2019–20 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Shrewsbury Town's 134th year in existence and their fifth consecutive season in League One.^[1] The club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Shrewsbury Town F.C.

2019–20 season
Chairman	Roland Wycherley
Manager	Sam Ricketts
Stadium	New Meadow
EFL League One	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Jason Cummings Callum Lang Daniel Udoh (4) All: Jason Cummings (7)
Highest home attendance	8,117 v Sunderland, 26 October 2019
Lowest home attendance	4,890 v Peterborough United, 5 November 2019
Average home league attendance	6,280
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DF		Ethan Ebanks-Landell	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[2]
1 July 2019	DF		Aaron Pierre	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2019	FW		Daniel Udoh	AFC Telford United	Undisclosed	[4]
4 July 2019	GK		Joe Murphy	Bury	Free transfer	[5]
12 July 2019	RB		Donald Love	Sunderland	Free transfer	[6]
8 August 2019	CF		Steve Morison	Millwall	Undisclosed	[7]
16 August 2019	CM		Sean Goss	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	[8]
2 September 2019	CF		Jason Cummings	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	[9]
3 December 2019	DM		Ousmane Fané	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	[10]
20 January 2020	CM		Josh Vela	Hibernian	Free transfer	[11]
31 January 2020	GK		Harry Burgoyne	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[12]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	LM		Ryan Giles	Wolverhampton Wanderers	January 2020	[13]
1 July 2019	CF		Steve Morison	Millwall	8 August 2019	[14][7]
5 July 2019	GK		Max O'Leary	Bristol City	30 June 2020	[15]
18 July 2019	CM		Luke McCormick	Chelsea	January 2020	[16]
16 August 2019	DM		Louis Thompson	Norwich City	16 January 2020	[17][18]
2 September 2019	CF		Callum Lang	Wigan Athletic	30 June 2020	[19]
17 January 2020	LB		Sam Hart	Blackburn Rovers	30 June 2020	[20]
30 January 2020	CF		Conor McAleny	Fleetwood Town	30 June 2020	[21]
31 January 2020	RB		Kayne Ramsay	Southampton	30 June 2020	[22]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2019	GK		Cameron Gregory	Kidderminster Harriers	1 January 2020	[23]
1 August 2019	FW		Lifumpa Mwandwe	Newtown	1 January 2020	[23]
2 September 2019	CM		Anthony Grant	Swindon Town	1 January 2020	[24]
17 September 2019	MF		Kian Taylor	Coalville Town	1 January 2020	[25]
7 November 2019	AM		Ryan Barnett	AFC Telford United	1 May 2020	[26]
6 March 2020	GK		Cameron Gregory	Nantwich Town	April 2020	[27]
14 March 2020	RB		Ryan Sears	AFC Telford United	13 April 2020	[28]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	FW		Aaron Amadi-Holloway	Brisbane Roar	Undisclosed	[29]
1 July 2019	FW		Lee Angol	Leyton Orient	Undisclosed	[30]
1 July 2019	GK		Steve Arnold	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	[31]
1 July 2019	DF		James Bolton	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[32]
1 July 2019	MF		George Hughes	Airbus UK Broughton	Released	[33][34]
1 July 2019	MF		Sam Jones	Harrogate Town	Mutual consent	[35][36]
1 July 2019	MF		Doug Loft	Billericay Town	Released	[33][37]
1 July 2019	FW		John McAtee	Scunthorpe United	Released	[33][38]
1 July 2019	DF		Mat Sadler	Walsall	Released	[33][39]
1 July 2019	DF		Christos Shelis	APOEL	Released	[33][40]
9 July 2019	RW		Alex Gilliead	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	[41]
12 July 2019	LB		Ryan Haynes	Newport County	Undisclosed	[42]
9 August 2019	GK		Reice Charles-Cook	Macclesfield Town	Free transfer	[43]
15 August 2019	LW		Abo Eisa	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	[44]
16 August 2019	CB		Luke Waterfall	Grimsby Town	Free transfer	[45]
6 January 2020	CM		Anthony Grant	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	[46]
16 January 2020	CF		Lenell John-Lewis	Free agent	Released	[47]
30 January 2020	LW		Fejiri Okenabirhie	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed	[48]

