2019–20 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Scunthorpe United's 121st season in their existence and their first season back in League Two following relegation the previous season. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom the season was stopped.

Scunthorpe United

2019–20 season
Chairman	Peter Swann
Manager	Paul Hurst (until 29 January)[1] Russ Wilcox (from 12 February)
Stadium	Glanford Park
League Two	21st
FA Cup	First round (eliminated by Crawley Town)
EFL Cup	First round (eliminated by Derby County)
EFL Trophy	Quarter-finals (eliminated by Portsmouth)
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin van Veen (10 goals) All: Kevin van Veen (15 goals)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Pre-season

The Iron have confirmed pre-season friendlies against Dundee,^[2] Leicester City,^[3] West Bromwich Albion^[4] and Alfreton Town.^[5]

Dundee v Scunthorpe United

5 July 2019 (2019-07-05) Friendly	Dundee	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Cartagena, Spain
12:00 CET	McGowan 12'	Report	Olomola 10' Lund 32'	Stadium: La Manga Club Ground

Guiseley v Scunthorpe United

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly	Guiseley	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Guiseley
15:00 BST		Report	Novak 39' McAtee 44'	Stadium: Nethermoor Park

Scunthorpe United v Leicester City

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Leicester City	Scunthorpe
19:30 BST		Report	Pérez 35'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,142

Scunthorpe United v West Bromwich Albion

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Scunthorpe United	0–4	West Bromwich Albion	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST		Report	Phillips 47', 51' Krovinović 50' Robson-Kanu 83'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,956

Alfreton Town v Scunthorpe United

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Alfreton Town	1–4	Scunthorpe United	Alfreton
19:30 BST	Morgan-Smith 11'	Report	Lund 38', 76', 85' Gilliead 65'	Stadium: Impact Arena

Scunthorpe United v Lincoln City

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Lincoln City	Scunthorpe
13:00 BST	Hammill 24' Trialist 42'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,623

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation
16	Cambridge United	37	12	9	16	40	48	−8	45	1.22
17	Leyton Orient	36	10	12	14	47	55	−8	42	1.17
18	Carlisle United	37	10	12	15	39	56	−17	42	1.14
19	Oldham Athletic	37	9	14	14	44	57	−13	41	1.11
20	Scunthorpe United	37	10	10	17	44	56	−12	40	1.08
21	Mansfield Town	36	9	11	16	48	55	−7	38	1.06
22	Morecambe	37	7	11	19	35	60	−25	32	0.86
23	Stevenage	36	3	13	20	24	50	−26	22	0.61	Reprieved from relegation[a]
24	Macclesfield Town (R)	37	7	15	15	32	47	−15	19[b]	0.51[b]	Relegation to the National League

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[18]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. As a result of Bury's expulsion from League One, only one team is relegated to maintain League Two at 24 teams.^[6]
2. Macclesfield Town were deducted a total of 17 points for various infractions. They were deducted six points for failing to both pay their players' wages and to fulfil a fixture, reduced to four points after appeal.^[7][8] A further seven-point deduction was given for failing to play December's match against Plymouth Argyle.^[9] A further two-point deduction was given for breaches of regulations over non-payment of wages.^[10] On 3 July the EFL appealed against the independent disciplinary panel's sanctions,^[11] and a further four points were deducted on 11 August 2020, resulting in Macclesfield Town being relegated.^[12]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
37	10	10	17	44	56	−12	40	6	6	7	24	25	−1	4	4	10	20	31	−11

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L
Position	22	24	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	19	16	14	13	12	12	14	12	14	15	14	15	16	19	16	18	17	18	18	19

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.^[19]

Scunthorpe United v Swindon Town

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Swindon Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	McGahey  30' Butler  83'	Report	Yates 59' Anderson 70'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,135 Referee: Will Finnie

Cheltenham Town v Scunthorpe United

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Cheltenham Town	4–1	Scunthorpe United	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Debayo 45' Broom 68' Raglan 72' Thomas 87'	Report	Songo'o  42' Novak 55' McGahey  90+1'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Scunthorpe United v Crawley Town

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Crawley Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Butler  15' McArdle 33' Lund 54'  72'	Report	Lubala 16' 80' Ferguson  39' 74'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,186 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Cambridge United v Scunthorpe United

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Cambridge United	3–2	Scunthorpe United	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Darling  39' Knibbs 52' Lewis 54', 73' Taft  60' Dunk  65'	Report	Perch  21' Gilliead  26' McArdle 41', 60' Wootton  45'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,917 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Macclesfield Town v Scunthorpe United

