3-0 up and cruising, the Iron conceded two goals in the last three minutes to surrender their place at the summit of the division.
Jack Brownsword converted a penalty in injury time of the first half before Jack Marriott and Jack Haigh making it 3-0 to the Iron, with Ronnie Waldock assisting both second half strikes.
However, with minutes remaining both Linaker and Smith netted to set up a slightly edgy finish. It also meant that Bury topped the league on goal difference with Scunthorpe originally set to obtain first position.
| SCUNTHORPE UNITED | 3-2 | CREWE ALEXANDRA |
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Brownsword (pen), Marriott, Haigh |
Linaker, Smith |
MATCH INFORMATION...
| SCUNTHORPE XI: | Hardwick, Horstead, Brownsword, Marshall, Heward, Bushby, Marriott, Waldock, Fletcher, Haigh, Jones |
| CREWE XI: | Brown, Whiston, R Williams, Burns, Cheadle, Jones, Linaker, Wheatley, Smith, Moran, J Williams |
| REFEREE: | Mr T Jepson (Edwinstowe) |
| ATTENDANCE: | 9,679 |
MATCH REPORT...
Scan reproduced thanks to permission from the Scunthorpe Telegraph.