Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional
association football
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club based in the town of
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A pre ...
,
Lincolnshire
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, England. The side currently competes in the
National League
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, the fifth tier of the
English football league system
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. The team is nicknamed "The Iron", and has played in a home strip of claret and blue for most of the club's history.
They play their home games at
Glanford Park
Glanford Park is a football stadium in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, and is the current home of team Scunthorpe United.
Opened in 1988 at a construction cost of £2.5 million, it was the first new purpose-built Football League st ...
, having moved from their original stadium, the
Old Show Ground, in 1988.
They used to contest
Humber derby games with local rivals
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...
and
Hull City
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, as well as
Lincolnshire derby
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games with
Boston United
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,
Gainsborough Trinity
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and
Lincoln City.
The club was formed in 1899 and turned professional after joining the
Midland League
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History
Th ...
in 1912. Crowned Midland League champions in the 1926–27 and 1938–39 campaigns, they were elected into the
Football League
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in 1950. They went on to secure promotion as champions of the
Third Division North
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in 1957–58 and spent six seasons in the
Second Division
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, before they were relegated in 1964 and then down to the
Fourth Division
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in 1968. United spent 34 of the next 37 seasons in the basement tier, punctuated by one-season stays in the third tier after they secured promotions in 1971–72, 1982–83 and 1998–99.
Brian Laws
Brian Laws (born 14 October 1961) is an English former professional footballer and manager.
Playing as a defender, Laws made over 100 appearances for each of Burnley, Middlesbrough, and Nottingham Forest. In 1994, Laws became player-manager of ...
saw the club promoted out of
League Two
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at the end of the 2004–05 season and his successor,
Nigel Adkins
Nigel Howard Adkins (born 11 March 1965) is an English professional football manager and former player and physiotherapist.
Adkins played as a goalkeeper for Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Athletic. He finished his playing career and began his mana ...
, led the club to the
League One
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title in 2006–07. Scunthorpe spent just one season in the
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
, but victory in the
2009 League One play-off Final saw the club promoted back into the Championship. They remained in the second tier until two relegations in as many years saw them back into the fourth tier by 2013. Scunthorpe were promoted to League One at the end of the 2013–14 campaign, before being relegated back to League Two in 2019 and, in 2022, being relegated to the National League, ending a 72-year spell in the Football League.
In early 21st century, the club has developed a reputation for developing promising young strikers, having sold
Billy Sharp
Billy Louis Sharp (born 5 February 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker and captains club Sheffield United.
He has also played for Rushden & Diamonds, Scunthorpe United, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Reading, ...
,
Martin Paterson
Martin Andrew Paterson (born 10 May 1987) is a former professional footballer and assistant head coach of club Barnsley.
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, he played as a forward he began his career with Stoke City, making his senior debut in April 200 ...
and
Gary Hooper
Gary Hooper (born 26 January 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot club Omonia.
Hooper started his career at League Grays Athletic in 2003. While there he won the 2004–05 Conference South, as well ...
on for seven-figure sums.
The club was also considered one of the most financially prudent in English football, being one of only three in the top four divisions to be debt-free. That status changed in 2018 after it was announced that a £2 million loan from the outgoing chairman
Steven Wharton was helping the club maintain some sense of financial stability.
In September 2022, the club was said to be "in genuine danger of entering
administration
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" after a proposed takeover deal collapsed.
History
Early years: 1899–1958
![Scunthorpe United FC League Performance](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Scunthorpe_United_FC_League_Performance.svg)
Scunthorpe United was formed in 1899.
In 1910 they merged with local rivals North Lindsey United to become Scunthorpe & Lindsey United and joined the
Midland Football League
The Midland Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the football pyramid.
History
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in 1912.
After an unsuccessful application to join the
Football League
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in 1921,
Scunthorpe & Lindsey won the Midland League in 1926–27 and in 1938–39.
When the 1939–40 season came to an abrupt end, due to the outbreak of the
Second World War
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, Scunthorpe & Lindsey finished as runners-up in the second emergency competition, losing 3–2 to
Peterborough United
Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...
in an unofficial play-off game.
After the end of the war, in 1945, Scunthorpe & Lindsey United would re-apply to join the Football League at every opportunity.
The club finished as runners-up in the Midland League in 1947–48,
and in
1950
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was accepted into the Football League, ahead of
Workington
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Loca ...
and
Wigan Athletic
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Founded in 1932, ...
when the league structure was expanded.
The club's first game in
Football League Division Three North
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was against fellow new entrants
Shrewsbury Town
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.
