2025–26 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

Shrewsbury Town
2025–26 season
ChairmanRoland Wycherley
Head CoachMichael Appleton
StadiumNew Meadow

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.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] CB England Tom Anderson England Doncaster Rovers Free [1]
1 July 2025[b] CM England Sam Clucas England Lincoln City [2]
25 June 2025 CB England Sam Stubbs England Bradford City [3]
26 June 2025 CB England Will Boyle Wales Wrexham Undisclosed [4][5]
27 June 2025 CM England Tom Sang England Port Vale Free [6]
24 July 2025 LW Republic of Ireland Anthony Scully England Portsmouth [7]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 16 May, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Doncaster had ended
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 29 May, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Lincoln had ended

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
22 July 2025 GK England Elyh Harrison England Manchester United 31 May 2026 [8]
11 August 2025 CAM England Tommy McDermott England Burnley [9]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
1 August 2025 CM England Shayne Byrne England Romulus [10]
CB England Karsten Cairns England Darlaston Town (1874) [10]
England Reuben Falding England Newcastle Town [10]
CAM England Jack Loughran England Shifnal Town [10]
CB England Joe Morris England Stourbridge [10]
England Jay Snook England Kidsgrove Athletic [10]
19 August 2025 CF Republic of Ireland Ricardo Dinanga England AFC Telford United 31 May 2026 [11]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CB England Morgan Feeney England Carlisle United 1 July 2025 [12][13]
DM England Dominic Gape England Colchester United [12][14]
LM Republic of Ireland Jordan Shipley England Port Vale [12][15]
DM England Jordan Rossiter Republic of Ireland Waterford 14 July 2025 [12]
CB Grenada Aaron Pierre England Eastleigh 17 July 2025 [12]
CF England Luca Whitney England Newcastle Town 1 August 2025 [16]
GK England Jamal Blackman [12]
RM England David Wheeler [12]
GK England Joe Young [12]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract Expiry Ref.
4 August 2025 CM England Isaac England 30 June 2028[a] [17]
  1. ^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

On 20 May, Shrewsbury Town announced their first pre-season friendly, against Bolton Wanderers.[18] In June, a further five friendlies were confirmed against Leamington, AFC Telford United, Stoke City, Burnley and Kidderminster Harriers.[19][20][21]

  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
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Accrington Stanley 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
21 Bristol Rovers 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1
22 Crawley Town 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1
23 Shrewsbury Town 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1 Relegation to National League
24 Cheltenham Town 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. 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[22]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
3 0 1 2 0 6  −6 1 0 1 1 0 2  −2 0 0 1 0 4  −4

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round123
GroundHAH
ResultDLL
Position141920
Points111
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[23]

  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
Report
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.[24]
16 August 2025 3 Shrewsbury Town 0–2 Colchester United Shrewsbury
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,718 (291 away)
Referee: Michael Barlow
20 August 2025 4 Notts County v Shrewsbury Town Nottingham
19:45 BST Stadium: Meadow Lane
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 19 August, but was moved due to a clash with cricket at Trent Bridge.[25]
23 August 2025 5 Swindon Town v Shrewsbury Town Swindon
15:00 BST Stadium: County Ground
30 August 2025 6 Shrewsbury Town v Accrington Stanley Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow
6 September 2025 7 Barnet v Shrewsbury Town Edgware
15:00 BST Stadium: The Hive Stadium
13 September 2025 8 Shrewsbury Town v Salford City Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow
20 September 2025 9 Harrogate Town v Shrewsbury Town Harrogate
12:30 BST Stadium: Wetherby Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[24]

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Shrewsbury were drawn away to Grimsby Town in the first round.[26][27]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Grimsby Town 3–1 Shrewsbury Town Cleethorpes
19:45 BST
Report
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.[28]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L2 Walsall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Chelsea U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

26 August 2025 South Group C Shrewsbury Town v Chelsea U21 Shrewsbury
19:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow
2 September 2025 South Group C Shrewsbury Town v Walsall Shrewsbury
19:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow
11 November 2025 South Group C Northampton Town v Shrewsbury Town Northampton
19:00 GMT Stadium: Sixfields Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 16 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Elyh Harrison 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Wales WAL Luca Hoole 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Mal Benning 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF England ENG Tom Anderson 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Will Boyle 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF England ENG Sam Clucas 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England ENG Tommy McDermott 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Harrison Biggins 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG George Lloyd 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
10 DF England ENG Tom Sang 3 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
11 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Anthony Scully 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
13 GK England ENG Toby Savin 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF England ENG Taylor Perry 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF England ENG Alex Gilliead 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
22 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Aristote Nsiala 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF England ENG George Nurse 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW England ENG Callum Stewart 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF England ENG Sam Stubbs 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW England ENG John Marquis 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

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