2017–18 Scunthorpe United F.C. season explained

Club:	Scunthorpe United
Season:	2017–18
Manager:	Graham Alexander (until 24 March) Nick Daws (C) (from 24 March)
Chairman:	Peter Swann
Stadium:	Glanford Park
League:	League One
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Second round (eliminated by Doncaster Rovers)
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	Second round (eliminated by Middlesbrough)
Cup3:	EFL Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Second round (eliminated by Leicester City U21s)
League Topscorer:	Josh Morris (11)
Season Topscorer:	Josh Morris (12)
Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19

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

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]

League One

Matches

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Scunthorpe United were drawn away to Northampton Town in the first round.^[7] A 0–0 draw meant a replay would be played at Glanford Park.^[8]

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Scunthorpe United were drawn at home to Notts County in the first round.^[9] An away trip to Middlesbrough was drawn out for the second round.^[10]

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Scunthorpe were drawn against Doncaster Rovers, Grimsby Town and Sunderland U23s in Northern Group H.^{[11] [12]} After winning the group, Scunthorpe were handed a home tie against Leicester City U21s in the second round.^[13]

Squad

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

Statistics

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Goals record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name					Total
1	11		LM		11	0	0	1	12
2	14		CF		7	0	0	2	9
	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
	—		CF	Paddy Madden	2	0	2	0	4
8	3		LB	Conor Townsend	3	0	0	0	4
	9		CF	Ivan Toney	4	0	0	0	4
10	6		DM	Funso Ojo	2	0	0	0	2
	21		CB	Cameron Burgess	2	0	0	0	2
12	5		CB		1	0	0	0	1
	12		CM	Neal Bishop	1	0	0	0	1
	15		CM		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

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name										League Trophy			Total
1	12		CM	Neal Bishop	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1
2	14		CF		6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
	19		RM	Duane Holmes	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
4	5		CB		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		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
	—		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		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		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7		SS		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

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[14]
1 July 2017					Free	^[15]
1 July 2017					Free	^[16]
18 July 2017					Free	^[17]
31 August 2017					Free	^[18]
1 September 2017					Free	^[19]
3 October 2017					Free	^[20]
21 October 2017					Free	^[21]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017					Released	^[22]
1 July 2017					Free	^[23]
1 July 2017					Free	^[24]
1 July 2017					Free	^[25]
1 July 2017					Mutual consent	^[26]
1 July 2017					Released
1 July 2017					Released
1 July 2017					Released
10 July 2017					Mutual consent	^[27]
14 December 2017			Noel Burdett		Mutual consent	^[28]
2 January 2018					Undisclosed	^[29]
19 January 2018					Free	^[30]
31 January 2018					Undisclosed	^[31]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
28 July 2017					1 January 2018	^[32]
4 January 2018					30 June 2018	^[33]
11 January 2018					30 June 2018	^[34]
11 January 2018					30 June 2018
31 January 2018					30 June 2018	^[35]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
4 August 2017			Jack Dyche		January 2018	^[36]
9 August 2017			Leslie Sackey		20 October 2017	^[37]
31 August 2017					January 2018	^[38]
1 September 2017			Noel Burdett		20 October 2017	^[39]
20 October 2017			Leslie Sackey		19 November 2017	^[40]
26 October 2017			Noel Burdett		1 January 2018	^[41]
31 January 2018					30 June 2018	^[42]

