2021–22 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Shrewsbury Town's 136th year in their history and seventh consecutive season in League One. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Shrewsbury Town
2021–22 season
ChairmanRoland Wycherley
ManagerSteve Cotterill
StadiumMontgomery Waters Meadow
League One18th
FA CupThird Round
EFL CupSecond Round
EFL TrophyGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Daniel Udoh (13)
All: Daniel Udoh (16)
Highest home attendance8,369 v Wigan Athletic
Lowest home attendance4,510 v Wycombe Wanderers
Average home league attendance6,216

Pre-season friendlies

Shrewsbury Town confirmed as part of their pre-season preparations they would have friendlies against AFC Telford United,[1] Tamworth,[1] Hereford[1] and Exeter City.[2]

However, the planned friendly against Tamworth was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.[3]

13 July 2021 Friendly AFC Telford United 2–3 Shrewsbury Town Wellington
19:45 BSTStreete 16'
Oswell 74'
ReportBowman 30' (pen.), 49'
Udoh 54'
Stadium: New Bucks Head
Attendance: 1,205
17 July 2021 Friendly Tamworth P–P Shrewsbury Town Tamworth
TBC BSTStadium: The Lamb Ground
Note: Match cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
20 July 2021 Friendly Hereford 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Hereford
19:00 BSTStorey 57'ReportWhalley 81', ?'Stadium: Edgar Street
31 July 2021 Friendly Exeter City 0–2 Shrewsbury Town Exeter
15:00 BSTReportUdoh 4', 9'Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Competitions

League One

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
14Cambridge United461513185674−1858
15Cheltenham Town461317166680−1456
16Burton Albion461411215167−1653
17Lincoln City461410225563−852
18Shrewsbury Town461214204751−450
19Morecambe461012245788−3142
20Fleetwood Town46816226282−2040
21Gillingham (R)46816223569−3440Relegation to EFL League Two
22Doncaster Rovers (R)46108283782−4538
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 based on yellow and red cards received excluding the last four games of the season (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences; 9) If the tie affects the automatic promotion or relegation places, a play-off game or games would be held between the two tied teams[4]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
461214204751 −4509773025 +537131726 −9

Last updated: 30 April 2022.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAHAHHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHAAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLLLWLDDWLLLWLWDLDWLLWWDWDLDDDDLLWDDLWWWLDLDLL
Position23242424222221222021232321212021212119192020181614151817161618181817171718171615161617171718
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Salop's fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.[5]

