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Shrewsbury Town 3 Bradford 1

Shrewsbury fans of a certain vintage had been awaiting this day for 26 long years. Shrewsbury fans of a certain vintage had been awaiting this day for 26 long years. Ever since Graham Turner walked out of Gay Meadow for the last time to take up residence at Villa Park, they have prayed that one day he would return. His appointment as Paul Simpson's successor at the Greenhous Meadow was well received by most - and now those too young to remember him first time around might just have some idea of what all the fuss has been about. Turner has built a new team from the ground up over the summer, giving debuts to eight players in his starting line-up. Not that a neutral would ever have guessed as, after a slow start, they ran rings around nPower League Two promotion favourites Bradford - even taking the 68th minute dismissal of Kevin McIntyre in their stride. "It was always going to be a nervy day for me," said Turner. "The expectations are so high but I think that, with the way the result has gone and the way the performance has gone - the excitement at times in our play - it could hardly have gone better." Read the full match report in today's Shropshire Star

Shrewsbury Town FC|Aug 9, 2010
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