OTD: March 26

Former Iron players born on this day: John Barrett (1931), Stuart Pilling (1951), David D’Auria (1970), Johnathan Williams (1992), Luke Hornsey (1994).

Matt Crooks headed a late winner as Scunthorpe edged a pulsating contest with Bradford in 2017.

The midfielder stole into the box to nod in from a right-wing corner in the 83rd minute to complete an impressive turnaround for the Iron, who had trailed 2-1 at the break.

Scunthorpe opened the scoring in the third minute, when the Bantams allowed Ivan Toney the time and space to smash the ball home at the far post.

The visitors, though, turned the game on its head in the space of two minutes, with Kevin Toner heading in from a free-kick with 14 minutes gone and Alex Jones finding the bottom corner moments later.

Toney produced a clever bicycle kick from the corner of the six-yard box to lob the home side on to level terms three minutes after the restart, before Crooks gave his side the lead.

A see-saw contest almost took a final twist in stoppage time but City hit the bar from a corner, ensuring the Iron claimed the points.

Overall playing record for March 26: Played 18, Won 8, Drawn 5, Lost 5, Scored 27, Conceded 18.

YEAR	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2022	LG 2	Iron 0-3 Harrogate
2017	LG 1	Iron 3-2 Bradford	Toney 2, Crooks
1996	DIV 3	Iron 4-0 Exeter	Eyre 2, Ford, McFarlane
1994	DIV 3	Scarborough 0-1 Iron	Smith
1988	DIV 4	Cardiff 0-1 Iron	Shearer
1982	DIV 4	York 3-1 Iron	Arins
1977	DIV 4	Iron 0-2 Cambridge
1976	DIV 4	Southport 1-1 Iron	Collier
1974	DIV 4	Bury 0-0 Iron
1966	DIV 3	Iron 1-1 Oldham	Bedford
1965	DIV 3	Iron 2-0 Brentford	Ratcliffe, Scott
1964	DIV 2	Iron 0-0 Bury
1963	DIV 2	Iron 4-1 Preston	McGuigan 2, Wilson, Hodgson
1960	DIV 2	Stoke 1-3 Iron	Marriott, Pashley, Bakes
1955	DIV 3N	Iron 5-1 Hartlepool	Hubbard 4, Gregory
1953	DIV 3N	Iron 1-2 Bradford PA	Haigh
1952	DIV 3N	Bradford 1-0 Iron
1951	DIV 3N	Iron 0-0 Southport