OTD: April 21

Remembering past matches played by the Iron on April 21...

Former Iron players born on this day: Mal Rees (1924). On this day fact: The 1-0 home win over Oxford United in 2014 ended the longest sequence of games unbeaten (28) for the club.

The Iron closed in on promotion from League Two with victory over play-off hopefuls Oxford United in 2014.

Scunthorpe took an early lead when Matt Sparrow fired home from 12 yards after Sam Winnall miscued from a Michael Collins cross.

Alfie Potter had a great chance to equalise from the restart but dragged his shot wide.

Overall playing record for April 21: Played 16, Won 6, Drawn 4, Lost 6, Scored 19, Conceded 21. 

The Iron's full record for April 21 is as follows:

YEAR	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2018	LG 1	Iron 1-0 Walsall	Yates
2015	LG 1	Iron 1-1 Bradford	McSheffrey
2014	LG 1	Iron 1-0 Oxford	Sparrow
2012	LG 1	Huddersfield 1-0 Iron
2009	LG 1	Northampton 3-3 Iron	Trotter, McCann, Sparrow
2007	LG 1	Tranmere 0-2 Iron	Ward (og), Sharp
2003	DIV 3	Bury 0-0 Iron
2001	DIV 3	Hartlepool 1-0 Iron
1998	DIV 3	Orient 1-0 Iron
1990	DIV 4	Iron 3-3 Hereford	Flounders (2), Pejic (og)
1984	DIV 3	Iron 2-0 Hull	Bell, Cammack
1979	DIV 4	Rochdale 1-0 Iron
1975	DIV 4	Mansfield 7-0 Iron
1973	DIV 3	Iron 1-0 Watford	Fletcher
1958	DIV 3N	Stockport 2-1 Iron	Davis
1956	DIV 3N	Iron 2-1 Chester	Gregory, Haigh
1951	DIV 3N	Iron 3-0 Rochdale	Cumner (2), Comley