2017–18 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

Scunthorpe United
	2017–18 season
Chairman	Peter Swann
Manager	Graham Alexander; (until 24 March); Nick Daws (C); (between 24 March–Present)
Stadium	Glanford Park
League One	5th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Josh Morris (11); All: Josh Morris (12)
← 2016–17	2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is Scunthorpe United's 119th season in their existence and their fourth consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date Signed	Fee	Contract
Goalkeepers
1	Matt Gilks	GK	Rochdale	42	40	0	Wigan Athletic	1 July 2017	Free	2019
31	Rory Watson	GK		28	7	0	Hull City	31 January 2017	Free	2020
41	Adam Kelsey	GK	Kingston upon Hull	32	0	0	Academy	26 January 2017	Trainee	2019
Defenders
2	Jordan Clarke	RB	Coventry	32	113	3	Coventry City	10 January 2015	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
3	Conor Townsend	LB	Hessle	31	84	4	Hull City	6 January 2016	Free	2018
5	Murray Wallace	CB	Glasgow	31	136	5	Huddersfield Town	2 January 2016	Free	2019
18	Marnick Vermijl	RB	Peer	32	2	0	Preston North End	31 January 2018	Loan	2018
20	Charlie Goode	CB	Watford	28	59	3	Hendon	10 June 2015	Free	2018
21	Cameron Burgess	CB	Aberdeen	28	31	2	Fulham	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
23	Rory McArdle	CB	Sheffield	37	34	0	Bradford City	1 July 2017	Free	2020
33	Lewis Butroid	LB		25	11	0	Academy	26 January 2017	Trainee	2019
Midfielders
4	Andrew Crofts	CM	Chatham	40	6	0	Charlton Athletic	1 September 2017	Undisclosed	2018
6	Funso Ojo	DM	Antwerp	32	40	2	Willem II	18 July 2017	Free	2020
11	Josh Morris	LM	Preston	32	93	32	Bradford City	1 July 2016	Free	2019
12	Neal Bishop	CM	Stockton-on-Tees	42	171	12	Blackpool	19 June 2014	Free	2018
15	Clayton Lewis	AM	Wellington	27	4	1	Auckland City FC	28 September 2017	Free	2018
16	Hakeeb Adelakun	LM	Hackney	28	162	19	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	2018
19	Duane Holmes	RM	Columbus	29	85	13	Huddersfield Town	7 July 2016	Free	2018
22	Levi Sutton	CM	Scunthorpe	28	28	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	2018
24	Ryan Yates	CM	Nottingham	26	9	1	Nottingham Forest	11 January 2018	Loan	2018
26	Cameron McGeehan	CM	Kingston upon Thames	29	7	0	Barnsley	4 January 2018	Loan	2018
Forwards
7	Luke Williams	SS	Middlesbrough	31	52	9	Middlesbrough	2 July 2015	Undisclosed	2018
9	Ivan Toney	CF	Northampton	28	10	4	Newcastle United	11 January 2018	Loan	2018
13	Jonny Margetts	CF	Doncaster	30	4	1	Lincoln City	31 August 2016	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
14	Tom Hopper	CF	Boston	30	125	27	Leicester City	26 June 2015	Free	Undisclosed
17	Lee Novak	CF	Newcastle upon Tyne	35	28	5	Charlton Athletic	31 August 2017	Free	2019
28	Jack Dyche	CF	Leeds	20	0	0	Academy	17 April 2016	Trainee	2018
29	Kyle Wootton	CF	Epworth	27	43	5	Academy	1 August 2014	Trainee	2018
35	Leslie Sackey	CB		18	0	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2018
On Loan
8	Sam Mantom	CM	Stourbridge	32	46	3	Walsall	1 July 2016	Free	2019

