2016–17 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Scunthorpe United's 118th season in their existence and their third consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Scunthorpe United

2016–17 season
Chairman	Peter Swann
Manager	Graham Alexander
Stadium	Glanford Park
League One	3rd
FA Cup	First round (vs. Charlton Athletic)
League Cup	Second round (vs. Bristol City)
Top goalscorer	League: Josh Morris (19) All: Josh Morris (20)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date Signed	Fee	Contract
Goalkeepers
1	Luke Daniels	GK		Bolton	32	109	0	West Bromwich Albion	22 January 2015	Undisclosed	2017
13	Joe Anyon	GK		Lytham St Annes	33	19	0	Shrewsbury Town	25 January 2015	Free	2017
Defenders
2	Scott Wiseman	RB		Kingston upon Hull	34	53	2	Preston North End	1 July 2015	Free	2017
3	Scott Laird	LB		Taunton	32	39	2	Preston North End	10 June 2015	Free	2017
5	Murray Wallace	CB		Glasgow	27	86	3	Huddersfield Town	2 January 2016	Free	2019
6	David Mirfin	CB		Sheffield	35	254	11	Watford	31 July 2012	Free	2017
15	Harry Toffolo	LB		Welwyn Garden City	24	24	2	Norwich City	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
20	Charlie Goode	CB		Watford	25	40	2	Hendon	10 June 2015	Free	2017
22	Conor Townsend	LB		Hessle	27	54	1	Hull City	6 January 2016	Free	2018
33	Jordan Clarke	RB		Coventry	28	87	3	Coventry City	10 January 2015	Undisclosed	2017
Midfielders
8	Stephen Dawson	LM		Dublin	34	70	1	Rochdale	1 July 2015	Free	2017
11	Josh Morris	LM		Preston	28	47	20	Bradford City	1 July 2016	Free	2019
12	Neal Bishop	CM		Stockton-on-Tees	39	132	10	Blackpool	19 June 2014	Free	2017
16	Hakeeb Adelakun	LW		Hackney	24	120	14	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	2018
17	Sam Mantom	CM		Stourbridge	28	30	2	Walsall	1 July 2016	Free	2019
19	Duane Holmes	LM		Columbus	25	36	3	Huddersfield Town	7 July 2016	Free	2018
26	Jamie Ness	CM		Irvine	29	44	0	Stoke City	10 July 2015	Free	2017
30	Matt Crooks	DM		Leeds	26	12	3	Rangers	12 January 2017	Loan	2017
Forwards
7	Luke Williams	SS		Middlesbrough	27	49	8	Middlesbrough	2 July 2015	Undisclosed	2018
9	Paddy Madden	CF		Dublin	30	164	56	Yeovil Town	10 January 2014	£300,000	2018
10	Kevin van Veen	CF/RW		Eindhoven	29	84	15	FC Oss	30 January 2015	Undisclosed	2018
14	Tom Hopper	CF		Boston	26	94	18	Leicester City	26 June 2015	Free	2017
21	Jonny Margetts	CF		Doncaster	26	4	1	Lincoln City	31 August 2016	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
24	Ivan Toney	CF		Northampton	24	14	6	Newcastle United	12 January 2017	Loan	2017
28	Craig Davies	CF		Burton upon Trent	34	17	0	Wigan Athletic	7 January 2017	Undisclosed	2017
On Loan
29	Kyle Wootton	CF		Epworth	23	41	5	Academy	1 August 2014	Trainee	2017

