Scunthorpe United vs Rochdale on 14 Mar 17 - Match Centre

The Iron return to action on Tuesday night, when they take on Rochdale at Glanford Park.

Despite frustration last time out against Gillingham, Graham Alexander was keen to take the positives, and build on those heading into the clash with the men from Spotland.

Scunthorpe boss Alexander revealed the trio of Josh Morris (ankle gash), Sam Mantom (groin) and Conor Townsend (thigh strain) will be missing for the fixture against Keith Hill’s side.

He did though however reveal that none of the absentees will be out of action for the long-term, but ruled them out of Tuesday’s fixture.

The Iron slipped to a 3-2 defeat at Spotland back in December 2016, in what was the last meeting between the two sides.

The hosts took the lead shortly before half-time, with Joe Thompson side-footing home a Joe Bunney cross.

That advantage was then doubled eight minutes after the interval, with Ollie Rathbone finishing, before Calvin Andrew added a third on 75 minutes.

Substitute Tom Hopper pulled one back for Alexander’s men with a close range finish, and Neal Bishop then tucked home a Morris free kick to reduce the deficit to just one goal.

However, despite late Scunthorpe pressure, the hosts held out for all three points.

SEASON/DATE	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2016-17 - Sat 10 Dec 2015-16 - Mon 28 Dec	LG 1 LG 1	Rochdale 3-2 Iron Iron 1-1 Rochdale	Hopper, Bishop Mirfin
2015-16 - Sat 19 Sep	LG 1	Rochdale 2-1 Iron	Wallace
2014-15 - Sat 21 Mar	LG 1	Rochdale 3-1 Iron	van Veen
2014-15 - Fri 26 Dec	LG 1	Iron 2-1 Rochdale	O'Neil, Madden
2013-14 - Wed 1 Jan	LG 2	Iron 3-0 Rochdale	Syers, Winnall 2
2013-14 - Tue 26 Nov	LG 2	Rochdale 0-4 Iron	Canavan, Winnall, Spencer, Syers
2011-12 - Tue 14 Feb	LG 1	Iron 1-0 Rochdale	Thompson
2011-12 - Tue 13 Sep	LG 1	Rochdale 1-0 Iron
2008-09 - Tue 4 Nov	FLT R3	Iron 1-0 Rochdale	Mirfin
2004-05 - Sat 19 Mar	LG 2	Rochdale 0-0 Iron
2004-05 - Sat 7 Aug	LG 2	Iron 3-1 Rochdale	Taylor, Hayes, Sparrow
2003-04 - Sat 10 Apr	DIV 3	Iron 2-2 Rochdale	MacLean, Butler
2003-04 - Sat 4 Oct	DIV 3	Rochdale 2-0 Iron
2002-03 - Tue 18 Mar	DIV 3	Iron 3-1 Rochdale	Hayes 2, Kilford
2002-03 - Sat 19 Oct	DIV 3	Rochdale 1-2 Iron	Carruthers 2
2001-02 - Sat 23 Feb	DIV 3	Iron 2-1 Rochdale	Graves 2
2001-02 - Sat 15 Sep	DIV 3	Rochdale 2-2 Iron	Brough, Beagrie
2000-01 - Tue 13 Feb	DIV 3	Iron 0-0 Rochdale
2000-01 - Sat 26 Aug	DIV 3	Rochdale 3-2 Iron	Sheldon, Hodges
1998-99 - Sat 20 Feb	DIV 3	Iron 0-1 Rochdale
1998-99 - Sat 12 Sep	DIV 3	Rochdale 2-2 Iron	Forrester, Stamp
1997-98 - Sat 14 Feb	DIV 3	Iron 2-0 Rochdale	Regis, Eyre
1997-98 - Sat 4 Oct	DIV 3	Rochdale 2-0 Iron
1996-97 - Sat 30 Nov	DIV 3	Rochdale 1-2 Iron	Baker, Eyre
1996-97 - Sat 26 Oct	DIV 3	Iron 2-2 Rochdale	Baker, Eyre
1995-96 - Sat 20 Apr	DIV 3	Rochdale 1-1 Iron	Clarkson
1995-96 - Sat 4 Nov	DIV 3	Iron 1-3 Rochdale	Ford
1994-95 - Sat 8 Apr	DIV 3	Rochdale 1-2 Iron	Turnbull, Kiwomya
1994-95 - Sat 31 Dec	DIV 3	Iron 4-1 Rochdale	Mudd, Bullimore, Eyre, Thompstone
1993-94 - Sat 7 May	DIV 3	Rochdale 2-3 Iron	Thornber, Juryeff, Lancaster (og)
1993-94 - Sat 27 Nov	DIV 3	Iron 2-1 Rochdale	Toman, Thompstone
1992-93 - Sat 10 Apr	DIV 3	Iron 5-1 Rochdale	Helliwell, Goodacre 2, Platnauer, Martin
1992-93 - Tue 2 Feb	FLT R3	Rochdale 1-2 Iron	Daws 2
1992-93 - Sat 26 Dec	DIV 3	Rochdale 2-0 Iron
1991-92 - Tue 10 Mar	DIV 4	Rochdale 2-0 Iron
1991-92 - Tue 5 Nov	DIV 4	Iron 6-2 Rochdale	Hamilton, A Brown (og), Lister, Helliwell, Alexander, Hill
1990-91 - Sat 23 Feb	DIV 4	Rochdale 2-1 Iron	Daws
1990-91 - Tue 20 Nov	FAC R1 R	Iron 2-1 Rochdale	Flounders, Lillis
1990-91 - Sat 17 Nov	FAC R1	Rochdale 1-1 Iron	Hicks
1990-91 - Sat 10 Nov	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Rochdale	Flounders, Cotton
1989-90 - Sat 13 Jan	DIV 4	Rochdale 3-0 Iron
1989-90 - Sat 26 Aug	DIV 4	Iron 0-1 Rochdale
1988-89 - Sat 4 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 4-0 Rochdale	Daws, A Brown, Hodkinson
1988-89 - Sat 22 Oct	DIV 4	Rochdale 1-0 Iron
1987-88 - Sat 6 Feb	DIV 4	Rochdale 2-1 Iron	Flounders
1987-88 - Sat 5 Sep	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Rochdale	Dixon
1986-87 - Sat 9 May	DIV 4	Iron 2-0 Rochdale	Lister, Flounders
1986-87 - Sat 13 Dec	DIV 4	Rochdale 1-1 Iron	Lister
1985-86 - Fri 18 Apr	DIV 4	Iron 3-1 Rochdale	Broddle, Houchen, Lister
1985-86 - Sat 23 Nov	DIV 4	Rochdale 1-0 Iron
1984-85 - Mon 6 May	DIV 4	Rochdale 3-3 Iron	Cammack 2, Stobart
1984-85 - Tue 26 Feb	DIV 4	Iron 4-2 Rochdale	Cammack 2, Brolly 2
1982-83 - Mon 4 Apr	DIV 4	Rochdale 0-1 Iron	Graham
1982-83 - Mon 27 Dec	DIV 4	Iron 1-1 Rochdale	Cammack
1981-82 - Tue 20 Apr	DIV 4	Rochdale 1-1 Iron	Telfer
1981-82 - Sat 10 Apr	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Rochdale	Keeley
1980-81 - Tue 11 Nov	DIV 4	Iron 1-1 Rochdale	Stewart
1980-81 - Tue 19 Aug	DIV 4	Rochdale 4-0 Iron
1979-80 - Fri 18 Apr	DIV 4	Rochdale 0-1 Iron	Partridge
1979-80 - Fri 30 Nov	DIV 4	Iron 2-0 Rochdale	Oates 2
1978-79 - Sat 21 Apr	DIV 4	Rochdale 1-0 Iron
1978-79 - Sat 30 Dec	DIV 4	Iron 0-4 Rochdale
1977-78 - Sat 15 Apr	DIV 4	Rochdale 1-1 Iron	Oates
1977-78 - Sat 19 Nov	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Rochdale	Kilmore
1976-77 - Sat 22 Jan	DIV 4	Rochdale 5-0 Iron
1976-77 - Sat 21 Aug	DIV 4	Iron 0-1 Rochdale
1975-76 - Fri 12 Mar	DIV 4	Rochdale 1-1 Iron	Green
1975-76 - Sat 11 Oct	DIV 4	Iron 1-3 Rochdale	Green
1974-75 - Sat 22 Feb	DIV 4	Rochdale 4-2 Iron	Collier, Roberts
1974-75 - Sat 16 Nov	DIV 4	Iron 2-2 Rochdale	Pilling 2
1972-73 - Sat 11 Nov	DIV 3	Rochdale 0-2 Iron	Heath, Kirk
1972-73 - Tue 19 Sep	DIV 3	Iron 1-2 Rochdale	McDonald
1968-69 - Sat 1 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 0-0 Rochdale
1968-69 - Sat 10 Aug	DIV 4	Rochdale 3-2 Iron	Kerr, Deere
1957-58 - Thu 3 Oct	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 2-0 Rochdale	Haigh, Stokes
1957-58 - Wed 25 Sep	DIV 3 (N)	Rochdale 1-4 Iron	Haigh, Waldock, Marriott, Fletcher
1956-57 - Sat 2 Feb	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 1-0 Rochdale	Haigh
1956-57 - Sat 22 Sep	DIV 3 (N)	Rochdale 3-0 Iron
1955-56 - Thu 22 Mar	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 1-2 Rochdale	Gregory
1955-56 - Sat 15 Oct	DIV 3 (N)	Rochdale 3-2 Iron	Brown, Gregory
1954-55 - Sat 5 Mar	DIV 3 (N)	Rochdale 2-0 Iron
1954-55 - Sat 16 Oct	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 2-2 Rochdale	Brown 2
1953-54 - Sat 27 Feb	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 1-1 Rochdale	Brown
1953-54 - Sat 10 Oct	DIV 3 (N)	Rochdale 1-1 Iron	Brown
1952-53 - Sat 24 Jan	DIV 3 (N)	Rochdale 2-2 Iron	Ottewell, Brownsword
1952-53 - Sat 13 Sep	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 5-1 Rochdale	McGill, Mynard, Whitfield, Mosby, Haigh
1951-52 - Sat 29 Mar	DIV 3 (N)	Rochdale 1-2 Iron	Ottewell, Wallace
1951-52 - Sat 10 Nov	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 3-1 Rochdale	Powell, Cumner, Taylor
1950-51 - Sat 21 Apr	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 3-0 Rochdale	Cumner 2, Comley
1950-51 - Sat 2 Dec	DIV 3 (N)	Rochdale 2-0 Iron

Our full record against Rochdale is as follows:

	P	W	D	L	F	A
Home	45	27	10	8	86	45
Away	46	11	12	23	55	80
TOTAL	91	38	22	31	141	125

With three strikes in his last six outings, Dale frontman Steven Davies has taken his tally for the current campaign to 13.

The former Derby County striker opened the scoring in his side’s last two fixtures - netting against Sheffield United and MK Dons respectively.

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The Iron came from behind to defeat Rochdale 2-1 at Glanford Park on Tuesday night.

Paddy Madden and Matt Crooks were the heroes on Tuesday night, as both helped the Iron overturn Rochdale’s first-half lead courtesy of Ian Henderson, to secure a first win in nine League One games.

Graham Alexander decided against any changes to the side that fell to a 3-2 defeat to Gillingham on Saturday.

It was Rochdale who should have been ahead early on, but for the heroics of Luke Daniels. Dale had countered down the left before Calvin Andrew flicked a header into the path of Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, who hit it first time, but Daniels parried it away before Andrew blazed over.

United then had opportunities to put the ball into a dangerous area from set-pieces but, despite their best efforts, Rochdale's defence were equal to it.

After 18 minutes, the visitors carved out another chance for the opener, but this time Oliver Rathbone’s low effort hit the post and bounced away for a corner, which the Iron dealt with well.

Hakeeb Adelakun made way for the injured Kevin van Veen 15 minutes before the break and, within a minute, was close to putting his side ahead. Matt Crooks had darted down the left before laying off for Paddy Madden, but his effort was blocked before Adelakun mis-cued the rebound.

Rochdale took the lead four minutes before the break when a deep cross was headed home by Ian Henderson.

The Iron found their leveller on 55 minutes thanks to Madden. The ball had found its way out to Jordan Clarke on the right, and his cross was met superbly by the Irishman.

The goalscorer for United then nearly turned into the creator, but his intelligent cut-back after he got the better of the Dale defence was somehow cleared before Ivan Toney could prod home.

Rochdale had thought they’d scored with 10 to go, but thankfully for the Iron the linesman had his flag up for offside.

Just as the game looked to be heading for a point apiece, up stepped Crooks to become the hero of the night, and to cap off a tremendous performance too.

The ball had been lofted forward, and Toney got the knock down before Crooks hammered it home first time.

The away side had one last chance to propel the ball into Iron territory, but the home side held and secured a much-needed win.

TEAM LINE-UPS

Scunthorpe United: Daniels, Wallace, Mirfin, Dawson, Madden (Goode, 90), van Veen (Adelakun, 30), Hopper (Toney, 62), Toffolo, Ness, Crooks, Clarke.

Substitutes not used: Anyon, Holmes, Wiseman, Davies.

Rochdale: Wilson, Rafferty (Vincenti, 73), McNulty, Canavan, McGahey, Andrew, Camps, Mendez-Laing, Rathbone (Cannon, 62), Allen, Henderson (C).

Substitutes not used: Logan, Owusu, Morley, Kitching, Gillam.

Attendance: 3,225.

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