After an unremarkable few years in the Football League, which included the club's first-ever third and fourth-round FA Cup ties (against
Tottenham Hotspur
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and
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
respectively), the "& Lindsey" was dropped from the club's name in 1958.
The Second Division years: 1958–1964
In 1958 Scunthorpe United won promotion to the
Second Division
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as champions of the
Third Division North
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under the guidance of manager
Ron Suart Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald.
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. The Iron then began a steady rise through the Second Division over the next four years under a variety of managers, improving its league position each season until reaching fourth place at the close of the 1961–1962 season, the club's highest league position to date. This was despite the sale of its leading marksman
Barrie Thomas
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to
Newcastle United
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for a reported £40,000.
The year 1962 proved to be a turning point in the fortunes of the club, and in 1964 they finished bottom of the Second Division and were relegated to the now national
Third Division. At the same time Scunthorpe United stalwart
Jack Brownsword
Nathan John Brownsword (15 May 1923 – 19 December 2009) was a professional footballer who spent 18 seasons with Scunthorpe United, and holds the club's all-time appearance record, having played 597 league games, and 791 first-team games overal ...
retired after 597 Football League appearances for the club, and
Freddie Goodwin
Freddie Goodwin (28 June 1933 – 19 February 2016) was an English professional football player and manager. He also played county cricket for Lancashire.
Career
A wing half, Goodwin was signed as a trainee from Cheshire Schoolboys by Manchest ...
replaced
Dick Duckworth as the club's manager.
Decline and stagnation: 1964–1987
After relegation from Division Two, the Iron spent the next four years bouncing around in the Third Division. Freddie Goodwin left the club during the 1967–68 season, however his replacement
Ron Ashman
Ronald George Ashman (19 May 1926 – 21 June 2004) was an English professional footballer and football manager. Born in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, he spent his entire playing career with Norwich City and was later their manager. He went on t ...
was unable to save the club from relegation to
Division Four
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at the end of the season. A slight resurgence occurred in the very early 70s, with the Iron first defeating top-flight Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup during January 1970, and then gaining promotion back to the Third Division in 1972. It was during this short period that a young
Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan (born 14 February 1951) is an English former footballer and manager. A forward, he played for several professional clubs from 1968 to 1984. Having begun his career at Scunthorpe United, he moved to Liverpool in 1971 and ...
was discovered and developed by Ashman before being sold to
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
in 1971 for £35,000, having racked up 124 appearances and 18 goals for Scunthorpe.
The Iron were unable to cement a place in the Third Division, and relegation back to the Fourth Division followed immediately in 1973. At the same time, Ron Ashman departed to manage local rivals Grimsby Town, only to return during 1976. The period between his two tenures saw several management changes and a disastrous league campaign which saw the Iron finish rock bottom of the Football League in 1975. In 1980, cricketer
Ian Botham
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Hailed as one ...
was signed as a player for Scunthorpe by Ron Ashman. Botham played for the club until 1984 making 14 appearances. He was also a regular in the Central League for Scunthorpe United Reserves, once scoring a hat-trick against Blackpool at the Old Show Ground. But the next five years saw United stagnate in the bottom half of Division Four, with the club finishing second-bottom at the end of the 1981–82 campaign. Promotion to Division Three was achieved under manager
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in 1983, but immediate relegation was to follow under his successor
Allan Clarke in 1984, with United then entering a further period of stagnation in the middle of the Fourth Division table.
New home, new horizons: 1987–1997
![Glanford Park 2016](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Glanford_Park_2016.jpg)
In 1988 Scunthorpe United became the first English football club in the modern era to move to a new, purpose-built stadium,
Glanford Park
Glanford Park is a football stadium in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, and is the current home of team Scunthorpe United.
Opened in 1988 at a construction cost of £2.5 million, it was the first new purpose-built Football League st ...
. Whilst preparations for the new ground were underway, the club's final season at the Old Show Ground very nearly yielded success. Under the management of
Mick Buxton
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, United qualified for the Division Four play-offs. Ultimately this was not to be, with the Iron losing 2–3 on aggregate to Torquay United in the semi-final. The second leg of this semi-final was to be the last game played at the Old Show Ground, with
Steve Lister being the last player to score at the ground.
The club's first season at Glanford Park ended in another play-off semi-final heartbreak, this time losing out 1–5 on aggregate to Wrexham. Further playoff failure occurred in 1991 as the Iron lost out to Blackpool 2–3 (on aggregate) in the semi-final under Buxton's replacement
Bill Green. Finally, in 1992 the club made it to the Fourth Division play-off final at
Wembley
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, losing out eventually on a
penalty shootout
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to
Blackpool
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by 4 goals to 3 (see
here
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). This was the club's first-ever appearance at Wembley.
