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Scunthorpe United

Scunthorpe United F.C. are an English football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. more...

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Scunthorpe United's official team mascots are the Scunny Bunny and the Scunny Hunny Bunny, who wear the same claret and blue kit as the team's players do. Nicknamed The Iron, they currently play in Coca-Cola League 1.

Kevin Keegan, the former Liverpool and England striker, began his career with Scunthorpe during the late 1960s.

In 1988, Scunthorpe became the first English club in more than 30 years to build a new stadium when they relocated from the Old Showground to Glanford Park. Their original ground had been home to the first cantilever stand in the country, which was built in 1958. It was demolished along with the remainder of the Old Showground after efforts to move it to the new grounds proved impractical.

Until the entry of Boston United in the Football League in 2002 the club was considered the smallest of Lincolnshire's then three professional clubs. And despite enjoying its' greatest success in over four decades by gaining promotion out of the basement league and avoiding immediate relegation it is (with the exception of relative newcomers Boston) the least successful of the county's sides with no major honours and no notable exploits in Cup competitions.

History

Early years

Scunthorpe United, formerly known as Scunthorpe and Lindsey United, among other names, has existed since 1899, but did not join the football league until 1950. Their first game was against Shrewsbury Town. At this time, their ground was the Old Showground.

Scunthorpe were the first club in England to build a cantilever stand, four years before Sheffield Wednesday's at Hillsborough.

Moving home

In 1988 Scunthorpe United became the first football club in the modern era to move to a new, purpose built stadium: Glanford Park.

When it became apparent that the Old Showground needed significant investment to maintain its' fabric and to make it comply with new regulations introduced in the wake of the Bradford Fire Disaster the club made the decision to relocate. The ground was sold to the supermarket chain Safeway and the search was started for a new location.

Land was secured near the village of Gunness in what was then the administrative area of Glanford meaning that the new ground was (just) outside the boundaries of Scunthorpe (although this changed with the re-organisation of local government in 1994 as both Scunthorpe Borough Council and Glanford Borough Council became North Lincolnshire Council).

At this time there were no grants available and the development had to funded with the cash from the sale of the Old Showground, sponsorship, directors' loans and bank loans. This lack of outsider cash means that Glanford Park was built in a rather simplistic, box-like style.