The Shrewsbury Town Post
Match17 Aug 2030
No end in sight to Shrewsbury Town's wait for a win
24 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Shrewsbury Town has to find a result from somewhere.
Match17 Aug 2030
The goals have deserted Shrewsbury Town
21 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Shrewsbury Town can tell you which week it ends in.
Player ratings19 Aug 2030
Nobody could get near Callum Stewart
Successful dribbles: 39. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market19 Aug 2030
Harrison Biggins asks to leave Shrewsbury Town
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Aug 2030
Real improvement from Mattia Bellini at Shrewsbury Town
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Mattia Bellini is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom19 Aug 2030
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Shrewsbury Town
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad19 Aug 2030
Words at Shrewsbury Town training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alfie Whiteman is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market19 Aug 2030
Edward Young steps up from the Shrewsbury Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Edward Young has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Aug 2030
Shrewsbury Town promote Peter Walker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Walker has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Daniel Morris steps up from the Shrewsbury Town academy
- Boardroom A promise the Shrewsbury Town board did not keep
- Squad Will Brook in a row with a teammate