# 2020–21 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2020–21 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season was the Shrewsbury Town F.C. 135th edition in their history and the sixth consecutive season in EFL League One. The club also contested in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 3 August 2020 | RW | Josh Daniels | Glenavon | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2020 | CF | Rekeil Pyke | Huddersfield Town | Free transfer |
| 25 September 2020 | CF | Leon Clarke | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 23 October 2020 | LB | Charlie Daniels | AFC Bournemouth | Free transfer |
| 26 October 2020 | LW | Marc Pugh | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |
| 15 January 2021 | CM | David Davis | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 25 January 2021 | LB | Nathanael Ogbeta | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | CF | Curtis Main | Aberdeen | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Date until |
| 3 August 2020 | CM | Scott High | Huddersfield Town | 29 December 2020 |
| 28 August 2020 | RB | Marlon Fossey | Fulham | 29 December 2020 |
| 2 September 2020 | GK | Matija Sarkic | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of season |
| 18 September 2020 | RW | Shilow Tracey | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 January 2021 |
| 5 October 2020 | RB | Matthew Millar | Newcastle Jets | 19 January 2021 |
| 5 October 2020 | CM | Jan Žambůrek | Brentford | 11 January 2021 |
| 8 October 2020 | GK | Dejan Iliev | Arsenal | 31 January 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | RW | Harry Chapman | Blackburn Rovers | End of season |
| 31 December 2020 | CB | Matthew Pennington | Everton | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Date until |
| 13 October 2020 | CM | James Rowland | Barwell | |
| 8 February 2021 | AM | Ryan Barnett | Gloucester City | March 2021 |
| 18 March 2021 | AM | Ryan Barnett | Solihull Moors | April 2021 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Joe Murphy | Tranmere Rovers | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Lifumpa Mwandwe | Newtown | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Kian Taylor | Coalville Town | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Romain Vincelot | Stevenage | Released |
| 28 July 2020 | AM | Josh Laurent | Reading | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2020 | CB | Omar Beckles | Crewe Alexandra | Rejected contract |
| 25 September 2020 | CB | Luke Ward | Bromsgrove Sporting | Free transfer |
| 19 January 2021 | LB | Charlie Daniels | Portsmouth | Released |
| 19 January 2021 | LW | Marc Pugh | Unattached | Released |
| 28 January 2021 | CF | Jason Cummings | Dundee | Undisclosed |

## Squad

    As of 9 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Harry Burgoyne | 23 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GRN | Aaron Pierre | 32 | 3 | 25+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Scott Golbourne | 16 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | WAL | David Edwards | 36 | 1 | 5+26 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ro-Shaun Williams | 46 | 0 | 39+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Sean Goss | 23 | 3 | 15+5 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Shaun Whalley | 41 | 9 | 32+6 | 9 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GRN | Oliver Norburn | 42 | 4 | 37+2 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Rekeil Pyke | 14 | 1 | 2+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Josh Vela | 49 | 2 | 43+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Leon Clarke | 10 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | WAL | Ryan Sears | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Nathanael Ogbeta | 25 | 2 | 25+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Brad Walker | 27 | 2 | 15+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Donald Love | 18 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Ryan Barnett | 12 | 2 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Curtis Main | 20 | 2 | 14+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Cameron Gregory | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IRL | Joshua Daniels | 24 | 1 | 8+11 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NGA | Daniel Udoh | 44 | 5 | 23+16 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Ethan Ebanks-Landell | 47 | 1 | 41+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | James Rowland | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | David Davis | 21 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Matthew Pennington | 20 | 2 | 18+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Charlie Caton | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | MNE | Matija Sarkic | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Harry Chapman | 24 | 7 | 16+7 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Tom Bloxham | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 13 | MF | CZE | Jan Žambůrek | 9 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Matthew Millar | 13 | 2 | 9+0 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Charlie Daniels | 16 | 2 | 14+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | USA | Marlon Fossey | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Shilow Tracey | 12 | 4 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 4 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Scott High | 17 | 2 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Marc Pugh | 10 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | MKD | Dejan Iliev | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Jason Cummings | 17 | 3 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 |

## Pre-season

On 10 August, the club announced a pre-season friendly against Southern League Premier Division Central side Nuneaton Borough which would be played at the New Bucks Head ground, the home of AFC Telford United. However, the club's pre-season kicked off with a friendly against Welsh Premier League side Bala Town which was not announced to the public.
All of the club's pre-season games would be played behind closed doors due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| EFL League One | 12 September 2020 | 09 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 028.26 |
| FA Cup | 8 November 2020 | 19 January 2021 | First round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 066.67 |
| EFL Cup | 4 September 2020 | 04 September 2020 | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Trophy | 22 September 2020 | 08 December 2020 | Group Stage | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 66 | 71 | −5 | 033.33 |
Last updated: 09 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### EFL League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 65 | |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 64 | |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 60 | |
| 16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 61 | 73 | −12 | 57 | |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 54 | |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 53 | |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 51 | |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 48 | |
| 21 | Rochdale (R) | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 61 | 78 | −17 | 47 | 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: 9 May 2021. Source: BBC

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 16 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

The season's League One fixtures were announced on 21 August.
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley. The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship all entering the competition.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw took place in the morning of 18 August.

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Newcastle United U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |