Shrewsbury Town 2017–18 football season
The 2017–18 season was Shrewsbury Town 's 132nd year in existence and their third consecutive season in League One after finishing in 18th place the previous season .[ 5] Shrewsbury finished third in the League and qualified for the EFL League One play-offs . They reached the play-off final after beating Charlton Athletic in the semi-final, but they were beaten by Rotherham United . Paul Hurst left his role as manager at the end of the season.
The club also participated in the FA Cup , the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy .
The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Transfers
Transfers in
Transfers out
Loans in
Loans out
New contracts & contract extensions
Date
Position
Nationality
Name
Length
Contracted Until
Ref.
3 October 2017
CB
Christos Shelis
2 years
30 June 2019
[ 63]
29 May 2018
GK
Cameron Gregory
1 year + 1 year option
30 June 2019
[ 64]
Pre-season
Friendlies
In addition to a behind closed doors fixture against Ebbsfleet United played in Portugal, Shrewsbury Town announced six pre-season friendlies, against Aston Villa ,[ 65] Wolverhampton Wanderers , Burton Albion ,[ 66] AFC Telford United ,[ 67] Cardiff City [ 68] and Brackley Town .[ 69] In lieu of a reserve team, Salop also announced their intention to organise friendly fixtures throughout the regular season, the first such fixture being against Walsall .[ 70]
Competitions
League One
League table
Source:
BBC Sport Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted
Notes:
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
23
9
6
51
28
+23
78
12
3
3
25
10
+15
11
6
3
26
18
+8
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 H A A H H A H A H A A H H A A A H A H H A A H A H A A H A H H A H A A H A H A H H H A H Result W W W D W W W W D W W D D W W L W L L D W W D W W L D W W L W L D W W W D W L W D L D W D L Position 9 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2018. Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
League One play-offs
FA Cup
EFL Cup
On 16 June 2017, Shrewsbury Town were drawn away to Nottingham Forest in the first round.[ 71]
EFL Trophy
On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was complete with Shrewsbury facing Coventry City , Walsall and West Bromwich Albion U23s .[ 72] After finishing as runners-up, Shrewsbury were drawn away in the second round against Port Vale .[ 73] A home tie against Blackpool was confirmed for the third round.[ 74]
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2017. Source: EFL.com(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Player statistics
Squad statistics
As of match played 27 May 2018. [ 75]
Top scorers
As of match played 27 May 2018.
Clean sheets
As of match played 27 May 2018.
Disciplinary record
As of match played 27 May 2018.
Note: Two yellow cards in one match is counted as one red card.
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions