Shrewsbury Town F.C.
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Shrewsbury Town F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two after being promoted in 2004 from the Nationwide Conference. They had been in the Conference for just one year, having been relegated from what was then called the Third Division in 2003.
Shrewsbury were relegated after having gained international attention early in 2003, when they eliminated Everton from the F.A. Cup at home.
Their home ground is the Gay Meadow in Shrewsbury, one of the most picturesque grounds in the football league, on the banks of the River Severn and near to the historic town centre. The club are planning on moving to a new ground, called the New Meadow, which will have a 10,000 all seater stadium and much more car parking than the current ground. The move is expected to be made once the new grounds and stadium are built.
Milestones
Shrewsbury Town was elected to the Football League in 1950 following the decision to expand the league from 88 to 92 clubs.
The most successful manager to take charge of Shrewsbury Town is Graham Turner (born 1947), who won the Third Division championship in 1978-79 - his first season in charge - and took the club into the Second Division for the very first time. They remained there for ten years against all the odds, although Turner departed for Aston Villa in 1984.
Shrewsbury's Second Division life ended at the end of the 1988-89 season after ten years and they slipped into the Third Division, falling through that trap door three years later.
Shrewsbury won the new Division Three championship under Fred Davies in 1993-94, and remained at this level for three seasons before slipping back down again at the end of the 1996-97 season - after a drastic loss of form in the final weeks of a season which had begun with a promotion challenge on the cards. They never even gained a playoff place over the next six seasons and were finally relegated to the Conference at the end of the 2002-03 season, just four months after they had achieved a famous 2-1 home win over Premiership giants Everton which seemed to rule out any lingering fears of relegation.
Shrewsbury regained their league status at the first attempt in 2003-04, winning the Conference playoffs thanks to the efforts of a hardworking side managed by Jimmy Quinn. But Quinn has since made way for Gary Peters, who succeeded in preserving Shrewsbury's league status in the 2004-05 Coca-Cola League Two campaign.
Honours
- Welsh Cup winners 1891, 1938, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985; runners up 1931, 1948, 1980
- Football League Third Division (new) champions 1994
- Football League Third Division (old) champions 1979
- Football League Fourth Division runners up 1975
- Football League Trophy runners up 1996
- Midland League champions 1938, 1946, 1948
- Birmingham League champions 1923; runners up 1914, 1924, 1937
- Nationwide Conference Playoff Winners 2004
External Links
- Shrewsbury Town Football Club (http://www.shrewsburytown.co.uk)
- Official Local Paper: The Shropshire Star (http://www.shropshirestar.com)
- Blue and Amber: Unofficial Website (http://blue-and-amber.co.uk/)
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