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Macclesfield Town	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Macclesfield
15:00 BST	Ironside 54' (pen.) Keeffe  56' Welch-Hayes  90'	Report	Wootton  59' Ntlhe  78'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,860 Referee: James Adcock

Scunthorpe United v Carlisle United

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Carlisle United	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Clarke  27'	Report	Carroll  35' Loft 60'  89' Knight-Percival  65' McKirdy  74' Iredale  84'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,359 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Mansfield Town v Scunthorpe United

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 7	Mansfield Town	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Preston 31' Rose 54' Gordon  69'	Report	Eisa  19' Clarke  57' Butler  60' van Veen  85'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 4,772 Referee: John Busby

Scunthorpe United v Morecambe

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 8	Scunthorpe United	3–0	Morecambe	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Brown  8' Proctor 25' 25' van Veen 33' Lund 41'	Report	Buxton 90+2'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,017 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Scunthorpe United v Oldham Athletic

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 9	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Lund  10' 68' Songo'o  40' van Veen 77'  78' Proctor  90+4' Brown  90+5'	Report	Branger  56' 64' Missilou 62'  71' Fage  79' Morais  86' Mills  90+8'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,020 Referee: Martin Coy

Walsall v Scunthorpe United

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 10	Walsall	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Bescot
15:00 BST	Guthrie  36' Holden  61' Clarke 65'	Report	Colclough  64'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Marc Edwards

Scunthorpe United v Bradford City

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 11	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Bradford City	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Ward 13' (pen.)  68' Lund  19' Songo'o  90+4'	Report	O'Connor 56'  72' Akpan  90+2' Vaughan  90+3'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 4,554 Referee: Rob Lewis

Plymouth Argyle v Scunthorpe United

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 12	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Aimson 18', 76'	Report	Gilliead 7' Eisa 90+3'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Scunthorpe United v Northampton Town

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 13	Scunthorpe United	3–0	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Novak 11', 14' van Veen 31' Colclough  34' Proctor  75'	Report	Oliver  53'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,377 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Newport County v Scunthorpe United

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 14	Newport County	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Newport
15:00 BST	McNamara  2' O'Brien  45+1' Amond 45+4' Sheehan 56' Willmott  87'	Report	Proctor  22' Sutton  34' O'Brien 49' (o.g.) Ward  75'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,936 Referee: Tom Nield

Scunthorpe United v Exeter City

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 15	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Exeter City	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	McGahey  2' Songo'o  8' Perch 24' Ward 37' Gilliead 75'	Report	Parkes  21' Jay 27'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,055 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Salford City v Scunthorpe United

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 16	Salford City	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Salford
15:00 BST	Armstrong  15' Burgess 45+2'	Report	van Veen 34'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 3,448 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Scunthorpe United v Stevenage

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 17	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Stevenage	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT		Report	Timlin  58'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,309 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Leyton Orient v Scunthorpe United

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) 18	Leyton Orient	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Ling  81'	Report	Gilliead 4'  29' Perch  45+2' Novak 79'	Stadium: The Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 6,670 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Scunthorpe United v Port Vale

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 19	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Port Vale	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	van Veen 37' Ntlhe 51' Gilliead  57' Lund  90+4'	Report	Taylor 30' Gibbons  31' Joyce  44' Montaño  45+2' Worrall  90+5'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,391 Referee: James Oldham

Forest Green Rovers v Scunthorpe United

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 20	Forest Green Rovers	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Bernard  45' Stevens 49'	Report	Perch  5' van Veen  9' Novak  41' McGahey  48' Sutton  52'  90+4' Gilliead 57' Eisa 71' Ntlhe  75'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,060 Referee: John Busby

Scunthorpe United v Colchester United

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 21	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Colchester United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Eisa 42' van Veen 47' Clarke  64'	Report	Pell  26' Norris 58'  73' Prosser 62' Nouble  77'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,081 Referee: Ross Joyce

Grimsby Town v Scunthorpe United

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 22	Grimsby Town	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Cleethorpes
13:00 GMT	Clifton  36' Wright  82'	Report	Brown  26' McGahey  32' van Veen 62'  62' Ntlhe  73' Ward  76'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,385 Referee: Tom Nield

Scunthorpe United v Walsall

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 23	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Walsall	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT		Report	McDonald 43' Kinsella  78' Bates 84'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,842 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Crewe Alexandra v Scunthorpe United