Statistics

As of 31 March 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Luke Daniels	42	0	39+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Scott Wiseman	24	2	16+7	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Murray Wallace	51	1	44+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	1
6	DF		David Mirfin	33	2	31+1	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Luke Williams	11	1	1+6	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	1
8	MF		Stephen Dawson	46	1	40+2	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW		Paddy Madden	36	11	26+6	11	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
10	FW		Kevin van Veen	39	11	24+8	9	1+0	0	2+0	2	2+2	0
11	MF		Josh Morris	47	20	42+0	19	1+0	0	1+1	1	1+1	0
12	MF		Neal Bishop	42	4	34+6	4	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
13	GK		Joe Anyon	9	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
14	FW		Tom Hopper	35	6	21+9	5	0+1	1	1+0	0	3+0	0
15	DF		Harry Toffolo	21	1	20+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Hakeeb Adelakun	22	3	7+9	1	0+0	0	1+1	0	3+1	2
17	MF		Sam Mantom	30	1	9+15	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	4+0	0
18	MF		Richard Smallwood	19	1	6+10	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
19	MF		Duane Holmes	37	3	28+4	3	1+0	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
20	DF		Charlie Goode	26	0	13+7	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
21	FW		Jonny Margetts	4	1	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	1
22	DF		Conor Townsend	28	0	22+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
24	FW		Ivan Toney	14	6	8+6	6	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Jamie Ness	14	0	8+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
28	FW		Craig Davies	17	0	3+14	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF		Matt Crooks	12	3	8+4	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF		Levi Sutton	9	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
33	DF		Jordan Clarke	24	1	19+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
34	DF		Lewis Butroid	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
Player(s) currently out on loan:
3	DF		Scott Laird	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW		Kyle Wootton	5	1	0+2	1	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0

Goals record

As of 17 April 2017

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	11		LM	Josh Morris	19	0	1	0	20
2	9		CF	Paddy Madden	11	0	0	0	11
	10		CF	Kevin van Veen	9	0	2	0	11
4	14		CF	Tom Hopper	5	1	0	0	6
	24		CF	Ivan Toney	6	0	0	0	6
6	12		CM	Neal Bishop	4	0	0	0	4
7	16		LW	Hakeeb Adelakun	1	0	0	2	3
	19		CM	Duane Holmes	3	0	0	0	3
	30		DM	Matt Crooks	3	0	0	0	3
10	2		RB	Scott Wiseman	2	0	0	0	2
	5		CB	Murray Wallace	1	0	0	1	2
	6		CB	David Mirfin	2	0	0	0	2
	15		LB	Harry Toffolo	2	0	0	0	2
	17		CM	Sam Mantom	1	0	0	1	2
15	7		SS	Luke Williams	0	0	0	1	1
	8		LM	Stephen Dawson	1	0	0	0	1
	18		CM	Richard Smallwood	1	0	0	0	1
	21		CF	Jonny Margetts	0	0	0	1	1
	29		CF	Kyle Wootton	1	0	0	0	1
	33		RB	Jordan Clarke	1	0	0	0	1
	Own Goals				2	0	0	1	3
Total					74	1	3	7	85

Disciplinary record

As of 31 March 2017

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			Total
1	10		CF	Kevin van Veen	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
2	12		CM	Neal Bishop	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1
3	8		LM	Stephen Dawson	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
4	5		CB	Murray Wallace	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
	33		RB	Jordan Clarke	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
6	6		CB	David Mirfin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	9		CF	Paddy Madden	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	15		LB	Harry Toffolo	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
	19		LM	Duane Holmes	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	11		LM	Josh Morris	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	22		LB	Conor Townsend	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	17		CM	Sam Mantom	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	20		CB	Charlie Goode	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24		CF	Ivan Toney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	31		RM	Levi Sutton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	2		RB	Scott Wiseman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7		SS	Luke Williams	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26		CM	Jamie Ness	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		DM	Matt Crooks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					70	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	75	2	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CM		Sam Mantom	Walsall	Free transfer	[1]
1 July 2016	LM		Josh Morris	Bradford City	Free transfer	[2]
6 July 2016	CM		Duane Holmes	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	[3]
31 August 2016	CF		Jonny Margetts	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	[4]
7 January 2017	CF		Craig Davies	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	[5]
31 January 2017	GK		Rory Watson	Hull City	Free transfer	[6]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB		Andrew Boyce	Grimsby Town [lower-alpha 1]	Released	[8]
1 July 2016	CB		Niall Canavan	Rochdale [lower-alpha 2]	Released	[8]
1 July 2016	CM		Sean McAllister	Grimsby Town [lower-alpha 3]	Released	[8]
1 July 2016	LW		Gary McSheffrey	Doncaster Rovers [lower-alpha 4]	Released	[8]
31 January 2017	DM		Jack King	Stevenage	Free transfer	[12]

1. Following Boyce's release, he signed for Grimsby Town.[7]
2. Following Canavan's release, he signed for Rochdale.[9]
3. Following McAllister's release, he signed for Grimsby Town.[10]
4. Following McSheffrey's release, he signed for Doncaster Rovers.[11]

