2020–21 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2020–21 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season was the Shrewsbury Town F.C. 135th edition in their history and the sixth consecutive season in EFL League One. The club also contested in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Shrewsbury Town

2020–21 season
Chairman	Roland Wycherley
Manager	Sam Ricketts (until 25 November)[1] Steve Cotterill (from 27 November)[2]
Stadium	New Meadow
League One	17th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	Shaun Whalley (9)
Highest home attendance	2,000 v Accrington Stanley, 2 December 2020
Home colours Away colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 August 2020	RW		Josh Daniels	Glenavon	Undisclosed	[3]
3 August 2020	CF		Rekeil Pyke	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	[4]
25 September 2020	CF		Leon Clarke	Sheffield United	Free transfer	[5]
23 October 2020	LB		Charlie Daniels	AFC Bournemouth	Free transfer	[6]
26 October 2020	LW		Marc Pugh	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer	[7]
15 January 2021	CM		David Davis	Birmingham City	Free transfer	[8]
25 January 2021	LB		Nathanael Ogbeta	Manchester City	Undisclosed	[9]
1 February 2021	CF		Curtis Main	Aberdeen	Undisclosed	[10]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
3 August 2020	CM		Scott High	Huddersfield Town	29 December 2020	[11][12]
28 August 2020	RB		Marlon Fossey	Fulham	29 December 2020	[13][14]
2 September 2020	GK		Matija Sarkic	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	[15]
18 September 2020	RW		Shilow Tracey	Tottenham Hotspur	24 January 2021	[16][17]
5 October 2020	RB		Matthew Millar	Newcastle Jets	19 January 2021	[18]
5 October 2020	CM		Jan Žambůrek	Brentford	11 January 2021	[19][20]
8 October 2020	GK		Dejan Iliev	Arsenal	31 January 2021	[21]
31 December 2020	RW		Harry Chapman	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	[22]
31 December 2020	CB		Matthew Pennington	Everton	End of season	[23]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
13 October 2020	CM		James Rowland	Barwell		[24]
8 February 2021	AM		Ryan Barnett	Gloucester City	March 2021	[25]
18 March 2021	AM		Ryan Barnett	Solihull Moors	April 2021	[26]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	GK		Joe Murphy	Tranmere Rovers	Released	[27][28]
1 July 2020	CF		Lifumpa Mwandwe	Newtown	Released	[27][29]
1 July 2020	CM		Kian Taylor	Coalville Town	Released	[27][30]
1 July 2020	DM		Romain Vincelot	Stevenage	Released	[27][31]
28 July 2020	AM		Josh Laurent	Reading	Free transfer	[32]
13 August 2020	CB		Omar Beckles	Crewe Alexandra	Rejected contract	[33][34]
25 September 2020	CB		Luke Ward	Bromsgrove Sporting	Free transfer	[35]
19 January 2021	LB		Charlie Daniels	Portsmouth	Released	[36][37]
19 January 2021	LW		Marc Pugh	Unattached	Released	[36]
28 January 2021	CF		Jason Cummings	Dundee	Undisclosed	[38]

