2020–21 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Scunthorpe United's 122nd season in their history and the second consecutive season in EFL League Two, Along with League Two, the club also participated in this seasons' editions of the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Scunthorpe United
2020–21 season
ChairmanPeter Swann
ManagerNeil Cox
StadiumGlanford Park
League Two22nd
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Abo Eisa
(9 goals)

All:
Abo Eisa
Ryan Loft
(9 each)

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

First-team squad edit

As of 18 January 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1 Rory Watson   GK (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28) 52 0 2017   Hull City Free
31 Adam Kelsey   GK (1999-11-12) 12 November 1999 (age 24) 1 0 2017 Academy Trainee
33 Mark Howard   GK (1986-09-21) 21 September 1986 (age 37) 20 0 2020 Free Agent Free
41 Tom Collins   GK (2002-08-04) 4 August 2002 (age 21) 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Defenders
2 Jordan Clarke   RB/LB/CB (1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 (age 32) 167 5 2015   Coventry City Undisclosed
3 George Taft   LB/CB (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 30) 5 0 2021   Bolton Wanderers Loan
4 Jacob Bedeau   CB (1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 24) 37 2 2019   Aston Villa Undisclosed
5 Harrison McGahey   CB/RB (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 28) 56 0 2019   Rochdale Undisclosed
6 Manny Onariase   CB/RB (1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 (age 27) 21 2 2020   Dagenham & Redbridge Undisclosed
12 Junior Brown   LB/LM/RM (1989-05-07) 7 May 1989 (age 34) 32 0 2020 Free Agent Free
16 Lewis Butroid   LB/CB (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998 (age 25) 31 0 2017 Academy Trainee
25 Jai Rowe   RB (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 22) 13 1 2019   Barwell Free
28 George Hornshaw   RB/RM/CM (2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 (age 24) 15 0 2018 Academy Trainee
35 Charlie Barks   CB (2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 (age 21) 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
38 Mason O'Malley    LB (2001-06-08) 8 June 2001 (age 22) 17 0 2019 Huddersfield Town Free
Midfielders
8 Alex Gilliead   RW/LW (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28) 70 7 2019   Shrewsbury Town Undisclosed
11 Abo Eisa   LW/RW (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 28) 61 15 2019   Shrewsbury Town Free
17 Andy Dales   LW/RW (1994-11-13) 13 November 1994 (age 29) 30 2 2018   Mickleover Sports Undisclosed
18 Jordan Hallam   AM/LW/RW (1998-10-06) 6 October 1998 (age 25) 17 2 2019   Sheffield United Free
20 Lewis Spence   CM/DM (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 28) 27 0 2020   Ross County Free
22 Alfie Beestin   AM/CF (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26) 27 2 2020   Tadcaster Albion Undisclosed
23 Jem Karacan    CM/DM (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35) 5 0 2020 Free Agent Free
30 Tom Pugh    CM/RB (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 (age 23) 6 0 2019 Academy Trainee
36 Finley Shrimpton   CM (2002-08-24) 24 August 2002 (age 21) 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
42 Raynner Silva   CM (2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 22) 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Forwards
9 Ryan Loft   CF (1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 26) 28 7 2020   Leicester City Free
10 Kevin van Veen   CF (1991-06-01) 1 June 1991 (age 32) 167 41 2019   Northampton Town Undisclosed
14 Devarn Green   RW/LW/CF (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 27) 21 1 2020   Southport Undisclosed
15 Myles Hippolyte   LW/RW/CF (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994 (age 29) 17 1 2020   Yeovil Town Undisclosed
19 Aaron Jarvis   CF (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26) 17 2 2020   Sutton United Free
21 Kelsey Mooney   CF (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25) 0 0 2020   Hereford Free
24 Olufela Olomola   CF/SS/RW (1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 26) 9 1 2018   Southampton Free
27 Kenan Dünnwald-Turan   CF/RW/LW (1995-11-14) 14 November 1995 (age 28) 6 0 2020   Bonner SC Free
40 Harry Jessop   CF (2002-08-01) 1 August 2002 (age 21) 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
45 John McAtee   SS/AM (1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 (age 24) 47 5 2019   Shrewsbury Town Free

Statistics edit

As of 30 January 2021
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 10 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   ENG Jordan Clarke 12 1 12+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   ENG George Taft 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF   ENG Jacob Bedeau 22 1 15+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF   ENG Harrison McGahey 10 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   ENG Manny Onariase 21 2 17+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
8 MF   ENG Alex Gilliead 28 1 25+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW   ENG Ryan Loft 28 7 21+5 6 0+0 0 1+0 1 1+0 0
10 FW   NED Kevin van Veen 5 2 3+0 1 0+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF   SDN Abo Eisa 26 6 18+6 6 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
12 DF   ENG Junior Brown 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW   ENG Devarn Green 20 1 8+8 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
15 FW   ENG Myles Hippolyte 17 1 10+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
16 DF   ENG Lewis Butroid 4 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW   ENG Andy Dales 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
18 MF   ENG Jordan Hallam 9 1 1+6 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
19 FW   ENG Aaron Jarvis 17 2 6+8 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
20 MF   SCO Lewis Spence 26 0 20+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF   ENG Alfie Beestin 23 2 18+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
23 MF   TUR Jem Karacan 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW   ENG Olufela Olomola 3 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 1
25 DF   ENG Jai Rowe 12 1 6+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
27 FW   GER Kenan Dünnwald 6 0 1+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF   ENG George Hornshaw 12 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
30 MF   WAL Tom Pugh 4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
31 GK   ENG Adam Kelsey 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
33 GK   ENG Mark Howard 20 0 19+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 DF   IRL Mason O'Malley 17 0 14+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
45 FW   ENG John McAtee 22 2 8+12 1 1+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
Players who left the club:
7 FW   ENG Ryan Colclough 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
23 MF   ENG Frank Vincent 10 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
26 DF   ENG Tyler Cordner 17 1 10+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1
34 MF   ENG Jake Taylor 14 0 8+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goals record edit

As of 30 January 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 9   CF Ryan Loft 6 0 1 0 7
2 11   LM Abo Eisa 6 0 0 0 6
3 6   CB Manny Onariase 2 0 0 0 2
10   CF Kevin van Veen 1 1 0 0 2
19   CF Aaron Jarvis 2 0 0 0 2
22   AM Alfie Beestin 2 0 0 0 2
45   CF John McAtee 1 1 0 0 2
8 2   RB Jordan Clarke 1 0 0 0 1
4   CB Jacob Bedeau 1 0 0 0 1
8   RW Alex Gilliead 1 0 0 0 1
14   CF Devarn Green 1 0 0 0 1
15   LW Myles Hippolyte 1 0 0 0 1
18   LW Jordan Hallam 1 0 0 0 1
24   CF Olufela Olomola 0 0 0 1 1
25   RB Jai Rowe 1 0 0 0 1
26   CB Tyler Cordner 0 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 1 0 0 0 1
Total 29 2 1 2 33

Disciplinary record edit

As of 30 January 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
                                       
1 9   CF Ryan Loft 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
2 20   CM Lewis Spence 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
3 2   RB Jordan Clarke 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
25   RB Jai Rowe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
5 4   CB Jacob Bedeau 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
12   LB Junior Brown 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
7 8   RM Alex Gilliead 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11   LM Abo Eisa 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
15   LW Myles Hippolyte 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19   CF Aaron Jarvis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
26   CB Tyler Cordner 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28   RB George Hornshaw 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14 7   RW Ryan Colclough 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22   AM Alfie Beestin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23   CM Jem Karacan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
34   CM Jake Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
38   LB Mason O'Malley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
45   SS John McAtee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 33 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 38 3 0

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
3 August 2020 CF   Aaron Jarvis   Sutton United Free transfer [1]
3 August 2020 CF   Kelsey Mooney   Hereford Free transfer [2]
3 August 2020 CB   Manny Onariase   Dagenham & Redbridge Undisclosed [3]
3 August 2020 CM   Lewis Spence   Ross County Free transfer [4]
29 August 2020 LW   Myles Hippolyte   Yeovil Town Undisclosed [5]
31 August 2020 CF   Ryan Loft   Leicester City Free transfer [6]
3 September 2020 CF   Kenan Dünnwald-Turan   Bonner SC Free transfer [7]
18 October 2020 LB   Junior Brown   Coventry City Free transfer [8]
22 October 2020 GK   Mark Howard   Blackpool Free transfer [9]
4 January 2021 CM   Jem Karacan   Unattached Free transfer [10]
1 February 2021 CB   George Taft   Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [11][12]

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
6 August 2020 LM   Frank Vincent   Bournemouth 5 January 2021 [13][14]
20 August 2020 CB   Tyler Cordner   Bournemouth 14 January 2021 [15][16]
1 October 2020 CM   Jake Taylor   Nottingham Forest 5 January 2021 [17][14]
7 January 2021 CB   George Taft   Bolton Wanderers 1 February 2021 [18][11]
1 February 2021 RB   Teddy Howe   Blackpool End of season [19]

