Flashback: Opening day record

The Iron have accumulated 75 points from their opening 70 league fixtures since their admission into the league in 1950.

The most recent victory came two years ago when United overhauled Coventry City 2-1 at the Ricoh Arena, with goals from Stephen Humphrys and Andy Dales.

The most common scoreline is a 1-1 draw, occuring 14 times, while Scunthorpe have won nineteen of their opening games, with a few of those while two points for a win was still in operation.

United's greatest victory came in 1985 when they beat Torquay United 4-0, while they've only once topped four goals by notching five in a 5-2 win over Bristol City in 1964.

No Scunthorpe player has ever scored a hat-trick on the opening league game of the season, but four have braces - the last coming in 1987.

THE RECORD...

P	W	D	L	F	A	+ / -	Pts
70	19	23	28	82	99	-17	75

THE HISTORY...

SEASON/DATE	DIV	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2019-20 - Sat Aug 3	LG 2	Iron 0-2 Swindon Town
2018-19 - Sat Aug 4	LG 1	Coventry City 1-2 Iron	Humphrys, Dales
2017-18 - Sat Aug 5	LG 1	Iron 1-1 AFC Wimbledon	Townsend
2016-17 - Sat Aug 6	LG 1	Iron 3-1 Bristol Rovers	Van Veen, Morris, Wootton
2015-16 - Sat Aug 8	LG 1	Burton Albion 2-1 Iron	Goode
2014-15 - Sat Aug 9	LG 1	Swindon Town 3-1 Iron	Madden
2013-14 - Sat Aug 3	LG 2	Iron 2-0 Mansfield Town	Sparrow, Winnall
2012-13 - Sat Aug 18	LG 1	Crawley Town 3-0 Iron
2011-12 - Sat Aug 6	LG 1	Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Iron	Nelson
2010-11 - Sat Aug 7	CHAMP	Reading 1-2 Iron	Thompson, Jones
2009-10 - Sat Aug 8	CHAMP	Cardiff City 4-0 Iron
2008-09 - Sat Aug 9	LG 1	Iron 1-2 Leeds United	Hooper
2007-08 - Sat Aug 11	CHAMP	Charlton Athletic 1-1 Iron	Iriekpen
2006-07 - Sat Aug 5	LG 1	Bristol City 1-0 Iron
2005-06 - Sat Aug 6	LG 1	Brentford 2-0 Iron
2004-05 - Sat Aug 7	LG 2	Iron 3-1 Rochdale	Taylor, Hayes, Sparrow
2003-04 - Sat Aug 9	DIV 3	Iron 1-2 Bristol Rovers	Beagrie
2002-03 - Sat Aug 10	DIV 3	Iron 1-1 Wrexham	Calvo-Garcia
2001-02 - Sat Aug 11	DIV 3	Kidderminster Harriers 1-0 Iron
2000-01 - Sat Aug 12	DIV 3	Macclesfield Town 0-1 Iron	Hodges
1999-00 - Sat Aug 17	DIV 2	Wigan Athletic 3-0 Iron
1998-99 - Sat Aug 8	DIV 3	Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Iron	Forrester
1997-98 - Sat Aug 9	DIV 3	Peterborough United 0-1 Iron	Forrester
1996-97 - Sat Aug 17	DIV 3	Leyton Orient 0-1 Iron	Clarkson
1995-96 - Sat Aug 12	DIV 3	Iron 1-2 Cambridge United	Eyre
1994-95 - Sat Aug 13	DIV 3	Barnet 1-2 Iron	Henderson, Juryeff
1993-94 - Sat Aug 14	DIV 3	Wigan Athletic 0-2 Iron	Mudd, Smith
1992-93 - Sat Aug 22	DIV 3	Halifax Town 0-0 Iron
1991-92 - Sat Aug 17	DIV 4	Gillingham 4-0 Iron
1990-91 - Sat Aug 25	DIV 4	Iron 2-0 Blackpool	Flounders, Hamilton
1989-90 - Sat Aug 19	DIV 4	Lincoln City 1-0 Iron
1988-89 - Sat Aug 27	DIV 4	Iron 3-1 Hereford United	Cowling, Daws, Taylor
1987-88 - Sat Aug 15	DIV 4	Iron 3-0 Tranmere Rovers	Russell, Flounders (2)
1986-87 - Sat Aug 23	DIV 4	Iron 2-2 Northampton Town	Cammack, Hunter
1985-86 - Sat Aug 17	DIV 4	Iron 4-0 Torquay United	Graham, Broddle, Cammack, Green
1984-85 - Sat Aug 25	DIV 4	Chester City 1-1 Iron	Whitehead
1983-84 - Sat Aug 27	DIV 3	Port Vale 0-0 Iron
1982-83 - Sat Aug 28	DIV 4	Hartlepool United 0-0 Iron
1981-82 - Sat Aug 29	DIV 4	Northampton Town 1-1 Iron	Green
1980-81 - Sat Aug 16	DIV 4	Iron 2-2 Aldershot	Grimes, Cammack
1979-80 - Sat Aug 18	DIV 4	Torquay United 3-0 Iron
1978-79 - Sat Aug 19	DIV 4	Port Vale 2-2 Iron	Wigg, Pilling
1977-78 - Sat Aug 20	DIV 4	Southport 1-1 Iron	Lumby
1976-77 - Sat Aug 21	DIV 4	Iron 0-1 Rochdale
1975-76 - Sat Aug 16	DIV 4	Darlington 2-0 Iron
1974-75 - Sat Aug 17	DIV 4	Workington 1-1 Iron	Davidson
1973-74 - Sat Aug 25	DIV 4	Lincoln City 1-0 Iron
1972-73 - Sat Aug 12	DIV 3	Iron 1-0 Swansea City	Davidson
1971-72 - Sat Aug 14	DIV 4	Grimsby Town 4-1 Iron	Fletcher
1970-71 - Sat Aug 15	DIV 4	Exeter City 1-1 Iron	Keegan
1969-70 - Sat Aug 9	DIV 4	Iron 2-3 Chester City	Rusling, Deere
1968-69 - Sat Aug 10	DIV 4	Rochdale 3-2 Iron	Kerr, Deere
1967-68 - Sat Aug 19	DIV 3	Peterborough United 1-1 Iron	Barton
1966-67 - Sat Aug 20	DIV 3	Iron 1-2 Gillingham	Thomas
1965-66 - Sat Aug 21	DIV 3	Hull City 3-2 Iron	Brown, Hutton
1964-65 - Sat Aug 22	DIV 3	Iron 5-2 Bristol City	Lawther (2), Sloan (2), Kirkman
1963-64 - Sat Aug 24	DIV 2	Swindon Town 3-0 Iron
1962-63 - Sat Aug 18	DIV 2	Iron 2-1 Southampton	Hodgson, Knapp (og)
1961-62 - Sat Aug 19	DIV 2	Iron 3-3 Brighton & Hove Albion	Marriott, Godfrey, Thomas
1960-61 - Sat Aug 20	DIV 2	Charlton Athletic 1-1 Iron	Thomas
1959-60 - Sat Aug 22	DIV 2	Iron 1-1 Bristol City	Brownsword
1958-59 - Sat Aug 23	DIV 2	Iron 1-1 Ipswich Town	Davis
1957-58 - Sat Aug 24	DIV 3	Chesterfield 1-1 Iron	Marriott
1956-57 - Sat Aug 18	DIV3N	Iron 1-2 Darlington	Brown
1955-56 - Sat Aug 20	DIV3N	Bradford Park Avenue 2-0 Iron
1954-55 - Sat Aug 21	DIV3N	Iron 2-2 Halifax Town	Haigh (2)
1953-54 - Sat Aug 22	DIV3N	Grimsby Town 0-1 Iron	Gregory
1952-53 - Sat Aug 23	DIV3N	Barrow 2-1 Iron	Mynard
1951-52 - Sat Aug 18	DIV3N	Iron 1-0 Bradford City	Cumner
1950-51 - Sat Aug 19	DIV3N	Iron 0-0 Shrewsbury Town

THE SCORELINE FREQUENCY...

RESULT	FREQUENCY
0-0	4
1-0	6
2-0	3
3-0	1
4-0	1
0-1	5
0-2	4
0-3	4
0-4	2
1-1	14
2-1	4
3-1	3
1-2	8
1-3	1
1-4	1
2-2	4
2-3	3
3-3	1
5-2	1