Statistics

As of 25 March 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Matt Gilks	40	0	35+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Jordan Clarke	22	0	14+3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF		Conor Townsend	26	3	17+6	3	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF		Andrew Crofts	6	0	1+3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Murray Wallace	45	1	39+0	1	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF		Funso Ojo	40	2	35+1	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW		Luke Williams	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Ivan Toney	10	4	7+3	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Josh Morris	42	12	36+1	11	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	1
12	MF		Neal Bishop	33	1	30+1	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW		Tom Hopper	39	9	26+7	7	3+0	0	0+1	0	1+1	2
15	MF		Clayton Lewis	4	1	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
16	MF		Hakeeb Adelakun	40	4	22+10	3	3+0	1	1+1	0	2+1	0
17	FW		Lee Novak	27	5	15+11	5	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF		Marnick Vermijl	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF		Duane Holmes	46	9	28+11	7	2+1	0	1+1	1	1+1	1
20	DF		Charlie Goode	18	1	10+3	1	1+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
21	DF		Cameron Burgess	31	2	21+3	2	3+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
22	MF		Levi Sutton	16	0	12+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF		Rory McArdle	34	0	29+0	0	2+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF		Ryan Yates	9	1	7+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Cameron McGeehan	7	0	2+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW		Kyle Wootton	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK		Rory Watson	7	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
33	DF		Lewis Butroid	10	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
Player(s) out on loan:
8	MF		Sam Mantom	11	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
Player(s) who left the club during the season:
9	FW		Paddy Madden	26	4	15+5	2	1+0	0	2+0	2	2+1	0
10	FW		Kevin van Veen	28	6	13+8	5	0+3	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
18	MF		Devonte Redmond	6	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	3+0	0
30	FW		Simon Church	6	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Goals record

As of 25 March 2018

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	11	LM	Josh Morris	11	0	0	1	12
2	14	CF	Tom Hopper	7	0	0	2	9
2	19	LM	Duane Holmes	7	0	1	1	9
4	—	CF	Kevin van Veen	5	0	0	1	6
5	17	CF	Lee Novak	5	0	0	0	5
6	16	LW	Hakeeb Adelakun	3	1	0	0	4
6	—	CF	Paddy Madden	2	0	2	0	4
8	3	LB	Conor Townsend	3	0	0	0	4
8	9	CF	Ivan Toney	4	0	0	0	4
10	6	DM	Funso Ojo	2	0	0	0	2
10	21	CB	Cameron Burgess	2	0	0	0	2
12	5	CB	Murray Wallace	1	0	0	0	1
	12	CM	Neal Bishop	1	0	0	0	1
	15	CM	Clayton Lewis	0	0	0	1	1
	20	CB	Charlie Goode	1	0	0	0	1
	24	CM	Ryan Yates	1	0	0	0	1
Total				54	1	3	6	64

Disciplinary Record

As of 25 March 2018

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	12		CM	Neal Bishop	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1
2	14		CF	Tom Hopper	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
2	19		RM	Duane Holmes	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
4	5		CB	Murray Wallace	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	6		DM	Funso Ojo	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	11		LM	Josh Morris	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7	16		LW	Hakeeb Adelakun	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
7	—		CF	Kevin van Veen	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
9	1		GK	Matt Gilks	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	3		LB	Conor Townsend	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	22		CM	Levi Sutton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	—		CF	Paddy Madden	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
13	4		CM	Andrew Crofts	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	20		CB	Charlie Goode	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	21		CB	Cameron Burgess	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	23		CB	Rory McArdle	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	2		RB	Jordan Clarke	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7		SS	Luke Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	8		CM	Sam Mantom	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	9		CF	Ivan Toney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17		CF	Lee Novak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18		RB	Marnick Vermijl	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26		CM	Camerom McGeehan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		CF	Simon Church	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	—		CM	Devante Redmond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					57	1	1	7	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	73	1	1

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 26 June 2017, Scunthorpe United have announced six pre-season friendlies against York City,^[1] Luton Town,^[2] North Ferriby United,^[3] Sunderland,^[4] Austria Salzburg.^[5] and SK Strobl.^[6]

8 July 2017	North Ferriby United	0–6	Scunthorpe United	North Ferriby
15:00 BST		Report	Townsend 37' Margetts 40' Wootton 54', 77' Burdett 56' Burgess 87'	Stadium: Grange Lane

12 July 2017	York City	2–2	Scunthorpe United	York
19:00 BST	Almond 6' Rankine 48'	Report	Bishop 74' Adelakun 76'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent

13 July 2017 Lincolnshire Senior Cup	Grimsby Town	4–0	Scunthorpe United	Cleethorpes
14:00 BST	Yussuf 10' Boyce 38' Cardwell 58' Robinson 70'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park