Loans out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
25 September 2020 CB   Charlie Barks   Frickley Athletic October 2020 [20]
25 September 2020 CM   Finley Shrimpton   Frickley Athletic October 2020 [20]
5 October 2020 CF   Harry Jessop   Pickering Town November 2020 [21]
16 October 2020 CF   Kelsey Mooney   Hereford 2 January 2021 [22][23]
13 November 2020 LW   Andy Dales   Altrincham December 2020 [24]
27 February 2021 LB   Lewis Butroid   Hereford March 2021 [25]

Transfers out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 RW   Yasin Ben El-Mhanni   Unattached Released [26]
1 July 2020 CB   Cameron Burgess   Accrington Stanley Released [26][27]
1 July 2020 CB   Andy Butler   Doncaster Rovers Released [26][28]
1 July 2020 MF   Luca Chadli   Unattached Released [29]
1 July 2020 CB   Jo Cummings   Radcliffe Released [26][30]
1 July 2020 FW   Levi Gallimore   Unattached Released [29]
1 July 2020 RW   Adam Hammill   Derry City Released [26][31]
1 July 2020 DM   James Horsfield   Wrexham Released [26][32]
1 July 2020 RM   Jack Lambert   ÍBV. Released [26][33]
1 July 2020 CB   Rory McArdle   Exeter City Released [26][34]
1 July 2020 LB   Kgosi Ntlhe   Barrow Released [26][35]
1 July 2020 RB   James Perch   Mansfield Town Released [26][36]
1 July 2020 CF   Reon Potts   York City Released [26][37]
1 July 2020 CB   Yann Songo'o   Morecambe Released [26][38]
1 July 2020 RB   Levi Sutton   Bradford City Released [26][39]
1 July 2020 MF   Aidan Train   Unattached Released [29]
16 October 2020 LW   Ryan Colclough   Altrincham Mutual consent [40][41]

Pre-season edit

15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) Friendly Scunthorpe United 2–3 Doncaster Rovers Scunthorpe
12:00 BST Eisa   72'
Barks   84'
Report Halliday   47'
Whiteman   75'
Anderson   87'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) Friendly Scunthorpe United 2–1 Hull City Under-23's Scunthorpe
14:00 BST Mooney   7'
Colclough   55'
Report   35' Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
25 August 2020 (2020-08-25) Friendly Lincoln City 4–0 Scunthorpe United Lincoln
19:45 BST Walsh   1'
Elbouzedi   50'
Eyoma   62'
Hopper   86'
Report Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 0

Competitions edit

EFL League Two edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 −9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 −9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 −8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 −17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 −6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 −23 48
23 Southend United (R) 46 10 15 21 29 58 −29 45 Relegation to National League
24 Grimsby Town (R) 46 10 13 23 37 69 −32 43
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 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[42]
(R) Relegated

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 13 9 24 41 64  −23 48 7 6 10 22 28  −6 6 3 14 19 36  −17

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday edit

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ResultDLWLLLLLWWDLWWLLWLLWLLLWWWWLLWDLDDDWDLDLLLLLDL
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Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020/21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[43]

