Remembering past matches played by the Iron on March 3...
| Former Iron players born on this day: John Kaye (1940), Dave Regis (1964), Martin Butler (1966), Andy Crosby (1973). On this day facts: Grant McCann got his last cap for Northern Ireland in Iron colours. He is top of the pile for international caps for during his time with Scunthorpe United, with 12. March 3rd also saw the final game of our seven game sequence of league wins in succession in 2007, which is a club record. |
Scunthorpe climbed out of the League One relegation zone with a comfortable 4-1 win over Wycombe in 2012.
Paul Reid and Andy Barcham scrambled in the first two goals, both after David Mirfin had an effort blocked.
Michael O'Connor saw red for the visitors after retaliating to a challenge by Craig Eastmond.
Barcham finished off Mark Duffy's clever ball, Jon Parkin tapped in a fourth and Matt McClure headed in a consolation for the Chairboys.
Overall playing record for March 3: Played 19, Won 7, Drawn 6, Lost 6, Scored 27, Conceded 26.
The Iron's full record for March 3 is as follows:
| YEAR | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
| 2018 | LG 1 | Iron 0-2 Oldham | |
| 2015 | LG 1 | Fleetwood 2-2 Iron | McSheffrey, Evans |
| 2012 | LG 1 | Iron 4-1 Wycombe | Reid, Barcham 2, Parkin |
| 2009 | LG 1 | Iron 1-1 Walsall | Odejayi |
| 2007 | LG 1 | Brentford 0-2 Iron | Beckford, Taylor |
| 2001 | DIV 3 | Torquay 0-2 Iron | Sparrow 2 |
| 1998 | DIV 3 | Hartlepool 0-1 Iron | Wilcox |
| 1992 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-0 Halifax | Buckley |
| 1990 | DIV 4 | Halifax 0-1 Iron | Daws |
| 1987 | DIV 4 | Wrexham 1-1 Iron | Lister |
| 1984 | DIV 3 | Wigan 2-0 Iron | |
| 1981 | DIV 4 | Port Vale 2-2 Iron | Partridge, Cammack |
| 1979 | DIV 4 | Bradford 1-1 Iron | Pilling |
| 1978 | DIV 4 | Iron 2-1 Grimsby | Lumby 2 |
| 1973 | DIV 3 | Brentford 1-0 Iron | |
| 1970 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-2 Swansea | Keegan |
| 1962 | DIV 4 | Southampton 6-4 Iron | McGuigan, Marriott, Brownsword, Kaye |
| 1956 | DIV 3N | Barrow 2-2 Iron | Callaghan, Haigh |
| 1951 | DIV 3N | Crewe 2-0 Iron |
