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The Iron overheated and paid big price

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Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

NOT so long ago, the Uniteds of Scunthorpe and Newcastle harboured broadly similar aspirations.
In October 2009, two goals from Martyn Woolford gave the Iron a 2-1 victory over the Toon Army in a Championship fixture at Glanford Park.
Gary Hooper played that night.
Grant McCann, too. Scunny were at their zenith, lording it over Sheffield Wednesday, Crystal Palace and Leicester City in the nascent standings.
As the final whistle propelled 9,000 euphoric supporters to their feet, just seven points separated Scunthorpe from Newcastle, whose stagnati...

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