The Shrewsbury Town Post
Squad14 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Adam Richardson out for 91 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Shrewsbury Town will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad14 Sep 2026
7 saves: Sam Proctor was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market14 Sep 2026
Mal Benning 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Shrewsbury Town cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Shrewsbury Town
Mads Andersen was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Shrewsbury Town training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Josh Ruffels 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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Lino Sousa
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
David Stewart: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nothing got past Luca Hoole
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 13 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
In brief
- Match Shrewsbury Town and Barnet cancel each other out
- Looking ahead Harrison Biggins goes back to face Fleetwood Town
- The dugout Jack Powell asks for a word with the manager