OTD: August 5

Remembering past matches played by the Iron on August 5...

Former Iron players born on this day: Ray Powell (1924), Bobby McLaren (1929), Ray Clemence MBE (1948), Michael Walsh (1977), Eddie Nolan (1988).

The Iron have played just three games on this day in the past.In 2006, the Robins' Enoch Showunmi came off the bench to score the winner, beating the offside trap to race onto Phil Jevons' flick before rounding the keeper and rolling the ball into an unguarded net after 69 minutes.The hosts also hit the crossbar through Steve Brooker and Cole Skuse.The Iron's Ian Baraclough went close late on and they saw Steve Torpey receive a straight red card for a challenge on Louis Carey on 80 minutes.Scunthorpe went on to win the League One title that season, with the Robins coming second.In 2017, Conor Townsend got Scunthorpe's campaign off to a positive start with a well taken finish after just six minutes, before Jimmy Abdou restored parity for the Wombles at Glanford Park.Meanwhile, in 2023 the Iron opened their campaign with a narrow 2-1 win over eventual National League North Champions Tamworth, coming from behind to win. An own goal on the stroke of half-time made the scores 1-1 before Danny Whitehall came off the bench to net the winner in front of a sold out away end.Overall playing record for August 5: Played 3, Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 1, Scored 3, Conceded 3.The Iron's full record for August 5 is as follows:

YEAR	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2023	NAT	Tamworth 1-2 Iron	Curley (og), Whitehall
2017	LG 1	Iron 1-1 AFC Wimbledon	Townsend
2006	LG 1	Bristol City 1-0 Iron

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