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HISTORICAL LANDMARKS

Posted on: Fri 30 Jul 2010

SCUNTHORPE UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB

Year Formed: 1899

Turned Professional: 1912

Ltd Company: 1912

Previous Names: Amalgamated first with Brumby Hall then North Lindsey United to become Scunthorpe & Lindsey United in 1910; dropped the "& Lindsey in 1958".

GROUNDS:

The Old Showground

Glanford Park

First League Game: 19 August 1950, Division 3 (N), v Shrewsbury 0-0 (h) Team: Thompson, Barker, Brownsword, Allen, Taylor, McCormick, Mosby, Payne, Gorin, Rees, Boyes.

Biggest home attendance: Old Show Ground 23,935 vs Portsmouth, FA Cup 4th rd, 30th January 1954; Glanford Park 8,921 vs Newcastle United, Championship, 20th October 2009

Record Receipts: £93,000 v Leeds Utd, FA Cup Third Round, 4th January 2003

Lowest home attendance: Old Show Ground 1,106 vs Bury, May 4 1982; Glanford Park 1,524 vs Chester City, February 18, 1997

Andy McFarlane

Biggest win: 8-1 vs Luton Town, April 24 1965, Team: Sidebottom, Hornstead, Hemstead, Smith, Neale, Lindsey, Bramley (1), Scott, Thomas (5), Mahy (1), Wilson (1). 8-1 vs Torquay United, October 28th 1995, Team: Samways, Housham, Wilson, Ford (1), Knill (1), Hope (Nicholson), Thornber, Bullimore (Walsh), McFarlane (4) (Young), Eyre (2), Paterson

Heaviest defeat: 8-0 vs Carlisle United, December 25 1952, Team: Malan, Hubbard, Brownsword, McGill, Taylor, Bushby, Daley, Haigh, White, Whitfield, Mosby

Most league goals in one season: 88 1957/58 Goalscorers: Waldock 21, Davis 17, Fletcher 14, Heigh 10, Marriott 7, Brownsword 6, Davies 4, Stokes 2, Gleadall 2, Minton 2, Chamberlain (og), Feasey (og), Williams (og)

Fewest goals scored in one season: 33 1972/73, Finished 24th Division Three, Relegated

Most goals conceded in one season: 87 1967/68, Finished 24th Division Three, Relegated

Most goals by a player in one season: 32 Billy Sharp, League One, 2006-07

Most League goals in total aggregate: 110 Steve Cammack, 109, 1979-81, 1981-86

Most goals by one player in one match: 5 Barrie Thomas vs Luton Town, April 24 1965, Result 8-1

Goals in successive matches: 8 Matt Carmichael 28th December 1993 - 19th February 1994. Matches: 2-2 Chesterfield (h), 2-2 Preston (a), 5-0 Walsall (h), 1-1 Colchester (h), 1-2 Darlington (a), 1-3 Torquay (h), 3-3 Crewe (a), 2-3 Mansfield (h)

Most League Appearances: Jack Brownsword, 595, 1950-65

Youngest League player: Mike Farrell, 16 years 240 days v Workington, 8 November 1975

Billy Sharp

Record Transfer Fee Received: £2,000,000 from Sheffield United for Billy Sharp, July 2007

Record Transfer Fee Paid: Undlsclosed to Hibernian for Rob Jones, July 2010

Rob Jones

Most points in one season: 66 (2 pts for a win), 1957/58, Position 1st, Division Three North; 91 (3 pts for a win) 2006/07, Position 1st, League One

Fewest points in one season: 29 (2 pts for a win), 1974/75, Position 24th Division Four; 42 (3 pts for a win), 1981/82, Position 23rd Division Four

Fewest goals conceded: 35 2006/07, Finished 1st, League One, Champions

Longest undefeated run: 19 2006/07, Dec 16 - Apr 9, Matches: Millwall 1-0 (a), Chesterfield 1-0 (h), Bournemouth 3-2 (h), Port Vale 0-0 (a), Oldham 1-1 (h), Cheltenham 1-1 (a), Doncaster 2-2 (a), Millwall 3-0 (h), Bristol City 1-0 (h), Rotherham 1-0 (h), Swansea 2-0 (a), Gillingham 3-1 (h), Crewe 3-1 (a), Brentford 2-0 (a), Nottingham Forest 1-1 (h), Brighton 1-1 (a), Leyton Orient 2-2 (a), Bradford 2-0 (h), Yeovil 1-0 (h)

Longest run without a win: 14 1974/75 March 22 - Sept 6, Reading 1-1 (a), Hartlepool 0-1 (a), Lincoln 1-1 (h), Rotherham 2-3 (a), Southport 0-1 (a), Chester 1-3 (h), Brentford 1-2 (h), Cambridge 0-2 (a), Mansfield 0-7 (a), Stockport 0-0 (h), Darlington 0-2 (a), Exeter 0-1 (h), Newport 0-0 (a), Huddersfield 0-1 (h).

Most successive league wins: 7 2006/07 Jan 27 - Mar 3, Millwall 3-0 (h), Bristol City 1-0 (h), Rotherham 1-0 (h), Swansea 2-0 (a), Gillingham 3-1 (h), Crewe 3-1 (a), Brentford 2-0 (a). Most successive league defeats: 8 1997/98 Nov 20th - 24 Jan, Brighton 0-2 (h), Scarborough 1-3 (h), Darlington 0-1 (a), Notts C. 1-2 (h), Chester 0-1 (a), Peterborough 1-3 (h), Mansfield 0-1 (a), Macclesfield 0-2 (a).

Longest run without keeping a clean sheet: 20 1996/97 Oct 15 - Feb 25, 2-1 Northampton (h), 1-1 Swansea (a), 2-2 Rochdale (h), 1-2 Fulham (a), 0-2 Mansfield (a), 1-2 Doncaster (h), 1-1 Colchester (a), 3-2 Darlington (h), 2-1 Rochdale (a), 2-1 Hartlepool (h), 4-1 Exeter (h), 2-3 Carlisle (a), 2-3 Wigan (h), 5-1 Hereford (h), 1-4 Fulham (h), 1-1 Doncaster (a), 0-2 Mansfield (h), 0-2 Darlington (a), 0-2 Chester (h), 2-1 Colchester (h).