'The perfect tonic': Ollie Westbury on impact of Shrewsbury's win over Wrexham

Ollie Westbury and Jonny Drury discuss Shrewsbury's memorable win over arch rivals Wrexham on this week's episode of the Shrews Views podcast.

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00:00You know, it's been a difficult period for the football club.

00:02So and everybody involved as they've kind of been in this constant decline.

00:07But since Gareth Ainsworth's come in, there have been some real high points,

00:11some real high moments and some some, you know, real things for Shrewsbury fans

00:16to cling on to and be positive about.

00:19And last night was one of them.

00:21And one of the things that, you know, I've written is that I think a win against

00:25Wrexham is a tonic for whatever kind of PR disaster has gone on previous,

00:31you know, in the week and that that kind of feels like the case, doesn't it?

00:34You know, a win against Wrexham is an absolute

00:39is the way to get the fans on board, just like,

00:43you know, it was when they beat Birmingham City at the Crown Meadow.

00:47You know, not that long ago.

00:48So, yeah, it was a fantastic night last night for the Shrewsbury Town supporters

00:52more than anyone, but for everybody connected with the football club,

00:54because it has been a tricky period.

00:56It's been a very difficult period for

00:59for for the supporters that follow the club home and away.

01:02There have not been a lot of things to cheer about.

01:04So for Shrewsbury to go on and to pick up a result

01:08the way that they did against their rivals in Wrexham,

01:12who, you know, there's so much talk about Wrexham, isn't there?

01:14You know, everybody's fed up of hearing about the Hollywood connections.

01:18Ryan Reynolds, this and blah, blah, blah.

01:19So, you know, to kind of to

01:22to go in there and get a result is incredibly pleasing.