Steve Cotterill paid tribute to matchwinner Rob Street as Shrewsbury ended their home campaign with a 2-1 victory over Bristol Rovers.The Crystal Palace loanee doubled Town’s advantage after captain and ex-Rovers star Luke Leahy headed the opening goal after three minutes on his 100th appearance for the club.Middlesbrough loanee Josh Coburn ended his near four-month goal drought with a 70t...Full Story »

Skipper Luke Leahy and Rob Street scored the goals as Shrewsbury ended an eight-game winless run by beating Bristol Rovers 2-1 in Sky Bet League One.Top scorer and one-time Rovers skipper Leahy headed Steve Cotterill’s side into a third-minute lead.Street, on loan from Crystal Palace, drilled in a second for Shrews in their final home game of the campaign.Rovers go into the last match of t...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday’s automatic promotion hopes ended despite Michael Smith’s hat-trick earning them a convincing 3-0 win at Shrewsbury.Victories for both Plymouth and Ipswich confirmed their place in the Championship next season, with Wednesday now consigned to the play-offs for a second successive season.The Owls were ahead after just eight minutes when top scorer Smith finished of...Full Story »

Bolton boss Ian Evatt hailed his side’s second-half performance after his half-time talk worked wonders in a 1-0 League One victory at home to Shrewsbury that kept their play-off hopes alive.After a frustrating opening half, Wanderers piled on the pressure in the second and were indebted to midfielder Josh Sheehan’s sweetly struck 63rd-minute effort.Marko Marosi prevented a wider mar...Full Story »

Midfielder Josh Sheehan was on target with the only goal to boost Bolton’s hopes of a play-off spot following a 1-0 Sky bet League One win over Shrewsbury.Marko Marosi’s second-half save denied Dion Charles and the home side’s top scorer also had a goal disallowed for a foul.Another effort from Conor Bradley deflected onto the crossbar and Marosi saved from George Johnston.With...Full Story »

Plymouth boss Steven Schumacher admitted dramatic winners will be the end of him after his side’s last-gasp 2-1 victory at Shrewsbury.The Pilgrims looked set to plummet out of the League One promotion places until Callum Wright’s 96th-minute diving header.Crystal Palace loanee Killian Phillips opened the scoring for the hosts before visiting captain Joe Edwards levelled.And there was...Full Story »

Shrewsbury manager Steve Cotterill hailed his side as “incredible” after Portsmouth salvaged a 1-1 draw.Striker Robert Street’s second-half goal looked to have helped the Shrews claim their first home win for a month.Street headed the home side ahead eight minutes after the break with a clinical finish for only his third goal of the season.But midfielder Marlon Pack’s 82n...Full Story »

Barnsley head coach Michael Duff praised his side’s resilience as they held on to a 2-1 victory over Shrewsbury.Nicky Cadden and Devante Cole scored for the home side, before Killian Phillips halved the deficit in injury time.Cadden was shown a straight red in the second half for a challenge on Phillips. The visitors were also reduced to 10 men when Ryan Bowman was shown a second yellow in...Full Story »

Barnsley returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Shrewsbury who have now lost four on the bounce, as the Reds hang on to hopes of a top-two finish.Nicky Cadden and Devante Cole got on the scoresheet before the break, before Killian Phillips pulled one back in stoppage time.Both sides were reduced to 10 men before the game concluded, with Cadden and Ryan Bowman given their marching order...Full Story »

Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson hailed his side’s “confident” performance after beating Shrewsbury 3-0.Dominant Posh secured a convincing victory against a Shrews side who had won five in a row at New Meadow before being turned over by the play-off contenders.It is 16 points from a possible 18 for the resurgent visitors, who firmly have their play-off fate in their own hands ...Full Story »

In-form Peterborough maintained their play-off push with a dominant 3-0 win at Shrewsbury.Jonson Clarke-Harris’ scored his 25th goal of the season before Ephron Mason-Clark and Jack Taylor grabbed second-half efforts at New Meadow.It was a fifth game without defeat for Darren Ferguson’s contenders and a fourth clean sheet on the bounce as they remained in sixth on goal difference ahe...Full Story »

Miles Leaburn scored twice as Charlton hammered Shrewsbury 6-0.Scott Fraser, Albie Morgan, Jes Rak-Sakyi and Macauley Bonne were also on target while a red card for Tom Flanagan put the seal on a miserable day for the visitors.It took 26 minutes for the home side to break the deadlock. Fraser curled home a free-kick from the edge of the area past the outstretched Marko Marosi.The Shrewsbury stop...Full Story »

Dean Holden praised Miles Leaburn after Charlton demolished Shrewsbury 6-0 at The Valley.The thumping – the first six-goal haul for them at home in 47 years – saw the striker net twice.While Holden believed his side put in the complete performance, he was especially pleased at Leaburn raising his season’s league tally to 11.He said: “I am delighted for Miles getting his f...Full Story »

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna was delighted with his team’s performance following the 2-0 victory over Shrewsbury.Town kept up the pressure on the top two in League One with goals from George Hirst and Massimo Luongo, securing a sixth consecutive win that moved them two points behind second-placed Plymouth.McKenna said: “It was a good performance against a difficult team as we thoug...Full Story »

Shrewsbury boss Steve Cotterill was a happy man after his side sealed a fifth successive League One home win with a 3-1 victory over struggling Morecambe.First-half goals from Luke Leahy and Rob Street gave Cotterill’s Shrews the advantage before Dan Crowley pulled one back for the Shrimps in first half stoppage time.Morecambe were denied a 64th-minute leveller when Farrend Rawson’s ...Full Story »

Shrewsbury made it five League One home wins on the bounce with a 3-1 victory over strugglers Morecambe.First-half goals from Luke Leahy and Rob Street gave Steve Cotterill’s side the advantage before Dan Crowley pulled one back for the Shrimps in first half stoppage time.Morecambe were denied a leveller when Farrend Rawson’s 64th-minute header was ruled out for offside and Chey Dunk...Full Story »

Frankie Kent was the late hero as Peterborough snatched a 2-1 success against Shrewsbury.The centre-back struck in the 87th minute to earn a vital victory, heading his second goal of the campaign after substitute Kabongo Tshimanga helped a Joe Ward free-kick into his path.The two sides clinging onto the fringes of the Sky Bet League One play-off race had earlier traded goals in the space of five...Full Story »

Derby head coach Paul Warne admitted he was “hugely disappointed” after his team let a two-goal lead slip at home to Shrewsbury.Warne’s side were in control after scoring twice in the first half through Haydon Roberts and David McGoldrick but Shrewsbury came back to take a deserved point.Tom Bayliss bent a free-kick from just outside the area inside Joe Wildsmith’s near p...Full Story »

Derby’s automatic promotion hopes were dented as Shrewsbury came from two goals down to draw 2-2 in League One.Haydon Roberts and David McGoldrick scored as the Rams took a 2-0 lead at half-time.But second-half strikes from Tom Bayliss and Luke Leahy saw the Rams slip 10 points off second-placed Plymouth.Derby had a great chance in the eighth minute when Tom Barkhuizen crossed to the back ...Full Story »

Shrewsbury boss Steve Cotterill is delighted to see the progression at the club after hard work behind the scenes.Cotterill’s charges made it four home wins on the spin as Jordan Willis’ own goal and substitute Rekeil Pyke’s late effort saw Wycombe start life after Gareth Ainsworth with a 2-0 defeat.But for the play-off chasing Shrews, victory saw them beat their points tally f...Full Story »