2015–16 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

Shrewsbury Town
2015–16 season
Chairman	Roland Wycherley
Manager	Micky Mellon
Stadium	New Meadow
League One	20th
FA Cup	Fifth round; (knocked out by Manchester United)
League Cup	Second Round; (knocked out by Crystal Palace)
FL Trophy	Second Round; (knocked out by Fleetwood Town)
Shropshire Senior Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Sullay Kaikai (12); All: Sullay Kaikai (12)
Highest home attendance	7,019 v Port Vale 25 March 2016 (League); 9,370 v Manchester United 22 February 2016 (All competitions)
Lowest home attendance	4,057 v Oldham Athletic 26 January 2016 (League); 587 v AFC Telford United 5 April 2016 (All competitions)
Average home league attendance	5,407 League only
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Shrewsbury Town's 130th year in existence and their first season back in League One after gaining promotion the previous season.^[3] Much of the season was spent fighting relegation, with safety only secured following the final home match of the season where despite losing to Peterborough United, same day defeats for Blackpool and Doncaster Rovers ensured another season of League One football with one game to spare.^[4]

The club also participated in the FA Cup, notably reaching the fifth round for the first time since 1991,^[5] and also reached the second rounds of both the League Cup and the Football League Trophy. A team consisting of fringe and youth players retained the Shropshire Senior Cup for the second consecutive season after beating AFC Telford United on penalties in the final.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Players

First team squad information

As of match played 8 May 2016.

No.	Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps (all comps)	Club goals (all comps)	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Jayson Leutwiler^[6]	GK	Basel	(1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 35)	91	0	Middlesbrough	11 June 2014	Free	30 June 2016
21	Mark Halstead^[7]	GK	Blackpool	(1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 34)	21	0	Blackpool	5 June 2014	Free	30 June 2016
25	Callum Burton^[8]	GK	Newport, Shropshire	(1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Academy	24 February 2014	Trainee	30 June 2016
33	Shaun Rowley^[9]	GK	Shrewsbury	(1996-11-01) 1 November 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	30 June 2016
Defenders
2	Matt Tootle^[10]	RB	Knowsley	(1990-10-11) 11 October 1990 (age 34)	18	1	Crewe Alexandra	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
3	Mat Sadler^[11]	LB	Birmingham	(1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 (age 39)	83	2	Rotherham United	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
4	Zak Whitbread^[12]	CB	Houston, Texas	(1984-03-04) 4 March 1984 (age 40)	27	1	Free Agent	16 October 2015	Free	30 June 2016
5	Jermaine Grandison^[13]	CB/RB	Birmingham	(1990-12-15) 15 December 1990 (age 34)	174	5	Coventry City	31 January 2011	Free	30 June 2016
12	Junior Brown^[14]	LB/LM	Crewe	(1989-05-07) 7 May 1989 (age 35)	40	1	Mansfield Town	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2016
15	Jack Grimmer^[15]	RB	Aberdeen	(1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 (age 30)	31	2	Fulham	5 January 2016	Loan	30 June 2016
18	Mickey Demetriou^[16]	LB	Durrington	(1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34)	50	3	Kidderminster Harriers	2 June 2014	Free	30 June 2016
20	Nathaniel Knight-Percival^[17]	CB	Enfield	(1987-03-31) 31 March 1987 (age 37)	77	6	Peterborough United	22 May 2014	Free	30 June 2016
24	Jack Hendry^[18]	CB	Glasgow	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 29)	6	0	Wigan Athletic	23 March 2016	Loan	30 June 2016
31	Dominic Smith^[19]	CB/RB	Shrewsbury	(1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 28)	24	0	Academy	26 December 2012	Trainee	30 June 2018
Midfielders
6	Ian Black^[20]	CM	Edinburgh	(1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39)	36	1	Rangers	14 September 2015	Free	30 June 2017
8	Richie Wellens^[21]	CM	Manchester	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980 (age 44)	12	0	Doncaster Rovers	8 January 2016	Free	30 June 2017
10	Shaun Whalley^[22]	RM	Prescot	(1987-08-07) 7 August 1987 (age 37)	30	7	Luton Town	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
14	James Wesolowski^[23]	CM	Sydney	(1987-08-25) 25 August 1987 (age 37)	35	1	Oldham Athletic	6 June 2014	Free	30 June 2016
17	Abu Ogogo^[24]	CM	Epsom	(1989-11-03) 3 November 1989 (age 35)	50	3	Dagenham & Redbridge	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
22	Jordan Clark^[25]	LM/CM	Hoyland	(1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 (age 31)	59	5	Barnsley	17 July 2014	Free	30 June 2016
27	James Caton^[26]	LM/RM	Widnes	(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 30)	4	0	Blackpool	18 June 2014	Free	30 June 2016
29	Larnell Cole^[27]	LM/RM	Manchester	(1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 31)	34	3	Fulham	1 September 2015	Loan	30 June 2016
38	James Wallace^[28]	CM	Fazakerley	(1991-12-19) 19 December 1991 (age 33)	11	0	Sheffield United	12 January 2016	Loan	30 June 2016
88	Elliot Grandin^[29]	LM	Caen	(1987-10-17) 17 October 1987 (age 37)	0	0	Free Agent	6 February 2016	Free	30 June 2016
Forwards
7	Kyle Vassell^[30]	CF	Milton Keynes	(1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31)	13	0	Peterborough United	8 January 2016	Loan	30 June 2016
9	James Collins^[31]	CF	Coventry	(1990-12-01) 1 December 1990 (age 34)	154	48	Hibernian	4 June 2014	Undisclosed	30 June 2016
16	Scott Vernon^[32]	CF	Manchester	(1983-12-13) 13 December 1983 (age 41)	44	3	Aberdeen	18 June 2014	Free	30 June 2016
19	Andy Mangan^[33]	CF	Liverpool	(1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 (age 38)	58	16	Tranmere Rovers	7 January 2016	Free	30 June 2017
23	Tyrone Barnett^[34]	CF	Stevenage	(1985-10-28) 28 October 1985 (age 39)	45	10	Peterborough United	2 February 2015	Undisclosed	30 June 2017
26	Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro^[35]	CF	Toulouse	(1985-01-04) 4 January 1985 (age 39)	95	16	Tranmere Rovers	2 July 2014	Free	30 June 2016
30	Ethan Jones	CF	Dudley	(1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Academy	15 October 2015	Trainee	30 June 2017
32	Kaiman Anderson^[36]	CF	Shrewsbury	Unknown	0	0	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	30 June 2016

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Contract Length	Ref.
1 July 2015	LM	Junior Brown	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	1 year	^[37]
1 July 2015	CM	Darren McKnight	Barnsley	Free transfer	1 year + 1 year option	^[38]
1 July 2015	CM	Abu Ogogo	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free transfer	2 years	^[39]
1 July 2015	LB	Mat Sadler	Rotherham United	Free transfer	2 years	^[40]
1 July 2015	RB	Matt Tootle	Crewe Alexandra	Free transfer	2 years	^[41]
1 July 2015	RW	Shaun Whalley	Luton Town	Free transfer	2 years	^[42]
1 July 2015	CM	Martin Woods	Ross County	Free transfer	2 years	^[43]
21 August 2015	RB	Sam Patterson	Free agent	Free transfer	1 year + 1 year option	^[44]
14 September 2015	CM	Ian Black	Rangers	Free transfer	2 years + 1 year option	^[45]
16 October 2015	CB	Zak Whitbread	Free Agent	Free transfer	3 months	^[46]
24 October 2015	CB	Anthony Gerrard	Free Agent	Free transfer	Non-contract terms	^[47]
7 January 2016	FW	Andy Mangan	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed	18 months	^[48]
8 January 2016	CM	Richie Wellens	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	18 months	^[49]
6 February 2016	LW	Elliot Grandin	Free Agent	Free transfer	6 months	^[50]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
2 June 2015	CF	Ashley Vincent	Worcester City ^[a]	Free transfer	^[52]
30 June 2015	RB	Cameron Gayle	Oxford United ^[b]	Contract cancelled	^[54]
1 July 2015	CM	Aaron Wildig	Morecambe ^[c]	Free transfer	^[56]
2 July 2015	CF	Andy Mangan	Tranmere Rovers	Free transfer	^[57]
10 August 2015	RW	Josh Ginnelly	Burnley	Undisclosed	^[58]
19 August 2015	CB	Connor Goldson	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	^[59]
31 August 2015	CM	Martin Woods	Ross County	Free transfer	^[60]
1 September 2015	DM	Ryan Woods	Brentford	Undisclosed	^[61]
7 January 2016	MF	Liam Lawrence	Bristol Rovers	Free transfer	^[62]
12 January 2016	MF	Darren McKnight	Morecambe ^[d]	Contract cancelled	^[64]
13 January 2016	DF	Sam Patterson	Bradford Park Avenue	Contract cancelled	^[65]^[66]
21 January 2016	CB	Anthony Gerrard	Oldham Athletic^[e]	Contract cancelled	^[68]

^ Following Vincent's release on 2 June 2015, he later signed for Worcester City on 7 August 2015^[51]
^ Following Gayles's release on 30 June 2015, he later signed for Oxford United on 6 November 2015^[53]
^ Following Wildig's release on 8 May 2015, he later signed for Morecambe on 6 June 2015.^[55]
^ Following McKnights release on 12 January, he later signed for Morecambe on 19 March 2016.^[63]
^ Following Gerrard's release on 21 January 2016, he later signed for Oldham Athletic on 26 January 2016^[67]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
9 July 2015	CF	Liam McAlinden	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 January 2016	^[69]
1 September 2015	RW	Larnell Cole	Fulham	30 June 2016	^[70]^[71]
17 September 2015	MF	Sullay Kaikai	Crystal Palace	23 December 2015	^[72]^[73]
6 January 2016	DF	Jack Grimmer	Fulham	30 June 2016	^[71]
8 January 2016	CF	Kyle Vassell	Peterborough United	30 June 2016	^[49]
12 January 2016	MF	James Wallace	Sheffield United	30 June 2016	^[64]
1 March 2016	MF	Sullay Kaikai	Crystal Palace	3 May 2016	^[74]^[75]
23 March 2016	DF	Jack Hendry	Wigan Athletic	30 June 2016	^[76]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
17 July 2015	CF	Kaiman Anderson	AFC Telford United	21 October 2015	^[77]^[78]
8 August 2015	MF	James Caton	Mansfield Town	6 September 2015	^[79]
1 September 2015	LB	Mickey Demetriou	Cambridge United	4 January 2016	^[80]
29 October 2015	CB	Mark Ellis	Carlisle United	2 January 2016	^[81]^[82]
5 November 2015	MF	James Caton	Wrexham	2 January 2016	^[83]
26 November 2015	GK	Shaun Rowley	Halesowen Town	16 February 2016	^[84]^[85]
20 December 2015	CF	Kaiman Anderson	Halesowen Town	23 April 2016	^[85]
5 January 2016	CF	James Collins	Northampton Town	30 June 2016	^[86]
7 January 2016	CF	Tyrone Barnett	Southend United	30 June 2016	^[87]
29 January 2016	MF	James Caton	Lincoln City	30 April 2016	^[88]

New contracts & contract extensions

Date	Position	Name	Length	Contracted Until	Ref.
15 May 2015	MF	Jordan Clark	1 year	30 June 2016	^[89]
22 May 2015	FW	Kaiman Anderson	1 year + 1 year option	30 June 2016	^[90]
23 June 2015	GK	Shaun Rowley	1 year + 1 year option	30 June 2016	^[91]
6 August 2015	FW	Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	1 year	30 June 2016	^[92]
7 August 2015	DF	Jermaine Grandison	1 year	30 June 2016	^[93]
15 October 2015	FW	Ethan Jones	2 years + 1 year option	30 June 2017	^[94]
21 January 2016	DF	Zak Whitbread	6 months	30 June 2016	^[68]
8 March 2016	DF	Dominic Smith	2 years	30 June 2018	^[95]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
15:15 BST	Akpa Akpro 8' (pen.) Collins 85'	Report	Mason 26' Pilkington 55'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 2,446 (872 away fans)

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Birmingham City	Shrewsbury
19:30 BST		Report	Thomas 2' Donaldson 14'	Stadium: New Meadow

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	1−1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Barnett 34'	Report	Dicko 10'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 3,604 Referee: Oliver Lanford

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Kidderminster Harriers	0−2	Shrewsbury Town	Kidderminster
19:45 BST		Report	Akpa Akpro 22' Collins 79'	Stadium: Aggborough Attendance: 794 Referee: Wayne Barrett

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	1–4	Shrewsbury Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Trialist	Report	Barnett McAlinden Collins Akpa Akpro	Stadium: Prenton Park

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Chesterfield	46	15	8	23	58	70	−12	53
19	Fleetwood Town	46	12	15	19	52	56	−4	51
20	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	11	22	58	79	−21	50
21	Doncaster Rovers (R)	46	11	13	22	48	64	−16	46	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Blackpool (R)	46	12	10	24	40	63	−23	46	Relegation to EFL League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Matches

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Millwall	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Collins 55'	Report	Morison 59' Gregory 67' (pen.)	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,671 Referee: Charles Breakspear

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Bradford City	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bradford
15:00 BST	B. Clarke 43'	Report	Barnett 46'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,039 Referee: Gary Sutton

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Chesterfield	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Sadler 88'	Report	Ebanks-Blake 49' Morsy 64'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,935 Referee: Mark Heywood

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Oldham
15:00 BST	Kelly 52' (pen.)	Report	Collins 70'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,963 Referee: Scott Duncan

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Burton Albion	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report	Duffy 90'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,780 Referee: Mark Haywood

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6	Barnsley	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Winnall 38'	Report	Ellis 6' Clark 90'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,630 Referee: Stuart Attwell

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7	Southend United	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST		Report	Knight-Percival 56'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,212 Referee: Dean Whitestone

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report	King 2'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,481 Referee: Andy Madley

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Blackpool	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Akpa Akpro 73', 76'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,241 Referee: Darren England

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Rochdale	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Vincenti 4' Henderson 12' (pen.) Allen 15'	Report	Knight-Percival 35' Collins 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,190 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11	Coventry City	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Coventry
15:00 BST	Armstrong 26', 65' Fortuné 45' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: City of Coventry Stadium Attendance: 11,445 Referee: Chris Sarginson

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12	Shrewsbury Town	4–2	Colchester United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Barnett 46', 59' Kaikai 72', 81'	Report	Ellis 36' (o.g.) Eastman 39'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,947 Referee: Lee Swabey

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Laird 58' Madden 74' (pen.)	Report	Kaikai 15'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,558 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Knight-Percival 27'	Report	Coppinger 14' Anderson 87'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,735 Referee: Kevin Johnson

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Bury	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Kaikai 28' Ogogo 73'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,945 Referee: Gavin Ward

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16	Port Vale	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Laird 52' O'Connor 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,880 Referee: Darren Handley

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 17	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Revell 36'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,803 Referee: Darren Deadman

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 18	Sheffield United	2–4	Shrewsbury Town	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Sammon 17' Hammond 65'	Report	Kaikai 25' Black 26' Vernon 35' Collins 48'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 17,843 Referee: Richard Clark

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 19	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Oshilaja 31' (o.g.) Collins 70'	Report	McDonald 37' Jackson 59'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,959 Referee: Kevin Wright

1 December 2015 (2015-12-01) 20	Shrewsbury Town	1–3	Walsall	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Cole 40'	Report	Lalkovič 45' Downing 80' Cook 90'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,078 Referee: Peter Bankes

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21	Peterborough United	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Washington 56'	Report	Barnett 79'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 5,568 Referee: Graham Horwood

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Swindon Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT		Report	Ajose 34'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,115 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Clark 6'	Report	Hunter 86'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,749 Referee: Steve Martin

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Colclough 26'	Report	Cole 11' Whalley 90'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,506 Referee: Andy Haines

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25	Chesterfield	7–1	Shrewsbury Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	O'Shea 28', 40' (pen.) Novak 45', 81' (pen.), 89' Simons 73', 87'	Report	Whitbread 66'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,233 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 26	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Barnsley	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT		Report	Winnall 15', 21' Mawson 72'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,446 Referee: Phil Gibbs

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 27	Burton Albion	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Burton-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	McCrory 18'	Report	Mangan 52' Whalley 90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,870 Referee: Graham Salisbury

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) 28	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT		Report	Winchester 23'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,057 Referee: Kevin Johnson

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 29	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Southend United	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Mangan 47'	Report	Atkinson 24' Hendrie 79'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,602 Referee: Chris Sarginson

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 30	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 2,539 Referee: Andrew Madley

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 31	Blackpool	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Aldred 36' Philliskirk 54'	Report	Knight-Percival 5' Whalley 7' Mangan 29'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 6,873 Referee: Carl Boyeson

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 32	Colchester United	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Andy Woolmer

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 33	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Whalley 12' Knight-Percival 45'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,221 Referee: Benjamin Toner

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 34	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Doncaster
15:00 GMT		Report	Whalley 62'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,878 Referee: Phil Gibbs

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 35	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Coventry City	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Kaikai 9' Whalley 39'	Report	Martin 4'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Kaikai 21' Akpa Akpro 90'	Report	Wootton 69' Madden 78'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,028 Referee: Trevor Kettle

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 37	Bury	2–2	Shrewsbury Town	Bury
15:00 GMT	Soares 30' P. Clarke 65'	Report	Kaikai 16', 33'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,248 Referee: Mark Haywood

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) 38	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Port Vale	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Kaikai 73'	Report	Dodds 60'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,019 Referee: Mark Haywood

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 39	Shrewsbury Town	1–5	Wigan Athletic	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Kaikai 28'	Report	McAleny 33' Wildschutt 57' Pearce 61' Grigg pen.' (66)	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,010 Referee: Nick Kinseley

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 40	Millwall	3–1	Shrewsbury Town	South Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Thompson 57' Morison 61' Gregory pen.' (90)	Report	Cole 5'	Stadium: The New Den Attendance: 9,583 Referee: Tim Robinson

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 41	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Bradford City	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Akpa Akpro 84'	Report	Proctor 71'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,247 Referee: Mark Brown

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 42	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Sheffield United	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Ogogo 54'	Report	Sharp 19' Adams 66'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,064 Referee: David Webb

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 43	Gillingham	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham, Kent
15:00 GMT	McDonald 45' Hessenthaler 61'	Report	Kaikai 16' Mangan 56' Akpa Akpro 81'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,906 Referee: Lee Swabey

26 April 2016 (2016-04-26) 44	Walsall	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Morris 11' Henry 44'	Report	Sadler 60'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,339 Referee: David Coote

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45	Shrewsbury Town	3–4	Peterborough United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Akpa Akpro 74' Mangan 85' Grimmer 89'	Report	Baldwin 42' Angol 46', 69' Taylor 90'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,019 Referee: Graham Salisbury

8 May 2016 46	Swindon Town	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Swindon
12:30 GMT	Ajose pen.' (44), 48' Young 86'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,012 Referee: Lee Collins

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Shrewsbury Town were drawn away against Blackburn Rovers.^[96] In the second round, Shrewsbury Town were drawn against Crystal Palace away.^[97]

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Lawrence 30' (o.g.)	Report	Collins 9' Barnett 32'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 5,280 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Crystal Palace	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Shrewsbury Town	Selhurst
19:45 BST	Gayle 41' (pen.) Murray 95' (pen.) Lee Chung-yong 97' Zaha 114'	Report	Tootle 9'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 10,978 Referee: Darren Bond

FA Cup

The draw for the first-round was made on 26 October 2015. Shrewsbury travelled to Gainsborough Trinity.^[98]

The ties for the second-round were drawn on 9 November. Shrewsbury were drawn away to Grimsby Town.^[99] The draw for the third-round took place on 7 December, before the fixture at Blundell Park was played. Shrewsbury required a replay to secure a tie away at Cardiff City.^[100]

The draw for the fourth-round was made on 11 January 2016. Shrewsbury were drawn at home to Sheffield Wednesday.^[101]

The draw for the fifth round was made on 31 January 2016. Manchester United were drawn to visit New Meadow.^[102]

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) First round	Gainsborough Trinity	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Gainsborough
14:00 BST		Report	Collins 71'	Stadium: The Northolme Attendance: 2,180 Referee: Darren Bond