Squad

As of 7 March 2020

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	IRL	Joe Murphy	12	0	4+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
2	DF	GRN	Aaron Pierre	38	2	29+1	2	6+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Scott Golbourne	27	2	14+1	1	7+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	1
4	MF	WAL	David Edwards	37	4	24+5	1	2+3	1	0+0	0	2+1	2
5	DF	ENG	Ro-Shaun Williams	34	0	24+1	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
6	DF	GRN	Omar Beckles	32	3	25+3	3	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Shaun Whalley	33	2	15+8	2	4+2	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Oliver Norburn	24	3	17+0	3	6+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	MF	ENG	Callum Lang	20	4	14+2	4	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	WAL	Ryan Sears	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Brad Walker	23	2	4+11	0	1+2	1	1+0	0	4+0	1
16	MF	FRA	Romain Vincelot	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	SCO	Donald Love	38	0	26+2	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
18	FW	ENG	Conor McAleny	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Ryan Barnett	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
20	MF	ENG	Josh Vela	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Kayne Ramsay	8	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
22	DF	GER	Sean Goss	31	1	15+7	0	5+1	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
23	FW	NGA	Daniel Udoh	33	4	12+13	4	2+3	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
24	DF	ENG	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	38	0	28+0	0	7+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
25	GK	IRL	Max O'Leary	33	0	30+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	ENG	James Rowlands	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Josh Laurent	42	4	30+1	2	7+0	2	0+0	0	3+1	0
35	FW	AUS	Jason Cummings	32	7	14+11	4	3+3	2	0+0	0	1+0	1
42	DF	ENG	Sam Hart	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club:
10	FW	NGA	Fejiri Okenabirhie	24	3	6+11	2	1+2	0	1+0	0	2+1	1
11	MF	ENG	Ryan Giles	25	1	15+4	1	2+1	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Lenell John-Lewis	4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
18	MF	ENG	Luke McCormick	7	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
20	FW	WAL	Steve Morison	8	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	SDN	Abo Eisa	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Louis Thompson	14	1	1+9	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
22	DF	ENG	Luke Waterfall	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Pre-season

Shrews announced pre-season friendlies against Aston Villa and Cheltenham Town.^[49]

Shrewsbury Town v Sheffield Wednesday

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Ferreiras
19:00 BST				Stadium: Estadio da Nora

Shrewsbury Town v Newport County

17 July 2019 (2019-07-17) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Newport County	Ludlow
19:00 BST		Report	Matt 57'	Stadium: Ludlow Football Stadium

Shrewsbury Town v Aston Villa

21 July 2019 (2019-07-21) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Aston Villa	Shrewsbury
14:00 BST		Report	Hogan 66'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 9,322 Referee: John Brooks

Cheltenham Town v Shrewsbury Town

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Cheltenham Town	2–2	Shrewsbury Town	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Campbell 43', 60'	Report	Whalley 24' Eisa 80'	Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium Attendance: 841

Shrewsbury Town v Dundee United

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Dundee United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Okenabirhie 8' (pen.), 74'	Report	Appere 5' (pen.)	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 2,687 Referee: Peter Wright

Competitions

League One

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
11	Ipswich Town	36	14	10	12	46	36	+10	52	1.44
12	Burton Albion	35	12	12	11	50	50	0	48	1.37
13	Blackpool	35	11	12	12	44	43	+1	45	1.29
14	Bristol Rovers	35	12	9	14	38	49	−11	45	1.29
15	Shrewsbury Town	34	10	11	13	31	42	−11	41	1.21
16	Lincoln City	35	12	6	17	44	46	−2	42	1.20
17	Accrington Stanley	35	10	10	15	47	53	−6	40	1.14
18	Rochdale	34	10	6	18	39	57	−18	36	1.06
19	Milton Keynes Dons	35	10	7	18	36	47	−11	37	1.06

