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PITCH NO ISSUE FOR SHREWS

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The LeaguePaper Team
31 December 2017

By Chris Phillips
STAR MAN ABU OGOGO Shrewsbury

SEALED IT: Ben Godfrey celebrates scoring Shrewsbury’s second Inset, Shrewsbury Town celebrate going ahead
PICTURES: AMA Sports Photo

SHREWSBURY manager Paul Hurst felt his side fully deserved their narrowest of victories over Southend.
Two goals in the first half at Roots Hall saw the secondplaced Shrews move to within two points of League One leaders Wigan Athletic.
And Hurst was happy with how Shrewsbury were able to deal with a difficult pitch to secure another win.
“We were well worthy of the points against a decent side...

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