7 December 2015 (2015-12-07) Second round	Grimsby Town	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,336 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) Second round replay	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Grimsby Town	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Ogogo 90'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 2,730 Referee: Dean Whitestone

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) Third round	Cardiff City	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Cardiff, Wales
18:00 BST		Report	Mangan 62'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 4,782 Referee: Peter Bankes

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) Fourth round	Shrewsbury Town	3–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Akpa Akpro 56' Whalley 87' Grimmer 90'	Report	McGugan 19', 76'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,699 Referee: Paul Tierney

22 February 2016 (2016-02-22) Fifth round	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Manchester United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST		Report	Smalling 37' Mata 45' Lingard 61'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 9,370 Referee: Robert Madley

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. Shrewsbury will host Oldham Athletic.^[103] Ties for the second round were drawn on 5 September, Shrewsbury travelled to Fleetwood Town.^[104]

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) First round	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	McAlinden 40' Barnett 49'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,817 Referee: Steve Martin

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Hunter 69' Grant 90'	Report	Brown 25'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 1,267 Referee: Kevin Wright

Shropshire Senior Cup

On 22 June 2015, Shrewsbury Town confirmed that their first-team squad would play Market Drayton Town in the semi-final of the Shropshire Senior Cup.^[105] AFC Telford United travelled to New Meadow for the final.^[106]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Semi-final	Market Drayton Town	0−6	Shrewsbury Town	Market Drayton
15:00 BST		Report	Barnett 50' M. Woods 55' Vernon 68', 69', 81' Demetriou 85'	Stadium: Greenfields Sports Ground

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) Final	Shrewsbury Town	1−1 (3−2 p)	AFC Telford United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Wesolowski 59'	Report	Cofie 47'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 587 Referee: Kevin Friend
	Penalties
	Vernon C. Grogan C. Gallagher Clark		J. Wilson Dawson Reid M. Grogan C. McCarthy

Player statistics

Squad stats

As of match played 8 May 2016.^[107]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SUI	Jayson Leutwiler^[6]	37	0	29	0	4	0	2	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Matt Tootle^[10]	18	1	16	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Mat Sadler^[11]	30	2	19+5	2	2	0	2	0	1+1	0
4	DF	USA	Zak Whitbread^[12]	27	1	21+1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Jermaine Grandison^[13]	27	0	19	0	3+1	0	2	0	2	0
6	MF	SCO	Ian Black^[20]	36	1	26+4	1	4+1	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW	ENG	Kyle Vassell^[30]	13	0	11+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Richie Wellens^[21]	12	0	7+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ENG	Shaun Whalley^[22]	30	7	13+11	6	2+2	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
12	MF	ENG	Junior Brown^[14]	40	1	29+2	0	5	0	1+1	0	2	1
14	MF	AUS	James Wesolowski^[23]	7	0	5	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
15	DF	SCO	Jack Grimmer^[15]	24	2	21	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Scott Vernon^[32]	18	1	9+4	1	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Abu Ogogo^[24]	50	3	42	2	4	1	2	0	1+1	0
18	DF	ENG	Mickey Demetriou^[16]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Andy Mangan^[33]	22	6	15+4	5	3	1	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ENG	Nathaniel Knight-Percival^[17]	41	5	34+1	5	4+1	0	0	0	1	0
21	GK	ENG	Mark Halstead^[7]	19	0	16	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Jordan Clark^[25]	26	2	13+7	2	3+1	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF	SCO	Jack Hendry^[18]	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	ENG	Callum Burton^[8]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	FRA	Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro^[35]	43	7	15+22	6	2+2	1	1+1	0	0	0
27	MF	ENG	James Caton^[26]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ENG	Larnell Cole^[27]	34	3	24+5	3	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
30	FW	ENG	Ethan Jones	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	WAL	Dominic Smith^[19]	24	0	17+4	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Kaiman Anderson^[36]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	ENG	Shaun Rowley^[9]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	ENG	James Wallace^[28]	8	0	3+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	FRA	Elliot Grandin^[29]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
9	FW	EIR	James Collins^[31]	28	7	18+5	5	3	1	2	1	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Tyrone Barnett^[34]	27	6	11+10	4	1+1	0	1+1	1	2	1
Players who left the club before the season ended:
4	MF	ENG	Ryan Woods^[108]	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Connor Goldson^[109]	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	EIR	Liam Lawrence^[110]	23	0	10+8	0	2	0	2	0	0+1	0
8	MF	SCO	Martin Woods^[111]	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Sullay Kaikai^[112]	29	12	23+3	12	2	0	0	0	0+1	0
13	DF	EIR	Anthony Gerrard^[113]	15	0	10+1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Mark Ellis^[114]	12	1	9	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
19	FW	EIR	Liam McAlinden^[115]	11	1	2+6	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	1
24	MF	NIR	Darren McKnight^[116]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	ENG	Sam Patterson^[117]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Top scorers