12 September 2020 1 Scunthorpe United 1–1 Newport County Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Loft   58'   65'
Spence   77'
Report Taylor   32' Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
19 September 2020 2 Crawley Town 1–0 Scunthorpe United Crawley
15:00 BST Nichols   15' Report Hornshaw   24' Stadium: People's Pension Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
26 September 2020 3 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Carlisle United Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Hallam   35'
Spence   73'
Beestin   84'
Report Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
3 October 2020 4 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Scunthorpe United Birkenhead
15:00 BST Vaughan   41', 66'
Morris   53'
Davies   87'
Report Hornshaw   71'
Bedeau   85'
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
10 October 2020 5 Scunthorpe United 1–4 Forest Green Rovers Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Jarvis   9'
Spence   61'
Bedeau   79'
Report Matt   24', 32', 83'
Winchester   90+1'
Stevens   90+5'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
17 October 2020 6 Scunthorpe United 0–5 Cambridge United Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Hippolyte   47'   55'
Taylor   48'
Spence   53'
Report Mullin   35' (pen.), 44' (pen.)
Cordner   51' (o.g.)
Ironside   61', 83'   77'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
20 October 2020 7 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Scunthorpe United Cheltenham
18:00 BST Reid   5' (pen.)
Boyle   27'
Raglan   60'
Report Spence   35' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
24 October 2020 8 Exeter City 3–1 Scunthorpe United Exeter
13:00 BST Randall   36'
Jay   39'
Taylor   89'
Report Jarvis   42'
Rowe   48'
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
14 November 2020 9 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Scunthorpe United Oldham
15:00 GMT Hamer   34' Report Bedeau   60'
Eisa   62'
van Veen   78'
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Swabey
17 November 2020 10 Port Vale 0–1 Scunthorpe United Burslem
19:00 GMT Report Loft   27'
Eisa   28'
Rowe   58'
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Leigh Doughty
21 November 2020 11 Scunthorpe United 1–1 Morecambe Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT Onariase   80'
Rowe   90+5'
Report Wildig   90+3'
Cooney   90+5'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
24 November 2020 12 Scunthorpe United 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Report Kioso   57' Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
1 December 2020 13 Harrogate Town 2–5 Scunthorpe United Harrogate
19:00 GMT Muldoon   35'
Hall   90+2'
Report Onariase   16'
Eisa   41', 63' (pen.)
Loft   74'
Jarvis   89'
Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Howard
5 December 2020 14 Scunthorpe United 2–0 Leyton Orient Scunthorpe
13:00 GMT Loft   28'
Beestin   78'
Report Johnson   7'   79'
Widdowson   33'
Wilkinson   43'
Brophy   83'
McAnuff   84'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
8 December 2020 15 Scunthorpe United 0–1 Colchester United Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Loft   62' Report Smith   26'
Welch-Hayes   35'
Clampin   86'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Charles Breakspear
12 December 2020 16 Southend United 1–0 Scunthorpe United Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Olayinka   80' Report Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stephen Martin
15 December 2020 17 Scunthorpe United 2–1 Barrow Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Eisa   13'
Clarke   31'   90+1'
Bedeau   81'
Report Quigley   16'
Wilson   33'
Beadling   90+1'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
19 December 2020 18 Grimsby Town 1–0 Scunthorpe United Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Pollock   21'
Spokes   59'
Holloway  
Report McAtee   39'
Jarvis   55'
Clarke   69'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
26 December 2020 19 Scunthorpe United 2–3 Mansfield Town Scunthorpe
13:00 GMT Clarke   26'
Rawson   38' (o.g.)
McAtee   70'
Report Lapslie   16'
Onariase   29' (o.g.)
Bowery   60'
Gordon   88'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
29 December 2020 20 Walsall 1–2 Scunthorpe United Bescot
19:00 GMT McDonald   55'
Gordon   61'
Report Loft   20'
Hippolyte   27'
Gilliead   69'
Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
2 January 2021 21 Stevenage 3–1 Scunthorpe United Stevenage
15:00 GMT Carter   11', 22'
Wildin   56'
Newton   81'
Oteh   83'   90+2'
Read   87'
Report Green   5'
Gilliead   43'
Stadium: Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
12 January 2021 22 Scunthorpe United 0–1 Salford City Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Report Henderson   89' Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
16 January 2021 23 Barrow 1–0 Scunthorpe United Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT Platt   36'
Kay   58',   90+17'
Quigley   90+10'
Report Brown   28'   86'
Clarke   77'
Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
23 January 2021 24 Scunthorpe United 3–0 Grimsby Town Scunthorpe
13:00 GMT Eisa   14', 65'
Loft   38',   75'
Gilliead   83'
Report Wright   29' Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
26 January 2021 25 Scunthorpe United 2–0 Port Vale Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Rowe   1'
Loft   26', 32'
Karacan   41'
Report Mills   44'
Worrall   86'
Brisley   90'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
29 January 2021 26 Colchester United 0–1 Scunthorpe United Colchester
19:00 GMT Eastman   45+7'
Harriott   57'
Smith   75'
Report Beestin   5'
Brown   53'
Eisa   84'
Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Swabey
20 February 2021 27 Scunthorpe United 3–1 Harrogate Town Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT Green   4'
Loft   45+3'
Eisa   69'
Spence   90'
Report March   27' (pen.) Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
23 February 2021 28 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Scunthorpe United Horwich
19:00 GMT John   26'
Doyle   37' (pen.),   68'
Thomason   62'
Sarcevic   74'
Williams   84'
Report McGahey   62' Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
27 February 2021 29 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Cheltenham Town Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT Report Smith   25'
Wright   41'
Thomas   61'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
2 March 2021 30 Cambridge United 0–1 Scunthorpe United Cambridge
19:00 GMT Mullin   90+1'
Ironside   90+5'
Report Beestin   78' Stadium: The Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
6 March 2021 31 Salford City 1–1 Scunthorpe United Salford
15:00 GMT Touray   14'
Clarke   33'
Thomas-Asante   68'
Henderson   88'
Report van Veen   21'
Rowe   34'
Eisa   43' (pen.)
Hippolyte   45+1'
Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Allan Young
9 March 2021 32 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Exeter City Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Report Jay   11'
Sparkes   89'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
13 March 2021 33 Leyton Orient 1–1 Scunthorpe United Leyton
13:00 GMT Cissé   34'
Brophy   50'
Clay   62'
Johnson   90+3'
Report Loft   12'
Karacan   78'
Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
16 March 2021 34 Scunthorpe United 1–1 Oldham Athletic Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Spence   70'
Loft   87'
Hallam   90+3'
Report McCalmont   48'
Jameson   53'
Keillor-Dunn   72'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
20 March 2021 35 Scunthorpe United 1–1 Southend United Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT Karacan   75'
Clarke   78'
Beestin   90'
Report Hart   62'
Dieng   67'
Nathaniel-George   79' (pen.)
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
23 March 2021 36 Scunthorpe United 2–0 Bradford City Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Eisa   5'
Green   59'
Report Sutton   47'
Rowe   75'
O'Connor   88'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
2 April 2021 37 Scunthorpe United 0–0 Crawley Town Scunthorpe
13:00 GMT Green   63' Report McNerney   50'
Francomb   90'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
6 April 2021 38 Carlisle United 2–0 Scunthorpe United Carlisle
18:30 BST Mellish   60', 62' Report Loft   45+1' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
10 April 2021 39 Scunthorpe United 0–0 Tranmere Rovers Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Hippolyte   45'
Gilliead   65'
Report Macdonald   42' Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Davies
13 April 2021 40 Morecambe 4–1 Scunthorpe United Morecambe
18:30 BST Stockton   25'
Mendes Gomes   37'
Bedeau   49' (o.g.)
Songo'o   60',   78'
Report Howe   29'
Beestin   83'
Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
17 April 2021 41 Forest Green Rovers 3–2 Scunthorpe United Nailsworth
12:30 BST Moore-Taylor   21'
Wilson   47'
Bernard   61'
Adams   72'
Cadden   79'
Stokes   80'
Report Clarke   17'
McGahey   45+1'
Eisa   52'
Karacan   69'
Gilliead   83'
Stadium: The Innocent [Insert Name Here] Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
20 April 2021 42 Mansfield Town 3–0 Scunthorpe United Mansfield
19:00 BST Lapslie   19'
Sweeney   62'
McLaughlin   71'
Perch   80'
Sinclair   83'
Report Spence   66' Stadium: One Call Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable
24 April 2021 43 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Walsall Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Beestin   67' Report Osadebe   13'
Gordon   23'
Clarke   90+1'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Adcock
27 April 2021 44 Newport County 4–0 Scunthorpe United Newport
18:00 BST Taft   29' (o.g.)
Demetriou   34', 85'
Collins   39'
Shephard   87'
Report Green   87'
Onariase   90+1'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
1 May 2021 45 Bradford City 0–0 Scunthorpe United Bradford
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
8 May 2021 46 Scunthorpe United 0–1 Stevenage Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Report Martin   11'
Vancooten   31'
Pett   43'
List   59'
Vincelot   90+4'
Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates

FA Cup edit

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[44]

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 November 2020 First round Scunthorpe United 2–3 Solihull Moors Scunthorpe
12:00 GMT McAtee   14'
Cordner   48'   90+3'
van Veen   84'
Report Gleeson   4' (pen.), 80' (pen.)
Pearce   49'
Williams   59'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell

EFL Cup edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[45]

5 September 2020 First round Scunthorpe United 1–2 Port Vale Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Colclough   45+2'
Loft   69'
Spence   79'
Report Mills   45+5'
Legge   89'
Robinson   90+3'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair

EFL Trophy edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[46]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ACA Manchester City U21 3 2 0 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Lincoln City 3 1 2 0 0 5 3 +2 7
3 L2 Mansfield Town 3 1 0 0 2 3 7 −4 3
4 L2 Scunthorpe United 3 0 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) Group Game 1 Lincoln City 1–1 Scunthorpe United Lincoln
19:00 BST Palmer   19'
Melbourne   51'
Anderson   80'
Report Cordner   38' Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
Penalties
Howarth  
Montsma  
Scully  
Jones  
Jarvis  
Vincent  
Hippolyte  
Gilliead  
29 September 2020 Group stage Scunthorpe United 0–4 Manchester City U21 Scunthorpe
19:00 BST Report Knight   17', 63'
Edozie   58', 66'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Adcock
10 November 2020 Group stage Scunthorpe United 1–2 Mansfield Town Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Loft   27'
O'Malley   63'
Rowe   75'
Olomola   78'
Report Sweeney   34'
Reid   44'
Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott

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