The following four seasons saw United sit consistently in the middle of the now Third Division table under a succession of managers, namely
Richard Money
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and
Dave Moore. Mick Buxton made a surprise return to the club as manager following Moore's sacking in 1996.
The Brian Laws era: 1997–2006
In February 1997, following the end of Mick Buxton's second spell in charge of Scunthorpe United,
Brian Laws
Brian Laws (born 14 October 1961) is an English former professional footballer and manager.
Playing as a defender, Laws made over 100 appearances for each of Burnley, Middlesbrough, and Nottingham Forest. In 1994, Laws became player-manager of ...
, one of Buxton's signings to the club as a player, was appointed manager, with
Mark Lillis
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Playing career
Lillis was born in Manchester. He started his professional ...
(another Buxton signing) as his assistant.
In 1997–98, his first full season in charge, the Iron finished one point outside the play-offs. The following season, the club finished fourth in Division Three. This ensured qualification to the play-offs, which they won after a 3–2 aggregate win in the semi-finals over
Swansea City
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and a 1–0 win over
Leyton Orient
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in the final at Wembley with an early goal from
Alex Calvo-Garcia. They were unable to maintain their
Division Two status the
following season however, and were relegated after finishing in 23rd place.
Laws guided the Iron to their second play-off position finish under his management during the 2002–03 season, with the club finishing in 5th place. Scunthorpe were ultimately denied by their county rivals
Lincoln City however, losing the semi-finals 6–3 on aggregate.
On 25 March 2004, following a 2–3 home defeat to
Carlisle United
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two days previously, Laws was sacked from his position as Scunthorpe United manager after a poor run of results saw the Iron sitting just 6 points above the Division Three relegation zone. Assistant manager
Russ Wilcox
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Wilcox played as a defender between 1980 and 2003 and spent the final six years of his career with Scunthorp ...
was given the job of caretaker manager, with his first game in charge being a 1–1 draw at home to
Leyton Orient
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. Exactly three weeks later on 15 April 2004, it was announced that Laws had been reinstated as the manager of the Iron after a boardroom shake-up. With only four games of the season left, Laws was tasked with preventing the Iron's relegation from the Football League. Despite three of these four games ending in defeat, results elsewhere swung in the Iron's favour, with the club eventually avoiding the drop to the
Conference National
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by four points, finishing 22nd.
Laws remained with the Iron for the
2004–05 season, which Scunthorpe started in the newly rebranded
Football League Two
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. This gamble ultimately paid off, with the Iron gaining promotion to
Football League One
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as runners up. This was the first time that a Scunthorpe side had obtained automatic promotion in 22 years. Another highlight of this season came with the Iron leading
Chelsea
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, the
Premiership champions, 0–1, in the
FA Cup
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3rd round at
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thanks to an 8th minute
Paul Hayes
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As a player he was a forward who made more than 500 appearan ...
goal. Scunthorpe were ultimately denied, eventually going down 3–1.
In the 2005–06 season, the club secured a mid-table League One finish, marking the first time that the Iron had managed to avoid immediate relegation following a promotion since 1958. Young strikers
Billy Sharp
Billy Louis Sharp (born 5 February 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker and captains club Sheffield United.
He has also played for Rushden & Diamonds, Scunthorpe United, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Reading, ...
and
Andy Keogh
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established themselves as the first-choice strike partnership, and scored 38 goals between them. Again the club led away in the FA Cup 3rd round at a
Premier League
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club – this time,
Manchester City
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– before eventually losing 3–1.
After a successful start to the
2006–07 season, Laws was offered the job of manager at Sheffield Wednesday, which he accepted, ending almost a decade in charge of the Iron.
Into the Championship: 2006–2011
Following Laws' departure, physiotherapist
Nigel Adkins
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Adkins played as a goalkeeper for Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Athletic. He finished his playing career and began his mana ...
was put in temporary charge. After obtaining good results, his role was made permanent. Fans responded with the chant: "Who needs
Mourinho, we've got our physio."
Despite selling Keogh to
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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in the January transfer window, the club went on to win League One and promotion to the
Championship
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that season, in the process setting a club record 16-match unbeaten run
and accumulating 91 points. Billy Sharp was the leading goalscorer in the top four divisions, netting 30.
