Colin Murdock finally put pen to paper on the deal with Town earlier in the week after impressing over the pre-season.
The Ballymena born defender had been training with Town and playing in the pre-season games and did enough to impress Gary Peters enough to earn a new contract.
To start with we asked Colin to tell us a little about his footballing background: "I was playing for my local team in Northern Ireland and was invited up for national trials when I was at U13 level. There was a Man United scout there and I did enough to prick his interested.
"I was invited to the Man United school of excellence in Belfast and then over to Manchester for trials. I did well there and signed my first pro contract in 1992, I had a four year contract but had a couple of bad injuries and they allowed me to sign and extra year contract.
"Then I think it was a combination of going back to Northern Ireland to study and the injuries held back my progress and Man United.
"I signed for Preston in 1997 for a fee of £165,000, I went on to play over 200 games and had a good time there, we won League 1 and then went to the Championship final but we lost as I think we were all counting our money too early in the game.
"I then went up to Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League, I then moved to Crewe and then onto Rotherham and now here I am at Shrewsbury."
Colin joined up with Town before the All-Stars game and has featured in every game since. His chance came after a call from former manager Gary Peters inviting Colin down to train with Town: "I'm here first and foremost to play football, it's well documented that I had a bit of a nightmare season with injuries.
"With Gary being a previous manager of mine knows me as a player and a person as he signed me for Preston from Man United.
"He invited me down to see how my fitness was, things have gone well and I'm happy to be here now.
"I'm keen to do well and I've been playing at a good level for a number of seasons now. It's funny how things work out, the season before last I had 41 starts for my club and 6 International caps and was still in the International squad this time last year.
"Unfortunately when you're injured you are out of sight and out of mind so I'm thankful that Gary expressed an interest in me.
"Everyone has been very hospitable and very affable to me, I'm really impressed with the new stadium and there is a feeling of optimism here.
"I'm now really looking forward to the start of the season and hopefully I can make a significant contribution."
With Colin joining it adds a little bit of experience to the Town side. Although he's only 32 years of age Colin has over 300 games in his career: "It wasn't that long ago I was considered a youngster, I'm now 32 years of age and I'm suddenly a veteran.
"I've really enjoyed the training as well and the whole experience has been very refreshing, for the first time in a long time I'm looking forward to coming into training and feel really positive about the whole environment.
"The manager has been trying to get a blend of youthful enthusiasm and a few older heads like myself and hopefully if we can get the right balance we hope for good things."
Last night saw another good performance from the new look Town side as they went down 2-0 against Man City. It was a good performance but Colin isn't reading too much into the game: "I thought we did do well last night but pre-season games aren't a true reflection of how things will pan out of over the season.
"I don't think City's type of play will be very typical of what we will encounter most weeks here, I think we can expect a more direct approach from other teams in this league.
"Through training I have seen that we do have a lot of quality in this team and I'm quite encouraged by that, if we can transfer that into games then things could look bright.
"Obviously with last seasons play-off defeat and how well the team did last year I can't see any reason that the team could reach similar heights this year, and maybe go a step further."
