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OTD: December 29

Thursday, 29 December 2022Scunthorpe United FC

Remembering past matches played by the Iron on December 29...

Remembering past matches played by the Iron on December 29...

Former Iron players born on this day: Geoff Sidebottom (1938), Bobby Bennett (1951), Joe Anyon (1986), Richard Smallwood (1990).

The Iron continued their impressive run under manager Russ Wilcox with a 2-0 victory at the Kassam Stadium against fellow promotion hopefuls Oxford United in 2013.

Deon Burton powered home a header inside ten minutes before missing a first half penalty, with David Syers seizing on a mistake to double United's advantage in the second half.

Sam Slocombe conceded, but then saved a spot kick with less than ten minutes remaining to preserve Scunthorpe's clean sheet.

Overall playing record for December 29: Played 13, Won 7, Drawn 1, Lost 5, Scored 17, Conceded 19.

The Iron's full record for December 29 is as follows:

YEAR	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2020	LG 2	Walsall 1-2 Iron	Hippolyte, Gilliead
2019	LG 2	Crewe 3-1 Iron	Novak
2018	LG 1	Iron 1-0 Wycombe	Wootton
2013	LG 2	Oxford United 0-2 Iron	Burton, Syers
2012	LG 1	Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Iron
2007	CHAMP	West Brom 5-0 Iron
2002	DIV 3	Southend 1-2 Iron	Carruthers, Torpey
2001	DIV 3	Lincoln City 3-2 Iron	Calvo-Garcia, Beagrie
1990	DIV 4	Iron 2-0 Carlisle United	Flounders (pen), Lillis
1979	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Hereford United	Green
1973	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Peterborough United	Collier, Keeley
1956	DIV 3N	Hull City 2-2 Iron	Fletcher (2)
1951	DIV 3N	Oldham Athletic 2-0 Iron

Scunthorpe United FC

Thursday, 29 December 2022

YEAR	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2020	LG 2	Walsall 1-2 Iron	Hippolyte, Gilliead
2019	LG 2	Crewe 3-1 Iron	Novak
2018	LG 1	Iron 1-0 Wycombe	Wootton
2013	LG 2	Oxford United 0-2 Iron	Burton, Syers
2012	LG 1	Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Iron
2007	CHAMP	West Brom 5-0 Iron
2002	DIV 3	Southend 1-2 Iron	Carruthers, Torpey
2001	DIV 3	Lincoln City 3-2 Iron	Calvo-Garcia, Beagrie
1990	DIV 4	Iron 2-0 Carlisle United	Flounders (pen), Lillis
1979	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Hereford United	Green
1973	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Peterborough United	Collier, Keeley
1956	DIV 3N	Hull City 2-2 Iron	Fletcher (2)
1951	DIV 3N	Oldham Athletic 2-0 Iron

YEAR

COMPETITION

RESULT

IRON SCORERS

2020

LG 2

Walsall 1-2 Iron

Hippolyte, Gilliead

2019

LG 2

Crewe 3-1 Iron

Novak

2018

LG 1

Iron 1-0 Wycombe

Wootton

2013

LG 2

Oxford United 0-2 Iron

Burton, Syers

2012

LG 1

Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Iron

2007

CHAMP

West Brom 5-0 Iron

2002

DIV 3

Southend 1-2 Iron

Carruthers, Torpey

2001

DIV 3

Lincoln City 3-2 Iron

Calvo-Garcia, Beagrie

1990

DIV 4

Iron 2-0 Carlisle United

Flounders (pen), Lillis

1979

DIV 4

Iron 1-0 Hereford United

Green

1973

DIV 4

Iron 2-1 Peterborough United

Collier, Keeley

1956

DIV 3N

Hull City 2-2 Iron

Fletcher (2)

1951

DIV 3N

Oldham Athletic 2-0 Iron