Shrews fans hopeful for next year

Monday 25th May 2009, 10:27AM BST.

Defiant Shrewsbury Town fans are backing the club for automatic promotion next season after suffering last-minute heartbreak in the League Two Play-off Final at Wembley.

Shrewsbury lost 1-0 to Gillingham with a goal from a controversial 90th minute corner.

Adrian Stokes, 50, from Gains Park, Shrewsbury, said: “I’m disappointed but I think that we can build on this and it will put us in a stronger position next year when we should be able to get promoted automatically.”

Shrewsbury fans the Gough family faced a difficult journey home to the Isle of Sheppey, near Gillingham, on a train packed with opposition supporters.

The family moved from Dudleston Heath, near Ellesmere, 25 years ago.

Jez Gough said: “The atmosphere was really good on the way and we were keeping 400 Gills fans quiet.”

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