20 Facts About Shrewsbury Town

1. Shrewsbury Town Sports Village is a sports centre in the Sundorne district of the town, aimed at providing a wide range of sports facilities for townspeople.

2. Shrewsbury Town is home to a professional football club, Shrewsbury Town.

3. Shrewsbury Town is home to Shrewsbury Town School, a public school, on a large site just south of the town centre overlooking the loop of the Severn.

4. Shrewsbury Town is home to the 'longest running flower show in the world'.

5. Shrewsbury Town is the second most populous civil parish in England with a population of approximately 72,000.

6. Shrewsbury Town was until 2009 an unparished area and had no town or parish counci.

7. Shrewsbury Town is in the Shrewsbury Town and Atcham constituency and is the only large settlement in the constituency.

8. Shrewsbury Town is the administrative centre for the new Shropshire Council, the unitary authority covering most of Shropshire.

9. Shrewsbury Town had midfielder David Edwards sent off five minutes from time.

10. Shrewsbury Town had substitute Dave Edwards sent off on 85 minutes for a lunging challenge in the middle of the pitch.

11. Shrewsbury Town must head into next weekend's visit of Burton with a must-win attitude at home.

12. Shrewsbury Town led the team to the League One play-offs, but lost to Rotherham on penalties.

13. Shrewsbury Town played away at Everton in the FA Cup fourth round watched by 35,188.

14. On 5 March 1966 Shrewsbury Town played at Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup, attendance 51,144.

15. Shrewsbury Town would sit in his coracle during Shrewsbury Town home matches, and retrieve any stray footballs that went into the River Severn.

16. Shrewsbury Town played here for 15 years over 300 matches against more classier opposition of reserve teams like Aston Villa and Wolves.

17. Shrewsbury Town played 47 times in 2 seasons at this ground and when they moved from here, they moved up to the Birmingham League.

18. Shrewsbury Town spent 4 seasons here and they were founder members of the Shropshire and District League started in 1890.

19. The majority of these were friendlies as Shrewsbury Town were not members of any league.

20. In 1910, Shrewsbury Town looked to move to a new ground, having spent early years at locations across the town, notably at Copthorne Barracks west of the town.