Remembering past matches played by the Iron on April 23...
| Former Iron players born on this day: Jack Hutton (1944), Daniel McBreen (1977), Frank Vincent (1999), Rob Apter (2003). |
The Iron kept their League One play-off hopes alive as they made it four straight wins with a comfortable victory at mid-table Peterborough in 2016.
The visitors went in front when Posh's Ricardo Santos miscued a Jordan Clarke cross past his own goalkeeper.
Tom Hopper secured the points for the Iron with a close-range finish.
Leonardo Da Silva Lopes and Aaron Williams saw efforts saved for the hosts.
Overall playing record for April 23: Played 16, Won 5, Drawn 6, Lost 5, Scored 25, Conceded 25.
The Iron's full record for April 23 is as follows:
| YEAR | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
| 2023 | LG 2 | Bradford 2-1 Iron | Pyke |
| 2016 | LG 1 | Peterborough 0-2 Iron | Santos og, Hopper |
| 2005 | LG 2 | Grimsby 0-0 Iron | |
| 1996 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-2 Doncaster | Turnbull, Clarkson |
| 1994 | DIV 3 | Wycombe 2-2 Iron | Smith, Bullimore |
| 1991 | DIV 4 | Peterborough 0-0 Iron | |
| 1988 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-1 Burnley | Harle |
| 1983 | DIV 4 | Iron 4-3 Blackpool | Cowling (2), Cammack (2) |
| 1977 | DIV 4 | Aldershot 1-1 Iron | Kilmore |
| 1976 | DIV 4 | Exeter 5-4 Iron | Green, Woodward (2), Wiggington |
| 1973 | DIV 3 | Notts Co 2-0 Iron | |
| 1966 | DIV 3 | Bournemouth 1-2 Iron | Burrows, Thomas |
| 1963 | DIV 2 | Iron 0-2 Leeds | |
| 1962 | DIV 2 | Huddersfield 1-2 Iron | Wilson, Gibson |
| 1960 | DIV 2 | Lincoln 2-1 Iron | Donnelly |
| 1955 | DIV 3N | Iron 3-1 Crewe | Gregory, Brown, McGill |