Billy Sharp was sold to
Sheffield United
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before the start of
the following season for a then-club record £2 million. Despite his ostensible replacement,
Martin Paterson
Martin Andrew Paterson (born 10 May 1987) is a former professional footballer and assistant head coach of club Barnsley.
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, he played as a forward he began his career with Stoke City, making his senior debut in April 200 ...
, scoring 13 league goals, Scunthorpe were unable to cement their place in the second tier, and were relegated in 23rd place. Paterson was sold to Burnley at the end of the season for £1.6m.
The
2008–09 season saw Scunthorpe reach
Wembley
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twice. The Iron qualified for the
Football League Trophy
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final, but were beaten 3–2 after extra time by
Luton Town
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. The club then qualified for the League One play-offs through an 88th-minute equaliser by club captain
Cliff Byrne
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against promotion rivals
Tranmere Rovers
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on the last day of the regular season. Scunthorpe beat
MK Dons
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on penalties after a 1–1 aggregate draw in the semi-finals, before beating
Millwall
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in the Wembley final 3–2, with two goals from
Matt Sparrow
Matthew Ronald Sparrow (born 3 October 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder
Sparrow made 440 appearances in the Football League across his 17-year-long playing career, notably 369 over two spells with S ...
and one from
Martyn Woolford
Martyn Paul Woolford (born 13 October 1985) is an English former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Frickley Athletic. He has played in the Football League for Scunthorpe United, Bristol City, Millwall, Sheffield Unit ...
, to achieve promotion back to the Championship at the first time of asking.
In
2009–10, the Iron managed to retain their second-tier status, a feat no Scunthorpe side had achieved since 1963. The campaign included a 2–1 home win over eventual champions, Newcastle United, Scunthorpe's first appearance on UK terrestrial television in the
FA Cup
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third-round 4–2 home defeat to Manchester City, and
Gary Hooper
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Hooper started his career at League Grays Athletic in 2003. While there he won the 2004–05 Conference South, as well ...
as the club's top scorer (and the Championship's third-highest) with 19 goals; he was sold to Scottish club
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
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**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
at the end of the season for £2.4 million.
Seven games into the
2010–11
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season, Nigel Adkins left Scunthorpe to become
Southampton
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's manager. Coach and former player
Ian Baraclough
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As a player, he was a defender fr ...
was appointed as his replacement, but he was sacked half a year later after a slide into the relegation zone. Former Scunthorpe defender
Alan Knill
Alan Richard Knill (born 8 October 1964) is a professional football manager and former player, who is a coach for the Wales national team. He played as a centre-back for several clubs, spending the most time at Halifax Town, Bury and Scuntho ...
was appointed from
Bury
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*The burial of human remains
*-bury, a suffix in English placenames
Places England
* Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village
* Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire
** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...
with eight games of the season remaining, but was unable to prevent the Iron from finishing bottom and returning to League One.
The final Football League years: 2011–2022
Although Scunthorpe had been hopeful of bouncing back to the Championship, the club endured a difficult first half of the
2011–12 season, just above the relegation zone at New Year and knocked out in the first round of the
FA Cup
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by
League Two
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's
AFC Wimbledon
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(although they did take
Premier League
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Newcastle United
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to extra time in the
League Cup
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). They fared somewhat better in the second half of the season, embarking on a ten-match unbeaten run. They finished the season in 18th place with 52 points.
The
2012–13
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league season started poorly for Scunthorpe, but in the first round of the
League Cup
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the club drew 5–5 with
Derby County
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Founded in 1884 ...
and won 7–6 on penalties. By 27 October they had just two league wins. On 29 October 2012
Alan Knill
Alan Richard Knill (born 8 October 1964) is a professional football manager and former player, who is a coach for the Wales national team. He played as a centre-back for several clubs, spending the most time at Halifax Town, Bury and Scuntho ...
was sacked as Scunthorpe manager, after a 3–0 defeat by
MK Dons
Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...
left the club 22nd in League One. On the same day it was confirmed that ex-United boss
Brian Laws
Brian Laws (born 14 October 1961) is an English former professional footballer and manager.
Playing as a defender, Laws made over 100 appearances for each of Burnley, Middlesbrough, and Nottingham Forest. In 1994, Laws became player-manager of ...
would return after a six-year absence, along with former assistant manager
Russ Wilcox
Russell "Russ" Wilcox (born 25 March 1964) is an English former professional footballer who is currently manager of Farsley Celtic.
Wilcox played as a defender between 1980 and 2003 and spent the final six years of his career with Scunthorp ...
