully	Portsmouth		^[9]
29 August 2025	GK	Will Brook	Leamington		^[10]
8 September 2025	CF	Chuks Aneke	Charlton Athletic		^[11]
17 October 2025	LB	Josh Ruffels	Huddersfield Town		^[12]
13 January 2026	CM	Nick Freeman	Stevenage		^[13]
22 January 2026	CB	Isaac Lee	Flint Town United	Undisclosed	^[14]
2 February 2026	LB	Kevin Berkoe	Salford City	Undisclosed	^[15]

[a]
The transfer was announced on 16 May, and would become official on 1 July once his contract at Doncaster had ended
[b]
The transfer was announced on 29 May, and would become official on 1 July once his contract at Lincoln had ended

Loaned in

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
22 July 2025	GK	Elyh Harrison	Manchester United	15 January 2026^[a]	^[16]^[17]
11 August 2025	CAM	Tommy McDermott	Burnley	31 May 2026	^[18]
29 August 2025	RW	Ismeal Kabia	Arsenal		^[19]
31 August 2025	CF	Bradley Ihionvien	Peterborough United		^[20]
1 January 2026	CF	Iwan Morgan	Brentford		^[21]
9 January 2026	CF	Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi	Sunderland		^[22]
15 January 2026	GK	Matthew Cox	Brentford		^[23]
23 January 2026	CB	Temple Ojinnaka	Wolverhampton Wanderers		^[24]

[a]
On 15 January, Harrison's initial season-long loan from Manchester United was terminated

Loaned out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2025	CB	Joe Morris	Stourbridge	7 September 2025	^[25]^[26]
	FW	Jay Snook	Kidsgrove Athletic	17 October 2025	^[25]^[27]
	CB	Reuben Falding	Newcastle Town	October 2025	^[25]^[28]
	CAM	Jack Loughran	Shifnal Town	November 2025	^[25]^[29]
	CM	Shayne Byrne	Romulus		^[25]
	CB	Karsten Cairns	Darlaston Town (1874)		^[25]
19 August 2025	CF	Ricardo Dinanga	AFC Telford United	31 May 2026	^[30]
1 September 2025	CM	Alex Gilliead	Carlisle United	31 May 2026^[a]	^[31]^[32]
9 September 2025	CB	Joe Morris	Kidsgrove Athletic	October 2025	^[28]^[33]
14 October 2025	CF	Callum Stewart	Brackley Town	5 January 2026	^[34]
16 October 2025	LB	George Nurse	Yeovil Town	15 November 2025	^[35]
October 2025	CB	Reuben Falding	Kidsgrove Athletic	Work Experience	^[28]
25 November 2025	CAM	Jack Loughran	Redditch United	Work Experience	^[29]
5 December 2025	LB	George Nurse	Solihull Moors	3 January 2026	^[36]^[37]
19 December 2025	CF	Haydn Lewis	Kidsgrove Athletic	Work Experience	^[38]
3 January 2026	CM	Harrison Biggins	Newport County	31 May 2026	^[39]
5 March 2026	CF	Callum Stewart	Aldershot Town	31 May 2026	^[40]

[a]
On 8 January, Gilliead's loan at Carlisle United was extended until the end of the season

Released / Out of Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	RM	David Wheeler	Retired		^[41]^[42]
	CB	Morgan Feeney	Carlisle United	1 July 2025	^[41]^[43]
	DM	Dominic Gape	Colchester United		^[41]^[44]
	LM	Jordan Shipley	Port Vale		^[41]^[45]
	DM	Jordan Rossiter	Waterford	14 July 2025	^[41]
	CB	Aaron Pierre	Eastleigh	17 July 2025	^[41]
	CF	Luca Whitney	Newcastle Town	1 August 2025	^[46]
	GK	Joe Young	Buxton	3 August 2025	^[41]^[47]
	GK	Jamal Blackman	Morecambe	9 October 2025	^[41]^[48]
1 September 2025	GK	Toby Savin	Wigan Athletic	1 September 2025	^[49]
1 September 2025	CF	Max Mata	St Patrick's Athletic	1 December 2025	^[50]^[51]
15 October 2025	CB	Aristote Nsiala	Bury	23 January 2026	^[52]^[53]
8 January 2026	LB	George Nurse	Cheltenham Town	8 January 2026	^[54]^[55]
19 January 2026	CF	Chuks Aneke			^[56]

New Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Contract Expiry	Ref.
4 August 2025	CM	Isaac England	30 June 2028^[a]	^[57]
28 November 2025	GK	Will Brook	30 June 2028	^[58]
14 January 2026	LB	Josh Ruffels	30 June 2026	^[59]

[a]
First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 20 May, Shrewsbury Town announced their first pre-season friendly, against Bolton Wanderers.^[60] In June, a further five friendlies were confirmed against Leamington, AFC Telford United, Stoke City, Burnley and Kidderminster Harriers.^[61]^[62]^[63]

Win Draw Loss

9 July 2025 Friendly	Stoke City	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Newcastle-under-Lyme
13:00 BST		Report	Stewart	Stadium: Clayton Wood Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

12 July 2025 Friendly	Leamington	0–2	Shrewsbury Town	Leamington Spa
15:00 BST		Report	England 32' Lloyd 83'	Stadium: New Windmill Ground

15 July 2025 Friendly	AFC Telford United	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Wellington
19:30 BST				Stadium: New Bucks Head

19 July 2025 Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Kidderminster Harriers	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST				Stadium: New Meadow

22 July 2025 Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	2–5	Bolton Wanderers	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST				Stadium: New Meadow

26 July 2025 Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Burnley	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST				Stadium: New Meadow

Competitions

League Two

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Gillingham	46	13	14	19	53	72	−19	53
18	Cheltenham Town	46	14	10	22	53	79	−26	52
19	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	10	23	42	69	−27	49
20	Newport County	46	12	7	27	48	77	−29	43
21	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	11	25	54	79	−25	41

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[64]

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	10	23	42	69	−27	49	9	6	8	21	27	−6	4	4	15	21	42	−21

Last updated: 28 March 2026.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	27	28	29	30	31	26¹	32	33	34	25¹	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L
Position	14	19	20	23	23	23	21	23	23	23	23	22	21	21	23	21	22	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	20	21	21	21	22	21	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19
Points	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	5	5	6	9	12	13	13	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	22	22	22	23	23	26	29	32	35	38	38	41	41	41	41	41	44	44	47	48	49	49

Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 25 (vs. Salford City) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
² Matchday 26 (vs. Barrow) was rearranged due to FA Cup progression.

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.^[65]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 August 2025 1	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Bromley	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST				Stadium: New Meadow

9 August 2025 2	Tranmere Rovers	4–0	Shrewsbury Town	Birkenhead
12:30 BST	Harris 19' Davison 22' Patrick 74' Brough 85' Dennis 88'	Report	Boyle 57' 58' Perry 84'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7,626 (1,128 away) Referee: Jamie O'Connor
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[66]

16 August 2025 3	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Colchester United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Boyle 22' McDermott 65' Perry 79'	Report	Tovide 57' Payne 70' Lisbie 83'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,718 (291 away) Referee: Michael Barlow

20 August 2025 4	Notts County	4–1	Shrewsbury Town	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Dennis 8' Norburn 12' Aljofree 20' Tsaroulla 47' Grant 78', 82' Gordon 81'	Report	Marquis 32', 90' Stubbs 41' Nurse 90+3'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 8,810 (527 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 19 August, but was moved due to a clash with cricket at Trent Bridge.^[67]

23 August 2025 5	Swindon Town	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Swindon
15:00 BST	Drinan 7' Bodin 90+3' Ripley 90+6'	Report	Benning 35' Sang 45+3' Stewart 90'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,498 (370 away) Referee: Lee Swabey

30 August 2025 6	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Kabia 43' Perry 66' Boyle 67'	Report	Matthews 39' Love 61' Henderson 76'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,795 Referee: Oliver Mackey

6 September 2025 7	Barnet	1–3	Shrewsbury Town	Edgware
15:00 BST	Shelton 14' High 33'	Report	Anderson 6' Collinge 15' (o.g.) Ihionvien 25', 26' Clucas 42' Marquis 44' McDermott 84' Lloyd 88'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 3,009 (490 away) Referee: Kirsty Dowle

13 September 2025 8	Shrewsbury Town	1–3	Salford City	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Clucas 47' Harrison 71'	Report	Mnoga 1' Udoh 28', 90+2' Cooper 59' Woodburn 82'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,054 (229 away) Referee: Peter Wright

20 September 2025 9	Harrogate Town	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Harrogate
12:30 BST	Taylor 31' Evans 62' Muldoon 65' Slater 71' McAleny 87'	Report	Perry 2' Sang 39' Ihionvien 39'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 2,819 (629 away) Referee: Ross Joyce
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[66]