As of match played 8 May 2016.

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	MF		11	Sullay Kaikai^[112]	12	0	0	0	12
2	MF		10	Shaun Whalley^[22]	6	1	0	0	7
	FW		9	James Collins^[31]	5	1	1	0	7
	FW		26	Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro^[35]	6	1	0	0	7
3	FW		19	Andy Mangan^[33]	5	1	0	0	6
3	FW		23	Tyrone Barnett^[34]	4	0	1	1	6
4	DF		20	Nathaniel Knight-Percival^[17]	5	0	0	0	5
5	MF		29	Larnell Cole^[27]	3	0	0	0	3
5	MF		17	Abu Ogogo^[24]	2	1	0	0	3
6	DF		15	Jack Grimmer^[15]	1	1	0	0	2
	DF		3	Mat Sadler^[11]	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		22	Jordan Clark^[25]	2	0	0	0	2
7	FW		16	Scott Vernon^[32]	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		4	Zak Whitbread^[12]	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		6	Ian Black^[20]	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		12	Junior Brown^[14]	0	0	0	1	1
	DF		2	Matt Tootle^[10]	0	0	1	0	1
	FW		19	Liam McAlinden^[115]	0	0	0	1	1
	DF		15	Mark Ellis^[114]	1	0	0	0	1
	−	−	−	Own-goals	1	0	0	0	1

Players in italics left the club before the season ended

Disciplinary record

As of match played 8 May 2016.

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
1		GK	Jayson Leutwiler^[6]	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
2		DF	Matt Tootle^[10]	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF	Mat Sadler^[11]	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
4		MF	Ryan Woods^[108]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Zak Whitbread^[12]	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
5		DF	Jermaine Grandison^[13]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Connor Goldson^[109]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Ian Black^[20]	11	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	2
7		MF	Liam Lawrence^[110]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		FW	Kyle Vassell^[30]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Richie Wellens^[21]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	James Collins^[31]	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Shaun Whalley^[22]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12		MF	Junior Brown^[14]	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
13		DF	Anthony Gerrard^[113]	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14		MF	James Wesolowski^[23]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Jack Grimmer^[15]	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
16		FW	Scott Vernon^[32]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Abu Ogogo^[24]	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
18		DF	Mickey Demetriou^[16]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		FW	Liam McAlinden^[115]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		DF	Nathaniel Knight-Percival^[17]	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
21		GK	Mark Halstead^[7]	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
22		MF	Jordan Clark^[25]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23		FW	Tyrone Barnett^[34]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Jack Hendry^[18]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26		FW	Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro^[35]	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
29		MF	Larnell Cole^[27]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
31		DF	Dominic Smith^[19]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
38		MF	James Wallace^[28]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Players in italics left the club before the season ended

References

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[52] Following Vincent's release on 2 June 2015, he later signed for Worcester City on 7 August 2015^[51]

[55] Following Gayles's release on 30 June 2015, he later signed for Oxford United on 6 November 2015^[53]

[58] Following Wildig's release on 8 May 2015, he later signed for Morecambe on 6 June 2015.^[55]

[67] Following McKnights release on 12 January, he later signed for Morecambe on 19 March 2016.^[63]

[72] Following Gerrard's release on 21 January 2016, he later signed for Oldham Athletic on 26 January 2016^[67]

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[2] "League One 2015/2016 Attendance Home matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

[3] "History". Statto. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

[4] "Shrewsbury Town 3-4 Peterborough United". BBC Sport. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

[5] "Soup and butties fuel Shrewsbury's FA Cup drive against Manchester United". The Observer. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

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