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I see that in the absence of old friends, now departed; Awaywego has taken over the role of chief wind-up merchant.
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“Vose made his debut for the club on 5 March 2016, coming on as a substitute on 85 minutes in the 0–0 draw at home to Gillingham. His only other appearance for the 2015–16 season was on 2 April 2016 in the 1–0 away defeat to Bradford City, coming off the bench in the 81st minute.”
I think that’s a grand total of 14 minutes.
Even KDT can trump that card!
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Split arse? Charming!
FYI I have never defended the booing of Kevin Keegan or Kevin Kilmore; and only booed King Kong because the other kids at ABC Minors were doing so.
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We’ve nothing to play for so the lads can go out without the weight of expectation on their shoulders.
Stevenage are not mathematically safe by a long chalk. So it depends how their manager sets them up.
They could give us a real six of the best spanking, or it could finish a cautious 0-0.
We could even nick a win ourselves. An interesting one right enough.
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We’ve “looked at” more players this season than any other club in the league.
And over the whole of the Swann tenure we’ve sent more into oblivion than anyone else too.
Whilst our fabled recruitment committee sit in judgment I’m sure not starting to get excited.
Hiring a skip may be better value for money.
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Ha, ha! I probably was Bobby for purely selfish reasons.
Desperately wanting to do the double over the black & white sludge, as it would have given me bragging rights for years!
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Et tu UTI99?
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Agreed.
It was St Patrick’s Day too and the pubs were heaving. Great atmosphere in The Bodega on Westgate Rd with both Mags and Iron fans mixing in good spirits.
Hooper was not fully fit so Jon Forte led the line that night. Nigel held a couple of players back then brought them in for the important games against Plymouth and ???.
We got the points to stay up and had our highest finish since the early sixties.
Great days.
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Apart from the games already mentioned…
Those FA Cup runs in the early 70s. “Sheff Wednesday, Stockport and Millwall!”
That last game of the season at home to Tranmere and Cliffy’s equalising header.
Personally speaking, beating Bradford City 1-0 (Sharp) when I was in the hospitality suite at Valley Parade!
“Oh flower of Scunthorpe, when will we see your like again….”
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Score and performance were irrelevant.
Wins for Stevenage and Barrow means we could have won 10-0 and still gone down.
This was a relegation three years in the making.
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Analysis
BBC Radio Humberside’s Mike White
It’s a sad, miserable, heart-breaking day for Scunthorpe United.
A club with a storied history that can list legendary England internationals like Ray Clemence and Kevin Keegan among its most notable former players, in addition to club icons such as Jack Brownsword and Barrie Thomas, and even dual-sport star Ian Botham.
In recent times, the Iron punched above their weight in the Championship in the mid-to-late 2000s and flirted with it again under the management of Graham Alexander. Many fans believe his 2018 sacking was the start of the decline that’s brought them to this point.
Recruitment has been questioned in the past few years too, with many fans suggesting now-former chairman (but still club owner for the time being) Peter Swann had too much input, something he has refuted on several occasions.
Whilst some fans are angered by the current state of the club and this situation, many almost seem numb to it now and were resigned to their fate a long time before the dreaded (R) was placed next to their name on the league table.
And despite the consistent positivity from manager Keith Hill about the future of the club, I’m not sure the majority of Iron supporters share that sentiment as they’ve seen that the National League can quite easily turn into a giant abyss that has swallowed up clubs without a hint or whisper of a return to the Football League.
Maybe recent talk and suggestion of a takeover could provide the required impetus needed to at least provide the right resources to Hill and his team – and breathe new life back into a club in desperate need of it – but that will have to wait for another day.
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We’ll be lucky to have a squad of twenty-somethings!
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