No scars but Shrewsbury Town have score to settle against Torquay

Skipper Ian Sharps insists Shrewsbury Town will bear no psychological scars of two crucial defeats as they prepare to return to Torquay United on Saturday.

Shrewsbury were thrashed 5-0 at Plainmoor during the regular campaign last season and then suffered a damaging 2-0 defeat in the play-off semi-finals.

Torquay are in the thick of the League Two promotion race again but Sharps - who also went off injured in that play-off contest - insists Shrewsbury can go into the game feeling positive.

"Before last season I'd never lost there so on aggregate I'm probably still up," he said.

"In the League game we had a man sent off (Jermaine Grandison) and that helped them. In the play-offs they deserved the win, we didn't perform well enough. But neither game will have a bearing on what happens this time.

"We want to put the record straight after last season and continue our good run of three wins on the bounce.

"We fancy our chances against any team in this division as long as we play to our potential."

Sharps insists Town will not be distracted by what happened when the two sides at the Greenhous Meadow earlier this season.

Town won 2-0 but the game was overshadowed by a foul that left defender Reuben Hazell with an ankle injury that has prevented him playing since.

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