2016–17 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

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
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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.

Squad edit

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date Signed	Fee	Contract
Goalkeepers
1	Luke Daniels	GK	Bolton	36	109	0	West Bromwich Albion	22 January 2015	Undisclosed	2017
13	Joe Anyon	GK	Lytham St Annes	37	19	0	Shrewsbury Town	25 January 2015	Free	2017
Defenders
2	Scott Wiseman	RB	Kingston upon Hull	38	53	2	Preston North End	1 July 2015	Free	2017
3	Scott Laird	LB	Taunton	36	39	2	Preston North End	10 June 2015	Free	2017
5	Murray Wallace	CB	Glasgow	31	86	3	Huddersfield Town	2 January 2016	Free	2019
6	David Mirfin	CB	Sheffield	39	254	11	Watford	31 July 2012	Free	2017
15	Harry Toffolo	LB	Welwyn Garden City	28	24	2	Norwich City	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
20	Charlie Goode	CB	Watford	28	40	2	Hendon	10 June 2015	Free	2017
22	Conor Townsend	LB	Hessle	31	54	1	Hull City	6 January 2016	Free	2018
33	Jordan Clarke	RB	Coventry	32	87	3	Coventry City	10 January 2015	Undisclosed	2017
Midfielders
8	Stephen Dawson	LM	Dublin	38	70	1	Rochdale	1 July 2015	Free	2017
11	Josh Morris	LM	Preston	32	47	20	Bradford City	1 July 2016	Free	2019
12	Neal Bishop	CM	Stockton-on-Tees	42	132	10	Blackpool	19 June 2014	Free	2017
16	Hakeeb Adelakun	LW	Hackney	27	120	14	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	2018
17	Sam Mantom	CM	Stourbridge	32	30	2	Walsall	1 July 2016	Free	2019
19	Duane Holmes	LM	Columbus	29	36	3	Huddersfield Town	7 July 2016	Free	2018
26	Jamie Ness	CM	Irvine	33	44	0	Stoke City	10 July 2015	Free	2017
30	Matt Crooks	DM	Leeds	30	12	3	Rangers	12 January 2017	Loan	2017
Forwards
7	Luke Williams	SS	Middlesbrough	30	49	8	Middlesbrough	2 July 2015	Undisclosed	2018
9	Paddy Madden	CF	Dublin	34	164	56	Yeovil Town	10 January 2014	£300,000	2018
10	Kevin van Veen	CF/RW	Eindhoven	32	84	15	FC Oss	30 January 2015	Undisclosed	2018
14	Tom Hopper	CF	Boston	30	94	18	Leicester City	26 June 2015	Free	2017
21	Jonny Margetts	CF	Doncaster	30	4	1	Lincoln City	31 August 2016	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
24	Ivan Toney	CF	Northampton	28	14	6	Newcastle United	12 January 2017	Loan	2017
28	Craig Davies	CF	Burton upon Trent	38	17	0	Wigan Athletic	7 January 2017	Undisclosed	2017
On Loan
29	Kyle Wootton	CF	Epworth	27	41	5	Academy	1 August 2014	Trainee	2017

Statistics edit

As of 31 March 2017

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

Goals record edit

As of 17 April 2017

Rank	No.	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
2	10	CF	Kevin van Veen	9	0	2	0	11
4	14	CF	Tom Hopper	5	1	0	0	6
4	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 edit

As of 31 March 2017

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
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
4	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
10	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 edit

Transfers in edit

Date from	Position	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 edit

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Andrew Boyce	Grimsby Town ^[a]	Released	^[8]
1 July 2016	CB	Niall Canavan	Rochdale ^[b]	Released	^[8]
1 July 2016	CM	Sean McAllister	Grimsby Town ^[c]	Released	^[8]
1 July 2016	LW	Gary McSheffrey	Doncaster Rovers ^[d]	Released	^[8]
31 January 2017	DM	Jack King	Stevenage	Free transfer	^[12]

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

Loans in edit

Date from	Position	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 edit

Date from	Position	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]^[a]
31 January 2017	GK	Rory Watson	North Ferriby United	End of Season	^[6]

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

Competitions edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

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

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

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 edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to the EFL Championship
3	Scunthorpe United	46	24	10	12	80	54	+26	82	Qualification for the League One play-offs^[a]
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) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

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

Matches edit

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 edit

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

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 edit

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 edit

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

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 edit

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Scunthorpe United	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Cambridge United	3	2	1	3	3	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
4	ACA	Middlesbrough U21	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: Sky Sports

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

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

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

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

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

References edit

[8] Following Boyce's release, he signed for Grimsby Town.^[7]

[11] Following Canavan's release, he signed for Rochdale.^[9]

[13] Following McAllister's release, he signed for Grimsby Town.^[10]

[15] Following McSheffrey's release, he signed for Doncaster Rovers.^[11]

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

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