2018–19 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Shrewsbury Town's 133rd year in existence and their fourth consecutive season in League One.[3] The club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Shrewsbury Town

2018–19 season
Chairman	Roland Wycherley
Manager	John Askey (until 12 November)[1] Sam Ricketts (from 3 December)[2]
Stadium	New Meadow
League One	18th
FA Cup	Forth Round Replay
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Fejiri Okenabirhie (10 goals) All: Fejiri Okenabirhie (16 goals)
Highest home attendance	9,503 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lowest home attendance	1,379 vs Tranmere Rovers
Average home league attendance	6,429
Biggest win	6–0 (9 Oct 2018 vs. Tranmere Rovers, EFL Trophy)
Biggest defeat	0–3 (27 Oct 2018 at Oxford United) (12 Jan 2019 vs. Charlton Athletic) (2 Feb 2019 vs. Luton Town)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Contract length	Ref.
1 July 2018	DF		Ryan Haynes	Coventry City	Undisclosed	2 years	[4]
1 July 2018	DF		Kieran Kennedy	Macclesfield Town	Undisclosed	1 year	[5]
1 July 2018	FW		Fejiri Okenabirhie	Dagenham & Redbridge	Undisclosed	2 years	[6]
10 July 2018	FW		Alex Gilliead	Newcastle United	Free transfer	2 years	[7]
13 July 2018	FW		Aaron Amadi-Holloway	Oldham Athletic	Undisclosed	2 years	[8]
19 July 2018	GK		Steve Arnold	Barrow	Free transfer	2 years	[9]
21 July 2018	MF		Doug Loft	Colchester United	Free transfer	1 year	[10]
23 July 2018	MF		Josh Laurent	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	2 years	[11]
2 August 2018	CM		Anthony Grant	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	1 year	[12]
6 August 2018	CB		Luke Waterfall	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	3 years	[13]
9 August 2018	CF		Lee Angol	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed	2 years	[14]
9 August 2018	CM		Oliver Norburn	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed	3 years	[15]
7 January 2019	CM		David Edwards	Reading	Free transfer	2½ years	[16]
9 January 2019	CM		Brad Walker	Crewe Alexandra	Undisclosed	1½ years	[17]
15 January 2019	GK		Reice Charles-Cook	SønderjyskE	Free transfer	½ year	[18]
22 January 2019	DM		Romain Vincelot	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	1½ years	[19]
30 January 2019	LB		Scott Golbourne	Bristol City	Free transfer	½ year	[20]
30 January 2019	CB		Ro-Shaun Williams	Manchester United	Undisclosed	2½ years	[21]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	LB		Junior Brown	Coventry City	Free transfer	[22]
1 July 2018	CM		Chris Gallagher	Glentoran	Released	[23][24]
1 July 2018	CF		A-Jay Leitch-Smith	Morecambe	Released	[25][26]
1 July 2018	GK		Craig MacGillivray	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[27]
1 July 2018	CM		Abu Ogogo	Coventry City	Rejected contract	[28][29]
1 July 2018	RB		Joe Riley	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	[25][30]
1 July 2018	LB		Callum Roberts	Newtown	Free transfer	[23][31]
1 July 2018	LW		Alex Rodman	Bristol Rovers	Rejected contract	[32][33]
1 July 2018	GK		Shaun Rowley	FC Halifax Town	Free transfer	[25][34]
8 August 2018	CM		Jon Nolan	Ipswich Town	£2m (combined)	[35]
8 August 2018	CB		Aristote Nsiala	Ipswich Town	£2m (combined)	[35]
9 August 2018	FW		Stefan Payne	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	[36]
3 January 2019	CB		Zak Jules	Macclesfield Town	Mutual consent	[37][38]
10 January 2019	CB		Kieran Kennedy	Wrexham	Free transfer	[39]
11 January 2019	RB		Luke Hendrie	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed	[40]
14 January 2019	DM		Bryn Morris	Portsmouth	Undisclosed	[41]
21 January 2019	CF		Arthur Gnahoua	Carlisle United	Free transfer	[42]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
21 July 2018	MF		Charlie Colkett	Chelsea	31 December 2018	[43]
27 July 2018	GK		Joel Coleman	Huddersfield Town	10 January 2019	[44][45]
8 August 2018	MF		Greg Docherty	Rangers	31 May 2019	[46]
31 August 2018	RB		Josh Emmanuel	Ipswich Town	18 January 2019	[47]
18 January 2019	CF		Sam Smith	Reading	31 May 2019	[48]
31 January 2019	CF		Tyrese Campbell	Stoke City	31 May 2019	[49]
31 January 2019	GK		Jonathan Mitchell	Derby County	31 May 2019	[50]
31 January 2019	CF		Stefan Payne	Bristol Rovers	31 May 2019	[51]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
2 August 2018	RB		Ryan Sears	AFC Telford United	1 September 2018	[52]
4 August 2018	CF		John McAtee	Ashton United	1 October 2018	[53]
7 August 2018	DM		Bryn Morris	Wycombe Wanderers	1 January 2019	[54][55]
18 August 2018	RB		Luke Hendrie	Grimsby Town	11 January 2019	[56][40]
24 August 2018	AM		Sam Jones	Cheltenham Town	1 January 2019	[57]
6 September 2018	GK		Cameron Gregory	Chippenham Town	October 2018	[58]
19 September 2018	CM		George Hughes	Stalybridge Celtic	1 January 2019	[59]
21 September 2018	CB		Zak Jules	Barnet	2 January 2019	[60]
21 September 2018	CB		Christos Shelis	Halesowen Town	October 2018	[61]
26 September 2018	CF		John McAtee	AFC Telford United	October 2018	[62]
29 September 2018	LB		Rhys Davies	Nuneaton Town	10 December 2018	[63][64]
2 October 2018	GK		Cameron Gregory	Halesowen Town	November 2018	[65]
10 November 2018	AM		Ryan Barnett	AFC Telford United	31 May 2019	[66]
26 November 2018	CF		Arthur Gnahoua	AFC Fylde	14 January 2019	[67]
21 December 2018	CF		John McAtee	Curzon Ashton	January 2019	[68]
4 January 2019	CM		George Hughes	Newtown	31 May 2019	[69]
9 January 2019	CM		Brad Walker	Wrexham	31 May 2019	[70]
21 January 2019	CM		Doug Loft	Dagenham & Redbridge	31 May 2019	[71]
29 January 2019	LM		Abo Eisa	Colchester United	31 May 2019	[72]
31 January 2019	CF		Lee Angol	Lincoln City	31 May 2019	[73]

