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During the 2009–10 English football season, Scunthorpe United F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Scunthorpe struggled all season on their return to the Championship, but eventually managed to survive. The goals of Gary Hooper, who was third-highest top-scorer in the Championship with 19, ahead of the likes of Charlie Adam and Andy Carroll, were crucial to the club's survival, but he left at the end of the season to join Scottish giants Celtic. His strike partner, Paul Hayes, also left, to Preston North End, making Scunthorpe's task of surviving in the Championship for a second consecutive season all the more difficult.

Kit

Scunthorpe's kit was manufactured by Carlotti and sponsored by Rainham Steel, with Smith's Fashion as secondary kit sponsors. Scunthorpe's home kits reverted to stripes for the first time since 1992, with the home kits featuring blue shirts, black shorts and blue socks with black turnovers.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRL Joe Murphy 2 MF   ENG Andrew Wright 3 DF   ENG Marcus Williams 4 MF   ENG Sam Togwell 5 DF   SCO Kenny Milne 6 DF   IRL Cliff Byrne (captain) 7 MF   ENG Matthew Sparrow 8 MF   NIR Grant McCann 9 FW   ENG Paul Hayes 10 FW   ENG Gary Hooper 11 MF   ENG Garry Thompson 12 DF   ENG Rob Jones 14 FW   BRB Jonathan Forte 15 DF   ENG David Mirfin 16 MF   ENG Martyn Woolford

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   ENG Ben May 18 MF   NIR Michael O'Connor 19 MF   ENG Josh Wright 20 FW   IRL Donal McDermott (on loan from Manchester City) 21 DF   ENG Jake Picton 22 GK   ENG Josh Lillis 23 GK   ENG Sam Slocombe 24 FW   ENG Matt Godden 26 DF   ENG Niall Canavan 27 MF   ENG Ian Morris 28 DF   ENG Rory Coleman 29 FW   ENG Adam Boyes 30 DF   ENG Andy Crosby 32 DF   ENG Michael Raynes 33 DF   SCO Jimmy McNulty (on loan from Brighton)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   ENG Kevan Hurst (to Carlisle United) 20 DF   ENG Jordan Spence (on loan from West Ham United) 25 FW   ENG Peter Winn (on loan to Gateshead)

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 DF   ENG George Friend (on loan from Wolves) 31 DF   IRL Brendan Moloney (on loan from Forest) 32 DF   ENG Bondz Ngala (on loan from West Ham United)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

August

Cardiff City v Scunthorpe United

8 August 2009	Cardiff City	4–0	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff, Wales
15:00 BST	Chopra 21', 45' Bothroyd 31' Whittingham 90'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,264 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Scunthorpe United v Derby County

15 August 2009	Scunthorpe United	3–2	Derby County	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
15:00 BST	Hooper 17', 45' Woolford 82'	Report	Green 20' Commons 60'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 7,352 Referee: Graham Horwood

Scunthorpe United v Middlesbrough

18 August 2009	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Middlesbrough	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
19:45 BST		Report	Johnson 28' (53)	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 8,274 Referee: Michael Oliver

Sheffield Wednesday v Scunthorpe United

22 August 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	4–0	Scunthorpe United	Sheffield, South Yorkshire
15:00 BST	Wood 6' Johnson 12' Tudgay 34' Potter 58'	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 20,215 Referee: A Hall

Scunthorpe United v QPR

29 August 2009	Scunthorpe United	0–1	QPR	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
15:00 BST		Report	Taarabt 3'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,866 Referee: Graham Salisbury

A bruising return to life back in the Championship for Scunthorpe began with a 0–4 thrashing at the brand new Cardiff City Stadium which saw them immediately sink to the bottom of the table, although a win at home to Derby offered some form of redemption as well as hope that survival may not be beyond them. Defeats at home to recently relegated Middlesbrough and QPR, interspersed with another mauling on their travels at Sheffield Wednesday, meant that the Iron ended August having lost 4 out of 5 league games. Two wins in the League Cup provided some light relief as Scunny progressed into the third round of the competition.

September

Crystal Palace v Scunthorpe United

12 September 2009	Crystal Palace	0–4	Scunthorpe United	Croydon, London
15:00 BST		Report	Forte 4' Hayes 58' Togwell 66' O'Connor 68'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,912 Referee: Grant Hegley

Scunthorpe United v Preston North End

15 September 2009	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Preston North End	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
19:45 BST	McCann 12' Hooper 42' (53)	Report	Parkin 58'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,383 Referee: Keith Hill

Bristol City v Scunthorpe

19 September 2009	Bristol City	1–1	Scunthorpe	Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00 BST	Saborio 50'	Report	McCann 90+3'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 14,203 Referee: Danny McDermid

Scunthorpe United v Doncaster Rovers

26 September 2009	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
15:00 BST	Byrne 72' McCann 90+3'	Report	Woods 13' Sharp 61'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 7,945 Referee: Keith Stroud

Nottingham Forest v Scunthorpe

30 September 2009	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Scunthorpe	West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
19:45 BST	Chambers 71' Blackstock 76'	Report		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,332 Referee: David Webb

September began with a much greater encouragement as Scunthorpe kickstarted their season with an impressive 4–0 win at Crystal Palace, followed up with victory over Preston at Glanford Park. A pair of injury-time equalisers (both from Grant McCann), first at Bristol City then again at home to Doncaster, pushed them up to 15th in the early season table, before their 4-match unbeaten run was ended by Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

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