Rotherham 1 Shrewsbury 2

It's taken eight months and two days, 21 attempts and precisely 5,004 miles.

But Shrewsbury Town finally re-discovered the winning feeling on the road in League Two on Saturday.

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Misery at Morecambe and Macclesfield and agony at Accrington to name but a few was replaced by sheer relief at Rotherham.

Town's wretched run without a League victory will remain one of the abiding memories of this campaign.

But they could not have chosen a better time to finally remove this particular monkey from their back.

With what has become the obligatory helping hand from elsewhere again playing a part, Town today find themselves back in the play-offs and relying solely on their own results to determine their fate.

The picture will become a little clearer tomorrow night after Dagenham and Morecambe both play their game in hand.

But, at this stage, all signs appear to be pointing towards a final day shoot-out at Dagenham for the last play-off spot.

And, if that proves to be the case, how Paul Simpson's side will be grateful for finally ending their away day woes in the unique surroundings of the Don Valley Stadium.

Truth be told, this victory had been brewing ever since a stirring late fightback at Gillingham a month ago

Two goals in the final 20 minutes at Priestfield that day not only rescued Town a point, but also installed belief to a side who appeared to be heading nowhere fast on their travels prior to that.

Three of their best performances of the season on the road have followed at Wycombe, Bury and Rotherham, culminating in Saturday's triumph.

Richly deserved it was too as Shrewsbury carved out substantially more goal-scoring opportunities – and clearer ones at that - against a team who began the day second in the 'real' League Two table which doesn't take into account points deductions.

As in recent weeks, Town's early tempo was too much for their opponents to handle but again lacked a goal, adding to the fear that missed opportunities would again undermine the domination of territory and possession.

Chance after chance went begging during that opening third of the game, Grant Holt twice firing decent if not golden opportunities straight at Andy Warrington while he and Graham Coughlan both headed wide of the target from Steve Leslie corners.

Even clearer openings came the way of Nick Chadwick who directed a free header the wrong side of the post and then, somehow, struck the woodwork from four yards with the goal gaping after a Ben Davies pull back.

Full credit, then, to Chadwick for grabbing the opening goal his efforts deserved shortly before the break.

The toughest chance of the three it probably was too as he was forced to shrug off the attention of Nick Fenton before slotting past Warrington.

That Town led at half-time was exactly what their efforts warranted with Rotherham failing to land an attacking blow on the visitors.

Indeed, the hosts' first shot on goal arrived on 70 minutes and brought the leveller, a lapse in concentration allowing Ryan Taylor the time to turn and fire home from a Danny Hudson corner.

The fear then was that Town would succumb to a defeat which could have done untold damage to their play-off hopes.

But, just six minutes later, a barn-storming run from Neil Ashton took him into the penalty area and his low centre across the face of goal was turned into his own net by Ian Sharps.

There was to be one late scare when Taylor rifled over from 12 yards but Shrewsbury – also boosted by a surprise debut for Omer Riza from the bench – saw out the closing stages, including four minutes of injury time, with little alarm to end Rotherham's promotion hopes while significantly boosting their own.