Pre-season

Friendlies

Shrewsbury Town announced their first pre-season matches on 4 June 2018, with away trips to local rivals AFC Telford United and Port Vale.[74] A home friendly was subsequently arranged with Brentford.[75] The club's pre-season schedule was completed with an away fixture at Bristol City,[76] and matches against Kidderminster Harriers and Burnley to be played behind closed doors.[77]

Shrewsbury Town v Kidderminster Harriers

11 July 2018 Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Kidderminster Harriers	Lilleshall
13:00 BST	Okenabirhie  1', 30' Eisa  12'			Stadium: Lilleshall Hall Attendance: Behind closed doors

Bristol City v Shrewsbury Town

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	Bristol City	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bristol
13:00 BST	O'Dowda  15'	Report	Payne  20'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Referee: Kevin Friend

Burnley v Shrewsbury Town

17 July 2018 Friendly	Burnley	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Gawthorpe Hall
13:00 BST		Report	Taylor  o.g.'	Stadium: Barnfield Training Centre Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Jon Moss

Shrewsbury Town v Brentford

21 July 2018 Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Brentford	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Okenabirhie Amadi-Holloway	Report	Forss Nsiala  o.g.' Camargo	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,334 Referee: Chris Sarginson

AFC Telford United v Shrewsbury Town

25 July 2018 Friendly	AFC Telford United	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Wellington
19:45 BST	Morgan-Smith  8'	Report	Gnahoua  39' Okenabirhie  66'	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 1,061 Referee: Robert James

Port Vale v Shrewsbury Town

28 July 2018 Friendly	Port Vale	2–4	Shrewsbury Town	Burslem
15:00 BST	Rawlinson  32' Pope  63'	Report	Whalley  36' Amadi-Holloway  38', 49' John-Lewis  77'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 996 Referee: Mark Heywood