. Laws' first game in charge was a 4–0 defeat to
Gillingham in the
FA Cup
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, but this was followed by consecutive away wins against
Walsall
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and
Coventry City
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in the league. Ultimately, however, Laws was unable to stop the club's slide back into League Two, with relegation confirmed on the last day of the season despite a 3–1 home victory over
Swindon Town
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. At the end of the 2012–13 season, the then chairman Steve Wharton stepped down from his position with immediate effect. Businessman
Peter Swann
Peter Swann (born 29 October 1965) is British businessman and the former chairman of football clubs Gainsborough Trinity and Scunthorpe United, having taken over at the latter from the retiring Steve Wharton in 2013.
Football chairman Gainsb ...
was appointed as his successor on 24 May 2013.
During the
2013–14 season in League Two, on 20 November 2013 following a 2–1 home defeat to local rivals
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...
in the
FA Cup
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, Laws was sacked after a run of five games without a win. Wilcox took over as manager around halfway through the season, and after a 28-game unbeaten run, ending in a 2–0 defeat to
Exeter City
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, which broke the all-time football league record, Scunthorpe achieved instant promotion back to
League One
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. Russ Wilcox was the
LMA League Two Manager of the Season while forward
Sam Winnall
Sam Thomas Winnall (born 19 January 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Burton Albion
Career Wolverhampton Wanderers
Winnall joined the youth ranks of Wolverhampton Wanderers as a teenager, be ...
picked up the Golden Boot for his 23 goals. Wilcox also picked up a special merit award from
Sir Alex Ferguson
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for his unbeaten start as manager.
Despite these accolades, Wilcox could not sustain momentum into the following season and was sacked on 8 October 2014, with the club 23rd in League One, to be replaced by
Mark Robins
Mark Gordon Robins (born 22 December 1969) is an English football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Coventry City in the EFL Championship. As a player, he was a striker and is best known for his time in the Premier League ...
on 13 October. The change proved successful with the club finishing 16th, six points clear of relegation. The
2014–15 season also saw the Iron involved in a then record-breaking penalty shootout against non-league
Worcester City
Worcester City Football Club is an English football club based in Worcester, Worcestershire. The club play in the Midland Football League, the ninth tier of English football. Established in 1902, the club play at Claines Lane.
Worcester City's ...
in the
FA Cup
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2nd round replay, with 32 penalties taken. Despite this dramatic advance to the 3rd round, the club bowed out in a disappointing fashion, going down 0–2 to
Chesterfield
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* Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom
* Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England
** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ...
in a 3rd round replay.
Although Robins had saved the club from relegation during the 2014–15 season, the club's performances during the first half of the
2015–16 season were disappointing and inconsistent. On 18 January 2016, Robins was sacked after a 5–0 away defeat to
Blackpool
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.
Nick Daws
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As a player, he was a midfielder from 1986 until 2005 nota ...
and
Andy Dawson
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As a player he was a defender from 1997 to 2015. Having left Nottingham Forest as a youngster ...
were placed in temporary charge of the club, with their first game (a 3–0 home win over
Colchester United
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Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...
) coming on 23 January. A spell of positive results followed, and on 22 February it was announced that Daws had been installed as manager until the end of the season, with Dawson as his assistant.
Just over a month after the appointment of Daws and Dawson,
Graham Alexander
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was appointed as the club's new manager on 22 March 2016. Alexander's first game in charge was a 0–0 draw away to
Barnsley
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on 25 March, followed by an emphatic 6–0 home victory over
Swindon Town
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a week later. Alexander continued the revival of Scunthorpe's season which had begun following Robins' departure. The club mounted a late charge towards the League One play-off positions, narrowly missing out to Barnsley on goal difference, finishing the season in seventh place with 74 points.
Under Alexander, the Iron won six of their first ten games in the
2016–17 season and were top of League One from 17 September, after a 0–1 away win at
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...
, to 31 December, when a 2–1 away defeat to
Bolton Wanderers
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saw the Iron drop to third. This run also saw United go a calendar year unbeaten at home after a 3–0 victory over
Millwall
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on 17 December 2016 (the Iron's previous home defeat was on 19 December 2015 by
Sheffield United
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). Despite climbing back to the top of the table in January, a dramatic slump in form saw Scunthorpe fail to win through February; the club was fifth in early March 2017. However, an upturn in the club's home form saw a 2–1 victory over
Rochdale
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on 14 March thanks to a late
Matt Crooks
Matt Davidson Rider Crooks (born 20 January 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Middlesbrough.
Career
Huddersfield Town
He first joined Huddersfield Town academy in 2009, after a spell at the Manchester United A ...
strike, and on 14 April the club recorded its first away victory since January with a 0–1 win over MK Dons. The side then won its last five games of the regular season, enough for the Iron to finish third with 82 points, having never been outside the top six during the season. Following the third-place finish, the Iron were drawn against sixth-placed
Millwall
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in the play-off semi-final. The first leg ended 0–0, then the Iron suffered a 2–3 home defeat in the second leg, despite having first taken the lead.
In the
2017–18 season, the Iron recorded their first league win three games into the regular season with a 1–0 win over
Oxford United
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. United climbed into the top six of League One with a 0–4 away victory at
Plymouth Argyle
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on 26 August 2017. The club remained in a play-off spot for most of the season, but a disastrous run of form in February and March jeopardised the Iron's play-off hopes. On 24 March 2018, the club was 5th in League One but without a victory in eight games following a 1–1 home draw against
Rochdale
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, and Graham Alexander was sacked as manager. Nick Daws and Andy Dawson were reappointed caretaker manager and assistant respectively but the Iron won neither of their next two games and slipped to 9th. A 0–1 away victory at fellow play-off hopefuls
Charlton Athletic
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was followed by three consecutive wins, with United securing their play-off position on 1 May 2018 with a 2–0 home win over Plymouth Argyle. Scunthorpe finished the season in 5th place and were drawn against
Rotherham United
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in the play-off semi-finals. Despite holding the Millers to a 2–2 draw in the first leg at Glanford Park, Scunthorpe were again denied a trip to Wembley with a 2–0 defeat in the second leg.
Until 2018, the club had been considered one of the most financially prudent in English football, being one of only three in the top four divisions to be debt-free. In October 2018, it was revealed that a £2 million loan from the outgoing chairman
Steven Wharton was helping to keep the club financially stable.
[
]Stuart McCall
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McCall played in a total of 763 league games and in 40 full international matches for Scotla ...
was appointed manager on 27 August 2018, but despite a January sequence of four wins out of five games that earned him the January 2019 League One Manager of the Month award, the Iron dropped to 18th and McCall was sacked in March 2019; Andy Dawson was again put in temporary charge until the end of the season. The team took only two points from their remaining seven games, ending four points short of safety, and were relegated in 23rd position. Former boss of rivals Grimsby, Paul Hurst
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As a player, he was a defender from 1993 to 2008, notably playing his entire career at Rotherham United, ba ...
, was appointed as first team manager on 13 May 2019, nine days after the season's end. On 30 July 2019, the club signed a stadium naming-rights deal; Glanford Park was renamed The Sands Venue Stadium for the 2019–20 EFL League Two season. On 29 January 2020, Hurst was sacked with Scunthorpe in 16th place, with Russ Wilcox
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Wilcox played as a defender between 1980 and 2003 and spent the final six years of his career with Scunthorp ...
returning as caretaker manager until the end of the season. Due to COVID-19 impacts, the 2019–20 season was terminated early and decided on a points per game
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basis, placing Scunthorpe 20th. During pre-season, Neil Cox
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was appointed as the permanent manager. In 2020–21
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, the majority of fixtures were played behind closed doors; Scunthorpe finished 22nd place, after not winning any of their final ten fixtures and avoiding relegation by three points.
After a disappointing start to the 2021–22 season, Cox was sacked on 1 November 2021 with his side sitting bottom of the Football League with just eleven points from the first 15 matches. On 5 November 2021, Keith Hill was appointed as Cox's successor. On 31 March 2022, with the Iron bottom of League Two and 10 points from safety, chairman Peter Swann
Peter Swann (born 29 October 1965) is British businessman and the former chairman of football clubs Gainsborough Trinity and Scunthorpe United, having taken over at the latter from the retiring Steve Wharton in 2013.
Football chairman Gainsb ...
announced his resignation with immediate effect. The club said that Lee Turnbull would take over Swann's duties. On 15 April 2022, Scunthorpe lost 3–0 at Leyton Orient
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and were relegated from League Two, ending a 72-year spell in the Football League. The club's final league game was a 7–0 hammering away at Bristol Rovers
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They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...
, leaving the Iron bottom of the table with just 26 points. Manager Keith Hill said he wanted to get the club back into the Football League but a change in its "terrible" culture was needed. The club released ten players following relegation.
