Shrewsbury Town 1-0 York City

Former Torquay centre-half Mark Ellis has made 32 appearances from Shrewsbury Town this season

Mark Ellis scored the only goal in a victory over York as Shrewsbury edged towards promotion to League One.

Ellis netted when he met Bobby Grant's corner with a powerful diving header.

Tyrone Barnett almost doubled the lead shortly after, while York's Shaquille Coulthirst forced a sharp save from Jayson Leutwiler with a mishit shot.

Luke Somerfield hit the post for the visitors after the break, and Shaun Miller had a goal ruled out for offside, but Shrewsbury held on.

The victory means Shrewsbury need to win one of their final two fixtures to seal promotion to League One.

York fall to 19th in the table, but they are 11 points clear of the relegation zone and are assured of their place in League Two next season.

Shrewsbury Town manager Micky Mellon talking to BBC Radio Shropshire:

"Three massive points - it was the goal we wanted so I am absolutely delighted. I am happy to score anytime and happy to get the fantastic clean sheet, we have broken the record and set a new one as well.

"Our goalkeeper has made some fantastic saves, some terrific saves. A credit to York, they have hit the post and been very unlucky - but for us it's all about picking up points and keeping that scoreboard ticking over.

"It was a good header from a set play but we couldn't quite get the second - there were a lot of nerves floating around the ground today as there should be.

"There is still work to be done so we go to Cheltenham and we want to win, whatever is happening - so we'll dust down the boys and I'll be focussed about winning on Saturday no matter what happens on Tuesday night."

York City manager Russ Wilcox told BBC Radio York:

"The only disappointment was the goal we conceded.

"We pride ourselves on being good in both boxes so to concede a soft goal after being the dominant team after the first 10 minutes was disappointing.

"We spoke at half time about being brave with the ball and I thought in the second half we were tremendous.

"You've got to remember we're coming to a team that's lost one game at home all season."