Loans In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2016	LB		Harry Toffolo	Norwich City	3 January 2017	[4]
31 August 2016	CM		Richard Smallwood	Rotherham United	3 January 2017	[4]
7 January 2017	LB		Harry Toffolo	Norwich City	End of Season	[13]
12 January 2017	DM		Matt Crooks	Rangers	End of Season	[14]
12 January 2017	CF		Ivan Toney	Newcastle United	End of Season	[15]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	AM		Dominic Vose	Grimsby Town	End of Season	[16]
30 August 2016	DM		Jack King	Stevenage	3 January 2017	[17]
31 August 2016	LB		Scott Laird	Walsall	3 January 2017	[18]
20 September 2016	CF		Noel Burdett	Frickley Athletic	1 December 2016	[19]
30 September 2016	CF		Kyle Wootton	North Ferriby United	24 January 2017	[20]
25 November 2016	MF		Levi Sutton	North Ferriby United	23 December 2016	[21]
2 December 2016	CF		Noel Burdett	Gainsborough Trinity	End of Season	[22]
12 January 2017	LB		Scott Laird	Walsall	End of Season	[23]
25 January 2017	CF		Kyle Wootton	Cheltenham Town	End of Season	[24]
27 January 2017	SS		Luke Williams	Northampton Town	End of Season	[25]
31 January 2017	CF		Jonny Margetts	Crewe Alexandra	3 February 2017	[26][lower-alpha 1]
31 January 2017	GK		Rory Watson	North Ferriby United	End of Season	[6]

1. On 3 February 2017, Jonny Margetts' loan was terminated due to FIFA's rules and regulations.[27]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Stamford v Scunthorpe United

8 July 2016 (2016-07-08)	Stamford	0–3	Scunthorpe United	Stamford
19:00		Report	Holmes  12', 45' Madden  56'	Stadium: Zeeco Stadium

Scunthorpe United v Hull City

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Hull City	Scunthorpe
15:00		Report	Maloney  24' Hernández  65'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,085

Scunthorpe United v Rotherham United

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Rotherham United	Scunthorpe
19:30	van Veen  16' Morris  86'	Report	Wood  23'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,466

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield United (C, P)	46	30	10	6	92	47	+45	100	Promotion to the EFL Championship
2	Bolton Wanderers (P)	46	25	11	10	68	36	+32	86
3	Scunthorpe United	46	24	10	12	80	54	+26	82	Qualification for the League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4	Fleetwood Town	46	23	13	10	64	43	+21	82
5	Bradford City	46	20	19	7	62	43	+19	79

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Matches

Scunthorpe United v Bristol Rovers

6 August 2016 1	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	van Veen  66' Morris  81' Clarke  87' Wootton  90+6'	Report	Clarke  11' Taylor  31' Lockyer  40'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,636

Fleetwood Town v Scunthorpe United

13 August 2016 2	Fleetwood Town	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Jónsson  37' Ball  51' Kip  82'	Report	Hopper  63' van Veen  67'  80'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,509 (486 away)

AFC Wimbledon v Scunthorpe United

16 August 2016 3	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Norbiton
19:45 BST	Barnett  39' Charles  61'	Report	Hopper  23' Morris  41' (pen.) van Veen  54'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,163 (372 away)

Scunthorpe United v Gillingham

20 August 2016 4	Scunthorpe United	5–0	Gillingham	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	van Veen  5' Morris  20', 59' (pen) Clarke  45+2' Hopper  82'	Report	64' Emmanuel-Thomas	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,718 Referee: David Webb

Port Vale v Scunthorpe United

27 August 2016 5	Port Vale	3–1	Scunthorpe United	Burslem
15:00 BST	Thomas  19' Forrester  33' Jones  49', 84'	Report	Clarke  23'  55' Morris  45+2' Townsend  58'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,557 (373 away)

Scunthorpe United v Southend United

10 September 2016 6	Scunthorpe United	4–0	Southend United	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Madden  36' van Veen  41' Morris  57' Smallwood  87'			Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,723 Referee: John Brookes

Shrewsbury Town v Scunthorpe United

17 September 2016 7	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Deegan  32' Whalley  45+1' McGivern  57' Grimmer  89' Dodds  90+3'	BBC Report	Clarke  36' Mirfin  45+5'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 4,878 (409 away) Referee: John Busby

