2020–21 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Shrewsbury Town's 135th season in their history and the sixth consecutive season in EFL League One. Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Shrewsbury Town
2020–21 season
ChairmanRoland Wycherley
ManagerSam Ricketts
StadiumMontgomery Waters Meadow
League OnePreseason
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyGroup stage

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in
Date Pos. Nat. Name From Fee Ref.
3 August 2020RWJosh Daniels GlenavonUndisclosed[1]
3 August 2020CFRekeil Pyke Huddersfield TownFree transfer[2]

Loans in
Date Pos. Nat. Name From Date until Ref.
3 August 2020CMScott High Huddersfield Town30 June 2021[3]

Transfers out
Date Pos. Nat. Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020GKJoe Murphy UnattachedReleased[4]
1 July 2020CFLifumpa Mwandwe UnattachedReleased[4]
1 July 2020CMKian Taylor UnattachedReleased[4]
1 July 2020DMRomain Vincelot StevenageReleased[4][5]
28 July 2020AMJosh Laurent ReadingFree transfer[6]
13 August 2020CBOmar Beckles UnattachedRejected contract[7]

Pre-season

The club has announced a pre-season friendly against Southern League Premier Division Central side Nuneaton Borough.[8] However, the club's pre-season kicked off with a friendly against Welsh Premier League side Bala Town which was not announced to the public.

11 August 2020 (2020-08-11) FriendlyShrewsbury Town3–0 Bala TownWellington
Caton
Daniels
Cummings		 Stadium: New Bucks Head
18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) FriendlyNuneaton BoroughvShrewsbury TownNuneaton
Stadium: Liberty Way

Competitions

EFL League One
Main article: 2020–21 EFL League One

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
17 Peterborough United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2020. 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[9]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday
Matchday1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

FA Cup
Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Cup
Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Trophy
Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

References
  1. "Josh Daniels Moves to the Meadow". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. "Rekeil Pyke is a Salopian". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. "Scott High Signs for Town". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. "Retained List". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  5. "Romain Vincelot: Stevenage sign ex-Brighton, Coventry and Shrewsbury midfielder". BBC Sport. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  6. "Royals sign ex-Shrews midfielder Laurent". BBC. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. "Omar Beckles rejects new Shrewsbury Town deal". Shropshire Live. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. Cox, Lewis (10 August 2020). "Shrewsbury Town set for Nuneaton Borough pre-season friendly". Shropshire Star.
  9. "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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