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 24	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Scunthorpe United	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Powell 20', 83' Green 40' Hunt  51'	Report	Perch  45' McArdle  53' Lund  66' Novak 81'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,578 Referee: Marc Edwards

Oldham Athletic v Scunthorpe United

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 25	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Oldham
15:00 GMT		Report	Eisa 35' Lund 83'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2,972 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Scunthorpe United v Plymouth Argyle

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) 26	Scunthorpe United	1–3	Plymouth Argyle	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Ntlhe  60' van Veen 65'	Report	Jephcott 12', 56' Sarcevic  21' Cooper  45+2' Moore 50'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,450 Referee: Paul Marsden

Scunthorpe United v Newport County

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 27	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Newport County	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Eisa 38' Ntlhe  49' Novak  75'	Report	Inniss  40' Labadie  45+1' Matt 72' Amond 76'  90+2'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,001 Referee: Scott Oldham

Bradford City v Scunthorpe United

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 28	Bradford City	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Akpan 17' Vaughan 19'  27' O'Connor  90+6'	Report	Ntlhe  24' Gilliead 33' McAtee 74' Lund  81' Perch  90+2'	Stadium: Northern Commercials Stadium Attendance: 14,176 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Scunthorpe United v Crewe Alexandra

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 29	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Bedeau 15' Lund  61' van Veen 73'	Report	Powell 46' Finney 69'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,139 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Northampton Town v Scunthorpe United

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 30	Northampton Town	3–0	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Watson  2' Oliver 7', 62' Hoskins 70' (pen.)	Report	van Veen  36' McGahey  70' Lawrence-Gabriel  85'	Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 4,038 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Crawley Town v Scunthorpe United

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 31	Crawley Town	3–1	Scunthorpe United	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Tunnicliffe 6' Grego-Cox 24' Palmer  37' 45' Doherty  47' Sendles-White  87'	Report	Sutton  34' van Veen 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,130 Referee: Tom Nield

Scunthorpe United v Cheltenham Town

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 32	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	McAtee 17'  53' Perch  61'	Report	Long  82'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,159 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Scunthorpe United v Cambridge United

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 33	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Cambridge United	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT		Report	El Mizouni 16' Mullin 61'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 2,746 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Swindon Town v Scunthorpe United

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15)	Swindon Town	v	Scunthorpe United	Swindon
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: County Ground
Note: Match was postponed due to supporters safety.[20]

Scunthorpe United v Forest Green Rovers

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 34	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	McAtee  17' 46' Eisa  61' Gilliead  72' Butler  83'	Report	Williams  48'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,706 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Port Vale v Scunthorpe United

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 35	Port Vale	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Cullen 16' Smith 78'	Report	Gilliead 71' Miller 90'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,121 Referee: Antony Coggins

Swindon Town v Scunthorpe United

3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) 36	Swindon Town	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Swindon
19:45 GMT	Doyle 41', 77'	Report	Rowe  4' Perch  72'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,583 Referee: Peter Wright

Scunthorpe United v Grimsby Town

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 37	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Grimsby Town	Scunthorpe
13:00 GMT	Bedeau  65' Sutton  81' Gilliead  86' Perch  90+2'	Report	Glennon  20' Waterfall  22' 61' Vernam 52' Hewitt  89'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 6,855 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Colchester United v Scunthorpe United

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Colchester United	v	Scunthorpe United	Colchester
15:00 GMT				Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21]

Exeter City v Scunthorpe United

17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)	Exeter City	v	Scunthorpe United	Exeter
19:45 GMT				Stadium: St James Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21]

Scunthorpe United v Salford City

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Scunthorpe United	v	Salford City	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21]

Stevenage v Scunthorpe United

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Stevenage	v	Scunthorpe United	Stevenage
15:00 GMT				Stadium: The Lamex Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21]

Scunthorpe United v Leyton Orient

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)	Scunthorpe United	v	Leyton Orient	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Glanford Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

Scunthorpe United v Macclesfield Town

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Scunthorpe United	v	Macclesfield Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

Carlisle United v Scunthorpe United

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Carlisle United	v	Scunthorpe United	Carlisle
13:00 BST				Stadium: Brunton Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

Scunthorpe United v Mansfield Town

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Scunthorpe United	v	Mansfield Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

Morecambe v Scunthorpe United

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Morecambe	v	Scunthorpe United	Morecambe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Globe Arena
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[23]

Crawley Town v Scunthorpe United

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round	Crawley Town	4–1	Scunthorpe United	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Nadesan 35' Grego-Cox 82', 90+6' Nathaniel-George 90+4'	Report	Lund  30' Colclough 79' McArdle  87'	Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium Attendance: 1,706 Referee: Lee Swabey

