# 2018–19 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Shrewsbury Town's 133rd year in existence and their fourth consecutive season in League One. The club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee | Contract length |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Ryan Haynes | Coventry City | Undisclosed | 2 years |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Kieran Kennedy | Macclesfield Town | Undisclosed | 1 year |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Fejiri Okenabirhie | Dagenham & Redbridge | Undisclosed | 2 years |
| 10 July 2018 | FW | Alex Gilliead | Newcastle United | Free transfer | 2 years |
| 13 July 2018 | FW | Aaron Amadi-Holloway | Oldham Athletic | Undisclosed | 2 years |
| 19 July 2018 | GK | Steve Arnold | Barrow | Free transfer | 2 years |
| 21 July 2018 | MF | Doug Loft | Colchester United | Free transfer | 1 year |
| 23 July 2018 | MF | Josh Laurent | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed | 2 years |
| 2 August 2018 | CM | Anthony Grant | Peterborough United | Undisclosed | 1 year |
| 6 August 2018 | CB | Luke Waterfall | Lincoln City | Undisclosed | 3 years |
| 9 August 2018 | CF | Lee Angol | Mansfield Town | Undisclosed | 2 years |
| 9 August 2018 | CM | Oliver Norburn | Tranmere Rovers | Undisclosed | 3 years |
| 7 January 2019 | CM | David Edwards | Reading | Free transfer | 2½ years |
| 9 January 2019 | CM | Brad Walker | Crewe Alexandra | Undisclosed | 1½ years |
| 15 January 2019 | GK | Reice Charles-Cook | SønderjyskE | Free transfer | ½ year |
| 22 January 2019 | DM | Romain Vincelot | Crawley Town | Undisclosed | 1½ years |
| 30 January 2019 | LB | Scott Golbourne | Bristol City | Free transfer | ½ year |
| 30 January 2019 | CB | Ro-Shaun Williams | Manchester United | Undisclosed | 2½ years |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Junior Brown | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Chris Gallagher | Glentoran | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | A-Jay Leitch-Smith | Morecambe | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Craig MacGillivray | Portsmouth | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Abu Ogogo | Coventry City | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Joe Riley | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Callum Roberts | Newtown | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Alex Rodman | Bristol Rovers | Rejected contract |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Shaun Rowley | FC Halifax Town | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2018 | CM | Jon Nolan | Ipswich Town | £2m (combined) |
| 8 August 2018 | CB | Aristote Nsiala | Ipswich Town | £2m (combined) |
| 9 August 2018 | FW | Stefan Payne | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2019 | CB | Zak Jules | Macclesfield Town | Mutual consent |
| 10 January 2019 | CB | Kieran Kennedy | Wrexham | Free transfer |
| 11 January 2019 | RB | Luke Hendrie | Grimsby Town | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2019 | DM | Bryn Morris | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2019 | CF | Arthur Gnahoua | Carlisle United | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 21 July 2018 | MF | Charlie Colkett | Chelsea | 31 December 2018 |
| 27 July 2018 | GK | Joel Coleman | Huddersfield Town | 10 January 2019 |
| 8 August 2018 | MF | Greg Docherty | Rangers | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | RB | Josh Emmanuel | Ipswich Town | 18 January 2019 |
| 18 January 2019 | CF | Sam Smith | Reading | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Tyrese Campbell | Stoke City | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | GK | Jonathan Mitchell | Derby County | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Stefan Payne | Bristol Rovers | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 2 August 2018 | RB | Ryan Sears | AFC Telford United | 1 September 2018 |
| 4 August 2018 | CF | John McAtee | Ashton United | 1 October 2018 |
| 7 August 2018 | DM | Bryn Morris | Wycombe Wanderers | 1 January 2019 |
| 18 August 2018 | RB | Luke Hendrie | Grimsby Town | 11 January 2019 |
| 24 August 2018 | AM | Sam Jones | Cheltenham Town | 1 January 2019 |
| 6 September 2018 | GK | Cameron Gregory | Chippenham Town | October 2018 |
| 19 September 2018 | CM | George Hughes | Stalybridge Celtic | 1 January 2019 |
| 21 September 2018 | CB | Zak Jules | Barnet | 2 January 2019 |
| 21 September 2018 | CB | Christos Shelis | Halesowen Town | October 2018 |
| 26 September 2018 | CF | John McAtee | AFC Telford United | October 2018 |
| 29 September 2018 | LB | Rhys Davies | Nuneaton Town | 10 December 2018 |
| 2 October 2018 | GK | Cameron Gregory | Halesowen Town | November 2018 |
| 10 November 2018 | AM | Ryan Barnett | AFC Telford United | 31 May 2019 |
| 26 November 2018 | CF | Arthur Gnahoua | AFC Fylde | 14 January 2019 |
| 21 December 2018 | CF | John McAtee | Curzon Ashton | January 2019 |
| 4 January 2019 | CM | George Hughes | Newtown | 31 May 2019 |
| 9 January 2019 | CM | Brad Walker | Wrexham | 31 May 2019 |
| 21 January 2019 | CM | Doug Loft | Dagenham & Redbridge | 31 May 2019 |
| 29 January 2019 | LM | Abo Eisa | Colchester United | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Lee Angol | Lincoln City | 31 May 2019 |

## Pre-season
### Friendlies

Shrewsbury Town announced their first pre-season matches on 4 June 2018, with away trips to local rivals AFC Telford United and Port Vale. A home friendly was subsequently arranged with Brentford. The club's pre-season schedule was completed with an away fixture at Bristol City, and matches against Kidderminster Harriers and Burnley to be played behind closed doors.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Rochdale | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 54 | 87 | −33 | 54 |
| 17 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 53 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 52 |
| 19 | Southend United | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 55 | 68 | −13 | 50 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 50 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November. The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November. On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 8 | Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Manchester City U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | |