Scott Davidson reveals Shrewsbury Town plans for Croud Meadow improvements

Shrewsbury Town’s new owners have outlined plans to improve the club’s facilities, including the Croud Meadow.

Salop’s new American ownership group have made enhancing the matchday experience a key part of their vision for the future.

Asked whether they plan to make improvements to the stadium or training ground, owner Scott Davidson told the Shropshire Star: “I think so. One of the wonderful things is it is a modern stadium. It does actually exist.

“There are hospitality boxes. We’re sitting in the Sovereign Suite.

“On the other hand, they haven’t been upgraded or renovated in quite some time, and so we’ll look to do those types of things.

“Liam and I, on the car ride today with Brad, we were talking about the matchday experience and trying to think about ways that we could make that better, keep people here longer, make them happier.

“We’ve got lots of examples of other venues and other places that have really done, I think, a wonderful job of engaging with their supporters and making those experiences meaningful for them.

“I think those are things that are definitely on our agenda. But like all things, what you’ll find is we plan and we think about it so if we’re going to make those changes. And we will, we’re going to do it in a very thoughtful way.

“You’ll probably see changes over the summer and some other time. But afterwards, we will get some architects and really think through and listen to what people would like.”

Davidson also revealed that the new ownership group have held discussions about fixing the public address system at the Croud Meadow - a long-standing frustration among supporters.

The club’s CEO Liam Dooley added: “Ask Craig Graham. He was walking around telling supporters as they were all shouting at him, so leave that one with him.”