18 July 2017	SK Strobl	0–6	Scunthorpe United	Obertraun, Austria
18:00 CEST		Report	Burgess 5' Mantom 20' Adelakun 32' Morris 54' (pen.) Madden 55' van Veen 67'	Stadium: Bundessport- u Freizeitzentrum Obertraun Referee: Simon Skowronski

21 July 2017	Austria Salzburg	0–6	Scunthorpe United	Salzburg, Austria
18:00 CEST		Report	Adelakun 23', 66' Burgess 27' van Veen 44' Morris 71' Madden 72'	Stadium: My Phone Austria Stadion Referee: Simon Skowronski

26 July 2017	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Sunderland	Scunthorpe
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,794

29 July 2017	Luton Town	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Luton
15:00 BST	Collins 22' (pen.) Stacey 80'	Report	Madden 18'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 1,735

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Shrewsbury Town	46	25	12	9	60	39	+21	87	Qualification for League One play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Rotherham United (O, P)	46	24	7	15	73	53	+20	79
5	Scunthorpe United	46	19	17	10	65	50	+15	74
6	Charlton Athletic	46	20	11	15	58	51	+7	71
7	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	11	16	58	59	−1	68

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

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

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	11	6	5	28	17	+11	39	5	4	2	13	8	+5	6	2	3	15	9	+6

Last updated: 4 January 2018.
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

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Matches

5 August 2017 1	Scunthorpe United	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Townsend 6'	Report	Abdou 67' 68'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,398 Referee: Michael Salisbury

12 August 2017 2	Rochdale	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Spotland
15:00 BST	Davies 55'	Report	Holmes 63'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,218 Referee: Ross Joyce

19 August 2017 3	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Oxford United	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Morris 83' Hopper 85'	Report	Ruffels 49' Henry 72'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,205 Referee: Darren Handley

26 August 2017 4	Plymouth Argyle	0–4	Scunthorpe United	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Sarcevic 45+3'	Report	Madden 27', 68' 45+3' Bishop 45+2' Gilks 53' Townsend 56' Ojo 65' Hopper 77' Morris 90+4'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,605 Referee: Chris Sarginson

2 September 2017 5	Bury	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Bury
15:00 BST	Cameron 45+2'	Report	Wallace 24' Sutton 82' Morris 86' 88'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,055 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

9 September 2017 6	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Blackpool	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Wallace 57'	Report	Ryan 38' Vassell 66'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Andy Haines

12 September 2017 7	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST		Report	Antonsson 58' Graham 90+3'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,330 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

17 September 2017 8	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Whiteman 32' Marquis 47'	Report	Novak 10' Bishop 55'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 9,227 Referee: David Webb

23 September 2017 9	Scunthopre United	2–0	Portsmouth	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Novak 12' Holmes 33'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,685 Referee: Anthony Blackhouse

26 September 2017 10	Gillingham	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Gillingham
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Anthony Coggins

30 September 2017 11	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Payne 24' Nolan 35' Morris 87'	Report	Bishop 36' Madden 90+1'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 5,759 Referee: Graham Horwood

7 October 2017 12	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Morris 28' Murray Wallace 33' van Veen 77' Ojo 90'	Report	Burn 51' Evans 56' Powell 74' Power 77'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,480 Referee: Robert Lewis

14 October 2017 13	Rotherham United	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Vaulks 37' Ihiekwe 40' Moore 71' Williams 90'	Report	Townsend 78'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,167 Referee: Darren Bond

17 October 2017 14	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Novak 18'	Report	Bolger 35' Hiwula 85'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,120 Referee: Peter Bankes

21 October 2017 15	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Peterborough United	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Holmes 30' Bishop 34' Clarke 63' Morris 87' (pen)	Report	Hughes 51' Novak 79' Shepard 84' Bond 87'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,275 Referee: Mark Heywood

28 October 2017 16	Oldham Athletic	2–3	Scunthorpe United	Oldham
15:00 BST	Fané 31' Clarke 45+1' Davies 81'	Report	Hopper 5' Morris 10' Gilks 61' Holmes 83' McArdle 87'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,331 Referee: Scott Oldham

11 November 2017 17	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Ojo 42' Bishop 57' 90+4'	Report	Nichols 57' Leadbitter 87'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,210 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

18 November 2017 18	Northampton Town	0–3	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Taylor 55'	Report	Burgess 56' Holmes 58', 74'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,181 Referee: Michael Salisbury

21 November 2017 19	Bradford City	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Taylor 44'	Report	Wallace 19' Holmes 45+1' Adelakun 69' Bishop 73' Hopper 90+1'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,163 Referee: Scott Duncan

25 November 2017 20	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Charlton Athletic	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Morris 60', 63' Adelakun 69' Hopper 90+2'	Report	Ngoyo 90+3'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,307 Referee: Kevin Johnson

9 December 2017 21	Walsall	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Morris 13'	Report	Holmes 16' Sutton 85'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,865 Referee: Scott Oldham

16 December 2017 22	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Adelakun 27' van Veen 43' Morris 45+3' Bishop 45+4'	Report	Ebanks-Landell 9' Williams 31' Agard 41' Aneke 66'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,569

23 December 2017 23	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Southend United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	van Veen 32' Townsend 63' Turner 86' (og)	Report	Demetriou 25' Wordsworth 35'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,040

26 December 2017 24	Blackpool	2–3	Scunthorpe United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Ryan 22' Philliskirk 25' D'Almeida 26' Longstaff 88' Robertson 90+4'	Report	Hopper 2' Holmes 8', 74' Adelakun 46'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,446

30 December 2017 25	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Graham 6', 47' Smallwood 75' Dack 84' Bennett 88'	Report	van Veen 12' Hopper 38' Townsend 56'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,784

1 January 2018 26	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Bury	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Ojo 45' Goode 86' Sutton 90+2'	Report	Reilly 45+3' Bunn 79'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,270

6 January 2018 P	Scunthorpe United	v	Doncaster Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Glanford Park
Note: On 8 December, it was announced the home fixture against Doncaster Rovers was rearranged due to FA Cup involvement.^[7]

13 January 2018 27	Portsmouth	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Lowe 15' Clarke 78' Hawkins 89'	Report	van Veen 53' Bishop 76' Adelakun 82'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,741 Referee: Charles Breakspear

20 January 2018 28	Scunthorpe United	1–3	Gillingham	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	van Veen 38' Morris 52'	Report	Martin 25' Reilly 41' Eaves 43' 73' Parker 68' Ogilvie 90'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,905 Referee: Carl Boyeson

23 January 2018 29	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Hopper 3' Bishop 30' Wallace 40'	Report	Rowe 24' Beestin 90+6' Beestin 90+7'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,193 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

27 January 2018 30	Southend United	3–2	Scunthorpe United	Southend-on-Sea
	McLaughlin 28' Kightly 37' McLaughlin 53' Turner 90+2' 90+2'	Report	Hopper 12' Burgess 47', 90+1' Goode 52' van Veen 56' Hopper 68'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,723 Referee: Craig Hicks

3 February 2018 31	Fleetwood Town	2–3	Scunthorpe United	Fleetwood Town
	Madden 30' Eastham 42' Hunter 45' O'Connor 45+4' Grant 67' Pond 77'	Report	Morris 25', 42' (pen.) Toney 78'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,901 Referee: Mark Heywood

10 February 2018 32	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Rotherham United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Novak 72' 90+5' Holmes 86' Vermijl 76'	Report	Newell 31' Smith 55' Ajayi 70' 80' Emmanuel 90' Forde 90+8'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 6,359 Referee: Graham Salisbury

13 February 2018 33	Peterborough United	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Maddison 2' Morias 45+2'	Report	Toney 34' Yates 60'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,397 Referee: Trevor Kettle

17 February 2018 34	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Ojo 31' Wallace 77'	Report	Long 13' O'Toole 57'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,157 Referee: Andrew Madley

24 February 2018 35	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Harrison 90+1'	Report	Hopper 40' McGeehan 51' Gilks 59' Holmes 61'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,346 Referee: Darren Handley

3 March 2018 36	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Oldham Athletic	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Williams 80'	Report	Gerrard 38' McEleney 78' Doyle 82'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,715 Referee: John Busby

10 March 2018 37	Wigan Athletic	3–3	Scunthorpe United	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Dunkley 13' Grigg 43' Roberts 87' Burn 90+2' Bruce 90+2'	Report	Hopper 16', 45+2' Toney 53' Holmes 77'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,438 Referee: Dean Whitestone

