Full back David Raven today admitted Shrewsbury Town’s players will have “sleepless nights” over their Aldershot no-show – but urged his side to re-group immediately.

Town were soundly beaten 3-0 at the Recreation Ground on Saturday as they dropped out of League Two’s automatic promotion places and down to fourth.

Town are now two points behind Bury in third – who have a game in hand -  and three adrift of Wycombe in second.

Just two points separate Shrewsbury from Accrington in eighth. An honest Raven admitted Town were well below-par on Saturday, and has called for an immediate response with just five games remaining.

“It was devastating and we can’t put our fingers on it,” said Raven.

“It was a poor performance from start to finish, everyone – one to 11 and myself included – wasn’t good enough.

“It wasn’t for the want of trying.

“It’s hard to take and I think we will have a few sleepless nights.

“It was a horrible game for us but we need to regroup and go again — we are still in a great position.”

Raven admitted he was culpable in Danny Hylton’s opening goal for Aldershot.

“I have got to hold my hand up for the first goal,” said the former Carlisle man.

“My defending wasn’t good enough and deserved to get punished.”

Boss Graham Turner echoed Raven’s call for a positive reaction to the defeat.

“Everyone knows we were poor for the majority of the game and there were one or two harsh words in the dressing room after,” he added.

“But it’s how we react now which is important.

“We got beat 5-0 at Torquay a few weeks ago and we bounced back with four decent performances and results.

“We have to attempt to do that again.”

By JAMES GARRISON