Remembering past matches played by the Iron on January 30...
| Former Iron players born on this day: Frank Burrows (1944). |
The Iron were 2-1 victors away at Coventry City On This Day in 2016.
Tom Hopper latched onto a loose ball in the box to hammer home from 10 yards for the opener on nine minutes.
Adam Armstrong's late penalty gave City hope after James Maddison was brought down, but the home side then had Romain Vincelot sent off in injury time.
Overall playing record for January 30: Played 12, Won 7, Drawn 1, Lost 4, Scored 19, Conceded 8.
The Iron's full record for January 30 is as follows:
| YEAR | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
| 2016 | LG 1 | Coventry 1-2 Iron | Hopper, Wallace |
| 2010 | CHAMP | QPR 0-1 Iron | Thompson |
| 1999 | DIV 3 | Iron 5-1 Scarborough | Logan, Calvo-Garcia (2), Eyre, Hope |
| 1998 | DIV 3 | Doncaster 1-2 Iron | D'Auria, Housham |
| 1996 | DIV 3 | Fulham 1-3 Iron | D'Auria, Jones, Paterson |
| 1993 | DIV 3 | Iron 4-1 Halifax | Helliwell (2), Martin, Buckley |
| 1988 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-1 Wolves | |
| 1982 | DIV 4 | Tranmere 0-1 Iron | Green |
| 1974 | FAC R4 R | Iron 0-3 Newcastle | |
| 1971 | DIV 4 | Northampton 1-0 Iron | |
| 1960 | FAC R4 | Iron 0-1 Port Vale | |
| 1954 | FAC R4 | Iron 1-1 Portsmouth | Jones |