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[24]

Scunthorpe United v Derby County

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Derby County	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	McArdle  62' Dawson  76'	Report	Bielik  22' Buchanan 78' Sibley  90+4'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,679 Referee: Robert Jones

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[25] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[26] The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019.^[27]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Leicester City U21	3	2	1	0	0	5	3	+2	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Scunthorpe United	3	2	0	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	L1	Sunderland	3	1	0	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	0	3	4	7	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

Grimsby Town v Scunthorpe United

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage	Grimsby Town	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Pollock  32' Cardwell 49'	Report	van Veen 28', 75' Colclough  69' Perch  90+2'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,302 Referee: Andy Haines

Scunthorpe United v Leicester City U21

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24) Group stage	Scunthorpe United	1–1 (1–3 p)	Leicester City U21	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Colclough 88'	Report	Benković  54' Dewsbury-Hall 87'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 572 Referee: Paul Marsden
	Penalties
	Colclough Miller Dales Sutton		Dewsbury-Hall Muskwe Eppiah Thomas

Scunthorpe United v Sunderland

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group stage	Scunthorpe United	3–0	Sunderland	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Novak 66' (pen.), 90+1' Eisa 88'	Report	Willis  57' O'Nien  65' Power  72'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 1,002 Referee: Darren Handley

Blackpool v Scunthorpe United

27 December 2019 (2019-12-27) Second round	Blackpool	1–3	Scunthorpe United	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Scannell  47' Nuttall 70' Guy  19'  73' Thompson  88'	Report	van Veen 12'  30' Eisa 25', 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Referee: Ben Toner

Scunthorpe United v Manchester City U21

8 January 2020 (2020-01-08) Third round	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Manchester City U21	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	van Veen 9', 28' Lund 32'  78'	Report	Doyle 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 1,270

Portsmouth v Scunthorpe United

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) Quarter-final	Portsmouth	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Milton
19:45 GMT	Marquis 13' McGeehan 66'	Report	Eisa 62'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 5,382

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date Signed	Fee	Contract
Goalkeepers
1	Rory Watson	GK		York	29	42	0	Hull City	31 January 2017	Free	2020
13	Ian Lawlor	GK		Dublin	30	4	0	Doncaster Rovers	27 January 2020	Loan	2020
31	Adam Kelsey	GK		Kingston upon Hull	33	0	0	Academy	26 January 2017	Trainee	2020
Defenders
2	Jordan Clarke	RB		Coventry	33	155	4	Coventry City	10 January 2015	Undisclosed	2020
3	Kgosi Ntlhe	LB		Pretoria	31	21	1	Rochdale	4 July 2019	Free	2020
6	Andy Butler	CB		Doncaster	41	174	15	Doncaster Rovers	1 July 2019	Free	2020
8	James Horsfield	RB		Stockport	29	15	0	NAC Breda	17 July 2018	Free	2020
14	James Perch	RB/DM		Mansfield	39	81	4	Queens Park Rangers	1 August 2018	Free	2020
15	Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel	RB		London	26	9	0	Nottingham Forest	24 January 2020	Loan	2020
16	Lewis Butroid	LB		Gainsborough	26	27	0	Academy	26 January 2017	Trainee	2020
23	Rory McArdle	CB		Sheffield	38	117	4	Bradford City	1 July 2017	Free	2020
26	Harrison McGahey	CB		Preston	29	46	0	Rochdale	4 January 2019	Undisclosed	2021
28	Junior Brown	LB		Crewe	36	23	0	Coventry City	29 August 2019	Loan	2020
32	Jacob Bedeau	CB		Waltham Forest	25	15	1	Aston Villa	31 January 2019	Undisclosed	2021
Midfielders
5	Yann Songo'o	DM/CB		Toulon	33	19	0	Plymouth Argyle	14 July 2019	Free	2020
18	Jordan Hallam	LW		Sheffield	26	8	1	Sheffield United	25 January 2019	Free	2020
19	Yasin Ben El-Mhanni	RM		London	29	8	1	Free Agent	26 October 2018	Free	2020
20	Alex Gilliead	RW		Shotley Bridge	29	42	6	Shrewsbury Town	9 July 2019	Undisclosed	2021
22	Levi Sutton	CM/RB		Scunthorpe	29	68	1	Academy	2 June 2015	Trainee	2020
27	Regan Slater	DM		Gleadless	25	16	0	Sheffield United	27 July 2019	Loan	2020
30	Abo Eisa	LW		Khartoum	29	35	9	Shrewsbury Town	15 August 2019	Free	2021
34	Alfie Beestin	AM		Leeds	27	4	0	Tadcaster Albion	15 January 2020	Undisclosed	2021
40	Tom Pugh	CM		Doncaster	24	2	0	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	Undisclosed
43	Ben Liddle	CM		Durham	26	4	0	Middlesbrough	31 January 2020	Loan	2020
48	Joey Dawson	AM		Scunthorpe	22	1	0	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	Undisclosed
Forwards
7	Ryan Colclough	LW		Stoke-on-Trent	30	46	5	Wigan Athletic	9 August 2018	Undisclosed	2021
10	Kevin van Veen	CF		Eindhoven	34	162	39	Northampton Town	2 January 2019	Undisclosed	2021
12	Andy Dales	CF		Derby	30	28	2	Mickleover Sports	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2020
29	George Miller	CF		Bolton	27	19	1	Barnsley	22 August 2019	Loan	2020
33	Devarn Green	CF			28	2	0	Southport	31 January 2020	Undisclosed	2021
45	John McAtee	CF		Manchester	26	26	3	Shrewsbury Town	8 July 2019	Free	Undisclosed
On Loan
11	Adam Hammill	RM		Liverpool	37	19	1	St. Mirren	3 January 2019	Undisclosed	2020
21	Cameron Burgess	CB		Aberdeen	29	73	3	Fulham	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
24	Olufela Olomola	CF		London	27	6	0	Southampton	1 July 2018	Free	2021

