Shrewsbury Town Football Club, a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, was founded in 1886. They first played league football in the inaugural Shropshire & District League for the 1890–91 season; they finished the season as runners-up and also won the Welsh Cup for the first time in their fourth attempt.[1] After five seasons in the Shropshire & District League, they were admitted to the Birmingham & District League in 1895; they won their first league championship in that league in 1923.[2] In 1937 they moved to the Midland Football League where they won the league three times out of the seven seasons they participated in. In 1950 they joined The Football League competing in its Third Division North for one season before being transferred to the South equivalent for the rest of their time in the third division. Shrewsbury played in the Third Division South until 1958–59, when they were placed in the Fourth Division on League reorganisation. They gained their first promotion in the same season after finishing fourth. They remained in The Football League, albeit in different divisions, until they were relegated to the Football Conference in 2003.[3] It was in the Conference where Shrewsbury achieved their first play-off success, when they beat Aldershot Town in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw after extra time at the Britannia Stadium to win promotion back into the newly renamed Football League Two.[4] Since then Shrewsbury have remained in the Football League.[5]

Shrewsbury's furthest FA Cup run saw them reach the sixth round twice, first in 1978–79 and then in 1981–82. The furthest they have reached in the EFL Cup is the semi-finals in the 1960–61 edition which was the inaugural staging of the competition. Shrewsbury first participated in the EFL Trophy in 1989; they were the runners-up in the 1996 and 2018 finals. Shrewsbury also took part in 41 editions of the Welsh Cup between 1886 and 1989 reaching the final nine times and winning the cup six times. They took part in three FA Amateur Cups reaching the quarter-finals in 1893–94, the second round in 1894–95 and the semi-finals in 1895–96. After their exit from the Football League in 2003 Shrewsbury were eligible to take part in the 2003–04 FA Trophy and were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Key

