Shrewsbury Town is a professional club located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. They play their home games at New Meadow stadium, which was inaugurated in 2007 and can hold up to10,361 spectators. The club was established in 1886 and some sources suggest it was formed at the Lion Hotel.

The team known as the Blues dons blue jerseys with a yellow stripe and blue shorts during home games, while their away attire is purple. Mickey Brown holds the record for the most number of games played for the club, with a total of 190 appearances and 9 goals scored in the league. Wolverhampton and Walsall are considered the team’s biggest rivals, but matches between Shrewsbury Town and Hereford United have also been known to be intense and fiery.

The two teams will clash in the highly anticipated “A49 derby,” and it should be mentioned that the Blues have developed intense rivalries with both Chester City and Wrexham.