Statistics

As of 23 March 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Rory Watson	26	0	23+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jordan Clarke	17	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	0
3	DF	RSA	Kgosi Ntlhe	21	1	14+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
5	MF	CMR	Yann Songo'o	19	0	16+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Andy Butler	21	0	16+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Ryan Colclough	26	2	8+12	0	1+0	1	1+0	0	2+2	1
10	FW	NED	Kevin van Veen	32	15	23+4	10	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	5
13	GK	IRL	Ian Lawlor	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	James Perch	36	1	30+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
15	DF	SCO	Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel	9	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Lewis Butroid	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
18	MF	ENG	Jordan Hallam	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	MF	ENG	Yasin Ben El-Mhanni	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Alex Gilliead	42	6	33+2	6	1+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
22	MF	ENG	Levi Sutton	19	0	13+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
23	DF	NIR	Rory McArdle	31	3	26+0	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Harrison McGahey	36	0	31+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Regan Slater	16	0	8+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
28	DF	ENG	Junior Brown	23	0	19+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
29	FW	ENG	George Miller	19	1	7+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+2	0
30	MF	SDN	Abo Eisa	35	9	23+5	5	0+1	0	0+0	0	5+1	4
32	DF	ENG	Jacob Bedeau	15	1	11+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
33	FW	ENG	Devarn Green	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF	ENG	Alfie Beestin	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
35	DF	ENG	Jai Rowe	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF	WAL	Tom Pugh	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
43	MF	ENG	Ben Liddle	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	MF	ENG	George Hornshaw	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
45	FW	ENG	John McAtee	26	3	11+8	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	5+1	0
48	MF	ENG	Joey Dawson	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
Players out on loan:
11	MF	ENG	Adam Hammill	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
12	MF	ENG	Andy Dales	6	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
Players who left the club:
4	MF	NIR	Matty Lund	28	5	22+0	4	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	1
9	FW	ENG	Kyle Wootton	5	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	FW	NIR	Jamie Ward	6	2	3+3	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	ENG	Lee Novak	24	7	18+1	5	0+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	2
25	GK	ENG	Jake Eastwood	15	0	10+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
33	FW	ENG	Jamie Proctor	14	1	4+9	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 23 March 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	10		CF	Kevin van Veen	10	0	0	5	15
2	30		LM	Abo Eisa	5	0	0	4	9
3	17		CF	Lee Novak	5	0	0	2	7
4	20		RW	Alex Gilliead	6	0	0	0	6
5	4		CM	Matty Lund	4	0	0	1	5
6	23		CB	Rory McArdle	3	0	0	0	3
	45		CF	John McAtee	3	0	0	0	3
8	7		RW	Ryan Colclough	0	1	0	1	2
	13		LW	Jamie Ward	2	0	0	0	2
10	3		LB	Kgosi Ntlhe	1	0	0	0	1
	14		RB	James Perch	1	0	0	0	1
	29		CF	George Miller	1	0	0	0	1
	32		CB	Jacob Bedeau	1	0	0	0	1
	33		CF	Jamie Proctor	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals					1	0	0	0	1
Total					44	1	0	13	57

