Tuesday sees the Iron take on Doncaster Rovers for the 65th time in their history. Here’s a lowdown of our past meetings.
IRON BEAT ROVERS AT HOME FOR FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS...
Scunthorpe United 2-0 Doncaster Rovers
Tuesday, 8th March, 2016
League One
Managed by Nick Daws, the Iron beat Doncaster Rovers 2-0 at Glanford Park in our last game against them here in March 2016.
The home side took the lead when Tom Hopper swept in a shot following a left-wing cross from Conor Townsend.
Doncaster struggled to break down a solid home defence and went further behind when centre-back David Mirfin headed in a Jim O'Brien corner.
PHOTO: Lee Novak celebrates scoring the winner at Doncaster in September 2017.
VICTORY IN OUR LAST LEAGUE MEETING...
Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Scunthorpe United
Sunday, 17th September, 2017
League One
Lee Novak scored his first goal for Scunthorpe as they beat League One neighbours Doncaster at the Keepmoat Stadium in September 2017.
Novak, a deadline-day signing from Charlton, put Scunthorpe ahead after 10 minutes when he headed home a Josh Morris corner.
Rovers improved after the break and had a couple of good early chances to level. John Marquis smashed a low effort off the near post while Andy Williams fired over from Ben Whiteman's through ball.
Morris fired a free-kick from 30 yards narrowly over while Murray Wallace poked a loose ball onto the bar as Scunthorpe teased adding a second.
PHOTO: Billy Sharp fires home the opener in September 2006.
SHARP AND KEOGH DOWN DONNY...
Scunthorpe United 2-0 Doncaster Rovers
Saturday, 30th September, 2006
League One
Second-half goals from strikers Billy Sharp and Andy Keogh gave Scunthorpe a derby win against Doncaster.
The home side took the lead in the 54th minute when Sharp fired in his eighth goal of the season, a right-foot shot low into the bottom far corner.
Keogh then made it 2-0 on 68 minutes when he found room for himself in the box to crash in a right-foot shot.
THE FULL RECORD...
PHOTO: Jim Goodwin celebrates scoring in January 2006.
| SEASON/DATE | COMPETITION | RESULT | SCORERS |
| 2017-18 - Sun Dec 3 | FAC R2 | Doncaster 3-0 Iron | |
| 2017-18 - Tue Oct 31 | FLT GS | Doncaster 1-1 Iron Doncaster win 3-2 on pens |
Lewis |
| 2017-18 - Sun Sep 17 | LG 1 | Doncaster 0-1 Iron | Novak |
| 2015-16 - Tue Mar 8 | LG 1 | Iron 2-0 Doncaster | Hopper, Mirfin |
| 2015-16 - Sat Dec 26 | LG 1 | Doncaster 0-1 Iron | Madden |
| 2014-15 - Sun May 3 | LG 1 | Doncaster 5-2 Iron | Butler (og), Adelakun |
| 2014-15 - Sat Oct 4 | LG 1 | Iron 1-2 Doncaster | Fallon |
| 2012-13 - Sat Mar 23 | LG 1 | Iron 2-3 Doncaster | Duffy, Hawley |
| 2012-13 - Sat Nov 24 | LG 1 | Doncaster 4-0 Iron | |
| 2010-11 - Sat Jan 1 | CHAMP | Doncaster 3-0 Iron | |
| 2010-11 - Sat Oct 16 | CHAMP | Iron 1-3 Doncaster | Woolford |
| 2009-10 - Sat Apr 24 | CHAMP | Doncaster 4-3 Iron | Hooper (2), Hayes |
| 2009-10 - Sat Sep 26 | CHAMP | Iron 2-2 Doncaster | Byrne, McCann |
| 2006-07 - Sat Jan 20 | LG 1 | Doncaster 2-2 Iron | Keogh, Talbot |
| 2006-07 - Sat Sep 30 | LG 1 | Iron 2-0 Doncaster | Sharp, Keogh |
| 2005-06 - Sat Jan 21 | LG 1 | Iron 1-2 Doncaster | Goodwin |
| 2005-06 - Sat Sep 17 | LG 1 | Doncaster 3-1 Iron | Sharp |
| 2003-04 - Sat Feb 7 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-2 Doncaster | Torpey, Butler |
| 2003-04 - Fri Dec 26 | DIV 3 | Doncaster 1-0 Iron | |
| 2001-02 - Sat Nov 17 | FAC R1 | Doncaster 2-3 Iron | Hodges, Carruthers, Garcia |
| 1997-98 - Fri Jan 30 | DIV 3 | Doncaster 1-2 Iron | D'Auria, Housham |
| 1997-98 - Sat Sep 13 | DIV 3 | Iron 1-1 Doncaster | Eyre |
| 1996-97 - Sat Feb 1 | DIV 3 | Doncaster 1-1 Iron | Baker |
| 1996-97 - Sat Nov 9 | DIV 3 | Iron 1-2 Doncaster | Clarkson |