Scunthorpe United v Charlton Athletic

20 September 2016 8	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST		BBC Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,801 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Scunthorpe United v Sheffield United

24 September 2016 9	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Sheffield United	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Clarke  33' van Veen  44' Morris  55' Wallace  62' Holmes  82' Mirfin  85'	BBC Report	14' Ebanks-Landell  34'  69' Basham  42' Done  85' (pen) Sharp	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 6,243 Referee: Darren Deadman

Walsall v Scunthorpe United

27 September 2016 10	Walsall	1–4	Scunthorpe United	Walsall
19:45 BST	Kinsella  10' Oztumer  45' Makris  90+2'	Report	11' (pen.), 13', 82' Morris  47' Bishop	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 3,970 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Bury v Scunthorpe United

1 October 2016 11	Bury	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Bury
15:00 BST	Soares  35'  58' Mellis  41' Kay  80' Etuhu  90+1'	Report	Wiseman  42' Wallace  45+2' Morris  65' van Veen  80'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,355 Referee: David Webb

Scunthorpe United v Northampton Town

8 October 2016 12	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Morris  44' Dawson  47' Bishop  70'	Report	Diamond  45+1' Taylor  59' McCourt  74'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,714 Referee: Darren Handley

Scunthorpe United v Milton Keynes Dons

15 October 2016 13	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Holmes  22' Madden  65', 81' Bishop  75'	Report	37' Agard  54' Bowditch  58' Reeves  70' Walsh  75' Carruthers  79' Downing  88' Lewington  90+2' Maynard	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,238 Referee: Mark Haywood

Oldham Athletic v Scunthorpe United

18 October 2016 14	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Oldham
19:45 BST	Ladapo  42' Erwin  45+1' Dummigan  87'	Report	Bishop  45+2' Morris  90+5'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2,911 Referee: Darren England

Chesterfield v Scunthorpe United

22 October 2016 15	Chesterfield	0–3	Scunthorpe United	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Anderson  83'	Report	Morris  49' van Veen  60' Dawson  79' Mantom  85'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,328 Referee: Oliver Langford

Scunthorpe United v Swindon Town

29 October 2016 16	Scunthorpe United	4–1	Swindon Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Madden  15', 45+1' Holmes  21' van Veen  43' Bishop  49' Dawson  79'	Report	52',  77' Thompson  58' Furlong  90+2' Stewart	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,262 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Coventry City v Scunthorpe United

12 November 2016 17	Coventry City	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Turnbull  68' Rúben Lameiras  90+2'	Report	Morris  55' Holmes  60' Goode  66'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 9,737 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Scunthorpe United v Oldham Athletic

19 November 2016 18	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	van Veen  38' Wiseman  80'	Report	Green  58'  65' Banks  67' Ripley  79' Fané  90+3'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,323 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Peterborough United v Scunthorpe United

22 November 2016 19	Peterborough United	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Baldwin  23' Coulthirst  45+1' Edwards  67'	Report	van Veen  21'  24' Goode  72' Bishop  83'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 5,222 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Scunthorpe United v Oxford United

26 November 2016 20	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Oxford United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Holmes  35' Townsend  89'	Report	Ledson  36' Dunkley  40' Edwards  47' Hall  56'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,338 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Rochdale v Scunthorpe United

10 December 2016 21	Rochdale	3–2	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Thompson  41' Rathbone  53' Andrew  75' Henderson  90+1'	Report	Bishop  17'  84' Hopper  80'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 3,445 Referee: Ben Toner

Scunthorpe United v Millwall

17 December 2016 22	Scunthorpe United	3–0	Millwall	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Madden  2'  36', 67' Adelakun  45' Wallace  46'	Report	Romeo  22' Martin  36' Hutchinson  61' Thompson  76' Williams  86'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,355 Referee: Roger East

Bradford City v Scunthorpe United

26 December 2016 23	Bradford City	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Vincelot  35' Hanson  56'	Report	Madden  23' Bishop  55'	Stadium: The Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 21,874 Referee: Darren Handley

Bolton Wanderers v Scunthorpe United

31 December 2016 24	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Vela  17' Spearing  61' Beevers  69' Taylor  78' Henry  90+4'	Report	Dawson  45' Bishop  62' Clarke  80' Mantom  90' van Veen  90+7'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 17,062 Referee: Andrew Madley