Squad

As of 9 May 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Harry Burgoyne	23	0	17+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
2	DF	GRN	Aaron Pierre	32	3	25+1	3	3+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Scott Golbourne	16	0	6+4	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
4	MF	WAL	David Edwards	36	1	5+26	1	2+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Ro-Shaun Williams	46	0	39+1	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
6	MF	GER	Sean Goss	23	3	15+5	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Shaun Whalley	41	9	32+6	9	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	GRN	Oliver Norburn	42	4	37+2	4	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Rekeil Pyke	14	1	2+10	0	0+1	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Josh Vela	49	2	43+1	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Leon Clarke	10	1	6+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	WAL	Ryan Sears	7	0	2+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Nathanael Ogbeta	25	2	25+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Brad Walker	27	2	15+8	1	1+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
17	DF	SCO	Donald Love	18	0	12+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
19	MF	ENG	Ryan Barnett	12	2	3+4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+1	2
20	FW	ENG	Curtis Main	20	2	14+6	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK	ENG	Cameron Gregory	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	IRL	Joshua Daniels	24	1	8+11	1	1+0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
23	FW	NGA	Daniel Udoh	44	5	23+16	4	2+1	1	0+1	0	1+0	0
24	DF	ENG	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	47	1	41+0	1	2+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
26	MF	ENG	James Rowland	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	David Davis	21	0	14+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF	ENG	Matthew Pennington	20	2	18+1	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW	ENG	Charlie Caton	5	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
31	GK	MNE	Matija Sarkic	29	0	26	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
32	MF	ENG	Harry Chapman	24	7	16+7	7	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW	ENG	Tom Bloxham	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club:
13	MF	CZE	Jan Žambůrek	9	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
14	MF	AUS	Matthew Millar	13	2	9+0	1	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
15	DF	ENG	Charlie Daniels	16	2	14+0	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	USA	Marlon Fossey	9	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Shilow Tracey	12	4	2+6	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	4
25	DF	ENG	Scott High	17	2	8+4	0	1+0	0	1+0	1	3+0	1
27	MF	ENG	Marc Pugh	10	1	6+2	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	GK	MKD	Dejan Iliev	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW	AUS	Jason Cummings	17	3	7+4	0	0+2	0	1+0	1	3+0	2

Pre-season

On 10 August, the club announced a pre-season friendly against Southern League Premier Division Central side Nuneaton Borough which would be played at the New Bucks Head ground, the home of AFC Telford United.^[39] 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.

All of the club's pre-season games would be played behind closed doors due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Shrewsbury Town v Bala Town

11 August 2020 (2020-08-11) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Bala Town	Wellington
	Caton Daniels Cummings			Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Shrewsbury Town v Nuneaton Borough

18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Nuneaton Borough	Wellington
	Pierre Sears Barnett		Gordon	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Shrewsbury Town v Walsall

21 August 2020 (2020-08-21) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Walsall	Wellington
12:00 BST			Kinsella 81'	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Stoke City v Shrewsbury Town

25 August 2020 (2020-08-25) Friendly	Stoke City	5–1	Shrewsbury Town	Trent Vale
	Oakley-Boothe Obi Mikel Martins Indi Afobe Campbell		Whalley (pen.)	Stadium: Clayton Wood Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 v Shrewsbury Town

25 August 2020 (2020-08-25) Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Wellington
19:00 BST			Udoh (pen.)	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Burnley v Shrewsbury Town

29 August 2020 (2020-08-29) Friendly	Burnley	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Burnley
12:30 BST	Wood (pen.)		High Whalley	Stadium: Barnfield Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Whitchurch Alport v Shrewsbury Town XI

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) Friendly	Whitchurch Alport	P–P	Shrewsbury Town XI	Whitchurch
19:45 BST				Stadium: Yockings Park

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
EFL League One	12 September 2020	09 May 2021	Matchday 1	46	13	15	18	50	57	−7	028.26
FA Cup	8 November 2020	19 January 2021	First round	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67
EFL Cup	4 September 2020	04 September 2020	First round	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
EFL Trophy	22 September 2020	08 December 2020	Group Stage	4	3	0	1	10	8	+2	075.00
Total				54	18	15	21	66	71	−5	033.33

Last updated: 09 May 2021
Source: Competitions

EFL League One

Main article: 2020–21 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
13	Milton Keynes Dons	46	18	11	17	64	62	+2	65
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	19	7	20	63	67	−4	64
15	Fleetwood Town	46	16	12	18	49	46	+3	60
16	Burton Albion	46	15	12	19	61	73	−12	57
17	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	15	18	50	57	−7	54
18	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	11	21	53	80	−27	53
19	AFC Wimbledon	46	12	15	19	54	70	−16	51
20	Wigan Athletic	46	13	9	24	54	77	−23	48
21	Rochdale (R)	46	11	14	21	61	78	−17	47	Relegation to EFL League Two

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^[40]
(R) Relegated

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
46	13	15	18	50	57	−7	54	5	8	10	28	31	−3	8	7	8	22	26	−4

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L
Position	16	19	20	19	16	18	20	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	21	16	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	16	17	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 04 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The season's League One fixtures were announced on 21 August.^[41]

