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. 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 Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Contract Length Ref. 1 July 2017 CF Arthur Gnahoua Kidderminster Harriers Free 1 year + 1 year option 1 July 2017 CF Lenell John-Lewis Newport County Free 1 year + 1 year option 1 July 2017 CB Zak Jules Reading Undisclosed 2 years 1 July 2017 CM Jon Nolan Chesterfield Undisclosed 3 years 5 July 2017 GK Craig MacGillivray Walsall Free 1 year 20 July 2017 RB James Bolton Gateshead Undisclosed 2 years 18 August 2017 CF Stefan Payne Barnsley Undisclosed 2 years 22 August 2017 CB Omar Beckles Accrington Stanley Undisclosed 3 years 9 January 2018 RB Luke Hendrie Burnley Undisclosed 1½ years 31 January 2018 LW Abo Eisa Wealdstone Undisclosed 1½ years 31 January 2018 AM Sam Jones Grimsby Town Undisclosed 2½ years
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 CF Kaiman Anderson Southport Free 1 July 2017 CM Gary Deegan Cambridge United Free 1 July 2017 CB Adam El-Abd Wycombe Wanderers Free 1 July 2017 CB Callum Grogan Radcliffe Borough Free 1 July 2017 GK Mark Halstead Southport Free 1 July 2017 CF Ethan Jones Southport Free 1 July 2017 CB Olly Lancashire Swindon Town Mutual consent 20 July 2017 AM Jim O'Brien Ross County Mutual consent 26 July 2017 GK Callum Burton Hull City Undisclosed 2 August 2017 GK Jayson Leutwiler Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed 31 August 2017 LB Ryan McGivern Northampton Town Mutual consent 31 January 2018 AM Louis Dodds Chesterfield Mutual consent 9 March 2018 CB Dominic Smith AFC Telford United Mutual consent
Loans in Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 1 July 2017 DM Ebou Adams Norwich City January 2018 1 July 2017 LW Daniel James Swansea City 31 August 2017 10 July 2017 GK Dean Henderson Manchester United 30 June 2018 11 July 2017 CF Carlton Morris Norwich City 30 June 2018 26 July 2017 CF Niall Ennis Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 December 2017 24 August 2017 CM Ben Godfrey Norwich City 31 May 2018 5 January 2018 LB Max Lowe Derby County 31 May 2018 31 January 2018 RW Nathan Thomas Sheffield United 31 May 2018
Loans out
Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref. 25 July 2017 CB Dominic Smith Southport January 2018 3 August 2017 GK Shaun Rowley Tamworth 31 December 2017 15 August 2017 LB Callum Roberts The New Saints January 2018 16 August 2017 RB Ryan Sears Newtown End of season 31 August 2017 CB Zak Jules Chesterfield January 2018 31 August 2017 CF A-Jay Leitch-Smith Dundee End of season 30 September 2017 CF John McAtee Halesowen Town 30 October 2017 9 October 2017 CM George Hughes Colwyn Bay 9 November 2017 8 December 2017 CM Christopher Gallagher Stalybridge Celtic 8 January 2018 12 January 2018 LB Callum Roberts Newtown End of season 19 January 2018 CB Zak Jules Port Vale End of season 19 January 2018 CM George Hughes Clitheroe 17 February 2018 12 February 2018 CF John McAtee AFC Telford United End of season 9 March 2018 CM Christopher Gallagher Stourbridge 7 April 2018
New contracts & contract extensions Date Position Nationality Name Length Contracted Until Ref. 3 October 2017 CB Christos Shelis 2 years 30 June 2019 29 May 2018 GK Cameron Gregory 1 year + 1 year option 30 June 2019
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, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Burton Albion, AFC Telford United, Cardiff City and Brackley Town. 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.
Competitions
League One
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
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.
EFL Trophy
On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was complete with Shrewsbury facing Coventry City, Walsall and West Bromwich Albion U23s. After finishing as runners-up, Shrewsbury were drawn away in the second round against Port Vale. A home tie against Blackpool was confirmed for the third round.
Player statistics
Squad statistics
As of match played 27 May 2018.
|colspan="14"|Players who left the club before the season ended:
Top scorers
As of match played 27 May 2018.
PlacePositionNationNumberNameLeague OneLeague One play-offsFA CupLeague CupFL TrophyTotal 1 FW 45 Stefan Payne 11 0 1 0 2 14 2 MF 7 Shaun Whalley 8 0 2 1 1 12 3 FW 9 Carlton Morris 6 1 1 0 2 10 MF 20 Jon Nolan 9 1 0 0 0 10 4 MF 23 Alex Rodman 5 1 2 0 1 9 5 DF 6 Omar Beckles 3 0 0 0 0 3 FW 14 Lenell John-Lewis 2 0 0 0 1 3 FW 11 Arthur Gnahoua 1 0 1 0 1 3 6 MF 10 Nathan Thomas 2 0 0 0 0 2 MF 8 Abu Ogogo 2 0 0 0 0 2 MF 10 Louis Dodds 0 0 0 0 2 2 DF 22 Aristote Nsiala 2 0 0 0 0 2 DF 2 Joe Riley 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 MF 19 Sam Jones 1 0 0 0 0 1 MF 21 Abo Eisa 1 0 0 0 0 1 DF 13 James Bolton 1 0 0 0 0 1 DF 5 Mat Sadler 1 0 0 0 0 1 MF 4 Ben Godfrey 1 0 0 0 0 1 DF 12 Junior Brown 1 0 0 0 0 1 Own-goals 1 0 0 0 0 1
Clean sheets As of match played 27 May 2018. NameLeague OneLeague One play-offsFA CupLeague CupEFL TrophyTotal1GK1Dean Henderson142102192GK15Craig MacGillivray202015Total16230324
Disciplinary record As of match played 27 May 2018.
NumberNationPositionNameLeague OneLeague One play-offsFA CupLeague CupFL TrophyTotal 1 GK Dean Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 DF Joe Riley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 DF Max Lowe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 MF Ben Godfrey 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 5 DF Mat Sadler 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 6 DF Omar Beckles 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 1 7 MF Shaun Whalley 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 8 MF Abu Ogogo 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8 2 9 FW Carlton Morris 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 10 MF Nathan Thomas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 DF Junior Brown 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 DF James Bolton 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 16 MF Bryn Morris 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 17 DF Luke Hendrie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 MF Ebou Adams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20 MF Jon Nolan 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 22 DF Aristote Nsiala 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 23 MF Alex Rodman 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 45 FW Stefan Payne 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Note: Two yellow cards in one match is counted as one red card.
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