Shrewsbury got their season up and running with a first victory after beating Leyton Orient at the The Croud Meadow.
Paul Hurst’s side had lost their first three games but changed their fortunes emphatically with a goal from Leo Castledine and a late brace from Thomas Bloxham to hand Orient a fourth straight defeat.
Castledine saw an early effort blocked before the on-loan Chelsea midfielder opened the scoring with his first senior goal in the 22nd minute after latching onto Tommi O’Reilly’s perfectly-weighted through-ball to fire beyond Zach Hemming.
Daniel Agyei came closest to getting the visitors back into the game when he cut in from the right and saw his effort shave the top of the bar and over.
O’Reilly had a shot tipped over before Bloxham doubled the advantage with a fine strike from 25 yards with eight minutes remaining.
And he wrapped it up five minutes into stoppage time as he converted a knock-down in the box from George Lloyd.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
