OTD: March 23

Former and current Iron players born on this day: Geoff Barnard (1946), Jason Batty (1971), Richie Bennett (1991).

Garry Thompson scored twice as Scunthorpe went five points clear of the drop zone by beating Peterborough in March 2010.

Paul Hayes fired in from a tight angle for the opener, and the striker turned provider 10 minutes later when he picked out Thompson for the second.

Sam Togwell slotted home before the break, before Hayes played in Thompson for a fourth after the restart.

Craig Mackail-Smith forced a superb save from home keeper Joe Murphy but Posh were out of the contest by then.

Overall playing record for March 23: Played 17, Won 5, Drawn 5, Lost 7, Scored 27, Conceded 26.   

 

YEAR	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2021	LG 2	Iron 2-0 Bradford	Eisa, Green
2019	LG 1	Rochdale 3-1 Iron	Hallam
2013	LG 1	Iron 2-3 Doncaster	Duffy, Hawley
2010	CHAMP	Iron 4-0 Peterborough	Hayes, Thompson 2, Togwell
2004	DIV 3	Iron 2-3 Carlisle	MacLean 2
2002	DIV 3	Southend 2-0 Iron
1999	DIV 3	Iron 1-2 Swansea	Walker
1996	DIV 3	Iron 3-1 Fulham	Knill, Ford, D'Auria
1993	DIV 3	Scarborough 1-2 Iron	White, Alexander
1991	DIV 4	Iron 4-4 Halifax	Flounders, Taylor, Humphries, Lillis
1982	DIV 4	Iron 1-1 Aldershot	Telfer
1974	DIV 4	Chester 2-0 Iron
1970	DIV 4	Port Vale 1-2 Iron	Cassidy 2
1963	DIV 2	Huddersfield 2-0 Iron
1962	DIV 2	Iron 1-1 Middlesbrough	McGuigan
1957	DIV 3N	Carlisle 0-0 Iron
1951	DIV 3N	Southport 2-2 Iron	Comley, Clelland