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 Nationality Name From Fee Contract length Ref. 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 Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 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 Nationality Name From End date Ref. 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 Nationality Name To End date Ref. 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
Result summary
Results by round
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.
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