# 2019–20 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Shrewsbury Town's 134th year in existence and their fifth consecutive season in League One. The club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Ethan Ebanks-Landell | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Aaron Pierre | Northampton Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Daniel Udoh | AFC Telford United | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | GK | Joe Murphy | Bury | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2019 | RB | Donald Love | Sunderland | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2019 | CF | Steve Morison | Millwall | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2019 | CM | Sean Goss | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2019 | CF | Jason Cummings | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 3 December 2019 | DM | Ousmane Fané | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2020 | CM | Josh Vela | Hibernian | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2020 | GK | Harry Burgoyne | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | LM | Ryan Giles | Wolverhampton Wanderers | January 2020 |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Steve Morison | Millwall | 8 August 2019 |
| 5 July 2019 | GK | Max O'Leary | Bristol City | 30 June 2020 |
| 18 July 2019 | CM | Luke McCormick | Chelsea | January 2020 |
| 16 August 2019 | DM | Louis Thompson | Norwich City | 16 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CF | Callum Lang | Wigan Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 17 January 2020 | LB | Sam Hart | Blackburn Rovers | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 January 2020 | CF | Conor McAleny | Fleetwood Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | RB | Kayne Ramsay | Southampton | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 August 2019 | GK | Cameron Gregory | Kidderminster Harriers | 1 January 2020 |
| 1 August 2019 | FW | Lifumpa Mwandwe | Newtown | 1 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CM | Anthony Grant | Swindon Town | 1 January 2020 |
| 17 September 2019 | MF | Kian Taylor | Coalville Town | 1 January 2020 |
| 7 November 2019 | AM | Ryan Barnett | AFC Telford United | 1 May 2020 |
| 6 March 2020 | GK | Cameron Gregory | Nantwich Town | April 2020 |
| 14 March 2020 | RB | Ryan Sears | AFC Telford United | 13 April 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Aaron Amadi-Holloway | Brisbane Roar | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Lee Angol | Leyton Orient | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Steve Arnold | Northampton Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | James Bolton | Portsmouth | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | George Hughes | Airbus UK Broughton | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Sam Jones | Harrogate Town | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Doug Loft | Billericay Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | John McAtee | Scunthorpe United | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Mat Sadler | Walsall | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Christos Shelis | APOEL | Released |
| 9 July 2019 | RW | Alex Gilliead | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2019 | LB | Ryan Haynes | Newport County | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2019 | GK | Reice Charles-Cook | Macclesfield Town | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2019 | LW | Abo Eisa | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2019 | CB | Luke Waterfall | Grimsby Town | Free transfer |
| 6 January 2020 | CM | Anthony Grant | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2020 | CF | Lenell John-Lewis | Free agent | Released |
| 30 January 2020 | LW | Fejiri Okenabirhie | Doncaster Rovers | Undisclosed |

## Squad

    As of 7 March 2020
| 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 | IRL | Joe Murphy | 12 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GRN | Aaron Pierre | 38 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Scott Golbourne | 27 | 2 | 14+1 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | WAL | David Edwards | 37 | 4 | 24+5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ro-Shaun Williams | 34 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GRN | Omar Beckles | 32 | 3 | 25+3 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Shaun Whalley | 33 | 2 | 15+8 | 2 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Oliver Norburn | 24 | 3 | 17+0 | 3 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ENG | Callum Lang | 20 | 4 | 14+2 | 4 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | WAL | Ryan Sears | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Brad Walker | 23 | 2 | 4+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | FRA | Romain Vincelot | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Donald Love | 38 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Conor McAleny | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Ryan Barnett | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Josh Vela | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Kayne Ramsay | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Sean Goss | 31 | 1 | 15+7 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NGA | Daniel Udoh | 33 | 4 | 12+13 | 4 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Ethan Ebanks-Landell | 38 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | IRL | Max O'Leary | 33 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | James Rowlands | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Josh Laurent | 42 | 4 | 30+1 | 2 | 7+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Jason Cummings | 32 | 7 | 14+11 | 4 | 3+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Sam Hart | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | NGA | Fejiri Okenabirhie | 24 | 3 | 6+11 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Ryan Giles | 25 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Lenell John-Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Luke McCormick | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | WAL | Steve Morison | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SDN | Abo Eisa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Louis Thompson | 14 | 1 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Luke Waterfall | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Pre-season

Shrews announced pre-season friendlies against Aston Villa and Cheltenham Town.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 52 | 1.44 |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 48 | 1.37 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 45 | 1.29 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 45 | 1.29 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 41 | 1.21 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 42 | 1.20 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 40 | 1.14 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 36 | 1.06 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 37 | 1.06 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 |

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019. The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Port Vale | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Macclesfield Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Newcastle United U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |