Iron boss Nigel Adkins was delighted with the character shown by his team as they clinched the Lincolnshire Senior Cup for the third year running.

They came back from a goal down, with Ben May notching the equaliser in stoppage time, to take the match to a penalty shoot-out, which Scunthorpe subsequently won.

It were those battling qualities which epitomised United's season last year as they won promotion to the Championship.

"It was a great to see us battle back and show such great character," he told The Iron Player.

"It is very good that we've managed to retain the Cup - that is what we were after.

"We want a winning mentality and we've shown that again with how we've got this result.

"When you give a sloppy goal away it's always difficult to get back into it, but we managed that eventually and took the game to penatlies.

"Credit to Lincoln, they had a young team out. We've been able to put our young players out as well - it's all about development and, overall, I'm very pleased that we've retained this cup."

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