Shrewsbury Town F.C.

Shrewsbury Town ( officially: Shrewsbury Town Football Club ), nicknamed The Shrews, is an English football club based in Shrewsbury. The club plays its home games at New Meadowlands Stadium, playing in the third highest English league, the Football League One.

The second team, the Reserves, carries out their games in the Central League Division One West.

History

In 1950, the club in the English top classes, the Football League was voted, here he benefited from the increase in the first four leagues from 88 to 92 professional teams.

After promotion to the Third Division, the third tier, you could win this in 1979 and was thus for promotion to the Second Division entitled. After ten years, in 1989 the descent back to the Third Division, in 1994 the revival was made ​​. After re descent 1997, the crash was followed in the amateur football until 2003, but as early as next year managed Shrewsbury, the playoffs for promotion to the fourth division to win the current Football League Two.

The new stadium, the New Meadowlands with almost 10,000 seats, was opened in July 2007. It replaced the Gay Meadow by 1910.

Achievements

  • Welsh Cup: 1891, 1938, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985
  • Master Third Division - today: Football League One: 1979
  • Master Third Division - today: Football League Two: 1994
  • Midland League champions: 1938, 1946, 1948
  • Master League Birmingham: 1923
  • Playoff Winner Nationwide Conference: 2004
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