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Next Shrewsbury Town manager: the live picture

The dugout watch for Shrewsbury Town: how much pressure the current manager is under, who's being linked, and what this club's history says about how these things end.

Recomputed from live match and managerial data · how the pressure index works

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17thIn the League Two sack race (of 24)
Michael Appleton

Michael Appleton

Currently in post. Status: 0W 0D 0L. Full record on the Sack-o-Meter.

How it usually ends at Shrewsbury Town

Across the completed tenures in our records, a Shrewsbury Town manager lasts roughly 2.2 years. Recent occupants of the job:

ManagerFromTo
Michael Appleton 2025 2026
Paul Hurst 2024 2024
Gareth Ainsworth 2024 2025
Steve Cotterill 2020 2023
John Askey 2018 2018
Paul Hurst 2016 2018
Micky Mellon 2014 2016
Graham Turner 2010 2014

Year-level data from our manager career records — a guide, not a stopwatch.

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