27 September 2025 10	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Ihionvien 38' Hoole 45' Aneke 76'	Report	Hogan 3' Collar 39'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,854 (456 away) Referee: Martin Coy

4 October 2025 11	Barrow	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Gordon 74' Fletcher 90+1'	Report	Kabia 90+3' Aneke 90+6'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,047 (376 away) Referee: Ross Martin

11 October 2025 12	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Cambridge United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Lloyd 12' Boyle 36' Sang 54' Scully 57'	Report	Smith 55'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,827 (370 away) Referee: Matthew Russell

18 October 2025 13	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Crawley Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Sang 38' Lloyd 82' Boyle 84' Aneke 90+8'	Report	McKirdy 31' 65' Flint 44' Anderson 72' Conroy 90+6'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,743 (166 away) Referee: Ben Atkinson

25 October 2025 14	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Shrewsbury Town	Oldham
15:00 BST	Pett 51' Garner 87', 90+5'	Report	Brook 26' Scully 46' Hoole 81' Stubbs 87' McDermott 90+1', 90+1'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 7,361 (815 away) Referee: Abigail Byrne

8 November 2025 15	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Shrewsbury Town	Crewe
12:30 GMT	Lunt 21' O'Reilly 56' Sanders 90+1' Bogle 90+3', 90+4'	Report	Ruffels 29' Stubbs 36' Boyle 43' Hoole 50' Sang 90+1'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6,614 (1,674 away) Referee: Tom Reeves
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[68]

15 November 2025 16	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Newport County	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	McDermott 49' Scully 51' Anderson 62' Ruffels 77' Sang 90+4'	Report	Braybrooke 57' Garner 84'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,120 (759 away) Referee: Elliott Swallow

22 November 2025 17	Fleetwood Town	3–1	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Bolton 19' 90+4' Graydon 24' McCann 56' Virtue 72'	Report	Kabia 83' Aneke 90+4'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,731 (446 away) Referee: Martin Coy

29 November 2025 18	Shrewsbury Town	3–3	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Lloyd 10', 45+4' Hoole 22' Boyle 34' Kabia 61'	Report	Stubbs 37' (o.g.) Andrews 57' McKenzie 66' (pen.) Cirino 81' Nevitt 86'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,217 (484 away) Referee: Aaron Farmer

9 December 2025 19	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Grimsby Town	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Marquis 45+2' Stubbs 78' Aneke 82'	Report	Vernam 38' (pen.) Burns 72' Rodgers 90+5'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,389 (336 away) Referee: Sam Mulhall

13 December 2025 20	Walsall	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Kanu 3' Jellis 86'	Report	Perry 35' Kabia 58' Anderson 65', 90+4' McDermott 85'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 7,342 (1,199 away) Referee: Isaac Searle

20 December 2025 21	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Chesterfield	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT		Report	Bonis 61', 75' McFadzean 67' Naylor 82'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,890 (991 away)

26 December 2025 22	Cheltenham Town	3–1	Shrewsbury Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Adelakun 14' Bickerstaff 31' Hutchinson 54' (pen.) Day 70' Jude-Boyd 89'	Report	Marquis 63' Boyle 73' Perry 90' McDermott 90+2'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 5,553 (621 away) Referee: Richard Eley

29 December 2025 23	Grimsby Town	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Tharme 48' Khouri 68' Amaluzor 83'	Report	Marquis 69' Perry 90+1'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,386 (154 away) Referee: Steven Copeland

1 January 2026 24	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Boyle 43' England 67'	Report	Cavegn 63', 88', 90+3' Moore 68'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,872 (611 away) Referee: Rob Massey-Ellis

17 January 2026 27	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Harrogate Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Perry 62' Clucas 90+4' Marquis 90+4' McDermott 90+5'	Report	Evans 3' 51' Headman 23' Smith 70' O'Connor 89' Thomson 90+5' Cass 90+6'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,638 (121 away) Referee: Peter Wright

24 January 2026 28	Milton Keynes Dons	5–1	Shrewsbury Town	Denbigh
15:00 GMT	Paterson 8', 11' (pen.), 34' Nemane 31' Offord 81' Crowley 88'	Report	Morgan 7' Hoole 10' Perry 40' Sang 83' Clucas 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 7,336 (485 away) Referee: Alan Dale

27 January 2026 29	Cambridge United	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Cambridge
19:45 GMT	Appéré 59' Knight 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Clucas 90+1'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,347 (168 away) Referee: Abigail Byrne

31 January 2026 30	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Barnet	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT				Stadium: New Meadow

7 February 2026 31	Colchester United	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Goodwin 4' Read 37' Lisbie 53' Hunt 78' Macey 84' Vincent-Young 90'	Report	Freeman 10' Ruffels 54'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,932 (251 away) Referee: James Oldham

10 February 2026 26^[69]	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Barrow	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Scully 47' Hoole 54' Benning 80' Lloyd 89'	Report	Newby 57' Walker 75'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,116 (84 away) Referee: Matthew Corlett
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 10 January, but was rearranged due to FA Cup progression.