Disciplinary record

As of 23 March 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
1	4		CM	Matty Lund	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	2
	14		RB	James Perch	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	2
3	3		LB	Kgosi Ntlhe	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	10		CF	Kevin van Veen	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1
5	6		CB	Andy Butler	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	20		RW	Alex Gilliead	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	22		CM	Levi Sutton	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
	26		CB	Harrison McGahey	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	2		RB	Jordan Clarke	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	5		DM	Yann Songo'o	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	7		RW	Ryan Colclough	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	13		LW	Jamie Ward	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	28		LB	Junior Brown	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	33		CF	Jamie Proctor	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	9		CF	Kyle Wootton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	17		CF	Lee Novak	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	23		CB	Rory McArdle	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	30		LM	Abo Eisa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	32		CB	Jacob Bedeau	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	45		CF	John McAtee	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	15		RB	Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	35		RB	Jai Rowe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	48		CM	Joey Dawson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					67	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	74	1	6

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CB		Andy Butler	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	[28]
4 July 2019	LB		Kgosi Ntlhe	Rochdale	Free transfer	[29]
8 July 2019	RM		Jack Lambert	Dundee	Free transfer	[30]
8 July 2019	FW		John McAtee	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	[30]
9 July 2019	RW		Alex Gilliead	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	[31]
14 July 2019	CB		Yann Songo'o	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	[32]
15 August 2019	LW		Abo Eisa	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	[33]
27 September 2019	LW		Jamie Ward	Nottingham Forest	Free transfer	[34]
15 January 2020	AM		Alfie Beestin	Tadcaster Albion	Free transfer	[35]
31 January 2020	CF		Devarn Green	Southport	Undisclosed	[36]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
5 July 2019	GK		Jake Eastwood	Sheffield United	January 2020	[37]
27 July 2019	DM		Regan Slater	Sheffield United	30 June 2020	[38]
22 August 2019	CF		George Miller	Barnsley	30 June 2020	[39]
29 August 2019	LB		Junior Brown	Coventry City	25 April 2020	[40][41]
30 August 2019	CF		Jamie Proctor	Rotherham United	January 2020	[42]
24 January 2020	RB		Jordan Gabriel	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2020	[43]
27 January 2020	GK		Ian Lawlor	Doncaster Rovers	30 June 2020	[44]
31 January 2020	DM		Ben Liddle	Middlesbrough	30 June 2020	[45]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
24 July 2019	CB		Cameron Burgess	Salford City	30 June 2020	[46]
29 July 2019	CF		Olufela Olomola	Carlisle United	30 June 2020	[47]
30 August 2019	CF		Kyle Wootton	Notts County	8 January 2020	[48][49]
27 September 2019	LM		Adam Hammill	Stockport County	1 January 2020	[50]
17 October 2019	DM		James Horsfield	Wrexham	November 2019	[51]
15 November 2019	RM		Jack Lambert	Darlington	13 December 2019	[52]
9 January 2020	LW		Andy Dales	Hamilton Academical	30 June 2020	[53]
10 January 2020	LB		Lewis Butroid	Spennymoor Town	April 2020	[54]
24 January 2020	RM		Jack Lambert	Blyth Spartans	February 2020	[55]
24 January 2020	FW		Reon Potts	Lincoln United	February 2020	[56]
6 March 2020	CB		Jo Cummings	Radcliffe	30 June 2020	[57]
6 March 2020	RM		Jack Lambert	Darlington	30 June 2020	[58]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK		Jonathan Flatt	Rushall Olympic	Released	[59][60]
1 July 2019	LM		Josh Morris	Fleetwood Town	Released	[59][61]
1 July 2019	CB		Byron Webster	Carlisle United	Released	[59][62]
3 July 2019	CB		Charlie Goode	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	[63]
14 July 2019	DM		Funso Ojo	Aberdeen	£125,000	[64]
31 October 2019	CM		Clayton Lewis	Free agent	Mutual consent	[65]
8 January 2020	CF		Kyle Wootton	Notts County	Undisclosed	[49]
31 January 2020	CM		Matty Lund	Rochdale	Undisclosed	[66]
31 January 2020	CF		Lee Novak	Bradford City	Undisclosed	[67]

Jamie ward