Seasons

List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results and top scorer
Season League record FA Cup[6] EFL Cup EFL[a] Trophy Welsh Cup Other Top scorer[b]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Name Goals
1886–87 The club did not start playing league football until 1890. — N/A[c] N/A[d] R2 — — N/A
1887–88 R2 R1 — — Pearson[e] 3
1888–89 QR2 — — —
1889–90 QR2 R3 — — Four players[f] 1
1890–91 Shropshire 14 9 1 4 42 21 19 2nd QR1 W — —
1891–92 Shropshire 16 6 4 6 48 48 16 6th — SF — —
1892–93 Shropshire 16 7 6 3 45 37 20 4th — — — —
1893–94 Shropshire 18 11 2 5 61 39 24 3rd — R4 FA Amateur Cup QF
1894–95 Shropshire 17[g] 8 4 5 42 28 20 3rd — R2 FA Amateur Cup R2
1895–96 Birmingham 30 8 5 17 46 98 21 12th — — FA Amateur Cup SF
1896–97 Birmingham 30 11 3 16 58 67 25 12th — — — —
1897–98 Birmingham 30 10 3 17 44 65 23 11th — — — — White[e] 10
1898–99 Birmingham 34 10 6 18 65 90 26 13th QR1 — — —
1899–1900 Birmingham 30 9 3 18 40 73 21 14th QR2 — — —
1900–01 Birmingham 34 7 3 24 29 96 17 18th QR3 — — — Steadman[e] 9
1901–02 Birmingham 34 14 4 16 57 80 32 11th QR1 — — — Wharton[e] 12
1902–03 Birmingham 34 13 11 10 60 44 37 6th QR1 — — — Wharton[e] 15
1903–04 Birmingham 34 14 6 14 51 48 34 10th IntR — — — Roberts[e] 11
1904–05 Birmingham 34 10 4 20 42 63 24 16th — — — — Davies[e] 12
1905–06 Birmingham 34 15 3 16 57 84 33 10th — R3 — —
1906–07 Birmingham 34 7 5 22 61 106 19 18th — — — — Billy Scarratt 14
1907–08 Birmingham 34 16 7 11 67 65 39 5th — — — —
1908–09 Birmingham 34 11 13 10 51 48 35 6th QR1 — — — J. Jones[e] 16
1909–10 Birmingham 34 13 5 16 48 63 31 11th R1 — — — F.W. Jones[e]
Walter Tarplin		 9
1910–11 Birmingham 34 14 4 16 61 74 32 11th QR5 — — —
1911–12 Birmingham 34 9 3 22 44 76 21 17th QR1 — — —
1912–13 Birmingham 34 14 5 15 59 50 33 10th QR5 — — —
1913–14 Birmingham 34 21 5 8 76 48 47 2nd QR4 — — —
1914–15 Birmingham 34 12 6 16 62 69 30 12th QR6 — — —
1915–19 No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
1919–20 Birmingham 34 14 2 18 59 95 30 14th QR4 N/A[c] N/A[d] — — —
1920–21 Birmingham 34 17 4 13 69 55 38 6th QR2 — — —
1921–22 Birmingham 34 14 12 8 71 54 40 5th QR4 R3 — —
1922–23 Birmingham 34 23 4 7 82 41 50 1st QR3 R5 — —
1923–24 Birmingham 34 21 3 10 78 43 45 2nd QR4 R3 — —
1924–25 Birmingham 34 16 5 13 75 46 37 9th QR1 — — —
1925–26 Birmingham 34 17 4 13 76 59 38 5th QR3 — — —
1926–27 Birmingham 34 13 4 17 73 79 30 13th QR1 R1 — —
1927–28 Birmingham 34 20 4 10 119 71 44 4th QR2 — — —
1928–29 Birmingham 34 18 3 12 97 69 41 5th PR R5 — —
1929–30 Birmingham 34 19 4 11 78 55 42 4th QR1 R4 — —
1930–31 Birmingham 34 14 5 15 76 79 33 9th EPR RU — —
1931–32 Birmingham 34 13 7 14 64 82 33 10th QR1 R6 — — Billy Rotton
George Sambrook		 16
1932–33 Birmingham 34 15 6 13 70 62 36 8th QR3 R6 — — Joe Taylor 34
1933–34 Birmingham 38 18 6 14 89 77 42 10th QR4 — — — Joe Taylor 49
1934–35 Birmingham 36 21 6 9 81 43 48 4th QR3 SF — — Jack Roscamp 19
1935–36 Birmingham 38 26 1 11 124 70 53 3rd QR2 SF — — Bill Hewitson 65
1936–37 Birmingham 36 23 4 9 133 64 50 2nd QR1 R6 — — Horace Baker
Danny Williams		 26
1937–38 Midland 42 25 9 8 111 50 59 1st QR2 W — — Danny Williams 47
1938–39 Midland 42 25 5 12 125 65 55 3rd QR4 R5 — — Danny Williams 33
1939–40 Midland 3 1 0 2 7 9 2 14th[h] — R4 — — Arthur[e]
Danny Williams		 2
1939–45 No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
1945–46 Midland 36 26 6 4 133 43 58 1st R2 N/A[c] N/A[d] — — — Billy Richardson 55
1946–47 Midland 42 25 4 13 117 77 54 6th QR4 R6 — — Jackie Butler 35
1947–48 Midland 42 28 6 8 98 51 62 1st R2 RU — — Jack Davie 29
1948–49 Midland 42 19 7 16 82 70 45 8th QR4 R5 — — Jackie Butler 17
1949–50 Midland 46 19 11 16 96 86 49 10th QR4 — — — Jackie Butler 27
1950–51 Division 3N 46 15 7 24 43 74 37 20th PR — — — Robert Brown 14
1951–52 Division 3S 46 13 10 23 62 86 36 20th R1 — — — Robert Brown 15
1952–53 Division 3S 46 12 12 22 68 91 36 23rd R4 — — — Robert Brown
Arnold Jackson		 16
1953–54 Division 3S 46 14 12 20 65 76 40 21st R1 — — — John Hudson
Alec McCue		 15
1954–55 Division 3S 46 16 10 20 70 78 42 16th R1 — — — Ray Weigh 18
1955–56 Division 3S 46 17 12 17 69 66 46 13th R2 — — — William O'Donnell 20
1956–57 Division 3S 46 15 18 13 72 79 48 9th R1 — — — Colin Whitaker 19
1957–58 Division 3S 46 15 10 21 49 71 40 17th R1 — — — Ken Smith 15
1958–59 Division 4 ↑ 46 24 10 12 101 63 58 4th R2 — — — Arthur Rowley 39 †
1959–60 Division 3 46 18 16 12 97 75 52 3rd R1 — — — Arthur Rowley 33
1960–61 Division 3 46 15 16 15 83 75 46 10th R3 SF — — — Arthur Rowley 32
1961–62 Division 3 46 13 12 21 73 84 38 19th R4 R2 — — — Arthur Rowley 29
