Comment: Callum Stewart staking claim for league start
Given his performances in his pre-season, striker Callum Stewart has done all he can to force his way into Michael Appleton’s starting XI.
The 23-year-old signed for Salop in the January transfer window earlier this year when he arrived from non-league outfit Leamington.
He had scored 14 goals in his 20 appearances in National League North, and he penned a two-and-a-half-year deal in Shropshire.
Stewart had to bide his time at the Croud Meadow for his opportunity. He had made 12 appearances from the substitutes bench - including a football league debut against Stockport - before he was given his first outing from the off.
That came against Northampton in the 4-1 defeat, and from then onwards, he started the remaining two League One games.
This is a fresh campaign, and the youngster has impressed so far this pre-season scoring four times. He got the only goal of the game in their opening friendly against Stoke, and then he scored twice against county rivals AFC Telford United.
