Shrewsbury Town and Bristol Rovers have faced each other a total of 59 times in competitive football, with the better record belonging to Rovers thanks to their 28 wins to Shrewsbury's 17. The clubs met for the first time on 25 August 1951 in the old Third Division (South) in a game that ended in a 3–3 draw, and Shrewsbury also provided the opposition in the 2007 playoff final, when Rovers won promotion to League One.