Mal Benning

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29 Sep 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Mal Benning

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The Shrewsbury Town Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Haydn Lewis out for 34 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ismeal Kabia

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tom Anderson in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Shrewsbury Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Josh Nichols

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad

No hiding place for Will Boyle

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Will Boyle, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Josh Nichols was the difference for Shrewsbury Town

Marked 7.48. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Shrewsbury Town Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Ismeal Kabia runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Shrewsbury Town

Will Brook 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.

Squad

Brian Okonkwo gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Brian Okonkwo has just signed for Shrewsbury Town, and for once the answer mattered.

Match

Shrewsbury Town come up short against Colchester United

Colchester United left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Mal Benning

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mal Benning, and the manager let it.

Market

Shrewsbury Town buy the years ahead of Brian Okonkwo

He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

In brief