Shrewsbury Town: Brian Caldwell leaves job as chief executive after seven years

Brian Caldwell (centre) spent seven years at Shrewsbury Town and saw the club reach the League One play-off final in 2018

Brian Caldwell has left his role as Shrewsbury Town chief executive with immediate effect.

Caldwell had been with the League One club since arriving from Scottish Premiership side St Mirren in 2016.

Ex-policeman Peter Brophy becomes Town's chief operating officer as part of a newly created "football board" at Montgomery Waters Meadow.

"The club has lost a good guy. I will miss him without a shadow of a doubt," said Shrewsbury boss Steve Cotterill.

"Sadness is my reaction," Cotterill told BBC Radio Shropshire.

"When I came here two and a half years ago, the chairman said he wanted me and Brian to work closely together - and we did just that. He was very supportive, especially when I had Covid."

The club thanked Caldwell for "all his hard work during his seven years" and said more appointments to the new football board will be made in due course.

A statement added that Brophy's role will be to "review all areas of the non-football side of the business and implement strategies to improve the effectiveness and efficiency within the club".

A former detective chief inspector with both West Midlands and West Mercia police, Brophy has been working at Shrewsbury since the start of the year.

Shrewsbury made the announcement less than three hours before the club's final home match of the season, Tuesday's 2-1 win over Bristol Rovers, Town's first win in nine games.

"The last six weeks have been incredibly difficult," added Cotterill. "You've got to have a bigger budget.

"We've taken four points off Bristol Rovers this season - and their budget won't be far off twice ours.

"The board at Bristol Rovers have done very well in putting that squad together."