17 March 2018 38	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Morris 8' McArdle 62' Toney 75'	Report	Nsiala 8' C. Morris 43' Nolan 51' 84' Payne 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,824 Referee: Michael Salisbury

24 March 2018 39	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Toney 51' Ojo 68'	Report	Camps 20' Rathbone 35' Hart 50' Andrew 68'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,789 Referee: John Brooks

30 March 2018 40	Oxford United	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Oxford
12:45 BST	Toney 12'	Report	Henry 56' (pen)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,479 (268 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

7 April 2018 41	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	Nightingale 4' Oshilaja 26'	Report	McArdle 82' Novak 84' Wallace 90'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,055 Referee: Tom Nield

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 42	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Charlton
15:00 BST		Report	Toney 31'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 11,877 Referee: Graham Salisbury

21 April 2018 43	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Walsall	Scunthorpe
	McArdle 74' Yates 76'	Report	Chambers 66'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,083 Referee: David Webb

28 April 2018 44	Milton Keynes Dons	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Milton Keynes
	Williams 50' Aneke 72'	Report	McArdle 20' Toney 35'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 9,578 Referee: John Busby

1 May 2018 45	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Adelakun 32' Holmes 45' Toney 60'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,712 Referee: Ben Toner

5 May 2018 46	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Bradford City	Scunthorpe
17:30 GMT	Townsend 59'	Report	Kilgallon 56'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,452

League One play-offs

12 May 2018 Semi-Final 1st Leg	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Rotherham United	Scunthorpe
12:30 BST	Ihiekwe 18' (og) Wallace 38' McGeehan 88'	Report	Taylor 17', 55' Wood 40' Palmer 50' Newell 64'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 6,591 Referee: Tim Robinson

16 May 2018 Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Rotherham United	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	Scunthorpe United	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Wood 45+2' Vaulks 63' Forde 90'	Report	Toney 52' McArdle 53', 77'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,061 Referee: Scott Duncan

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Scunthorpe United were drawn away to Northampton Town in the first round.^[8] A 0–0 draw meant a replay would be played at Glanford Park.^[9]

4 November 2017 First round	Northampton Town	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hoskins 67'	Report	Crofts 23' Holmes 77' van Veen 82'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,820 Referee: Robert Jones

14 November 2017 First round replay	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Adelakun 32' Ojo 80'	Report	McWilliams 57'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,880 Referee: Andy Haines

3 December 2017 Second round	Doncaster Rovers	3–0	Scunthorpe United	Doncaster
14:00 GMT	Rowe 16', 67' Whiteman 75' Mandeville 78' 90+2'	Report	Hopper 9' Crofts 13' Church 79'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,251 Referee: Mark Heywood

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Scunthorpe United were drawn at home to Notts County in the first round.^[10] An away trip to Middlesbrough was drawn out for the second round.^[11]

8 August 2017 First round	Scunthorpe United	3–3 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Notts County	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Madden 69' (pen.), 105+1' Holmes 86'	Report	Grant 22' Brisley 90+2' Yates 117'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,874 Referee: David Webb
		Penalties
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22 August 2017 Second round	Middlesbrough	3–0	Scunthorpe United	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Fábio 17' Baker 30' Fletcher 55'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 12,679 Referee: Andy Madley

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Scunthorpe were drawn against Doncaster Rovers, Grimsby Town and Sunderland U23s in Northern Group H.^[12]^[13] After winning the group, Scunthorpe were handed a home tie against Leicester City U21s in the second round.^[14]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Scunthorpe United (A)	3	2	0	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Round 2
2	L1	Doncaster Rovers (A)	3	1	2	0	0	3	2	+1	7	Round 2
3	L2	Grimsby Town	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
4	ACA	Sunderland U21s	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2017. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round.

