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Newcastle United v Scunthorpe United match banter!

March 17th, 2010 | 278 Comments |

Irons into the fire at St James's?
Irons into the fire at St James's?
This evening finds the lads at home playing the mighty ‘Irons’ of Scunthorpe United, who did, of course, take us down a peg or two with a 2-1 victory round at their place (Glanford Park) back in October of last year.

Some big team news from Scunthorpe is that top scorer, Gary Hooper, will be missing out on this game, though it was actually winger, Martyn Woolford, who did the damage last time with a brace. Though nothing is impossible, I think that it’s fair to say that Newcastle will still start as strong favorites this time. Scunthorpe face this game struggling to fight their way out of the Championship relegation zone. They will need either a win or failing that, a draw at least to extricate themselves from the drop zone. (more…)