Shrewsbury Town F.C. Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1886

Shrewsbury Town F.C. were founded in 1886 in a local hostelry, either the Turf Hotel or the Lion Hotel, depending on which newspaper report of the time you read.

Answer: Gay Meadow

After playing at a number of temporary venues in the early years of their existence, Shrewsbury Town moved into Gay Meadow in 1910. Situated on the banks of the River Severn, the stadium attracted a record crowd of 18,917 for a match against Walsall in 1961. Safety regulations meant that the capacity had been reduced to just 8,000 when the club played their final competitive game there, against Milton Keynes Dons in 2007.

Answer: Midland League

The Midland League was one of the stronger leagues outside of the Football League before and after World War Two. Shrewsbury Town won the league title at the first attempt in 1938 and then again in 1950.

Answer: Shrew

The answer is in the club name. They have always been known as "The Shrews", although their club crest actually consists of three lions heads.

Answer: Welsh Cup

Although Shrewsbury is in England, the Welsh Cup featured a number of clubs from English counties which bordered Wales until the rules were changed in 1996. Shrewsbury's six victories were the most by any English club, although they weren't allowed by UEFA to represent Wales in the following season's European Cup Winners' Cup after any of their triumphs.

Answer: Blue & Amber

Shrewsbury Town wore blue and white shirts from their foundation until 1970, when the white was replaced by amber. The most common shirt design since then has been blue and amber vertical stripes.

Answer: 1950

After winning the Midland League in season 1949-50, the expansion of the Football League saw Shrewsbury Town elected to the Third Division in 1950. The Third Division was split into north and south sections at the time, and Shrewsbury were placed in the north section for their first season before moving to the south section until the formation of Division Four in 1958 when the top halves of the north and south sections became Division Three (and the bottom halves became Division Four).

Answer: Graham Turner

Graham Taylor was a central defender with Shrewsbury, becoming player-manager in 1978. His first season in charge saw the club win the Third Division title to gain promotion to the second tier of English football for the first time. The club twice reached the quarter-finals of the F.A Cup under Turner, losing to Wolves in 1979 and Leicester in 1982. Turner left the club for Aston Villa in 1984.

Answer: New Meadow

New Meadow is the rather unimaginative name of Shrewsbury's new stadium. The first competitive game at the stadium was a League Cup tie against Colchester United on 14th of August of that year.

Answer: Aldershot Town

Shrewsbury finished the 2003-04 Conference season in third place, 18 points behind champions Chester City, and earned themselves a place in the end-of-season play-offs. After defeating Barnet in the semi-finals, they took on Aldershot Town in the final at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium.

The match ended goalless, and was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Aldershot's players failed miserably, missing all three of their penalties, whilst Shrewsbury scored all three of theirs to return to the Football League at the first attempt.