| 1995-96 - Tue Apr 23 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-2 Doncaster | Turnbull, Clarkson |
| 1995-96 - Sat Mar 16 | DIV 3 | Doncaster 2-0 Iron | |
| 1994-95 - Sat Apr 15 | DIV 3 | Iron 0-5 Doncaster | |
| 1994-95 - Tue Dec 27 | DIV 3 | Doncaster 1-1 Iron | Carmichael |
| 1993-94 - Sat Apr 16 | DIV 3 | Iron 1-3 Doncaster | Goodacre |
| 1993-94 - Mon Nov 1 | DIV 3 | Doncaster 3-1 Iron | Trebble |
| 1992-93 - Sat Mar 13 | DIV 3 | Doncaster 0-1 Iron | Elliott |
| 1992-93 - Sat Nov 7 | DIV 3 | Iron 0-1 Doncaster | |
| 1991-92 - Fri Dec 20 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 1-2 Iron | Humphries, Alexander |
| 1991-92 - Sat Aug 24 | DIV 4 | Iron 3-2 Doncaster | Helliwell, Alexander, Daws |
| 1990-91 - Sat Mar 8 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 2-3 Iron | Flounders (2), Daws |
| 1990-91 - Sat Dec 15 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-1 Doncaster | Flounders |
| 1989-90 - Sat May 5 | DIV 4 | Iron 4-1 Doncaster | Flounders (3), Daws |
| 1989-90 - Sat Nov 4 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 1-2 Iron | Daws, Flounders |
| 1988-89 - Sat Apr 1 | DIV 4 | Iron 2-1 Doncaster | Taylor, Hodkinson |
| 1988-89 - Sat Dec 17 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 2-2 Iron | Hodkinson, Flounders |
| 1983-84 - Tue Sep 13 | FLC R1 L2 | Doncaster 3-0 Iron | |
| 1983-84 - Tue Aug 30 | FLC R1 L1 | Iron 1-1 Doncaster | Cammack |
| 1980-81 - Fri Mar 27 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 1-0 Iron | |
| 1980-81 - Tue Oct 28 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-1 Doncaster | Cammack |
| 1979-80 - Sat Feb 16 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 5-0 Iron | |
| 1979-80 - Fri Sep 28 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-0 Doncaster | |
| 1978-79 - Sat Nov 11 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-0 Doncaster | |
| 1978-79 - Fri Sep 1 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 0-0 Iron | |
| 1977-78 - Mon Mar 27 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-0 Doncaster | |
| 1977-78 - Mon Dec 26 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 1-1 Iron | Wigg |
| 1976-77 - Mon Apr 11 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 3-0 Iron | |
| 1976-77 - Mon Dec 27 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-1 Doncaster | Green |
| 1975-76 - Mon Apr 19 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 0-1 Iron | Green |
| 1975-76 - Sat Dec 27 | DIV 4 | Iron 2-1 Doncaster | Davidson, Woodward |
| 1974-75 - Sat Jan 4 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-0 Doncaster | |
| 1974-75 - Tue Sep 17 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 1-1 Iron | Roberts |
| 1973-74 - Sat Mar 2 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 1-0 Iron | |
| 1973-74 - Wed Dec 26 | DIV 4 | Iron 2-1 Doncaster | Pilling, Barker |
| 1971-72 - Sat Dec 18 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 0-2 Iron | Fletcher, Kerr |
| 1971-72 - Sat Sep 4 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-0 Doncaster | |
| 1968-69 - Fri Mar 14 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-2 Doncaster | |
| 1968-69 - Fri Aug 23 | DIV 4 | Doncaster 4-3 Iron | Heath (2), Kerr |
| 1967-68 - Wed Aug 23 | FLC R1 | Doncaster 1-2 Iron | Barton, Foley |
| 1966-67 - Fri May 5 | DIV 3 | Doncaster 3-0 Iron | |
| 1966-67 - Fri Dec 9 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-1 Doncaster | Smith Burkinshaw |
Our full record against Doncaster is as follows:
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| Home | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 59 |
| Away | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 43 |
| TOTAL | 64 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 73 | 102 |