Shrews host Milton Keynes Dons on first day

Karl Robinson's side will visit on Saturday August 3 after the Football League computer handed Graham Turner's men a tough start to the 2013-14 campaign.

Town face three of last term's promotion contenders – the Dons, Leyton Orient and Swindon – in the opening month and are also pencilled in for a trip to big-spending Rotherham.

Boss Turner will be intrigued by the visit of Wolves for a tasty home derby on Saturday, September 21. The one-time Molineux boss will make an emotional return to his former club on March 15, 2014.

The clubs last met in a league fixture on 6 April 1985, with Salop's 1-0 success at Molineux hardly a shock against a Wolves team in steep decline under Tommy Docherty.

That completed a double for Town, then under the guidance of Chic Bates, after a 2-1 Boxing Day win at home.

After the MK Dons opener, Shrewsbury travel to the capital to face Russell Slade's Orient on Saturday August 10, before hosting Swindon a week later.

Coventy City and Carlisle also visit the Meadow in the opening 10 games, while trips to Crawley and newly-promoted Bradford add to the tricky early assignments on Salop's fixture card.

Shrewsbury's first non-Saturday clash is not until Tuesday October 22, when they host Colchester.

The emergence of near-neighbours Wolves and Port Vale in the division will add plenty of spice to the programme with local rivalries a regular feature.

Shrewsbury travel to Vale Park on November 16 and they then host Micky Adams' side on February 15.

Crewe provide the opposition at Gresty Road on December 21 with the return on April 14 2014. Both matches with Steve Davis' side finished 1-1 last term.

Town enjoyed the upper hand over Walsall at home with the corresponding fixture pencilled in for December 14 this season, while the trip to the Banks' Stadium is on March 29.