Portsmouth v Shrewsbury Town

12 September 2020 (2020-09-12) 1	Portsmouth	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Portsmouth
15:00		Report	Pierre  28'  90+4'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Shrewsbury Town v Northampton Town

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 2	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
15:00	Whalley 54'		Marshall 12' Hoskins 65'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Neil Hair

Plymouth Argyle v Shrewsbury Town

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 3	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Plymouth
15:00	Grant 29'		Vela 14'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson

Shrewsbury Town v Gillingham

3 October 2020 (2020-10-03) 4	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Walker 12' Pierre  56' Norburn  75'	Report	Drysdale  73' Graham 90+4'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: James Adcock

Doncaster Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10)	Doncaster Rovers	v	Shrewsbury Town	Doncaster
				Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

AFC Wimbledon v Shrewsbury Town

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 5	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	London
			Clarke 90+1'	Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Josh Smith

Shrewsbury Town v Bristol Rovers

20 October 2020 (2020-10-20) 6	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
18:00 BST	Walker  37'	Report	Hanlan 15' Grant  57' Harries  66'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

Shrewsbury Town v Rochdale

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 7	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Vela  39' Pierre 45+2'  86' Fossey  59'	Report	Rathbone 22' Newby 36'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

Fleetwood Town v Shrewsbury Town

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) 8	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Evans 25'  36'	Report	Daniels  59'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley

Peterborough United v Shrewsbury Town

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 9	Peterborough United	5–1	Shrewsbury Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Clarke-Harris 16' (pen.) Dembélé 42', 69', 80' Brown  50' Szmodics  84' Taylor 88'	Report	Burgoyne  16' Daniels 18' Vela  45+2' Norburn  58' Ebanks-Landell  77'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

Shrewsbury Town v Burton Albion

3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) 10	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Burton Albion	Shrewsbury
18:00 GMT	Udoh  65' 90+9' Daniels  76' Ebanks-Landell  88'	Report	Edwards  24' Hemmings 59' O'Hara  86' Varney  90+5'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Shrewsbury Town v Swindon Town

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 11	Shrewsbury Town	3–3	Swindon Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Pierre 11' Millar 16' Edwards  33' 56' Norburn  88'	Report	Hope  24' 61' A. Grant  27' J. Grant 43' Smith 90+3'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Allison

Ipswich Town v Shrewsbury Town

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 12	Ipswich Town	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lankester  62' 90+7' Ebanks-Landell 75' (o.g.)	Report	Norburn 4' (pen.)  33' Ebanks-Landell  90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson

Milton Keynes Dons v Shrewsbury Town

24 November 2020 (2020-11-24) 13	Milton Keynes Dons	2–2	Shrewsbury Town	Milton Keynes
19:00 GMT	Fraser  37' Morris 54' Jerome 70' Sorinola  82'	Report	Whalley 1' Pugh 49' High  53'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Shrewsbury Town v Accrington Stanley

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 14	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Accrington Stanley	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Pierre 26' Whalley 86'	Report	Pritchard 24' Cassidy 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 2,000[42] Referee: Benjamin Speedie

Shrewsbury Town v Charlton Athletic

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 15	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Norburn 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Watson 71'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Hull City v Shrewsbury Town

12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) 16	Hull City	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT		Report	C. Daniels 27'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

Lincoln City v Shrewsbury Town

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) 17	Lincoln City	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Lincoln
19:00 GMT		Report	Whalley 38'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

Shrewsbury Town v Sunderland

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Sunderland	Shrewsbury
				Stadium: New Meadow

Doncaster Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 18	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Doncaster
19:45 GMT		Report	Pierre 53'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

Wigan Athletic v Shrewsbury Town

26 December 2020 (2020-12-26) 19	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Keane 47' (pen.)		Whalley 66'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Shrewsbury Town v Blackpool

29 December 2020 (2020-12-29) 20	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Blackpool	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Udoh 38'			Stadium: New Meadow Referee: Neil Hair

Shrewsbury Town v Crewe Alexandra

2 January 2021 (2021-01-02)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Crewe Alexandra	Shrewsbury
				Stadium: New Meadow