Scunthorpe United v Peterborough United

2 January 2017 25	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Peterborough United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Morris  45+1'	Report	Tafazolli  13' Maddison  42' Hughes  45+1' Goode  83'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,855 Referee: Andy Haines

Scunthorpe United v Bury

7 January 2017 26	Scunthorpe United	3–2	Bury	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Toffolo  8' Dawson  19' Wallace  33' Morris  44'	Report	Miller  41' Pope  45+2' Etuhu  67'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,173 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Northampton Town v Scunthorpe United

14 January 2017 27	Northampton Town	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Richards  33' Revell  42'  88' O'Toole  61'	Report	van Veen  21'  61' Mantom  25' Dawson  59' Morris  83' Holmes  83'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,649 Referee: Graham Horwood

Scunthorpe United v Port Vale

28 January 2017 28	Scunthorpe United	3–2	Port Vale	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Morris  49' (pen.) Toney  62' Hopper  71'	Report	Guy  12' Walker  38' Hooper  59'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,442 Referee: Darren England

Southend United v Scunthorpe United

4 February 2017 29	Southend United	3–1	Scunthorpe United	Southend on Sea
15:00 GMT	Fortuné  39' Timlin  57' Wordsworth  71' Cox  76' Leonard  81'  85'	Report	Wallace  5'  8' Holmes  41' Dawson  45+1' Bishop  85' Toney  90+3'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,346 Referee: Robert Madley

Scunthorpe United v Shrewsbury Town

11 February 2017 30	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Wallace  68'	Report	Nsiala  40' Ladapo  69'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,367 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Scunthorpe United v Walsall

14 February 2017 31	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Walsall	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Ness  18'	Report	Chambers  27' McCarthy  64' Edwards  67'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,168 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Sheffield United v Scunthorpe United

18 February 2017 32	Sheffield United	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Sharp  49'  87' Coutts  58' Duffy  77' Fleck  90+7'	Report	Toffolo  10'  51' van Veen  35' Madden  47' Bishop  59' Dawson  88'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 27,980 Referee: Mike Jones

Bristol Rovers v Scunthorpe United

25 February 2017 33	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Clarke  39'	Report	Sutton  10' Lockyer  73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,784 Referee: Darren Deadman

Scunthorpe United v AFC Wimbledon

28 February 2017 34	Scunthorpe United	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Mirfin  7' Morris  74'	Report	Barcham  37' Taylor  57' Parrett  60'  73' Poleon  69' Soares  85'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,368 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Scunthorpe United v Fleetwood Town

4 March 2017 35	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Fleetwood Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Morris  11' Madden  64' Dawson  64'	Report	Cole  29'  41' Grant  90'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,541 Referee: Peter Bankes

Charlton Athletic v Scunthorpe United

7 March 2017 36	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Charlton, London
19:45 GMT	Jackson  33' Holmes  58' Byrne  82' Ulvestad  85' Watt  90' (pen.)  90+1' Chicksen  90+2'	Report	van Veen  75'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 9,088 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Gillingham v Scunthorpe United

11 March 2017 37	Gillingham	3–2	Scunthorpe United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ehmer  26' Herd  34' Wright  77' (pen.), 82' (pen.), 86' (pen.)  86' Byrne  90+3'	Report	Madden  4'  50' van Veen  70' Toffolo  73'  85' Clarke  88' Toney  89'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,851 Referee: Robert Lewis

Scunthorpe United v Rochdale

14 March 2017 38	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Mirfin  17' Toffolo  24' Clarke  45+3' Madden  54' Crooks  90+3'	Report	Rafferty  32' Henderson  41'  84' Camps  85'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,225 Referee: David Webb

Oxford United v Scunthorpe United

18 March 2017 39	Oxford United	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Lundstram  52' Nelson  90+1'	Report	Madden  12'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,652 Referee: Tim Robinson

Scunthorpe United v Bradford City

26 March 2017 40	Scunthorpe United	3–2	Bradford City	Scunthorpe
12:30 GMT	Toney  3', 47' Crooks  82'  90+3'	Report	Toner  14' Jones  16' McMahon  34' Clarke  42'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,247 Referee: Darren Deadman