29 August 2017 Group Game 1	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Sunderland U21s	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	van Veen 3' Holmes 45+4' 86' Adelakun 82' Morris 90'	Report	Love 62' Greenwood 65'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,127

3 October 2017 Group Game 2	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Grimsby Town	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Madden 20' Hopper 43', 80' Redmond 50' van Veen 90+2'	Report	Jaiyesimi 32'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,987 Referee: Tom Nield

31 October 2017 Group Game 3	Doncaster Rovers	1–1 (3–2 p)	Scunthorpe United	Doncaster
19:30 GMT	Mandeville 37'	Report	Lewis 55' Hopper 76' Adelakun 83'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 1,717 Referee: Ben Toner
		Penalties
	Mason Beestin Fletcher Mandeville Ben Khémis		van Veen Madden Lewis Adelakun Goode

5 December 2017 Second round	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Leicester City U21s	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Madden 28' van Veen 45+1' Sutton 90+3'	Report	Thomas 3' Hughes 12' Choudhury 45' Muskwe 90'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 824 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB	Cameron Burgess	Fulham	Undisclosed	^[15]
1 July 2017	GK	Matt Gilks	Wigan Athletic	Free	^[16]
1 July 2017	CB	Rory McArdle	Bradford City	Free	^[17]
18 July 2017	CM	Funso Ojo	Willem II	Free	^[18]
31 August 2017	CF	Lee Novak	Charlton Athletic	Free	^[19]
1 September 2017	CM	Andrew Crofts	Charlton Athletic	Free	^[20]
3 October 2017	CM	Clayton Lewis	Auckland City	Free	^[21]
21 October 2017	CF	Simon Church	Roda JC	Free	^[22]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK	Joe Anyon	Chesterfield	Released	^[23]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1 July 2017	GK	Luke Daniels	Brentford	Free	^[25]
1 July 2017	CF	Craig Davies	Oldham Athletic	Free	^[26]
1 July 2017	CM	Stephen Dawson	Bury	Free	^[27]
1 July 2017	LB	Scott Laird	Forest Green Rovers	Mutual consent	^[28]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
1 July 2017	CB	David Mirfin	Mansfield Town	Released	^[23]^{[lower-alpha 3]}
1 July 2017	DM	Jamie Ness	Plymouth Argyle	Released	^[23]^{[lower-alpha 4]}
1 July 2017	RB	Scott Wiseman	Chesterfield	Released	^[23]^{[lower-alpha 5]}
10 July 2017	AM	Dominic Vose	Whitehawk	Mutual consent	^[32]^{[lower-alpha 6]}
14 December 2017	CF	Noel Burdett	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[34]
2 January 2018	CF	Paddy Madden	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	^[35]
19 January 2018	CF	Simon Church	Plymouth Argyle	Free	^[36]
31 January 2018	CF	Kevin van Veen	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	^[37]

↑ Joe Anyon joined Chesterfield following his release.^[24]
↑ Scott Laird joined Forest Green Rovers following his departure.^[29]
↑ David Mirfin joined Mansfield Town following his release.^[30]
↑ Jamie Ness joined Plymouth Argyle, following his release.^[31]
↑ Scott Wiseman joined Chesterfield following his release.^[24]
↑ Dominic Vose joined Whitehawk following his release.^[33]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
28 July 2017	CM	Devonte Redmond	Manchester United	1 January 2018	^[38]
4 January 2018	CM	Cameron McGeehan	Barnsley	30 June 2018	^[39]
11 January 2018	CF	Ivan Toney	Newcastle United	30 June 2018	^[40]
11 January 2018	LM	Ryan Yates	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2018	^[40]
31 January 2018	RB	Marnick Vermijl	Preston North End	30 June 2018	^[41]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
4 August 2017	LM	Jack Dyche	Ashton United	January 2018	^[42]
9 August 2017	DF	Leslie Sackey	Sheffield	20 October 2017	^[43]
31 August 2017	CF	Kyle Wootton	Stevenage	January 2018	^[44]
1 September 2017	CF	Noel Burdett	Harrogate Town	20 October 2017	^[45]
20 October 2017	DF	Leslie Sackey	Basingstoke Town	19 November 2017	^[46]
26 October 2017	CF	Noel Burdett	Matlock Town	1 January 2018	^[47]
31 January 2018	CM	Sam Mantom	Southend United	30 June 2018	^[48]

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[table_note_res_PLPO0.20124842892399-7] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

[26] Joe Anyon joined Chesterfield following his release.^[24]

[32] Scott Laird joined Forest Green Rovers following his departure.^[29]

[34] David Mirfin joined Mansfield Town following his release.^[30]

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[37] Scott Wiseman joined Chesterfield following his release.^[24]

[40] Dominic Vose joined Whitehawk following his release.^[33]

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