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Shrewsbury Town Football Club play in the English Football League Two ([[soccer]]). Their Gay Meadow stadium was famous for flooding as it lay right by the river. It was demolished in 2007 and replaced by a 10,000 seater stadium in the Meole Brace suburb, commercially known as the Prostar Stadium after the team's kit supplier but known by fans as the New Meadow.
Shrewsbury Town Football Club play in the English Football League Two ([[soccer]]). Their Gay Meadow stadium was famous for flooding as it lay right by the river. It was demolished in 2007 and replaced by a 10,000 seater stadium in the Meole Brace suburb, commercially known as the Prostar Stadium after the team's kit supplier but known by fans as the New Meadow.
[[Charles Darwin]] was born and brought up in the town and attended it's famous private school. [[Tony Blair]]'s father, Leo Blair, lives in the town.
== Notable people ==
* [[Charles Darwin]] (1809-1882) - English naturalist, geologist and biologist.
* [[Leo Blair]] (1923-2012) - British barrister, father of UK Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]], lived in Shrewsbury at the time of his death in 2012.
Its population is 67,126 (2001).
Its population is 67,126 (2001).
[[Category:Settlements in Shropshire]]
[[Category:Settlements in Shropshire]]