7 August 2021 1 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Burton Albion Shrewsbury
15:00 BSTLeahy  76'ReportBrayford 31'
Leak  61'
Powell  87'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,903
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
14 August 2021 2 Morecambe 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Morecambe
15:00 BSTPhillips 34' (pen.)
Stockton 44'
McLoughlin  54'
Cooney  61'
ReportDavis  25'
Pierre  66'
Daniels  90+4'
Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 3,772
Referee: Declan Bourne
17 August 2021 3 Portsmouth 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Milton
19:45 BSTTunnicliffe 3'
Curtis  20'
ReportVela  54'Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 14,471
Referee: Trevor Kettle
21 August 2021 4 Shrewsbury Town 0–3 Plymouth Argyle Shrewsbury
15:00 BSTLeahy  39'
Vela  77'
ReportHardie 24', 65'
Broom  40'
Jephcott 50'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,737
Referee: Paul Howard
28 August 2021 5 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Gillingham Shrewsbury
15:00 BSTBloxham 59'
Cosgrove 68'
Davis  90+3'   90+8'
ReportTucker 12'
Adshead  43'
Phillips  90+2'   90+8'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 4,625
Referee: Sam Allison
4 September 2021 6 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Accrington
15:00 BSTMumbongo 15'
Morgan  65'
ReportVela  25'
Pennington  44'
Cosgrove  45+2'
Nurse  62'
Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 2,465
Referee: Antony Coggins
11 September 2021 7 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Shrewsbury
15:00 BSTCosgrove 19'
Pennington  35'
Ebanks-Landell  57'
Pierre  67'
Udoh  90+7'
ReportAdebisi  3'
Murphy  36'
Mandron 44'
Robertson  71'
Ramsay  87'
Daniels  90+9'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,867
Referee: Samuel Barrott
18 September 2021 8 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Sheffield
15:00 BSTBerahino 7'
Dunkley  55'
ReportBowman 37'
Vela  53'
Leahy  54'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Referee: Ben Toner
25 September 2021 9 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 AFC Wimbledon Shrewsbury
15:00 BSTLeahy 41'
Bennett  45+1'
Udoh 67'
ReportMebude 32'
Assal  52'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,346
Referee: James Bell
28 September 2021 10 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 Wycombe Wanderers Shrewsbury
19:45 BSTWhalley  36'
Ebanks-Landell  60'
Leahy  64'
Pennington 78'
ReportKaikai  15'
Jacobson 52'
Tafazolli 66'
Grimmer  69'
Stewart  85'
Stockdale  90'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 4,510
Referee: Ross Joyce
2 October 2021 11 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Horwich
15:00 BSTSarcevic 18'
Afolayan 23'
Santos  88'
ReportBowman 57'
Leahy 89'
Bennett  90+6'
Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 14,124
Referee: Marc Edwards
9 October 2021 12 Ipswich Town 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Ipswich
BSTChaplin 23'
Burgess  39'
Bonne 54'
Fraser  90+2'
Edmundson  90+3'
ReportWhalley 28'
Pierre  68'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,256
Referee: Will Finnie
16 October 2021 13 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Milton Keynes Dons Shrewsbury
15:00 BSTWhalley  30', 56'
Leahy  36'
ReportDarling  45+1'Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,711
Referee: Carl Brook
19 October 2021 14 Oxford United 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Oxford
19:45 GMTSykes 46'
Brannagan 87'
ReportStadium: The Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,763
Referee: Craig Hicks
23 October 2021 15 Shrewsbury Town 4–1 Cambridge United Shrewsbury
15:00 BSTBowman 6', 73', 83'
Ebanks-Landell  45+8'
Leahy 90'
ReportDigby  57'
Iredale 58'
Jones  60'
May  68'
Brophy  70'
Hoolahan  84'
Smith  85'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,387
Referee: Simon Mather
30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) 16 Lincoln City 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Lincoln
15:00 BSTFiorini  13'
McGrandles 43'
Poole  89'
ReportUdoh  30'
Leahy 50'
Whalley  80'
Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 8,047
Referee: Bobby Madley
20 November 2021 17 Cheltenham Town 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Cheltenham
15:00 GMTThomas 24' (pen.)
Joseph 66'
ReportPennington  1'
Udoh 4'
Bennett  23'
Bowman  54'
Leahy  78'
Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium
Attendance: 3,914
Referee: Ollie Yates
23 November 2021 18 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Sunderland Shrewsbury
19:45 GMTDavis  45+2'
Udoh 64'
ReportPritchard 16'
Broadhead  44'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 6,253
Referee: Peter Wright
27 November 2021 19 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Charlton Athletic Shrewsbury
15:00 GMTUdoh 90+3'ReportStadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 6,158
Referee: Tom Neild
7 December 2021 20 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Wigan
19:45 GMTDarikwa 2'
Aasgaard 90+2'
Humphrys  90+6'
ReportBowman 39'
Daniels  89'
Cosgrove  90+1'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,098
Referee: David Rock
11 December 2021 21 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Doncaster
15:00 GMTHorton  38'
Galbraith  75'
Olowu 79'
ReportVela  75'Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 5,697
Referee: Christopher Pollard
18 December 2021 22 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Cheltenham Town Shrewsbury
15:00 GMTUdoh 10', 48'
Bloxham  40'
Davis 78'
ReportWilliams 16'
May  25'
Hussey  40'
Chapman  45'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,741
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