Oxford United v Shrewsbury Town

9 January 2021 (2021-01-09)	Oxford United	v	Shrewsbury Town	Oxford
				Stadium: Kassam Stadium

Shrewsbury Town v Lincoln City

16 January 2021 (2021-01-16)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Lincoln City	Shrewsbury
				Stadium: New Meadow

Sunderland v Shrewsbury

23 January 2021 21	Sunderland	1–0	Shrewsbury	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Wyke 18' McGeady  28' Leadbitter  76'	Report	Pierre  74' Vela  90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Burton Albion v Shrewsbury Town

26 January 2021 (2021-01-26)	Burton Albion	v	Shrewsbury Town	Burton upon Trent
				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

Shrewsbury Town v Peterborough United

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 22	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Peterborough United	Shrewsbury
	Chapman 51', 86'			Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Shrewsbury Town v Crewe Alexandra

2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 23	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Shrewsbury
19:00 GMT	Whalley  38' Chapman  76'	Report	Pickering  11' Dale 27' Beckles  74' Lancashire  85'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

Swindon Town v Shrewsbury Town

6 February 2021 (2021-02-06) 24	Swindon Town	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Swindon
15:00			Chapman 34'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Goggins

Shrewsbury Town v Sunderland

9 February 2021 (2021-02-09) 25	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Sunderland	Shrewsbury
19:00	Ebanks-Landall 52' Chapman 67'		O'Brien 21'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

Shrewsbury Town v Ipswich Town

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Ipswich Town	Shrewsbury
				Stadium: New Meadow

Accrington Stanley v Shrewsbury Town

20 February 2021 26	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Barclay  14' Conneely  45+1' 47' Morgan  80'	Report	Main  56' Whalley 77'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

Shrewsbury Town v Milton Keynes Dons

23 February 2021 (2021-02-23) 27	Shrewsbury Town	4–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Shrewsbury
19:00 GMT	Goss 4', 57' Norburn 8' (pen.),  63' Main 20' (pen.) Daniels  81' Edwards  90+5'	Report	Grigg 22' Jerome  59' Brown 82' Darling  90+5'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 28	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Leahy 45' Hanlan 60'	Report	Ebanks-Landell  70' Udoh 90+2'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

Shrewsbury Town v AFC Wimbledon

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 29	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Shrewsbury
19:00 GMT	Chapman 35'	Report	McLoughlin  67' Assal 84'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: James Adcock

Shrewsbury Town v Fleetwood Town

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) 30	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Fleetwood Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT		Report	Burns 45' Vassell 70'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Rochdale v Shrewsbury Town

9 March 2021 (2021-03-09) 31	Rochdale	0–2	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
19:00 GMT	McShane  26' Baah  72'	Report	Williams  19' Daniels 55' Vela 64'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Coy

Charlton Athletic v Shrewsbury Town

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 32	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Pratley  25' Maatsen  50' Washington 78'	Report	Goss 56' Walker  69' Williams  88'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

Shrewsbury Town v Hull City

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 33	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Hull City	Shrewsbury
	Ingram 53' (o.g.)		Docherty 62'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Gavin Ward

Burton Albion v Shrewsbury Town

23 March 2021 34	Burton Albion	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Burton upon Trent
19:00 GMT	Clare 60'	Report	Main 6',  90' Chapman 56' Ogbeta  78'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Shrewsbury Town v Portsmouth

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27) 35	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Portsmouth	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Ogbeta 52'	Report	Harness 25' Marquis 36',  68'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie

Northampton Town v Shrewsbury Town

2 April 2021 (2021-04-02) 36	Northampton Town	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Watson 27' Mills  53' Hoskins  90+1' McWilliams  90+3'	Report		Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

Shrewsbury Town v Plymouth Argyle

5 April 2021 (2021-04-05) 37	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Plymouth Argyle	Shrewsbury
	Whalley 52' (77) Ogbeta 81'			Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0

Gillingham v Shrewsbury Town

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 38	Gillingham	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham
15:00				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Oxford United v Shrewsbury Town