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 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^[50]

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	11	13	31	42	−11	41	6	5	6	21	24	−3	4	6	7	10	18	−8

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L
Position	9	12	12	8	9	12	15	13	11	12	12	13	14	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	15	16

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Anus
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.^[51]

Shrewsbury Town v Portsmouth

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Portsmouth	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Giles 68'	Report	McCrorie  81'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 7,880 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Milton Keynes Dons v Shrewsbury Town

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Martin  53' Healey 90+3'	Report	Edwards  27'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 7,967 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Shrewsbury Town v Rochdale

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Ebanks-Landell  39' Whalley  61'	Report	Norrington-Davies  78'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 5,641 Referee: Ben Toner

Accrington Stanley v Shrewsbury Town

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Accrington Stanley	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Accrington
19:45 BST	Maguire  25' Clark  52' Bishop 67' (pen.) Charles 72'		Hughes 77' (o.g.) Okenabirhie 85' Udoh 89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,284 Referee: Scott Oldham

Shrewsbury Town v Burton Albion

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Burton Albion	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Okenabirhie  73'	Report	O'Toole  55'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,553 Referee: Lee Swabey

Ipswich Town v Shrewsbury Town

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Ipswich Town	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Jackson 2' Norwood 10' (pen.) Downes 69'  87'	Report	Whalley  5'  38' Love  38' Pierre  76' Goss  85'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,161 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Shrewsbury Town v Peterborough United

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Peterborough United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Note: The match was postponed on 30 August 2019, due to international call-ups.[52]

AFC Wimbledon v Shrewsbury Town

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 7	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Norbiton
15:00 BST	Ebanks-Landell 31' (o.g.)	Report	Cummings 73'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,084 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Shrewsbury Town v Southend United

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 8	Shrewsbury Town	4–3	Southend United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Beckles 19' Cummings 27' Norburn 61' Lang 83'		McLaughlin 29' Humphrys 77' Cox 90+1'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 4,909 Referee: James Adcock

Rotherham United v Shrewsbury Town

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 9	Rotherham United	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 8,380 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Shrewsbury Town v Fleetwood Town

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 10	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Fleetwood Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST			Lang 36' (o.g.) Morris 56' Madden 81'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 5,888

Tranmere Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 11	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST			Lang 20'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7,314 Referee: Craig Hicks

Lincoln City v Shrewsbury Town

18 October 2019 (2019-10-18) 12	Lincoln City	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Lincoln
19:45 BST	Bolger  80'	Report	Pierre  27' Norburn  74'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,710 Referee: Josh Smith

Shrewsbury Town v Gillingham

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 13	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Beckles 64'		O'Keefe 43'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 5,076 Referee: Will Finnie

Shrewsbury Town v Sunderland

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 14	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Sunderland	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Cummings 22'			Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 8,117 Referee: Jarred Gillet

Wycombe Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town

3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) 15	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Aarons 57'			Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,826 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Shrewsbury Town v Peterborough United

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05) 16	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Peterborough United	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Ebanks-Landell 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 4,890 Referee: Darren Handley

Doncaster Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)	Doncaster Rovers	v	Shrewsbury Town	Doncaster
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Note: On 7 November, the match was postponed due to international call-ups.[53]

Shrewsbury Town v Bristol Rovers

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 17	Shrewsbury Town	3–4	Bristol Rovers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Thompson  20' Laurent  20' 37', 67' Norburn  22' 62'	Report	Craig 11' Jaakkola  20' Adeboyejo  21' Clarke 28'  36' Sercombe 47' Ogogo 87'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 6,235 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Oxford United v Shrewsbury Town

