The Salop Diaries

The events of the past two weeks have put a spring in my step. With four glorious victories in a row, Shrewsbury Town are a team reborn under Gavin Cowan. Suddenly, going to football is fun once again, and life is just that little bit brighter. In trying to make sense of it all, I find myself looking to history to see when we have previously enjoyed such a reversal of fortunes. I had to dig a long way back in my memory banks: allow me to transport you briefly to the spring of 1991. On the morning of 20 April that year, Shrewsbury sat third bottom of the Third Division (now League 1), six points from safety with just seven games to go. A second relegation in three seasons looked inevitable. That afternoon, Town would beat near neighbours Chester City 1-0. It proved the catalyst for a remarkable run of six wins in the last seven games. We finished 18 th , securing safety with a game to spare. We even went on to ruin the play-off hopes of Bournemouth – then under leadership of up-and-comi...