Shrewsbury starting to 'turn the corner' - Boyle

Will Boyle was Shrewsbury Town's fourth signing of the summer transfer window

Shrewsbury Town centre-back Will Boyle says he hopes the squad are now starting to "turn the corner" after back-to-back home wins lifted them three points clear of the bottom two in League Two.

Boyle's 84th-minute goal clinched a 1-0 win over 10-man Crawley Town and sealed a second victory in a row for Salop, who have stretched their unbeaten run to three matches.

"To dig in and come out on top is something that will give us a lot of confidence," Boyle told BBC Radio Shropshire.

"With the start we've had, [it feels like we're] now turning a bit of a corner."

Town's start to the campaign saw Michael Appleton's side fail to win any of their first six games and only one of their opening 10.

But the goalless draw at Barrow has been backed up with successive victories and, crucially, seen Boyle and his defensive colleagues keep three clean sheets.

The former Wrexham centre-half, who joined Town in the summer, said those three shutouts have played a huge part in the mini-revival.

"It's massive. In this league shutting the back door is vitally important. It gives you a platform to build on and you can win games with set-pieces," he said.

"Everyone grows in confidence knowing it only takes one moment."

Boyle has enjoyed two 'moments' in the last two games, getting on the end of corners from Sam Clucas to bag his first league goals for Shrewsbury.

He says Clucas' quality from dead-ball situations make it a dream for a defender.

"His delivery is really good. I believe I'm going to get on the end of stuff and when Cluey's putting in deliveries like that, I'd be kicking myself if I wasn't," Boyle said.

"The results the last three and looking at performances over the last six or seven we can look at them and think 'yeah, that's the sort of thing' - apart from Harrogate [a 2-0 defeat] we've been in the games and moments are starting to go our way.

"Hopefully that can stand us in good stead moving forward."