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Rochdale	46	15	9	22	54	87	−33	54
17	Wycombe Wanderers	46	14	11	21	55	67	−12	53
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	16	18	51	59	−8	52
19	Southend United	46	14	8	24	55	68	−13	50
20	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	11	22	42	63	−21	50

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results [78]

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	12	16	18	51	59	−8	52	8	9	6	25	25	0	4	7	12	26	34	−8

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
Source:

Results by round

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	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	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	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	D
Position	22	22	21	22	23	23	22	17	20	19	20	16	17	18	18	19	18	16	17	15	17	17	15	18	17	16	18	17	19	23	22	22	19	17	17	20	20	18	19	15	14	13	15	16	17	18

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[79][80]

Shrewsbury Town v Bradford City

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Bradford City	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report	Payne  19'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,625 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Charlton Athletic v Shrewsbury Town

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Charlton
15:00 BST	Taylor  62' Ahearne-Grant  90+1'	Report	John-Lewis  83'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 9,429 Referee: Craig Hicks

Shrewsbury Town v Blackpool

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Blackpool	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,216 Referee: Ollie Yates

Doncaster Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

21 August 2018 4	Doncaster Rovers	0-0	Shrewsbury Town	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Wilks  37'	Report	Waterfall  39'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,943 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Luton Town v Shrewsbury Town

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Luton Town	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	Luton
15:00 BST	Grant  51' Stacey  73' Lee  76'	Report	Whalley  32' (pen.) Angol  66'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,518 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Shrewsbury Town v Bristol Rovers

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Leadbitter  73' (o.g.)	Report	Payne  53' (pen.) Martin  59'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,759 Referee: Antony Coggins

Portsmouth v Shrewsbury Town

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 7	Portsmouth	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Milton
15:00 BST	Pitman  87' (pen.)	Report	Docherty  74'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,634 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Shrewsbury Town v Southend United

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Southend United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Docherty  5' Angol  45+2'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,651 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Scunthorpe United v Shrewsbury Town

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Novak  55'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,784 Referee: Andy Haines

Shrewsbury Town v Gillingham

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Angol  59' Norburn  88'	Report	Hanlan  18' Eaves  90'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,695 Referee: Ross Joyce

Walsall v Shrewsbury Town

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Walsall	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Walsall
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,555 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Shrewsbury Town v Accrington Stanley

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Grant  56' Gilliead  62' Whalley  79'	Report	Ripley  16' Clark  53' Ihiekwe  70' McConville  88'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,353 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Fleetwood Town v Shrewsbury Town

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13) 13	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Madden  19' Burns  28'	Report	Norburn  3' Laurent  57' Waterfall  72'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,983 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Shrewsbury Town v Sunderland

20 October 2018 14	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Sunderland	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report	Cattermole  13' Beckles  58' (o.g.) O'Nien  84'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 9,007 Referee: John Busby

Shrewsbury Town v Barnsley

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 15	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Barnsley	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Docherty  2' Norburn  23' Waterfall  68'	Report	Pinnock  49'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,587 Referee: Scott Oldham

Oxford United v Shrewsbury Town

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 16	Oxford United	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Oxford
15:00 BST	Ruffels  3' Whyte  14' Browne  86'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,697 (594 away) Referee: Martin Coy

AFC Wimbledon v Shrewsbury Town

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 17	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Norbiton
15:00 GMT	Hanson  35'	Report	Waterfall  57',  89'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,066 Referee: Lee Collins

Shrewsbury Town v Rochdale

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) 18	Shrewsbury Town	3–2	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Norburn  32' (pen.), 72' Okenabirhie  65'	Report	Camps  30' Inman  45+1' J. Williams  58' Perkins  87'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,861 Referee: Lee Swabey

Wycombe Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 19	Wycombe Wanderers	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	El-Abd  11' Jacobson  40' Samuel  71'	Report	Amadi-Holloway  4' Okenabirhie  73'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,598 Referee: Andy Haines

Shrewsbury Town v Plymouth Argyle

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 20	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Docherty  35' Okenabirhie  68'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,279 Referee: Matthew Donohue

Burton Albion v Shrewsbury Town

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	Burton Albion	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Burton
15:00 GMT			Okenabirhie  90+5'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,062 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Shrewsbury Town v Peterborough United