Millwall v Scunthorpe United

1 April 2017 41	Millwall	3–1	Scunthorpe United	Bermondsey, London
15:00 GMT	Williams  3' (pen.) Ferguson  57' Morison  62' O'Brien  68' Worrall  90+3'	Report	Sutton  86' Crooks  90+4'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9,789 Referee: Nigel Miller

Scunthorpe United v Bolton Wanderers

8 April 2017 42	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Mirfin  11' Crooks  33' Bishop  64' Wallace  80'	Report	Vela  33'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 6,149 Referee: David Webb

Milton Keynes Dons v Scunthorpe United

14 April 2017 43	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST		Report	Toney  29'	Stadium: stadium:mk Attendance: 9,274 Referee: Graham Horwood

Scunthorpe United v Chesterfield

17 April 2017 44	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Chesterfield	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	McGinn  21' (o.g.) Toney  37', 73' Wiseman  83'	Report	Anderson  90+2'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,636 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Swindon Town v Scunthorpe United

22 April 2017 45	Swindon Town	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Swindon
15:00 BST	Branco  41' Ince  85'	Report	Wallace  5' Toney  45+1' Mantom  71'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,579 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Scunthorpe United v Coventry City

30 April 2017 46	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Coventry City	Scunthorpe
12:00 BST	van Veen  52' Bishop  84' Townsend  88' Adelakun  89'	Report	Camwell  35' Gadzhev  36'	Stadium: Glanford Park Referee: Richard Clark

Play-offs

Millwall v Scunthorpe United

4 May 2017 Semi-final first leg	Millwall	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Bermondsey, London
19:45 BST	Morison  42' Ferguson  69' Craig  87'	Report	Toney  24' Wallace  64'	Stadium: The Den Referee: Andrew Madley

Scunthorpe United v Millwall

7 May 2017 Semi-final second leg	Scunthorpe United	2–3 (2–3 agg.)	Millwall	Scunthorpe
18:30 BST	Toney  19' Dawson  35'  81' Ness  51' Bishop  88'	Report	Abdou  39' Williams  41' Morison  45', 58' Gregory  52'	Stadium: Glanford Park Referee: Chris Kavanagh

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

Charlton Athletic v Scunthorpe United

5 November 2016 First Round	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Scunthorpe United	Charlton, London
15:00 GMT	Bauer  12' Lookman  34', 83' Jackson  40'	Report	Hopper  52' van Veen  72' Townsend  80' Williams  90'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 4,123 Referee: Chris Sarginson

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

Scunthorpe United v Notts County

9 August 2016 First Round	Scunthorpe United	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Notts County	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	van Veen  100', 115'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,158

Scunthorpe United v Bristol City

23 August 2016 Second Round	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Bristol City	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Morris  60' (pen) Dawson  72' van Veen  96'	Report	35' Reid  65' Golbourne  97' Abraham	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,397 Referee: Ross Joyce

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Scunthorpe United	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Cambridge United	3	2	0	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	ACA	Middlesbrough Academy	3	0	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

Scunthorpe United v Middlesbrough U23

30 August 2016 Group Stage Game 1	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Middlesbrough U23	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Wallace  63' Adelakun  73'		Elsdon  55' Cooke  72'	Stadium: Glanford Park

Scunthorpe United v Shrewsbury Town

4 October 2016 Group Stage Game 2	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Lancashire  10' (o.g.) Margetts  56'	Report	Sarcevic  29' Toney  61'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,316 Referee: Nigel Miller

Cambridge United v Scunthorpe United

8 November 2016 Group Stage Game 3	Cambridge United	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Cambridge
19:45 GMT	Elito  68'	Report	Williams  36' Adelakun  90+1'	Stadium: The R Costings Abbey Stadium Attendance: 666 Referee: Darren Deadman

Scunthorpe United v Morecambe

6 December 2016 Round 2	Scunthorpe United	1–1 (5–3 p)	Morecambe	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Mantom  3'	Report	Edwards  35'  53'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 987 Referee: Darren Drysdale
	Penalties
	Morris Madden van Veen Mantom Williams		Murphy Rose Molyneux Mullin

Oxford United v Scunthorpe United

10 January 2017 Third round	Oxford United	4–1	Scunthorpe United	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Johnson  19' Hemmings  23', 50' (pen.), 90+3' Skarz  43'	Report	Williams  11' (pen.) Clarke  36' Sutton  49'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,383 Referee: Gavin Ward

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