The club was formed in 1899 and turned professional after joining the In recent years, the club has developed a reputation for developing promising young strikers,After the end of the war, in 1945, Scunthorpe & Lindsey United would re-apply to join the Football League at every opportunity.After an unremarkable few years in the Football League, which included the club's first-ever third and fourth-round FA Cup ties (against The year 1962 proved to be a turning point in the fortunes of the club, as only two years later it finished the season at the very bottom of the Second Division, being relegated back to the now un-regionalised After relegation from Division Two, the Iron spent the next four years bouncing around in the Third Division.
Official club partner For the monarch called "the Iron", see On 20 November 2013, following a 2–1 home defeat to local rivals Grimsby Town in the FA Cup, Brian Laws was sacked after a run of 5 games without a win.Russ Wilcox took over as manager around halfway through the season, and after a 28-game unbeaten run, ending in a 2–0 defeat to Despite these accolades, Wilcox could not sustain momentum into the following season and was sacked on 8 October 2014,Although Robins had saved the club from relegation during the 2014–15 season, the club's performances during the first half of the 2015–16 season were viewed as disappointing and inconsistent by many. They contest Humber derbygames wit… Further playoff failure occurred in 1991 as the Iron lost out to Blackpool 2–3 (on aggregate) in the semi-final under Buxton's replacement The following four seasons saw United sit consistently in the middle of the now Third Division table under a succession of managers, namely In February 1997, following the end of Mick Buxton's second spell in charge of Scunthorpe United, Laws guided the Iron to their second play-off position finish under his management during the 2002–03 season, with the club finishing in 5th place. Under the management of The club's first season at Glanford Park ended in another play-off semi-final heartbreak, this time losing out 1–5 on aggregate to Wrexham. The period between his two tenures saw several management changes and a disastrous league campaign which saw the Iron finish rock bottom of the Football League in 1975. Scunthorpe United Football Club – angielski klub piłkarski z miasta Scunthorpe w północno-wschodniej Anglii. The EFL are looking to impose a cap of £1.5m per club in League Two and £2.5m in League … Businessman The start of the 2013–14 season saw Scunthorpe return to action in League Two following their relegation. The home of Scunthorpe United Football on BBC Sport online. Zespół występuje obecnie w rozgrywkach League Two.. Aktualny skład.
With Scunthorpe's rise to the second and third tiers of English football in recent years, rivalries with such clubs as Players whose careers progressed in the professional game, or gained international honours have included: W Won 2 - 0 against Scunthorpe United on February 11th 2020. This lack of outsider cash means that Glanford Park was built in a rather simplistic, box-like style, with a significantly smaller capacity than the Old Show Ground.