# 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.

## Pre-season friendlies

Shrewsbury Town confirmed as part of their pre-season preparations they would have friendlies against AFC Telford United, Tamworth, Hereford and Exeter City.
However, the planned friendly against Tamworth was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

## Competitions
### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 74 | −18 | 58 | |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 66 | 80 | −14 | 56 | |
| 16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 53 | |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 52 | |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 50 | |
| 19 | Morecambe | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 57 | 88 | −31 | 42 | |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 82 | −20 | 40 | |
| 21 | Gillingham (R) | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 69 | −34 | 40 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 82 | −45 | 38 | Relegation to EFL League Two |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 April 2022. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |

#### Matches

Salop's fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.

### FA Cup

Shrewsbury were drawn away to Stratford Town in the first round, Carlisle United in the second round and Liverpool in the third round.

### EFL Cup

Shrewsbury Town were drawn at home to Lincoln City in the first round and Rochdale in the second round.

### EFL Trophy

Town were drawn into Northern Group C alongside Crewe Alexandra, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s. On July 6, the group stage ties were confirmed.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Wigan Athletic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 2 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 17 June 2021 | CF | Ryan Bowman | Exeter City | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2021 | GK | Marko Maroši | Coventry City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | RM | Elliott Bennett | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | LB | Luke Leahy | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | CB | Matthew Pennington | Everton | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2021 | LB | George Nurse | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | CB | Tom Flanagan | Sunderland | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 11 August 2021 | CF | Sam Cosgrove | Birmingham City | 31 January 2022 |
| 19 August 2021 | AM | Khanya Leshabela | Leicester City | January 2022 |
| 1 January 2022 | CF | Saikou Janneh | Bristol City | End of season |
| 18 January 2022 | CM | Tyrese Fornah | Nottingham Forest | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | LB | Matthew Bondswell | Newcastle United | 29 March 2022 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | | Rekeil Pyke | Scunthorpe United | End of season | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 8 May 2021 | LB | Scott Golbourne | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2021 | AM | Ryan Barnett | Solihull Moors | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Leon Clarke | Bristol Rovers | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | David Edwards | Bala Town | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Sean Goss | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Donald Love | Salford City | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Curtis Main | St Mirren | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | James Rowland | Newtown AFC | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Ryan Sears | Grimsby Town | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | DM | Brad Walker | Port Vale | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Ro-Shaun Williams | Doncaster Rovers | Released |
| 10 August 2021 | CM | Oliver Norburn | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | LB | Nathanael Ogbeta | Swansea City | Undisclosed |