Notes and References

1. News: Iron to face York City in pre-season . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 26 May 2017 . 26 May 2017.
2. News: United to visit Luton for friendly. 1 June 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 26 May 2017.
3. News: Iron to face North Ferriby United in pre-season. 1 June 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 1 June 2017.
4. News: Iron announce Sunderland home friendly. 6 June 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 6 June 2017.
5. News: Iron to face SV Austria Salzburg on pre-season tour. 26 June 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 24 June 2017.
6. News: United to take on SK Strobl in Austria. 26 June 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 26 June 2017.
7. News: Iron set for Northampton away FA Cup tie. 18 October 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 16 October 2017.
8. News: Northampton FA Cup first round replay details confirmed. 6 November 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 6 November 2017.
9. News: Iron to face Notts County in Carabao Cup. 16 June 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 16 June 2017.
10. News: Iron set for Middlesbrough Carabao Cup trip. 14 August 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 10 August 2017.
11. News: Sunderland join Checkatrade Trophy group. 13 July 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 12 July 2017.
12. News: Checkatrade Trophy dates confirmed. 27 July 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 26 July 2017.
13. News: Iron to host Leicester City U21s in round two of the Checkatrade Trophy. 12 November 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 10 November 2017.
14. News: Cameron Burgess: Scunthorpe sign Fulham central defender on a three-year contract . BBC Sport . 6 June 2017 . 6 June 2017.
15. News: Iron sign experienced goalkeeper Gilks. 16 June 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 16 June 2017.
16. News: Rory McArdle: Scunthorpe United sign Bradford City defender on three-year deal . BBC Sport . 21 June 2017 . 21 June 2017.
17. News: Iron sign Funso Ojo. 19 July 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 18 July 2017.
18. News: Iron sign Lee Novak. 1 September 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 31 August 2017.
19. News: Crofts joins the Iron. 4 September 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 1 September 2017.
20. News: Iron sign Clayton Lewis. 6 October 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 3 October 2017.
21. News: Iron sign Simon Church. 1 November 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 21 October 2017.
22. News: David Mirfin: Scunthorpe United defender among four players released . BBC Sport . 11 May 2017 . 11 May 2017.
23. News: Daniels signs for Brentford . Scunthorpe United Official Site . 24 May 2017 . 24 May 2017.
24. News: Craig Davies: Oldham re-sign Scunthorpe striker on two-year contract . BBC Sport . 22 June 2017 . 22 June 2017.
25. News: Scunthorpe captain Stephen Dawson signs for Bury . Scunthorpe Telegraph . 16 May 2017 . 16 May 2017.
26. News: Laird departs the Iron. 22 June 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 19 June 2017.
27. News: Vose leaves the Iron. 12 July 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 10 July 2017.
28. News: Noel Burdett departs the Iron. 14 December 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 14 December 2017.
29. News: Paddy Madden: Fleetwood Town sign Scunthorpe United striker . BBC Sport . 4 January 2018 . 2 January 2018.
30. News: Simon Church: Wales international forward joins Plymouth Argyle . BBC Sport . 19 January 2018 . 19 January 2018.
31. News: Kevin van Veen: Northampton Town sign Scunthorpe United striker . BBC Sport . 31 January 2018 . 31 January 2018.
32. News: Redmond joins on loan from Manchester United. 29 July 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 28 July 2017.
33. News: Cameron McGeehan: Scunthorpe United sign Barnsley midfielder on loan . BBC Sport . 4 January 2018 . 4 January 2018.
34. News: Ivan Toney and Ryan Yates: Scunthorpe sign striker and midfielder on loan . BBC Sport . 11 January 2018 . 11 January 2018.
35. News: Marnick Vermijl: Scunthorpe United bring in Preston defender until end of the season . BBC Sport . 31 January 2018 . 31 January 2018.
36. News: Dyche rejoins Ashton United on loan. 4 August 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 4 August 2017.
37. News: Sackey joins Sheffield FC on loan. 9 August 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 9 August 2017.
38. News: Wootton makes Stevenage loan move. 31 August 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 31 August 2017.
39. News: Burdett joins Harrogate Town on loan. 1 September 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 1 September 2017.
40. News: Sackey makes Basingstoke loan move. 1 November 2017. Northampton Town Official Site. 20 October 2017.
41. News: Burdett joins Matlock Town on loan. 1 November 2017. Scunthorpe United Official Site. 26 October 2017.
42. News: Southend United sign Shayon Harrison, Freddie Ladapo and Sam Mantom . BBC Sport . 31 January 2018 . 31 January 2018.