13 April 2021 39	Oxford United	4–1	Shrewsbury Town	Oxford
19:00 BST	Atkinson 13' Lee 36' Taylor 66' Brannagan  74' Long 77'	Report	Chapman 51' Vela  64' Norburn  74'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Shrewsbury Town v Doncaster Rovers

17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 40	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	Shrewsbury
12:30 BST		Report	Okenabirhie 15' Richards 80'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Davies

Shrewsbury Town v Wigan Athletic

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 41	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST	Vela  38' Norburn 66' Ebanks-Landell  76' Whalley  90'	Report	Keane 27' Lang 45+1' Ojo  82' Gardner  90+1'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: David Rock

Blackpool v Shrewsbury Town

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 42	Blackpool	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Blackpool
			Pennington 53'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Referee: James Bell

Shrewsbury Town v Lincoln City

27 April 2021 43	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Lincoln City	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST	Norburn  3' Whalley  23' Davis  45+3' Vela  82' Ebanks-Landell  89'	Report	Grant 11' Rogers  65'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

Shrewsbury Town v Oxford United

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 44	Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Oxford United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Pennington 16' Vela 25' Walker  62'	Report	Lee 3' Henry 68' Agyei 85',  90+6'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Shrewsbury Town v Ipswich Town

4 May 2021 (2021-05-04) 45	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Ipswich Town	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST	Pennington  27' Vela  55'	Report	Norwood  44' Woolfenden  61'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

Crewe Alexandra v Shrewsbury Town

9 May 2021 46	Crewe Alexandra	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	Crewe
12:00 BST	Mandron 10', 21' Porter 81'	Report	Whalley 34' Udoh 42'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.^[43] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.^[44] The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship all entering the competition.^[45]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Cambridge United v Shrewsbury Town

8 November 2020 First round	Cambridge United	0–2	Shrewsbury Town	Cambridge
15:00 GMT			Daniels 47' Walker 89'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Wright

Shrewsbury Town v Oxford City

29 November 2020 Second round	Shrewsbury Town	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Oxford City	Shrewsbury
13:30 GMT	Goss  67' Pierre  81' Udoh 108'	Report	Owusu  38' Fleet  63' Roberts  81'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Southampton v Shrewsbury Town

19 January 2021 Third round	Southampton	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Southampton
20:00 GMT	N'Lundulu 16' Chauke  46' Ward-Prowse 89'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Simon Hooper

EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw took place in the morning of 18 August.^[46]

Middlesbrough v Shrewsbury Town

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) First round	Middlesbrough	4–3	Shrewsbury Town	Middlesbrough
17:30 BST	Johnson 21' Fletcher 31', 53' Tavernier 65'	Report	High 13' Cummings 60' Pyke 73' Williams  81'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.^[47] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.^[48]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	3	0	0	0	9	4	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Crewe Alexandra	3	2	0	0	1	7	6	+1	6
3	L2	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	ACA	Newcastle United U21	3	0	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

Shrewsbury Town v Newcastle United U21

22 September 2020 Group stage	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Newcastle United U21	Shrewsbury
17:30 BST	High 11' Barnett 18' Walker  39' Cummings  46' 56'	Report		Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham

Shrewsbury Town v Bolton Wanderers

6 October 2020 Group stage	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Shrewsbury
17:30 BST	Barnett 19' Walker  23' Vela  32' Cummings 43'  45+3' Pierre  78' High  85'	Report	Senior 64'  80'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

Crewe Alexandra v Shrewsbury Town

10 November 2020 Group stage	Crewe Alexandra	3–4	Shrewsbury Town	Crewe
18:00 GMT	Griffiths  31' Powell 34', 60' Zanzala 40'	Report	Ebanks-Landell  13' Millar 17' Tracey 25', 76', 82' Pierre  45+2' Love  48' Barnett  90+3'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

Shrewsbury Town v Lincoln City

8 December 2020 Second round	Shrewsbury Town	1–4	Lincoln City	Shrewsbury
19:00 GMT	Tracey 44'	Report	Scully 18' McGrandles  29' Elbouzedi 40' Howarth 67' Grant 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

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