The club was formed in 1868 and its first match was on 22 January that year, a 3–2 defeat at a side from Whitchurch. The club seems to have gone into abeyance, as it was re-founded in 1875 with 30 members. By 1879 the club had 80 members. The club's captain from 1876 to 1880 was
John Hawley Edwards, who also played for
Shropshire Wanderers and
Wanderers. The club was an early member of the
Birmingham Football Association and first came to prominence in 1877 by beating
Stafford Road F.C., who had reached that season's
Birmingham Senior Cup final, in a friendly. The following season, the club won both the
Birmingham Senior Cup and the
Shropshire Senior Cup. Shrewsbury beat two Wednesbury clubs to win the Birmingham cup;
Wednesbury Old Athletic in the semi-final and
Wednesbury Strollers F.C. in the final, both by 2–1, the latter played at
Aston Villa's Wellington Road ground in front of 5,000 spectators. Shrewsbury came from 1–0 down at half-time, the equalizer being scored from a Wace corner "cannoning off" Shrewsbury half-back A. T. Ward, and forward J. E. Sprott scoring the winner after Shrewsbury had struck the bar - an early use of the crossbar. The Strollers protested (unsuccessfully) that Wace was not a genuine resident of Shrewsbury. In the Shropshire competition, the club beat
the original Oswestry club 3–0 in a semi-final replay, Oswestry wearing black armbands after their player A. F. Jones had died in a match the previous Saturday, and beat Wellington Parish in the final, 1–0, thanks to a shot from distance from half-back W. H. Holt that passed just under the tape. Despite the success, the club seems to have dissolved around 1880, as Edwards retired through injury, and other clubs in the region emerged. The club never defended its Birmingham Senior Cup crown, the town's representative for 1878–79 being the
Shrewsbury Engineers club, who lost to the W.O.A.C. in the first round. The club shared its shirt colours, ground, and a number of players with
Shropshire Wanderers. The Wanderers entered the national competitions while the town club entered the local. ==Colours==