Two Shrewsbury Town legends chosen by fans for special 140th anniversary honour
Two Salop heroes beat the rest to secure permanent stadium tributes.
Two Shrewsbury Town legends are to be honoured at the Croud Meadow as part of the club’s 140th anniversary celebrations.
Supporters voted for the Town heroes they wanted to see recognised, with Jake King and Mickey Brown receiving the most votes. Both will now have permanent banners installed outside the stadium.
They will join Graham Turner, Alf Wood, Ken Mulhearn and Arthur Rowley, who have already been immortalised with banners celebrating their contributions to the club.
The original plan was to honour only the player who received the most votes. However, Brown secured 42 per cent of the vote and King 37 per cent, with the pair comfortably clear at the top of the poll.
As a result, the club has decided to honour both with permanent banners.
King was central to Shrewsbury’s golden era in the late 1970s. The Scot was ever-present as Town won promotion from the Fourth Division in 1974/75 under Alan Durban before playing a key role in the unforgettable 1978/79 campaign.
He scored six goals in the final two months of that season, including twice in a 4-1 victory over Exeter City on the final day as Shrewsbury clinched the Third Division title.
Brown is also regarded as one of the club’s all-time greats, having played for Shrewsbury across three spells.
He famously scored the goal that kept Town in the Football League in May 2000 and remains the club’s record league appearance holder, with 418 appearances across his three spells.
The banners form part of a series of projects celebrating Shrewsbury’s 140th anniversary.
Large-scale graphics celebrating the club’s history have already been installed inside the Croud Meadow, including images of Graham Turner’s title-winning team from the late 1970s, Jon Nolan’s famous volley against Charlton Athletic in the League One play-offs and coracle legend Fred Davies.
Block number signage around the stadium has also been redesigned, replacing the previous white signs with designs inspired by some of the most iconic shirts in Salop’s history.
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