Scunthorpe Utd FC

The Attis Arena

Jack Brownsword Way

Scunthorpe

DN15 8TD

Scunthorpe Utd trace their history back to 1899. After merging with local rivals Lindsey Utd, they joined the Midland League (as Scunthorpe & Lindsey Utd) just before the First World War, and after several creditable performances there, were elected to the Football League in 1950, ending up in Division Three (North) in 1950, which was expanded by two places to allow both The Iron and Shrewsbury Town entry. In 1958 they reverted back to their original name, dropping the Lindsay. A short spell in the late 1950s/early 1960s in the Second Division apart, they spent much of the following decades alternating between the third and fourth tiers, with rather more seasons spent at the lower level. However, a combination of investment and good fortune (in the short term, at least) enabled the team to spend three seasons in the Championship between 2007 and 2011. However, they soon fell back to their more traditional level. Amid a prolonged period of dissatisfaction among fans with the club’s owner, in 2022, the club fell out of the Football League. But worse was to come, as the Iron spent only one season in the National League before being relegated further, to the National League North. After a couple of changes of ownership, things finally got better, and after two seasons of performing strongly in the NLN, the Iron were promoted back to the National League in 2025 – and here we are.

Scunthorpe in in North Lincolnshire, approximately equidistant from Doncaster (South Yorkshire) and Grimsby. It’s a road journey of about 190 miles from Nailsworth, with a journey time of between three and four hours.

By Supporters Club Coach – this is by far the cheapest and easiest way to travel. For information about Away Travel, including precise details of pick-up locations – look here. For this match, the departure times are The New Lawn – 10.30am, Sainsbury’s Dudbridge – 10.45am, Stonehouse Brunel Way – 11.00am.

The prices for coach tickets to this match are as follows (Supporters’ Club members get a £3 discount): Adults £35, U-16 £20, U-11 £10

To book a seat with the supporter’s club discount, please call 0333 123 1889  on Monday, Thursday, or Friday at 11am to 2pm.  Please try to book early.

By Car –

Ground Post Code – DN15 8TD

Travel to Scunthorpe by car will take between three and four hours  (about 110 miles from Nailsworth).

Follow the M5 going north, then join the M42 and follow the A42 to join the northbound M1. At Junction 32 join the M18, before turning onto the M180 at Junction 5.  After several miles merge left onto the M181, which terminates at a roundabout on the western outskirts of Scunthorpe, adjacent to the ground. Turn right onto the A18 and then turn right again at the next roundabout and continue to the end.

Car Parking

There are over 600 parking spaces available for both home and away fans, priced at £5 per car (a £1 saving can be made by booking in advance on 01724 747670).  Disabled parking is available free of charge to blue badge holders on a first come, first served basis. These spaces in the East Car Park can also be reserved in advance by calling the ticket office during opening hours on 01724 747670 or email sufctickets@scunthorpe-united.co.uk with your request and copy of blue badge.

There is street parking available, but it is further away from the ground due to a local residents’ parking scheme, so please check signage on lamp posts for restrictions

By Train – it is possible to travel to Scunthorpe by train, although the revised kick-off time makes an overnight stay essential if you wish to travel back! Leaving Stroud at 10.58am, and changing trains at Cheltenham Spa and Sheffield, it is possible to arrive at Scunthorpe station at 4.05pm. In general, there are hourly connections to return on Sundays, generally involving similar changes as on the outward journey, with the total journal time being just over 5 hours. The undiscounted return ticket price (valid for up to one month) is about £118, but this price can be substantially reduced (by up to one-third) by judicious purchase of advance and split tickets. Scunthorpe station is a fair distance from the ground (a 45-minute walk or so), so you may wish to consider getting a taxi. Bus 1 runs to the ground from near the station every half-hour (alight at Tesco’s); the less frequent routes 35, 90, 361 and 399 also link other parts of central Scunthorpe with the stadium area.

Glanford Park has a capacity of just over 9,000.  It has been Scunthorpe’s home since 1988, when it became the first new football stadium to be built since the 2nd World War – albeit too early to meet the subsequent requirements ordered by the Taylor Report. Architecturally, it is fairly similar to Walsall’s ground, which was constructed at around the same time.

Away fans are housed in the South (AMS) Stand. It is all-seated, holding up to 1,678 fans with TV screens and a bar located under the stand, with two access points close to the turnstile entry (Turnstile gates 6A, B and C and 7A and B).

Matchday prices as follows;

• Adults: Advance £20 | Matchday £22
• Seniors 65+/U21/ Student/Key Worker: Advance £16 | Matchday £17
• Under 18: Advance £8 | Matchday £10
• Under 12 (max two per paying Adult): Free

Ambulant disabled are charged the relevant age category with a free carer given where person is on High-Rate DLA for care or mobility.  Supporters can pay on the day at the ticket office in the Threadgold (West) Stand or match day ticket booth in the corner of the Britcon (North) Stand, payment by card only.

You can buy tickets online here

Scunthorpe Utd led for much of this season’s home encounter, played in Nailsworth in September 2025, having taken the lead two minutes into the match. Only deep in second-half injury time did Rovers respond, with a goal from James Balazigi being insufficient to prevent Rovers being knocked off the top of the table by Rochdale, although the team fell only to second place.

Rovers’ last visit to Glanford Park was in October 2021, during Rob Edwards’ time as Head Coach. This was a 2-0 victory for Rovers, with a Jamille Matt penalty being closely followed by an Ebou Adams goal to secure the triumph. Since that time, the two clubs have taken different trajectories, Rovers gaining promotion to League One, before being relegated in two successive seasons to the National League. Scunthorpe, conversely, fell two levels to the National League North before climbing back up one level this season.

Andy Butler has been Scunthorpe Utd’s manager since May 2024, and led the team to promotion from the National League North via the play-offs in 2024/25.  A nearly local lad, from Doncaster, his playing career, as a defender, had commenced at Scunthorpe in 2002; he made 134 appearances and scored 15 goals for the team over a six-year period from 2002. He also played regularly for Walsall (166 appearances and 14 goals) between 2010 and 2014, and for Doncaster Rovers (213 appearances and 15 goals) in 2015 to 2019 and 2020/21.  After his initial spell as a player at Scunthorpe, he returned to the club in 2019 and then again in 2023. His only previous managerial experience was at the Doncaster Rovers Belles (the womens’ team), and a brief spell in 2021 as caretaker manager for the mens’ Doncaster team.

Andy Butler and Club Chair Michelle Harness

Iron Brew – The Blast Furnace.

Registration required, but worth it.

Pretty well. After two seasons in which Scunny performed very strongly in the National League North (finishing second in both seasons), they have adapted successfully to the greater demands of the fifth tier. They have spent almost the entire first half of the season in the play-off places. Among the other leading teams, Scunny beat Southend 2-0 in September, but lost 3-1 to York City and 1-0 to Carlisle Utd in October.

A gloved fist clutching a white-hot girder labelled “iron” – this could only be Scunthorpe. (While Braintree share the same nickname, they don’t share the steel-making heritage).  The extremely distinctive badge, which came about as the result of a school and college competition, has been used (other than last season) since the mid-1990s. An alternate circular “unity” version, as used last year, first saw the light of day in 1982.

As a favourite song at the club puts it, Scunthorpe “ain’t exactly a tourist spot. It isn’t known for being hot. But it’s off the M180”.  Fundamentally, Scunthorpe is an industrial town, and one based around its core industry – steelmaking, although not one that lacks green spots. Beyond the town itself,  the fenlands and enormous open skies that characterise much of the East of England have their own distinct charm.