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 18	Oxford United	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Dickie  14'		Ebanks-Landell  73' Edwards  84' Pierre  89' Williams  90+3'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,931 Referee: Craig Hicks

Shrewsbury Town v Coventry City

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 19	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Coventry City	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Golbourne 68' Whalley 90+1'		Shipley 26'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 7,336 Referee: Tom Nield

Blackpool v Shrewsbury Town

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 20	Blackpool	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Virtue  60' Spearing  66'	Report	Landell  20' Love  54' Okenabirhie 56' (pen.) Golbourne  85'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,695 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Shrewsbury Town v Rotherham United

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 21	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Rotherham United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Whalley  51' Pierre 66' Love  72' Golbourne  84'	Report	Mattock 60' Smith 90+7'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 7,555 Referee: Marc Edwards

Bolton Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 22	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Verlinden 34'		Udoh 53'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 13,788 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Doncaster Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) 23	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Ennis 4' Anderson 75' Halliday  86'	Report	Ebanks-Landell  52'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,054 Referee: Ben Toner

Shrewsbury Town v Lincoln City

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 24	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Lincoln City	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Norburn 36' (pen.)  83' Golbourne  68'	Report	Walker 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 6,275 Referee: Andy Haines

Fleetwood Town v Shrewsbury Town

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 25	Fleetwood Town	2–2	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Coyle 49' Morris 87'	Report	Whalley 39' Norburn  55' Cummings 81'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,797 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Shrewsbury Town v Bolton Wanderers

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Bolton Wanderers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Note: Fixture was postponed due to Shrewsbury's FA Cup progression.[54]

Gillingham v Shrewsbury Town

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29) 26	Gillingham	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	O'Keefe 26' Lee 40' (pen.) Akinde  62'	Report	Hart  77' Walker  89' Pierre  90+4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Rochdale v Shrewsbury Town

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 27	Rochdale	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Spotland
15:00 GMT	Smith 88'	Report	Williams  90+3'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 2,829 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Shrewsbury Town v Milton Keynes Dons

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 28	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Beckles 62' Ebanks-Landell  79'	Report	Houghton  7' Lewington  67' Healey 77'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 5,791 Referee: Peter Wright

Shrewsbury Town v Accrington Stanley

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 29	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Accrington Stanley	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Beckles  9' McAleny  28' Ebanks-Landell  70'	Report	Grant 13' Clark 71' Johnson  80' Charles  86'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 4,699 Referee: Ollie Yates

Portsmouth v Shrewsbury Town

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 30	Portsmouth	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Milton
15:00 GMT	Burgess  48' Harrison 64' Marquis 82'	Report	Williams  19' Ebanks-Landell  21' Lang  86' Goss  90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,214 Referee: Lee Swabey

Shrewsbury Town v Doncaster Rovers

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 31	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Edwards 76' Lang  90+1'		Gomes  90+1'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,672 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Shrewsbury Town v Tranmere Rovers

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 32	Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Tranmere Rovers	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Pierre 56' Lang 61' Beckles  76'	Report	Ellis 9' Woodyard 14' Vaughan  27' Wilson  41' Ridehalgh  81' Blackett-Taylor 90+5'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 5,009 Referee: James Oldham

Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 33	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Menayese  29' Kilgour  84'	Report	Pierre  43' Udoh 69' Williams  74' Cummings  87' Lang  90' Edwards  90'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,954 Referee: Alan Young

Shrewsbury Town v Oxford United

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 34	Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Oxford United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Vela  9'  35' Udoh 12' Lang 34' Ebanks-Landell  62' Edwards  87'	Report	Browne 45+3' Agyei 59' Brannagan  66' Ruffels 88'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 6,474 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Coventry City v Shrewsbury Town

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Coventry City	v	Shrewsbury Town	Bordesley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Shrewsbury Town v Blackpool

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Blackpool	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Shrewsbury Town v Wycombe Wanderers

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Wycombe Wanderers	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Sunderland v Shrewsbury Town

