Scott Davidson reveals how often he plans to be at Shrewsbury Town

New owner Scott Davidson says he plans to be a regular presence at Shrewsbury Town.

The Miami businessman has added Town to his sporting ventures, which already include Scottish League Two side The Spartans and a coaching role back home in the United States.

Davidson has revealed he intends to have a hands-on involvement at Salop, joking that he plans to keep chief executive Liam Dooley busy.

He told the Shropshire Star: “I plan on making Liam’s life miserable, right? Really irritating him as much as I possibly can.

“I plan to be here a lot. It’ll be a little harder the next four or five months, in part because I still coach a team and I’m responsible for that, so I’m going to finish that or go back to that. But I’ll be here as much as I possibly can.

“You also need to talk to the UK tax authorities about my limitations of time, so if you could talk to them for me, I’d greatly appreciate it.

“But I will be here a lot because I care. I love the sport. I’m fascinated by the town and people.

“We spend a lot of time in Edinburgh, and it’s an easy train journey, so we’ll be here a lot.”

Davidson and other members of the new ownership group will be at the Croud Meadow this weekend for the first game of a new era against Oldham Athletic.

It marks the beginning of a new chapter for Town, with Davidson keen to build a successful future while understanding what supporters want from the club.

“I think it’s a misnomer to call us owners, right? We’re the stewards or guardians of their club,” he added.

“Our job is to make it a better club in one year, five years, in ten years, even just on Saturday.

“But to continue to make it better. And so I think that’s the message for them is we’re here to help them and their club and listen to what they want and then do our best to transform that or turn that into success.”

Davidson said listening to supporters would be the first step, with the new ownership group keen to hear their ideas and understand how the club can improve.

“We want to learn because we don’t come at this with the presumption that we know everything,” he said.

“In fact, it’s quite the opposite. My experience has been we’ve got a lot to learn regardless of what we think we know.

“We want to learn what’s right not only for football, but what’s right for Shrewsbury and this community, and see how many of those things we can implement.”