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 22	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Peterborough United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Docherty  2' Okenabirhie  59'		Godden  12' Tafazolli  90+2'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,393 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Shrewsbury Town v Coventry City

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Coventry City	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Amadi-Holloway  49' Grant  63' Laurent  83' Norburn  85'	Report	Clarke-Harris  86'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 8,083 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Accrington Stanley v Shrewsbury Town

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	Accrington Stanley	2-1	Shrewsbury Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT			Norburn  52'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,061 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Sunderland v Shrewsbury Town

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	Sunderland	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Maja  44' Cattermole  58' Baldwin  82'	Report	Waterfall  30' Norburn  36' Grant  37' Docherty  43' Haynes  87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 33,288 Referee: Oliver Langford

Shrewsbury Town v Fleetwood Town

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Fleetwood Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,919 Referee: Alan Young

Shrewsbury Town v Charlton Athletic

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Charlton Athletic	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT		Report	Taylor  26' Bauer  29' Pratley  49'  54' Bielik  71' Ahearne-Grant  79' (pen.)	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,995 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Blackpool v Shrewsbury Town

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28	Blackpool	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Blackpool
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,186 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Bradford City v Shrewsbury Town

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29) 29	Bradford City	4–3	Shrewsbury Town	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Grant  19' (o.g.) O'Brien  38' Ball  45'  90+6' Doyle  60'	Report	Okenabirhie  27', 76', 90+3' (pen.) Beckles  90'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 14,906 Referee: Scott Oldham

Shrewsbury Town v Luton Town

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 30	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Luton Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Grant  55' Docherty  72' Payne  73' Golbourne  77'	Report	Collins  30', 69' Pearson  53' Ruddock Mpanzu  71'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,859 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 31	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Partington  19' Ogogo  24' Rodman  53'  68'	Report	Norburn  24' Whalley  36' Golbourne  68' Edwards  85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,322 Referee: Peter Wright

Shrewsbury Town v Burton Albion

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 32	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Burton Albion	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Campbell  8' Bolton  15' Williams  77' Norburn  79'	Report	Templeton  11' Harness  86' Brayford  90+1'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,254 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Peterborough United v Shrewsbury Town

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 33	Peterborough United	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Naismith  10' Toney  27'		Norburn  28' (pen.)  55'  62' Campbell  36' Beckles  65' Okenabirhie  87'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 6,262 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Shrewsbury Town v Doncaster Rovers

26 February 2019 (2019-02-26) 34	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Waterfall  11' Laurent  18' Campbell  35' Grant  39' Sears  81'	Report	Rowe  86'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,394 Referee: Matt Donohue

Shrewsbury Town v AFC Wimbledon

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 35	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT				Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,166 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Rochdale v Shrewsbury Town

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 36	Rochdale	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Ntlhe  15' Ebanks-Landell  43' McNulty  47'  87' Bunney  55'	Report	Waterfall  40' Williams  51' Docherty  90+1'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,217 Referee: John Brooks

Plymouth Argyle v Shrewsbury Town

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 37	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Plymouth
19:45 GMT	Ladapo  8' Carey  89' (pen.)	Report	Whalley  37' Norburn 60'  60' Grant  76' Waterfall  86'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,572 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Shrewsbury Town v Wycombe Wanderers

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 38	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Golbourne  39' Norburn  76'  90+3' (pen.) Beckles  87'  90+6'	Report	McCarthy  67' Jacobson  83' Bean  90+4'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,001 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Shrewsbury Town v Portsmouth

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 39	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Portsmouth	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Grant  75'	Report	Close  40'  68' Bogle  52' Naylor  57' Burgess  76' Pitman  79' Brown  81'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 8,028 Referee: Oliver Yates

Southend United v Shrewsbury Town

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 40	Southend United	0–2	Shrewsbury Town	Southend
15:00 GMT			Okenabirhie  50' Waterfall  69'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6.818 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Shrewsbury Town v Scunthorpe United

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 41	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Hammill  84' (o.g.)	Report	Wootton  22'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,419 Referee: Paul Marsden

Gillingham v Shrewsbury Town

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	Gillingham	0-2	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Bolton  50' Campbell  61'	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 4,109 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Barnsley v Shrewsbury Town