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)	Sunderland	v	Shrewsbury Town	Sunderland
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Burton Albion v Shrewsbury Town

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Burton Albion	v	Shrewsbury Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Shrewsbury Town v Ipswich Town

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Ipswich Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST				Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Peterborough United v Shrewsbury Town

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Peterborough United	v	Shrewsbury Town	Peterborough
15:00 BST				Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Shrewsbury Town v Bolton Wanderers

21 April 2020 (2020-04-21)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Bolton Wanderers	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST				Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Shrewsbury Town v AFC Wimbledon

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Shrewsbury Town	v	AFC Wimbledon	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST				Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Southend United v Shrewsbury Town

3 May 2020 (2020-05-03)	Southend United	v	Shrewsbury Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST				Stadium: Roots Hall
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[57] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.^[58] The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[59] The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.^[60]

Shrewsbury Town v Bradford City

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Bradford City	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Laurent 28' Ebanks-Landell  51'	Report	Henley  17' Oteh 19'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 3,764 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Bradford City v Shrewsbury Town

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) First round replay	Bradford City	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Wood  42'	Report	Edwards 66' Love  89' Golbourne  90+3'	Stadium: Northern Commercials Stadium Referee: Paul Marsden

Shrewsbury Town v Mansfield Town

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) Second round	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Mansfield Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Golbourne  25' Pierre  39' Norburn  60' Laurent 88' Walker 90+5'	Report	Shaughnessy  18' Preston  34'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 3,678 Referee: Andy Haines

Bristol City v Shrewsbury Town

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Third round	Bristol City	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Ashton Gate
15:00 GMT	Diédhiou 30'	Report	Goss 48'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 9,730 Referee: John Busby

Shrewsbury Town v Bristol City

14 January 2020 (2020-01-14) Third round replay	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Bristol City	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Goss  30' Pierre 89' Murphy  90+5'	Report	Hunt  36'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 7,194 Referee: David Webb

Shrewsbury Town v Liverpool

26 January 2020 (2020-01-26) Fourth round	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Liverpool	Shrewsbury
17:00 GMT	Cummings 65' (pen.), 75'	Report	Jones 15' Love 46' (o.g.) Larouci  64'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Referee: Simon Hooper

Liverpool v Shrewsbury Town

4 February 2020 (2020-02-04) Fourth round replay	Liverpool	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Williams  40' Williams 75' (o.g.)	Report	Golbourne  32' Love  65'	Stadium: Anfield Referee: Andrew Madley

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[61]

Shrewsbury Town v Rotherham United

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Shrewsbury Town	0–4	Rotherham United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Rowland  55'	Report	Crooks 2' Vassell 3' Ladapo 45' Wood 84'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 2,813 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[62] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[63]

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

Source: EFL.com

Port Vale v Shrewsbury Town

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage	Port Vale	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Burslem
19:45 BST	Amoo 63' (pen.) Archer 75'	Report	Kennedy 27' (o.g.) Love  69'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,008 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Shrewsbury Town v Newcastle United U21

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group stage	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Newcastle United U21	Shrewsbury
19:30 BST	Okenabirhie 22' Cummings 33' Whalley  82' Edwards 87'	Report	Young  73' Sterry  86'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 1,408 Referee: Peter Wright

Shrewsbury Town v Macclesfield Town

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13) Group stage	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Macclesfield Town	Shrewsbury
19:30 BST	Thompson 28' Edwards 74' Love  76' Walker 83'		Archibald 59'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 1,065 Referee: Peter Wright

Shrewsbury Town v Manchester City U21

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03) Second round	Shrewsbury Town	1–1 (5–6 p)	Manchester City U21	Shrewsbury
19:30 GMT	Golbourne 24' Laurent  41' Goss  45+1'	Report	Doyle 68'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 1,384 Referee: Peter Wright
	Penalties
	Norburn Walker Edwards Okenabirhie Goss Golbourne		Doyle McDonald Fiorini García Simmonds Poveda