1962–63 Division 3 46 16 12 18 83 81 44 15th R3 R2 — — — Arthur Rowley 27
1963–64 Division 3 46 18 11 17 73 80 47 11th R1 R1 — — — Harry Middleton 22
1964–65 Division 3 46 15 12 19 76 84 42 16th R5 R2 — — — Bobby Ross 21
1965–66 Division 3 46 19 11 16 73 64 49 10th R5 R3 — — — Frank Clarke 27
1966–67 Division 3 46 20 12 14 77 62 52 6th R3 R2 — — — John Manning 20
1967–68 Division 3 46 20 15 11 61 49 55 3rd R3 R1 — — — Frank Clarke 15
1968–69 Division 3 46 16 11 19 51 67 43 17th R1 R1 — — — Alf Wood 13
1969–70 Division 3 46 13 18 15 62 63 44 15th R2 R2 — — — Terry Harkin 16
1970–71 Division 3 46 16 13 17 58 62 45 13th R2 R1 — — — George Andrews 20
1971–72 Division 3 46 17 10 19 73 65 44 12th R3 R2 — — — Alf Wood 40
1972–73 Division 3 46 15 14 17 46 54 44 15th R2 R1 — — — Terry Hughes 12
1973–74 Division 3 ↓ 46 10 11 25 41 62 31 22nd R1 R1 SF — — Alan Durban 9
1974–75 Division 4 ↑ 46 26 10 10 80 43 62 2nd R1 R1 SF — — Ray Hayward 22
1975–76 Division 3 46 19 10 17 61 59 48 9th R3 R2 SF — — Mike Kearney 14
1976–77 Division 3 46 18 11 17 65 59 47 10th R3 R1 W — — Chic Bates 15
1977–78 Division 3 46 16 15 15 63 57 47 11th R3 R1 SF — — Sammy Irvine 11
1978–79 Division 3 ↑ 46 21 19 6 61 41 61 1st R6 R1 W — — Paul Maguire 18
1979–80 Division 2 42 18 5 19 60 53 41 13th R3 R2 RU — — Steve Biggins 13
1980–81 Division 2 42 11 17 14 46 47 39 14th R4 R2 R5 Anglo-Scottish Cup Group Steve Biggins 10
1981–82 Division 2 42 11 13 18 37 57 46 18th R6 R2 R5 Football League Group Cup SF Ian Atkins 19
1982–83 Division 2 42 15 14 13 48 48 59 9th R4 R2 R4 Football League Group Cup R1 Alan Brown 14
1983–84 Division 2 42 17 10 15 49 53 61 8th R5 R3 — W — — Steve Cross 9
1984–85 Division 2 42 18 11 13 66 53 65 8th R3 R2 — W — — Gary Stevens 20
1985–86 Division 2 42 13 10 19 50 64 49 19th R3 R3 — R3 Full Members' Cup R1 Colin Robinson 12
1986–87 Division 2 42 15 6 21 41 53 51 18th R3 R5 — R4 Full Members' Cup R1 Colin Robinson 13
1987–88 Division 2 44 11 16 17 42 54 49 18th R4 R2 — — Full Members' Cup R1 Mickey Brown 6
1988–89 Division 2 ↓ 46 8 18 20 40 67 42 22nd R3 R1 — R3 Full Members' Cup R1 Carl Griffiths 6
1989–90 Division 3 46 16 15 15 59 54 63 11th R1 R2 R1 — — — John McGinlay 26
1990–91 Division 3 46 14 10 22 61 68 52 18th R5 R2 PR — — — Gary Shaw 12
1991–92 Division 3 ↓ 46 12 11 23 53 68 47 22nd R1 R2 R1 — — — Neil Lyne
Kevin Summerfield		 11
1992–93 Division 3[i] 42 17 11 14 57 52 62 9th R2 R1 R1 — — — Carl Griffiths 31 †
1993–94 Division 3 ↑ 42 22 13 7 63 39 79 1st R2 R3 R1 — — — Dean Spink 20
1994–95 Division 2 46 13 14 19 54 62 53 18th R1 R1 SF — — — Dean Spink 14
1995–96 Division 2 46 13 14 19 58 70 53 18th R4 R2 RU N/A[j] — — Ian Stevens 20
1996–97 Division 2 ↓ 46 11 13 22 49 74 46 22nd R1 R1 SF — — Ian Stevens 19
1997–98 Division 3 46 16 13 17 61 62 61 13th R1 R1 R1 — — Lee Steele 16
1998–99 Division 3 46 14 14 18 53 63 56 15th R1 R1 R1 — — Lee Steele 13
1999–2000 Division 3 46 9 13 24 40 67 40 22nd R2 R1 R1 — — Lee Steele 11
2000–01 Division 3 46 15 10 21 49 65 55 15th R1 R1 R2 — — Nigel Jemson 15
2001–02 Division 3 46 20 10 16 64 53 70 9th R1 R1 R1 — — Luke Rodgers 21
2002–03 Division 3 ↓ 46 9 14 23 62 92 41 24th R4 R1 RU(N) — — Luke Rodgers 20
2003–04 Conference ↑ 42 20 14 8 67 42 74 3rd[k] R1 N/A[l] R1 FA Trophy QF Luke Rodgers 15
2004–05 League 2 46 11 16 19 48 53 49 21st R1 R1 R2 — — Luke Rodgers 8
2005–06 League 2 46 16 13 17 55 55 61 10th R2 R2 R1 — — Colin McMenamin 11
2006–07 League 2 46 18 17 11 68 46 71 7th[m] R1 R1 SF — — Michael Symes 13
2007–08 League 2 46 12 14 20 56 65 50 18th R1 R2 R1 — — David Hibbert 12
2008–09 League 2 46 17 18 11 61 44 69 7th[n] R1 R1 SF — — Grant Holt 28 †
2009–10 League 2 46 17 12 17 55 54 63 12th R1 R1 R2 — — David Hibbert 15
2010–11 League 2 46 22 13 11 72 49 79 4th[o] R1 R2 R2 — — Mark Wright 14
2011–12 League 2 ↑ 46 26 10 10 66 41 88 2nd R3 R3 R1 — — James Collins 16
2012–13 League 1 46 13 16 17 54 60 55 16th R1 R1 R2 — — Marvin Morgan 7
2013–14 League 1 ↓ 46 9 15 22 44 65 42 23rd R1 R1 R1 — — Jon Taylor 9
2014–15 League 2 ↑ 46 27 8 11 67 31 89 2nd R2 R4 R1 — — James Collins 17
2015–16 League 1 46 13 11 22 58 79 50 20th R5 R2 R2 — — Sullay Kaikai 12
2016–17 League 1 46 13 12 21 46 63 51 18th R2 R2 Group — — Louis Dodds 10
2017–18 League 1 46 25 12 9 60 39 87 3rd[p] R3 R1 RU — — Stefan Payne 14
2018–19 League 1 46 12 16 18 51 59 52 18th R4 R1 R3 — — Fejiri Okenabirhie 16
2019–20 League 1 34 10 11 13 31 42 41 15th[q] R4 R1 R2 — — Jason Cummings 7
2020–21 League 1 46 13 15 18 50 57 54 17th R3 R1 R2 — — Shaun Whalley 9
2021–22 League 1 46 12 14 20 47 51 50 18th R3 R2 Group — — Daniel Udoh 16
2022–23 League 1 46 17 8 21 52 61 59 12th R3 R2 Group — — Luke Leahy 12

