Kelvin Langmead today summed up the magnitude of Shrewsbury Town’s play-off shoot-out at Dagenham on Saturday by declaring: “It’s one of the biggest games of our careers.”

Town’s season goes on the line at Victoria Road where they must collect all three points to leapfrog their final weekend opponents and climb into the top seven.

Langmead is one of the survivors of the Town squad which reached Wembley in the play-offs two years ago before suffering a final defeat to Bristol Rovers.

But the defender insists Saturday represents one of the most important dates of his career – and that of many of his team-mates.

“It’s huge. You look through the dressing room and for some of the lads it will be one of the biggest games of their careers and I’m no different,” he said.

“The implications of winning it and going on are huge for this football club and huge for us as players.

“You looked six weeks ago and the last game was always going to be crucial and it has proven to be so.

“We know what our job is now. We understand they can draw and that might benefit us.

Striker

“In the back of their minds, they will be thinking ‘we have to make sure we don’t lose the game.’

“That will give us impetus to push on and attack. We have got nothing to lose – we have to go there and win.”

Meanwhile, striker James Constable has completed his permanent move to Oxford.

The Blue Square Premier outfit claimed they had sealed a deal last month for a forward who has scored 25 goals in all competitions during a season-long loan.

Shrewsbury officials rejected that at the time but have now confirmed they have agreed to the switch.

Town reserves wrapped up the Central League Division One title yesterday with a 2-0 success at Mansfield.

Kevin McIntyre played an hour of the game to put himself in contention for a recall after fully recovering from a broken leg.

By JAMES GARRISON