One particular fixture loomed prevalently over Shrewsbury Town for the whole of September, writes Andrew Harding. Indeed, it has dwarfed the rest of the games in what has been another strong month for the Shrews. There are those that look down on the League Cup but to provide Shrewsbury with an away trip to Premier League opposition, never mind a club with the media profile of Arsenal, was great for all connected to the club. The fact that the Shrews even led at the Emirates is a great source of joy and while Shrewsbury ultimately failed to pull off an…
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Promising signs for Shrewsbury Town
It’s been a decent month for Shrewsbury Town, writes Andrew Harding - far from perfect but there are certainly signs of encouragement. With transfer business concluded in a swift fashion prior to the season’s opening game at home to Plymouth Argyle, boss Graham Turner has gone about developing a stronger work ethic in a squad that has been refined since last season. Turner had felt that the squad was too big and therefore looked to bring in quality additions while reducing numbers. The return to the rule of five substitutes to be named for Football League matches seemed to further…
Championship league ladder: Doncaster Rovers up, Burnley down
The Seventy Two’s Championship league ladder continues with the thoughts of Andrew Harding. In brief, the idea will be that the table begins in the order that the Championship finished at the end of the 2010/11 season and a series of bloggers and journalists will each re-position one team further up and one team further down based on their thoughts over the summer. By the end, we will have a predicted Championship table for which we can all take some part of the blame… Over to Andrew… One up: Doncaster Rovers Every season they’ve proven the bookmakers and punters wrong…
Bluffer’s guide to the play-offs: Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town fan Andrew Harding gives his thoughts on whether this is the year for his club… Feeling confident? How’s your form? Only a week ago, I was on this site stating the hope is that it will be third time lucky for Shrewsbury Town. While pessimism was the name of the game a few weeks ago, optimism has slowly crept into the forefront of the Shrewsbury fans’ consciousness and with due reason. Shrewsbury go into this year’s play-offs in-form (albeit second to Accrington who are looking to continue their 13-game unbeaten run). To have been so close to automatic…
Third time lucky for Shrewsbury Town?
Mention play-offs to a Shrewsbury fan and watch the inevitable initial grimace emerge on their face, writes Andrew Harding. Barring beating Oxford United and Southend preventing a Wycombe home win this Saturday, Shrewsbury will once again face the play-offs in their bid to reach League 1. Of course, should that be the case, the key moment that swung things in the Chairboys’ favour was the Easter Monday 0-0 home draw to surprise fellow promotion hopefuls Accrington Stanley. Prior to that game, fate and the prospect of automatic promotion was in Shrewsbury’s hands. That draw coupled with a Wycombe victory over…
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