Remembering past matches played by the Iron on April 21...
| Former Iron players born on this day: Mal Rees (1924). On this day fact: The 1-0 home win over Oxford United in 2014 ended the longest sequence of games unbeaten (28) for the club. |
The Iron closed in on promotion from League Two with victory over play-off hopefuls Oxford United in 2014.
Scunthorpe took an early lead when Matt Sparrow fired home from 12 yards after Sam Winnall miscued from a Michael Collins cross.
Alfie Potter had a great chance to equalise from the restart but dragged his shot wide.
Overall playing record for April 21: Played 16, Won 6, Drawn 4, Lost 6, Scored 19, Conceded 21.
The Iron's full record for April 21 is as follows:
| YEAR | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
| 2018 | LG 1 | Iron 1-0 Walsall | Yates |
| 2015 | LG 1 | Iron 1-1 Bradford | McSheffrey |
| 2014 | LG 1 | Iron 1-0 Oxford | Sparrow |
| 2012 | LG 1 | Huddersfield 1-0 Iron | |
| 2009 | LG 1 | Northampton 3-3 Iron | Trotter, McCann, Sparrow |
| 2007 | LG 1 | Tranmere 0-2 Iron | Ward (og), Sharp |
| 2003 | DIV 3 | Bury 0-0 Iron | |
| 2001 | DIV 3 | Hartlepool 1-0 Iron | |
| 1998 | DIV 3 | Orient 1-0 Iron | |
| 1990 | DIV 4 | Iron 3-3 Hereford | Flounders (2), Pejic (og) |
| 1984 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-0 Hull | Bell, Cammack |
| 1979 | DIV 4 | Rochdale 1-0 Iron | |
| 1975 | DIV 4 | Mansfield 7-0 Iron | |
| 1973 | DIV 3 | Iron 1-0 Watford | