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Safe standing supporters win Shropshire Star fan award
Two Shrewsbury Town supporters who have spearheaded the campaign for safe standing at football grounds have been named fans of the season by the Shropshire Star.
Supporters’ Parliament duo Mike Davis and Roger Groves won the annual Shrewsbury Town prize for being the supporters of the year during the end of season awards on Sunday night.
The duo, who are heavily involved in the Supporters’ Parliament, scooped the award, sponsored by the Star, for their work promoting safe standing.
Davis and Groves were instrumental in the pioneering crowd-funding project to bring the first-ever safe standing to an all-seater stadia in England and Wales.
Safe standing has been a huge success at Montgomery Waters Meadow this season and other clubs are looking to follow suit.
The club prize comes after joint-SP chairs were named EFL fans of the season at the EFL Awards in London last month.
The Salop fans, who both stand in the Salop Leisure rail seats on a matchday, were also recently named League One fans of the season.
Davis and Groves work tirelessly alongside the club on all sorts of projects, including day-to-day items such as ticket offers. The SP meets every few months alongside club chiefs.
For the footballer awards, Greg Docherty was a popular winner after being crowned Shrewsbury’s player of the season.
Rangers loanee Docherty, 22 won the main award for scoring 10 goals and creating 11 more in 50 games.
Striker Fejiri Okenabirhie took home the top goalscorer award with 16 goals and was also voted young player of the season by Shrewsbury’s management. Players’ player of the season went to Shaun Whalley, while the goal of the season went to defender James Bolton for his stunning strike against Stoke City.
Omar Beckles won Town’s player in the community award for the second season running, recognising his work promoting mental health awareness.
A new award, the Roland Wycherley scholar of the year award, was handed to 18-year-old midfielder Kian Taylor.
The Shropshire Star was represented at the event by business editor James Pugh, sports editor Russell Youll, marketing services manager Lee Young and director of marketing and communications Chris Leggett.
