Remembering past matches played by the Iron on October 31...
| Former Iron players born on this day: Paul Nicol (1967), Tom Newey (1982). |
United eased to a 2-0 victory over Barnsley On This Day in 2015.
Tykes keeper Nick Townsend's awful attempted clearance gifted Tom Hopper his first goal of the season.
Barnsley's day went from bad to worse as former Scunthorpe striker Sam Winnall had his penalty saved by Luke Daniels after a foul by Murray Wallace.
Overall playing record for October 31: Played 15, Won 4, Drawn 4, Lost 7, Scored 14, Conceded 19.
The Iron's full record for October 31 is as follows:
| YEAR | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
| 2017 | FLT GS | Doncaster 1-1 Iron | Lewis |
| 2015 | LG 1 | Iron 2-0 Barnsley | Hopper, McSheffrey |
| 2009 | CHAMP | Iron 0-2 Swansea | |
| 1998 | DIV 3 | Orient 1-0 Iron | |
| 1997 | DIV 3 | Colchester 3-3 Iron | Hope, D'Auria 2 |
| 1995 | DIV 3 | Cardiff 0-1 Iron | McFarlane |
| 1992 | DIV 3 | Cardiff 3-0 Iron | |
| 1989 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-1 York | Flounders |
| 1987 | DIV 4 | Hartlepool 1-0 Iron | |
| 1981 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-1 Peterborough | |
| 1970 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-1 Notts Co | |
| 1964 | DIV 3 | Oldham 2-1 Iron | Lawther |
| 1959 | DIV 2 | Brighton 0-1 Iron | Middleton |
| 1957 | DIV 3N | Iron 1-1 Halifax | Davies |
| 1953 | DIV 3N | Iron 3-2 Barrow | Jones 2, Sharpe |