National League: 2022–
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2–1, but then lost the next five. On 30 August 2022, Hill was sacked. The club was second from bottom of the league and had won three times and lost 27 out of 39 matches under him. On 14 September 2022, the club was reported to be "in genuine danger of entering administration
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" after a proposed takeover deal collapsed, though Peter Swann, the club's owner, said he was "not going down that route". Tony Daws was appointed interim manager pending completion of a takeover at the club, overseeing a six-game unbeaten run in the league at the start of his tenure, but by mid November, following a home defeat to fellow strugglers Maidstone United
Maidstone United Football Club is a professional football club based in Maidstone, Kent, England. The team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league system.
The current club filled the void left by the ol ...
, Scunthorpe were 22nd, third from bottom of the National League. Daws stepped down as interim manager on 28 November 2022, resuming his role as academy manager. Interim assistant manager, Michael Nelson, became interim manager, with support from goalkeeping coach, Paul Musselwhite
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, and acting COO, Lee Turnbull. In late November 2022, a takeover bid headed by a London consortium failed to due a lack of proof of funds. However, following reports of missed wage payments, it was announced on 1 December 2022 that a local consortium, headed by ex-director Simon Elliot and Scunthorpe-born entrepreneur Ian Sharp, had agreed to buy the club. Peter Swann said the missed wage payments were the reason why the sale happened when it did.
Stadiums
The Old Show Ground
The Old Show Ground was club's original home from 1899 to 1988. The site, in the centre of Scunthorpe, hosted events including the annual Scunthorpe show as far back as 1867. The site was also initially known simply as 'the Showground', but it is unclear when the prefix 'Old' was added.
The Old Show Ground needed significant investment to maintain its fabric and ensure compliance with new regulations introduced in the wake of the Bradford City stadium fire
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. In 1987, with the club hampered by financial difficulties, it announced plans to relocate. The ground was sold to the former supermarket chain Safeway
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(now Sainsbury's
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Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company wa ...
) and the search was started for a new location. In 1988 Scunthorpe United became the first English football club in the modern era to move to a new, purpose-built stadium, Glanford Park
Glanford Park is a football stadium in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, and is the current home of team Scunthorpe United.
Opened in 1988 at a construction cost of £2.5 million, it was the first new purpose-built Football League st ...
.
The site of the former ground is now home to a Sainsbury's store, at the junction of Doncaster Road and Henderson Avenue. When the store was opened a plaque (since removed) marked the location of the centre-spot, just in front of the delicatessen counter. A carved stone commemorating the site's previous use was incorporated into the exterior wall of a 2011 extension, beside the cashpoints.
Glanford Park
Land was secured at an out of town site in what was then the administrative area of Glanford
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The district was created o ...
meaning that the new ground was outside the boundaries of Scunthorpe (although this changed with the re-organisation of local government in 1996 as both Scunthorpe Borough Council and Glanford Borough Council merged to become ''North Lincolnshire Council'').
At this time there were no grants available and the development had to funded with the cash from the sale of the Old Show Ground, sponsorship, directors' loans and bank loans. This lack of outsider cash means that Glanford Park was built in a rather simplistic, box-like style, with a significantly smaller capacity than the Old Show Ground.
The ground was so named because it was sponsored by the Glanford Borough Council.
Club identity
The club's nickname, ''The Iron'', marks the town's association with the iron and steel industry. The club's first choice playing colours are claret and blue.[
]
Mascots
Scunthorpe United's official team mascots is the 'Scunny Bunny', who wears the same kit as the outfield players do.
Rivalries
Scunthorpe's geographical region pits them against several professional clubs. Grimsby Town
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are traditionally viewed as Scunthorpe's fiercest rivals; The two clubs last met on 23 January 2021. Other local rivals are Hull City
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, Doncaster Rovers
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, Lincoln City and York City
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, with Doncaster being the nearest geographically to Glanford Park. Games with Lincoln are referred to as Lincolnshire derbies, with games against Hull and Grimsby being known as the Humber derby.
Other clubs in Lincolnshire such as Boston United
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and Gainsborough Trinity
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are in the club's region but have not played in the same league as Scunthorpe for a number of years.
During Scunthorpe's rise to the second and third tiers of English football, rivalries with Barnsley
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, Sheffield United
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and Sheffield Wednesday
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emerged, although none of these clubs see Scunthorpe as a rival.
Players
First-team squad
Notable former players
Full international players while at Scunthorpe
Grant McCann
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Born in ...
played 12 matches for Northern Ireland
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during his time at Scunthorpe, a club record. McCann scored three goals at international level - a tally also reached by New Zealander David Mulligan
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. George Thomas was the most recent Scunthorpe player to make a full international appearance, for Wales against Trinidad and Tobago
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on 20 March 2019, during a season-long loan spell from Leicester City
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.
a Capped while on loan to Scunthorpe United.