14 February 2026 32	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Swindon Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Morgan 7', 45+5' Hoole 22' Berkoe 32' Lloyd 58' Freeman 82'	Report	Clarke 31' Kirkman 45+2' Ball 45+5' Borland 88'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,403 (1,323 away) Referee: Harry Wager

17 February 2026 33	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Notts County	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Perry 54'	Report	Enoru 63' Macari 90+5' Bedeau 90+5'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,554 (932 away) Referee: William Davis

21 February 2026 34	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Shrewsbury Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Heath 52' Conneely 61' Smith 74'	Report	Morgan 1' Hoole 48'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,342 (547 away) Referee: Ross Joyce

24 February 2026 25^[70]	Salford City	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Kersal
19:4 GMT	Hoole 45+2' (o.g.) N'Mai 87'	Report	Sang 51' Boyle 76' Benning 90+4'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 2,540 (574 away) Referee: Andrew Humphries
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 4 January, but it was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[71]

28 February 2026 35	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Walsall	Shrewsbury
12:30 GMT	Morgan 45+6' Boyle 61' Ruffels 90+2'	Report	Farquharson 28', 62' Hornby 85'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,879 (1,640 away) Referee: Richard Eley
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[72]

7 March 2026 36	Chesterfield	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Naylor 31' Pearce 85' Dobra 90+2'	Report	Samuel-Ogunsuyi 45+2', 70', 84' Cox 80' Stubbs 90+3'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 8,118 (653 away) Referee: Alan Dale

14 March 2026 37	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Cheltenham Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Perry 35' Berkoe 90+8'	Report	Cundy 17' Young 19' Thomas 63' Sherring 71' Day 90+2'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,786 (415 away) Referee: Lewis Sandoe

17 March 2026 38	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Harbottle 38' Leigh 79'	Report	McDermott 90+11'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,834 (353 away)

21 March 2026 39	Shrewsbury Town	0–4	Crewe Alexandra	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT		Report	Cox 5' (o.g.) March 8', 63', 64' Lankester 45+1' Tezgel 70', 71'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,041 (1,648 away) Referee: Jamie O'Connor

28 March 2026 40	Newport County	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Newport
15:00 GMT	Evans 45+4' Kamwa 68' Garner 90+1'	Report	Benning 29' Boyle 71' Perry 90+3'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,806 (766 away) Referee: Elliot Bell

3 April 2026 41	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Stubbs 55'	Report	Brough 86'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,012 (1,650 away) Referee: Oliver Yates

7 April 2026 42	Bromley	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bromley
20:00 BST	Ifill 38' Cameron 49'	Report	Ihionvien 6', 45+1' Berkoe 48' Stubbs 84'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 4,780 (307 away) Referee: Abigail Byrne
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 6 April, but was moved for Sky Sports broadcasting.^[73]

11 April 2026 43	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Boyle 30' Morgan 47' Ihionvien 77'	Report	Garner 62' Jaló 87'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,609 (1,638 away) Referee: Emily Heaslip

18 April 2026 44	Crawley Town	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Crawley
15:00 BST	Malone 17'	Report	Sang 88'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,602 Referee: Craig Hicks

25 April 2026 45	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Fleetwood Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Gray 61' Ruffels 72' Kabia 90+6'	Report	Perry 40' (o.g.) McLean 59' Davies 61' Cirino 90+4'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,665 Referee: Harrison Blair

2 May 2026 46	Gillingham	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Hale 37' McCleary 90+2'	Report	Perry 31' Gray 57'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,145 (inc. 541 away) Referee: David Rock

FA Cup

Shrewsbury were drawn away to South Shields in the first round,^[74]^[75] to Sutton United in the second round^[76]^[77] and to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round.^[78]^[79]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 November 2025 First round	South Shields	1–3	Shrewsbury Town	Jarrow
12:00 GMT	Morse 45+5' Woolston 67' Carson 71'	Report	Scully 23' (pen.), 34' Marquis 41' Sang 44' McDermott 70'	Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 3,570 Referee: Thomas Parsons