26 December 2021 23 Fleetwood Town 0–3 Shrewsbury Town Fleetwood
15:00 GMTReportLeahy  40'
Bowman 49'
Udoh  63', 80'
Vela 73'
Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 2,878
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
29 December 2021 24 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Accrington Stanley Shrewsbury
19:45 GMTStadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,817
Referee: Neil Hair
2 January 2022 25 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury
15:00 GMTPennington 45+1'
Vela  84'
Daniels  90+2'
ReportAdeniran  37'
Hutchinson  90+3'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 8,270
Referee: Marc Edwards
15 January 2022 26 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Crewe
15:00 GMTGriffiths  23'
Sass-Davies  63'
ReportStadium: Mornflake Stadium
Attendance: 5,587
Referee: Gavin Ward
22 January 2022 27 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Shrewsbury
15:00 GMTPennington  32'
Ogbeta  67'
ReportCharles 89',  90'Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 8,027
Referee: Charles Breakspear
25 January 2022 28 Gillingham 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Gillingham
19:45 GMTLee  27'
Ehmer  29'
Phillips  78'
ReportLeahy  90+1'Stadium: Priestfield
Attendance: 3,213
Referee: Brett Huxtable
29 January 2022 29 AFC Wimbledon 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Wimbledon
15:00 GMTAssal 13',  45+3'
Rudoni  30'
Heneghan  77'
ReportVela  47'
Udoh 58'
Bennett  87'
Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 7,824
Referee: Carl Boyeson
5 February 2022 30 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Fleetwood Town Shrewsbury
15:00 GMTLeahy 48' (pen.),  69'ReportPilkington 21'
Lane  79'
Johnson  90+2'
Camps  90+3'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,808
Referee: James Bell
8 February 2022 31 Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 Shrewsbury Town High Wycombe
19:45 GMTJacobson  87'ReportBennett  34'
Maroši  53'
Pennington  69'
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 3,871
Referee: Sam Purkiss
12 February 2022 32 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Plymouth
15:00 GMTHoughton  32'
Camará  54'
Grant 62'
Bolton  80'
ReportVela  34'Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 14,714
Referee: James Oldham
22 February 2022 33 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 Portsmouth Shrewsbury
19:45 GMTLeahy 14'
Vela  31'
ReportHume 29'
Thompson  69', 84'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,862
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
26 February 2022 34 Burton Albion 0–2 Shrewsbury Town Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMTReportBloxham 35'
Pennington 59'
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,258
Referee: Ben Speedie
1 March 2022 35 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Rotherham United Shrewsbury
19:45 GMTPennington  41'ReportStadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,111
Referee: Carl Brook
5 March 2022 36 Cambridge United 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Cambridge
15:00 GMTOkedina  90'ReportNurse  56'
Bowman  90'
Stadium: The Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 5,651
Referee: Neil Hair
12 March 2022 37 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 Oxford United Shrewsbury
15:00 GMTBowman 60'
Pennington  82'
ReportTaylor 11'
Brannagan 82' (pen.)
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 7,302
Referee: Andy Davies
15 March 2022 38 Shrewsbury Town 5–0 Morecambe Shrewsbury
19:45 GMTUdoh 44', 65'
Leahy 47' (pen.), 51'
Bowman 70'
ReportWildig  50'
McLoughlin  89'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 5,804
Referee: Darren Drysdale
19 March 2022 39 Rotherham United 0–3 Shrewsbury Town Rotherham
15:00 GMTKayode  32'
MacDonald  38'
ReportUdoh  29', 36'
Bennett  76', 78'
Pennington  84'
Bowman 90+2'
Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium
Attendance: 9,253
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
26 March 2022 40 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Lincoln City Shrewsbury
15:00 GMTLeahy  22'
Bennett  51'
Vela  62'
Udoh 84'
ReportStadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 6,791
Referee: Christopher Pollard
2 April 2022 41 Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Denbigh
15:00 BSTEisa 17'
Twine 54'
ReportBowman  10'
Flanagan  54'
Bennett  71'
Vela  68'
Leahy  90+2'
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 8,984
Referee: Martin Coy
9 April 2022 42 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Ipswich Town Shrewsbury
15:00 BSTLeahy  29'
Pennington  43'
Vela  66'
Whalley 84'
Nurse  87'
ReportNorwood 6'
Morsy  25'
Burgess  45+11'   75'
Burns  86'
Donacien  87'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 7,682
Referee: Darren Handley
15 April 2022 43 Sunderland 3–2 Shrewsbury Town Sunderland
15:00 BSTEmbleton 4'
Broadhead 13', 90+2'
Clarke  22'
O'Nien  88'
ReportBennett  28'
Vela 50',  90+6'
Flanagan 58'
Bowman  90+1'
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 33,896
Referee: Darren Bond
18 April 2022 44 Shrewsbury Town 3–3 Doncaster Rovers Shrewsbury
15:00 BSTUdoh 19'
Bowman 34'
Whalley 42',  90+3'
ReportOdubeko 54'
Griffiths 77'
Knoyle 90+4'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 6,556
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
23 April 2022 45 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Charlton
15:00 BSTStockley 64'
Aneke 86'
ReportStadium: The Valley
Attendance: 11,287
Referee: Sam Purkiss
30 April 2022 46 Shrewsbury Town 0–3 Wigan Athletic Shrewsbury
12:30 BSTVela  61'
Leahy  90+3'
ReportVela 43' (o.g.)
Keane 50' (pen.), 65'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 8,369
Referee: Steve Martin

