Shropshire's finest arrive at The Valley tonorrow afternoon. Their form has improved under Gareth Ainsworth as manager and he is targeting his first away win against an 'under performing' Charlton: https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/2025/01/24/charlton-v-shrewsbury-gareth-ainsworth-targeting-first-away-win-at-the-valley/
The Salopians may have been fired up by Wrexham player James McClean [sic] calling Shrewsbury 'an absolute cesspit full of inbreds'. In fact the town is very attractive and is surrounded by beautiful countryside, but it all kicked off at the Shrewsbury versus Wrexham derby leading to two arrests. McClean had objects thrown at him during the game.
Under new director of football Jonathan Acworth the Shrews have been snapping up non-league target with the latest signing being Ricardo Dinanga from AFC Telford, the third tier club being somewhat surprisingly described as 'local rivals'.
Charlton are sixth in the form table while the Shrews are mid-table. Away from home they have won once, drawn three and lost eight,
For those who think you can read results off the table, this looks like three points for the Addicks, but I do not think it is a foregone conclusion. Charlton are consistently inconsistent.
CAS Trust see it as a great chance to put more points on the board. Let's hope they are right: https://www.castrust.org/2025/01/another-roll-of-the-dice-at-home-to-shrewsbury/
BTW, to see what both Charlton and Shrewsbury are up against in terms of the participants in the 'Hollywood derby' read here: https://footballeconomyv2.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-wider-meaning-of-hollywood-derby.html
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