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	Barnsley	2-1	Shrewsbury Town	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Mowatt  23' Brown  55'		Campbell  39'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,426 Referee: Scott Oldham

Shrewsbury Town v Oxford United

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Shrewsbury Town	2-3	Oxford United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Norburn  17' (pen.) Docherty  40'		Whyte  6', 72', 78'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,189 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Coventry City v Shrewsbury Town

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 45	Coventry City	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Coventry
15:00 BST	Shipley  16'	Report	Grant  29' Okenabirhie  78'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 13,549 Referee: Alan Young

Shrewsbury Town v Walsall

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 46	Shrewsbury Town	0-0	Walsall	Shrewsbury
17:30 BST				Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 9,135 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.[81] The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.[82] The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.[83] The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.[84]

Shrewsbury Town v Salford City

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) First round	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Salford City	Shrewsbury
12:45 GMT	Norburn  25'	Report	Rooney  27'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,351 Referee: Ben Toner

Salford City v Shrewsbury Town

21 November 2018 (2018-11-21) First round replay	Salford City	1–3	Shrewsbury Town	Salford, Greater Manchester
19:45 GMT	Rooney  77'	Report	Okenabirhie  33', 90+3' Docherty  63'	Stadium: Moor Lane Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Shrewsbury Town v Scunthorpe United

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) Second round	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Shrewsbury
14:00 GMT	Amadi-Holloway  35'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Neil Hair

Shrewsbury Town v Stoke City

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Stoke City	Shrewsbury
12:30 GMT	Norburn  31'  45+4' (pen.)	Report	Crouch  78'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,512 Referee: David Webb

Stoke City v Shrewsbury Town

15 January 2019 (2019-01-15) Third round replay	Stoke City	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Campbell  20', 36' Etebo  33' Adam  63'	Report	Bolton  71' Okenabirhie  77' (pen.) Laurent  79'  81' Arnold  90+1'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 10,261 Referee: Scott Duncan

Shrewsbury Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) Fourth round	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Sadler  44' Docherty  47'  62' Grant  63' Waterfall  71'	Report	Jiménez  75' Doherty  90+3'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 9,503 Referee: Roger East

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town

5 February 2019 (2019-02-05) Fourth round replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Doherty  2', 45+6' Cavaleiro  62'	Report	Bolton  11' Norburn  35' Laurent  39'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 28,844 Referee: Lee Probert

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.[85]

Shrewsbury Town v Burton Albion

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Burton Albion	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Whalley  27'	Report	Templeton  45' Akins  64' (pen.)	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 2,708 Referee: Graham Salisbury

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.[86] The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.[87] On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.[88]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	2	1	0	0	9	2	+7	8	Round 2
2	ACA	Manchester City U21s	3	2	0	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	L2	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	0	0	2	6	9	−3	3
4	L2	Tranmere Rovers	3	0	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: EFL.com

Shrewsbury Town v Manchester City U21

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Group stages	Shrewsbury Town	1–1 (3–1 p)	Manchester City U21	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST	Angol  51'	Report	Touaizi  90+2'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,838 Referee: Paul Marsden

Shrewsbury Town v Tranmere Rovers

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group stages	Shrewsbury Town	6–0	Tranmere Rovers	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST	John-Lewis  11' Docherty  18' Beckles  23' Okenabirhie  56', 74', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,379

Crewe Alexandra v Shrewsbury Town

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13) Group stages	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Crewe
19:30 GMT	Bowery  79'	Report	Ray  20' (o.g.) Gilliead  63'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1,009

Shrewsbury Town v Walsall

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) Second round	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Walsall	Shrewsbury
19:30 GMT	Gilliead  24' Loft  72'	Report	Morris  77'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,857

Port Vale v Shrewsbury Town

8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Third round	Port Vale	1–1 (4–3 p)	Shrewsbury Town	Burslem
19:45 GMT	Gibbons  51' Rawlinson  60' Pope  83'	Report	Rowland  39' Sears  63'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,355 Referee: Eddie Ilderton
	Penalties
	Oyeleke Miller Pope Kay Hannant		Okenabirhie Gilliead Angol Eisa Barnett

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