2025–26 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 140th season in the history of Shrewsbury Town Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2014–15 season following their relegation from League One in the preceding season. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2025–26 EFL Trophy.

On 28 January, Michael Appleton was sacked as the clubs head coach after forty three matches in charge and a win ratio of 20.93%.^[1] A day later, Gavin Cowan was appointed as the new head coach after a compensation agreement was made with Brackley Town.^[2]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025[a]	CB	Tom Anderson	Doncaster Rovers	Free	[3]
1 July 2025[b]	CM	Sam Clucas	Lincoln City		[4]
25 June 2025	CB	Sam Stubbs	Bradford City		[5]
26 June 2025	CB	Will Boyle	Wrexham	Undisclosed	[6][7]
27 June 2025	CM	Tom Sang	Port Vale	Free	[8]
24 July 2025	LW	Anthony Scully	Portsmouth		[9]
29 August 2025	GK	Will Brook	Leamington		[10]
8 September 2025	CF	Chuks Aneke	Charlton Athletic		[11]
17 October 2025	LB	Josh Ruffels	Huddersfield Town		[12]
13 January 2026	CM	Nick Freeman	Stevenage		[13]
22 January 2026	CB	Isaac Lee	Flint Town United	Undisclosed	[14]
2 February 2026	LB	Kevin Berkoe	Salford City		[15]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
22 July 2025	GK	Elyh Harrison	Manchester United	15 January 2026[a]	[16][17]
11 August 2025	CAM	Tommy McDermott	Burnley	31 May 2026	[18]
29 August 2025	RW	Ismeal Kabia	Arsenal		[19]
31 August 2025	CF	Bradley Ihionvien	Peterborough United		[20]
1 January 2026	CF	Iwan Morgan	Brentford		[21]
9 January 2026	CF	Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi	Sunderland		[22]
15 January 2026	GK	Matthew Cox	Brentford		[23]
23 January 2026	CB	Temple Ojinnaka	Wolverhampton Wanderers		[24]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2025	CB	Joe Morris	Stourbridge	7 September 2025	[25][26]
	FW	Jay Snook	Kidsgrove Athletic	17 October 2025	[25][27]
	CB	Reuben Falding	Newcastle Town	October 2025	[25][28]
	CAM	Jack Loughran	Shifnal Town	November 2025	[25][29]
	CM	Shayne Byrne	Romulus		[25]
	CB	Karsten Cairns	Darlaston Town (1874)		[25]
19 August 2025	CF	Ricardo Dinanga	AFC Telford United	31 May 2026	[30]
1 September 2025	CM	Alex Gilliead	Carlisle United	31 May 2026[a]	[31][32]
9 September 2025	CB	Joe Morris	Kidsgrove Athletic	October 2025	[28][33]
14 October 2025	CF	Callum Stewart	Brackley Town	5 January 2026	[34]
16 October 2025	LB	George Nurse	Yeovil Town	15 November 2025	[35]
October 2025	CB	Reuben Falding	Kidsgrove Athletic	Work Experience	[28]
25 November 2025	CAM	Jack Loughran	Redditch United	Work Experience	[29]
5 December 2025	LB	George Nurse	Solihull Moors	3 January 2026	[36][37]
19 December 2025	CF	Haydn Lewis	Kidsgrove Athletic	Work Experience	[38]
3 January 2026	CM	Harrison Biggins	Newport County	31 May 2026	[39]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	RM	David Wheeler	Retired		[40][41]
	CB	Morgan Feeney	Carlisle United	1 July 2025	[40][42]
	DM	Dominic Gape	Colchester United		[40][43]
	LM	Jordan Shipley	Port Vale		[40][44]
	DM	Jordan Rossiter	Waterford	14 July 2025	[40]
	CB	Aaron Pierre	Eastleigh	17 July 2025	[40]
	CF	Luca Whitney	Newcastle Town	1 August 2025	[45]
	GK	Joe Young	Buxton	3 August 2025	[40][46]
	GK	Jamal Blackman	Morecambe	9 October 2025	[40][47]
1 September 2025	GK	Toby Savin	Wigan Athletic	1 September 2025	[48]
1 September 2025	CF	Max Mata	St Patrick's Athletic	1 December 2025	[49][50]
15 October 2025	CB	Aristote Nsiala	Bury	23 January 2026	[51][52]
8 January 2026	LB	George Nurse	Cheltenham Town	8 January 2026	[53][54]
19 January 2026	CF	Chuks Aneke			[55]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract Expiry	Ref.
4 August 2025	CM	Isaac England	30 June 2028[a]	[56]
28 November 2025	GK	Will Brook	30 June 2028	[57]
14 January 2026	LB	Josh Ruffels	30 June 2026	[58]

On 20 May, Shrewsbury Town announced their first pre-season friendly, against Bolton Wanderers.^[59] In June, a further five friendlies were confirmed against Leamington, AFC Telford United, Stoke City, Burnley and Kidderminster Harriers.^[60][61][62]

  Win   Draw   Loss

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.^[64]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Shrewsbury were drawn away to South Shields in the first round,^[72][73] to Sutton United in the second round^[74][75] and to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round.^[76][77]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Shrewsbury were drawn away to Grimsby Town in the first round.^[78][79]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Shrewsbury were drawn against Northampton Town, Walsall and Chelsea U21 in the group stage.^[80]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

As of match played 17 February 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate a loaned in player

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Matthew Cox	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	WAL	Luca Hoole	37	2	25+5	2	2+1	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Mal Benning	13	0	3+5	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
4	DF	ENG	Tom Anderson	27	1	19+1	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Will Boyle	36	3	30+1	2	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
6	MF	ENG	Sam Clucas	35	2	29+0	2	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
7	MF	ENG	Tommy McDermott	31	3	12+12	1	2+1	0	0+1	0	3+0	2
8	MF	ENG	Harrison Biggins	9	0	4+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
9	FW	ENG	George Lloyd	33	4	17+12	4	1+1	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
10	DF	ENG	Tom Sang	32	3	19+7	1	1+1	1	1+0	1	2+1	0
11	FW	IRL	Anthony Scully	27	5	21+2	3	2+0	2	0+1	0	1+0	0
12	GK	ENG	Will Brook	22	0	18+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Taylor Perry	37	2	25+5	2	1+2	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Nick Freeman	6	1	4+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Alex Gilliead	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	FW	WAL	Iwan Morgan	9	1	6+2	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	NED	Ismeal Kabia	32	2	25+2	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	1+1	0
21	FW	BEL	Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi	6	0	3+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	ITA	Temple Ojinnaka	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Callum Stewart	8	1	1+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
25	DF	ENG	Josh Ruffels	22	1	16+2	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Sam Stubbs	24	0	20+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
27	FW	ENG	John Marquis	36	6	23+6	3	2+1	2	0+1	0	2+1	1
30	DF	ENG	Kevin Berkoe	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF	ENG	Isaac England	17	0	4+9	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
42	MF	ENG	Jack Loughran	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
43	MF	ENG	Will Gray	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
48	FW	ENG	Bradley Ihionvien	5	2	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
1	GK	ENG	Elyh Harrison	9	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Toby Savin	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	ENG	Chuks Aneke	15	1	0+13	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	DF	COD	Aristote Nsiala	5	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF	ENG	George Nurse	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0