Other notable former players
Notable players with full international caps after or before their times at Scunthorpe include (in alphabetical order):
*Graham Alexander
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– Burnley
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and Scotland
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*Jermaine Beckford
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– Everton, Leicester City
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and Jamaica
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*Jack Bowers
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Early days
Bowers was born in Low Santon, nea ...
– England
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, ex-Derby County
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Founded in 1884 ...
and Leicester City
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, began his professional career in 1927 at Scunthorpe & Lindsey United club.
*Ray Clemence
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– goalkeeper who played for Liverpool
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, Tottenham Hotspur
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and England
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.
*Jack Cork
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Cork star ...
– Burnley
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and Great Britain
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in the Olympics
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* Matt Elliot – Leicester City
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and Scotland
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*Duane Holmes
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– currently at Huddersfield Town
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, having played for USA
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* Ken Jones – goalkeeper in the Welsh
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squad
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at the 1958 FIFA World Cup
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in Sweden
*Kevin Keegan
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– twice European Footballer of the Year, played for Liverpool
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and England
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, with subsequent managerial career including England and Newcastle United
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.
*Andy Keogh
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– Wolves
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and Republic of Ireland
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*Ian Storey-Moore
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(Youth team) – Nottingham Forest
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, Manchester United
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and England
England
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cricket all-rounder Ian Botham
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played as a centre-half
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and made eleven appearances in the Football League
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for Scunthorpe.
Team management
As of 30 August 2022
Honours and achievements
* Third Division / Third Division North
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/ League One
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(Tier 3)
**Champions (2): 1957–58, 2006–07
**Play-off winners: 2008–09
*Fourth Division
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/ League Two
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(Tier 4)
**2nd place promotion: 2004–05, 2013–14
**4th place promotion: 1971–72, 1982–83
**Play-off winners: 1998–99
*Midland League
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**Champions (2): 1926–27, 1938–39
*Football League Trophy
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**Runners-up: 2009
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Club records
Attendances
Record attendance (Old Show Ground)
*23,935 v Portsmouth
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, FA Cup
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4th round, 30 January 1954
Record attendance (Glanford Park)
*9,077 v Manchester United
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, League Cup
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, 22 September 2010
Football League position
Highest position:
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(1961–62)
Lowest position:
*24th in Fourth Division
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( 1974–75, re-elected to Football League)
*24th in EFL League Two
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( 2021–22, relegated to National League)
Scores
Record victory
*8–1 v Luton Town
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, Division 3, 24 April 1965 Team: – Sidebottom
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, Horstead, Hemstead, Smith, Neale, Lindsey, Bramley (1), Scott, Thomas
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(5), Mahy (1), Wilson (1).
*8–1 v Torquay United
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, New Division 3, 28 October 1995 Team: – Samways, Housham, Wilson, Ford
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(1), Knill
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(Nicholson
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), Thornber, Bullimore (Walsh), McFarlane (4) (Young), Eyre (2), Paterson.
Record defeat
*0–8 v Carlisle United
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, Taylor, Bushby, Daley, Haigh, White, Whitfield, Mosby
Transfers
Highest fees paid
# Rob Jones – £700,000 from Hibernian
# Martin Paterson
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Born in Stoke-on-Trent, he played as a forward he began his career with Stoke City, making his senior debut in April 200 ...
– £335,000 from Stoke City
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# Paddy Madden
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Club career Bohemians
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– £300,000 from Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to:
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* Yeovil Town L.F.C.
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# Kevan Hurst
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– £200,000 from Sheffield United
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# Jonathan Forte
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Born in Sheffield, he represented Barbados at international level. Forte's first profe ...
– £200,000 from Sheffield United
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# David Mirfin
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Career Huddersfield Town
Mirfin was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He graduated from the Huddersfield Town Academy in the ...
– £150,000 from Huddersfield Town
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Highest fees received
# Billy Sharp
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He has also played for Rushden & Diamonds, Scunthorpe United, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Reading, ...
– £2.5 million to Sheffield United
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# Gary Hooper
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Hooper started his career at League Grays Athletic in 2003. While there he won the 2004–05 Conference South, as well ...
– £2.4 million to Celtic
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# Martin Paterson
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– £1.6 million to Burnley
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# Conor Townsend
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– £756,000 to West Brom
# Andy Keogh
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– £750,000 to Wolverhampton Wanderers
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