Notes

  1. ^ The EFL Trophy was called the Associate Members' Cup from 1983 to 1992 and the Football League Trophy from 1992 to 2016.
  2. ^ Includes goals scored in league games (including play-offs), FA Cup, EFL Cup and Associate Members' Cup/EFL Trophy.
  3. ^ a b c The EFL Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.
  4. ^ a b c The EFL Trophy competition started in the 1983–84 season (as the Associate Members' Cup).
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k This is the top scorer's surname, their first name is unknown or to be confirmed.
  6. ^ The joint-scorers were Davies, Murphy, Pearson and Rowlands[e]
  7. ^ Shrewsbury did not play their scheduled final league match away at St George's.
  8. ^ When the Second World War began, the 1939–40 Midland Football League season was abandoned with three matches played.
  9. ^ The Fourth Division was renamed Division Three after the teams in the First Division broke away from The Football League to form the FA Premier League.[7]
  10. ^ Since 1995 English football clubs have not been invited to play in the Welsh Cup.
  11. ^ Promoted to Football League Two via the play-offs, beating Barnet 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the semi-final after the aggregate score was 2–2, and 3–0 in a penalty shoot-out in the 2004 Football Conference play-off final after the match had finished 1–1 after extra time.
  12. ^ As members of the Football Conference, Shrewsbury were not eligible to enter the Football League Cup.
  13. ^ Beat Milton Keynes Dons 2–1 on aggregate in the semi-final before losing 3–1 to Bristol Rovers in the 2007 Football League Two play-off final.
  14. ^ Beat Bury 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the semi-final after the aggregate score was 1–1, before losing 1–0 to Gillingham in the 2009 Football League Two play-off final.
  15. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Torquay United 2–0 on aggregate.
  16. ^ Beat Charlton Athletic 2–0 on aggregate in the semi-final before losing 2–1 to Rotherham United in the 2018 EFL League One play-off final.
  17. ^ The 2019–20 EFL League One was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league positions, promotions and relegations decided on a points-per-game basis.

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "SHREWSBURY TOWN". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. ^ "First-Team Honours Throughout History". shrewsburytown.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Shrewsbury 2-3 Carlisle". BBC Online. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Shrews secure promotion". BBC Online. 16 May 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. ^ Dathan, Matt (26 April 2013). "What happened to the sides that fell out of the Football League?". The Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. ^ "The Emirates FA Cup Results Archive". The Football Association. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. ^ "History of the Football League". The Football League. 22 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013.

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