Remembering past matches played by the Iron on March 20...
| Former Iron players born on this day: Steve Cammack (1954), Rory Fallon (1982), Marcus Dewhurst (2001). On this day fact: Club legend Jack Brownsword scored his final goal for the club in 1964, during a 3-2 home win over Derby County. |
A deflected Martyn Woolford shot saw Scunthorpe clinch three valuable points against fellow strugglers Plymouth to move out of the Championship relegation zone in March 2010.
Jamie Mackie put the visitors ahead against the run of play with a tap-in after a surging run by Yannick Bolasie.
Garry Thompson soon levelled with a sweeping shot after Paul Hayes had chased the ball down on the right.
And Woolford clinched it in the second-half when his shot from the right was deflected beyond David Stockdale.
The Iron's full record for March 20 is as follows:
| YEAR | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
| 2021 | LG 2 | Iron 1-1 Southend | Beestin |
| 2012 | LG 1 | Bury 0-0 Iron | |
| 2010 | CHAMP | Iron 2-1 Plymouth | Thompson, Woolford |
| 2004 | DIV 3 | Swansea 4-2 Iron | Taylor 2 |
| 1999 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-0 Orient | Calvo-Garcia, Forrester |
| 1993 | DIV 3 | Iron 0-0 Wrexham | |
| 1984 | FLT R3 | Iron 2-3 Sheff Utd | Matthews, Cammack |
| 1983 | DIV 4 | Northampton 2-1 Iron | Cowling |
| 1982 | DIV 4 | Peterborough 2-1 Iron | Stewart |
| 1979 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-3 Northampton | |
| 1976 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-2 Lincoln | |
| 1973 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-1 Chesterfield | |
| 1971 | DIV 4 | Iron 3-1 Lincoln | O'Riley 2, McDonald |
| 1965 | DIV 3 | Bristol Rovers 2-0 Iron | |
| 1964 | DIV 2 | Iron 3-2 Derby | Wilson, Ellis, Brownsword |
| 1954 | DIV 3N | Barrow 1-2 Iron | Gregory 2 |