Rover today mark a month at the top of the League One summit.

A 2-0 win over Bury at Ewood Park on February 19, saw them move top of the table for the first time this season.

They have maintained that courtesy of victories at Walsall and AFC Wimbledon, plus a home success over Blackpool and draw with Wigan. But their lead at the top faces the biggest challenge yet this week, with Rovers now not kicking a ball until hosting Bradford City on March 27.

After their weekend game with Gillingham was postponed because of concern over supporter safety at the Priestfield it handed the opportunity for Shrewsbury to reel them in.

A statement on the postponement, which was made at 11:30am, from Gillingham said: “Staff and volunteers worked tirelessly on Saturday morning to clear the affected areas, but to no avail.

“Following an inspection by the match referee, despite the pitch being potentially playable, the amount of snow that has fallen has caused a health and safety concern for all supporters.”

Shrewsbury took advantage of Rovers’ lack of action in the first of their three games in seven days at Scunthorpe United.

Despite falling behind to a goal from ex-Rovers Josh Morris, the Shrews hit back after the break, scoring twice through Jon Nolan and a Stefan Payne penalty as they held out for a 2-1. In the process they cut the gap to Rovers to just two points with a game in hand.

They travel to Northampton Town tomorrow and then host AFC Wimbledon on Saturday with Rovers having no game because of international call-ups which saw their Doncaster Rovers game postponed.

Wigan, who won at Bradford on March 14, like Shrewsbury play twice in the league this week, and two victories would see them overtake Tony Mowbray’s men.

The Latics, whose FA Cup heroics ended with defeat to Southampton on Sunday, travel to Walsall on Wednesday before another away trip to Bury on Saturday.

Rovers were the ones set to enjoy a run of Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, fixtures heading in to the final weeks, but the weather and international call-ups, as well as seemingly being popular among the Sky Sports selection committee means, they will soon be the ones playing catch-up.

By 5pm on Saturday Shrewsbury will have played one game more, while Wigan will just be one back.

When the re-arranged Gillingham game is announced, Rovers will face seven games during a 28 day period in April, with just one more game to play in March and then the final day game with Oxford United on May 5.

Rovers will have chance to rest up, but they certainly won’t be resting in what could be a pivotal week in the race for the Championship, despite them not even kicking a ball.