6 December 2025 Second round	Sutton United	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Shrewsbury Town	Sutton
17:15 GMT	Pruti 9' Ogbonna 12' 90+3' Muller 31' Jennings 69' Taylor 74' Eccleston 111' Simper 120+3'	Report	Stubbs 1' Ruffels 50' 79' Kabia 90+1' Marquis 92' Clucas 90+6' Aneke 119'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 2,504 (369 away) Referee: Jacob Miles

10 January 2026 Third round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6–1	Shrewsbury Town	Wolverhampton
12:15 GMT	Larsen 9', 41', 58' Arias 11' Gomes 86' André 90+1' Arokodare 90+2'	Report	Ruffels 14' Marquis 26' (pen.) Anderson 69'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 24,258 (2,982 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

EFL Cup

Shrewsbury were drawn away to Grimsby Town in the first round.^[80]^[81]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round	Grimsby Town	3–1	Shrewsbury Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Amaluzor 15' Walker 27' Gardner 50' Kabia 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Benning 4' Anderson 26' Clucas 47' Sang 63' Hoole 81'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,156 (134 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

EFL Trophy

Shrewsbury were drawn against Northampton Town, Walsall and Chelsea U21 in the group stage.^[82]

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Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Northampton Town	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Walsall	3	1	1	0	1	3	2	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	0	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	ACA	Chelsea U21	3	0	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: EFL

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26 August 2025 South Group C	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Chelsea U21	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST	McDermott 14', 61' Perry 29' Marquis 65' Boyle 72', 88' Clucas 79'	Report	Mheuka 10' Cardoso 21' Tauriainen 27'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,714 (134 away) Referee: Garreth Rhodes

2 September 2025 South Group C	Shrewsbury Town	1–3	Walsall	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST	Ihionvien 10' Boyle 75' Gray 90+1'	Report	Finnigan 5', 27' Comley 31' Maher 67' Adomah 67' Okeke 80'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 2,004 (551 away) Referee: Declan Bourne

11 November 2025 South Group C	Northampton Town	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
19:00 GMT	Swyer 27', 29' Taylor 75' McCarthy 78' Eaves 83'	Report	Anderson 23' McDermott 37' Benning 45+1'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 802 (85 away) Referee: Wayne Cartmel

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate a loaned in player

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Matthew Cox	18	0	18+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	WAL	Luca Hoole	41	3	28+6	3	2+1	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Mal Benning	21	0	8+8	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
4	DF	ENG	Tom Anderson	35	1	25+3	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Will Boyle	48	5	42+1	4	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
6	MF	ENG	Sam Clucas	40	2	31+3	2	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
7	MF	ENG	Tommy McDermott	41	3	17+17	1	2+1	0	0+1	0	3+0	2
8	MF	ENG	Harrison Biggins	9	0	4+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
9	FW	ENG	George Lloyd	47	4	25+18	4	1+1	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
10	DF	ENG	Tom Sang	42	4	28+8	2	1+1	1	1+0	1	2+1	0
11	FW	IRL	Anthony Scully	35	5	23+8	3	2+0	2	0+1	0	1+0	0
12	GK	ENG	Will Brook	24	0	20+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Taylor Perry	49	2	34+8	2	1+2	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Nick Freeman	16	1	8+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Alex Gilliead	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	FW	WAL	Iwan Morgan	22	3	19+2	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	NED	Ismeal Kabia	43	3	34+4	2	3+0	1	0+0	0	1+1	0
21	FW	BEL	Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi	13	2	6+6	2	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	ITA	Temple Ojinnaka	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	KOR	Isaac Lee	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Callum Stewart	8	1	1+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
25	DF	ENG	Josh Ruffels	32	2	25+3	2	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Sam Stubbs	33	2	28+1	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
27	FW	ENG	John Marquis	43	6	29+7	3	2+1	2	0+1	0	2+1	1
30	DF	ENG	Kevin Berkoe	18	0	17+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF	ENG	Isaac England	20	0	4+12	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
42	MF	ENG	Jack Loughran	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
43	MF	ENG	Will Gray	8	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
46	MF	ENG	Hugo Aiston	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
48	FW	ENG	Bradley Ihionvien	13	3	8+4	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
1	GK	ENG	Elyh Harrison	9	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Toby Savin	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	ENG	Chuks Aneke	15	1	0+13	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	DF	COD	Aristote Nsiala	5	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF	ENG	George Nurse	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

2025–26 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

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