Remembering past matches played by the Iron on March 26...
Former Iron players born on this day: John Barrett (1931), Stuart Pilling (1951), David D’Auria (1970), Johnathan Williams (1992), Luke Hornsey (1994). |
Matt Crooks headed a late winner as Scunthorpe edged a pulsating contest with Bradford in 2017.
The midfielder stole into the box to nod in from a right-wing corner in the 83rd minute to complete an impressive turnaround for the Iron, who had trailed 2-1 at the break.
Scunthorpe opened the scoring in the third minute, when the Bantams allowed Ivan Toney the time and space to smash the ball home at the far post.
The visitors, though, turned the game on its head in the space of two minutes, with Kevin Toner heading in from a free-kick with 14 minutes gone and Alex Jones finding the bottom corner moments later.
Toney produced a clever bicycle kick from the corner of the six-yard box to lob the home side on to level terms three minutes after the restart, before Crooks gave his side the lead.
A see-saw contest almost took a final twist in stoppage time but City hit the bar from a corner, ensuring the Iron claimed the points.
Overall playing record for March 26: Played 18, Won 8, Drawn 5, Lost 5, Scored 27, Conceded 18.YEAR | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
2022 | LG 2 | Iron 0-3 Harrogate | |
2017 | LG 1 | Iron 3-2 Bradford | Toney 2, Crooks |
1996 | DIV 3 | Iron 4-0 Exeter | Eyre 2, Ford, McFarlane |
1994 | DIV 3 | Scarborough 0-1 Iron | Smith |
1988 | DIV 4 | Cardiff 0-1 Iron | Shearer |
1982 | DIV 4 | York 3-1 Iron | Arins |
1977 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-2 Cambridge | |
1976 | DIV 4 | Southport 1-1 Iron | Collier |
1974 | DIV 4 | Bury 0-0 Iron | |
1966 | DIV 3 | Iron 1-1 Oldham | Bedford |
1965 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-0 Brentford | Ratcliffe, Scott |
1964 | DIV 2 | Iron 0-0 Bury | |
1963 | DIV 2 | Iron 4-1 Preston | McGuigan 2, Wilson, Hodgson |
1960 | DIV 2 | Stoke 1-3 Iron | Marriott, Pashley, Bakes |
1955 | DIV 3N | Iron 5-1 Hartlepool | Hubbard 4, Gregory |
1953 | DIV 3N | Iron 1-2 Bradford PA | Haigh |
1952 | DIV 3N | Bradford 1-0 Iron | |
1951 | DIV 3N | Iron 0-0 Southport |