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 Tom Anderson Doncaster Rovers Free [1]
1 July 2025[b] CM Sam Clucas Lincoln City [2]
25 June 2025 CB Sam Stubbs Bradford City [3]
26 June 2025 CB Will Boyle Wrexham [4][5]
27 June 2025 CM Tom Sang Port Vale [6]
  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.

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CB Morgan Feeney Carlisle United 1 July 2025 [7][8]
DM Dominic Gape Colchester United [7][9]
LM Jordan Shipley Port Vale [7][10]
GK Jamal Blackman [7]
CB Aaron Pierre [7]
DM Jordan Rossiter [7]
RM David Wheeler [7]
GK Joe Young [7]
CF Luca Whitney [11]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Length End date Ref.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 20 May, Shrewsbury Town announced their first pre-season friendly, against Bolton Wanderers.[12] In June, a further five friendlies were confirmed against Leamington, AFC Telford United, Stoke City, Burnley and Kidderminster Harriers.[13][14][15]

  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 v Shrewsbury Town Leamington Spa
15:00 BST Stadium: New Windmill Ground
15 July 2025 Friendly AFC Telford United v Shrewsbury Town Wellington
TBC BST Stadium: New Bucks Head
19 July 2025 Friendly Shrewsbury Town v Kidderminster Harriers Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow
22 July 2025 Friendly Shrewsbury Town v Bolton Wanderers Shrewsbury
19:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow
26 July 2025 Friendly Shrewsbury Town v Burnley Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Oldham Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Tranmere Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to National League
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 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[16]

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[17]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Shrewsbury Town v Bromley Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow
9 August 2025 2 Tranmere Rovers v Shrewsbury Town Birkenhead
12:30 BST Stadium: Prenton Park
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[18]
16 August 2025 3 Shrewsbury Town v Colchester United Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow
19 August 2025 4 Notts County v Shrewsbury Town Nottingham
19:45 BST Stadium: Meadow Lane
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.[18]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Shrewsbury were drawn away to Grimsby Town in the first round.[19][20]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Grimsby Town v Shrewsbury Town Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Stadium: Blundell Park

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Shrewsbury were drawn against Northampton Town, Walsall and Chelsea in the group stage.[21]

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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

References

  1. ^ "Shrewsbury Town snap up Tom Anderson". Shrewsbury Town FC. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Salop snap up Sam Clucas!". Shrewsbury Town FC. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Shrewsbury Town bolster ranks with the signing of Sam Stubbs!". Shrewsbury Town FC. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  4. ^ Henrys, Colin (26 June 2025). "TRANSFER NEWS | Will Boyle signs for Shrewsbury Town". wrexhamafc.co.uk. Wrexham AFC. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Shrewsbury Town land Will Boyle". Shrewsbury Town FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Salop sign Tom Sang". www.shrewsburytown.com. Shrewsbury Town FC. 2025-06-27. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Retained and Released List 2024/25". Shrewsbury Town FC. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Morgan Feeney Returns To Brunton Park". Carlisle United FC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  9. ^ "U's Sign Gape". Colchester United FC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Jordan Shipley is a Valiant!". Port Vale FC. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Youngsters agree contract extensions". Shrewsbury Town FC. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Shrewsbury Town to host Bolton in a pre-season friendly". Shrewsbury Town FC. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Shrewsbury to take on Leamington and Telford in pre-season". Shrewsbury Town FC. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Shrewsbury to take on Stoke and Burnley in pre-season friendlies". Shrewsbury Town FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Shrewsbury to host Kidderminster in pre-season". Shrewsbury Town FC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  16. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  17. ^ "League Two 2025/26 fixtures, dates, schedule & how to watch: Barnet host Fleetwood in opening day clash live on Sky". Sky Sports. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  18. ^ a b "Two away trips chosen for TV". Shrewsbury Town FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  19. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One confirmed". English Football League. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Carabao Cup details confirmed". Shrewsbury Town FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2025/26 Vertu Trophy". English Football League. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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