FA Cup

Shrewsbury were drawn away to Stratford Town in the first round,[6] Carlisle United in the second round[7] and Liverpool in the third round.[8]

7 November 2021 First round Stratford Town 1–5 Shrewsbury Town Tiddington
15:00 GMTGrocott 11'
Fry  45'
Issac  84'
ReportBowman 25', 54'
Leahy 57'
Bennett 62'
Ebanks-Landell  82'
Bloxham 90+2'
Stadium: The Arden Garages Stadium
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Ben Toner
4 December 2021 Second round Carlisle United 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Carlisle
15:00 GMTWhelan  8'
Clough  30'
Feeney  60'
Gibson 90+1'
ReportBloxham 10'
Pennington  25'
Vela  49'
Udoh  54'
Bowman 78'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 2,794
Referee: Samuel Barrott
9 January 2022 Third round Liverpool 4–1 Shrewsbury Town Liverpool
14:00 GMTGordon 34'
Fabinho 44' (pen.), 90+3'
Firmino 79'
ReportPennington  13'
Udoh 27'
Ebanks-Landell  79'
Daniels  89'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,226
Referee: David Coote

EFL Cup

Shrewsbury Town were drawn at home to Lincoln City in the first round[9][10] and Rochdale in the second round.[11]

10 August 2021 First round Shrewsbury Town 2–2
(4–2 p)
Lincoln City Shrewsbury
19:45 BSTUdoh 69', 79'ReportHopper 49'
Bishop 52'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 2,069
Referee: Andy Haines
Penalties
Bennett
Nurse
Davis
Vela
Bloxham
Scully
Hopper
Sanders
Fiorini
24 August 2021 Second round Shrewsbury Town 0–2 Rochdale Shrewsbury
19:45 BSTBennett  53'
Ebanks-Landell  60'
Pennington  67'
ReportOdoh  36'
Beesley 68' (pen.)
Cashman 77'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Scott Oldham

EFL Trophy

Town were drawn into Northern Group C alongside Crewe Alexandra, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s.[12] On July 6, the group stage ties were confirmed.[13]

PosDivTeamPldWPWPLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1L1Crewe Alexandra3300060+69Advance to Round 2
2L1Wigan Athletic310112204
3L1Shrewsbury Town3100234−13
4ACAWolverhampton Wanderers U213010216−52
Source: EFL.com
31 August 2021 Group game 1 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Shrewsbury
19:00 BSTReportKnight 90+2'Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 1,680
Referee: Seb Stocksbridge
5 October 2021 Group game 2 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Shrewsbury
19:00 BSTBloxham 72'
Lloyd 78'
Pyke 90+2'
Hesketh 31'Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 1,334
9 November 2021 Group game 3 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Wigan
19:00 GMTLong 9'
Sze 53'
Smith  88'
ReportWilson  4'
Leahy  84'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 1,121
Referee: Scott Oldham

Transfers

Transfers in

DatePositionNationalityNameFromFeeRef.
17 June 2021CF Ryan Bowman Exeter CityUndisclosed[14]
24 June 2021GK Marko Maroši Coventry CityUndisclosed[15]
1 July 2021RM Elliott Bennett Blackburn RoversFree transfer[16]
1 July 2021LB Luke Leahy Bristol RoversFree transfer[17]
1 July 2021CB Matthew Pennington EvertonFree transfer[18]
28 July 2021LB George Nurse Bristol CityUndisclosed[19]
31 January 2022CB Tom Flanagan SunderlandUndisclosed[20]

Loans in

Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromDate untilRef.
11 August 2021CF Sam Cosgrove Birmingham City31 January 2022[21][22]
19 August 2021AM Khanya Leshabela Leicester CityJanuary 2022[23]
1 January 2022CF Saikou Janneh Bristol CityEnd of season[24]
18 January 2022CM Tyrese Fornah Nottingham ForestEnd of season[25]
31 January 2022LB Matthew Bondswell Newcastle United29 March 2022[26][27]

Loans out

Date fromPositionNationalityNameToDate untilRef.
31 January 2022CF Rekeil Pyke Scunthorpe UnitedEnd of season[28]

Transfers out

DatePositionNationalityNameToFeeRef.
8 May 2021LB Scott GolbourneRetired[29][30]
30 June 2021AM Ryan Barnett Solihull MoorsReleased[29][31]
30 June 2021CF Leon Clarke Bristol RoversReleased[29][32]
30 June 2021CM David Edwards Bala TownReleased[29][33]
30 June 2021CM Sean GossReleased[29]
30 June 2021RB Donald Love Salford CityReleased[29][34]
30 June 2021CF Curtis Main St MirrenReleased[29][35]
30 June 2021CM James Rowland Newtown AFCReleased[29]
30 June 2021RB Ryan Sears Grimsby TownReleased[29][36]
30 June 2021DM Brad Walker Port ValeReleased[29][37]
30 June 2021CB Ro-Shaun Williams Doncaster RoversReleased[29][38]
10 August 2021CM Oliver Norburn Peterborough UnitedUndisclosed[39]
31 January 2022LB Nathanael Ogbeta Swansea CityUndisclosed[40]

References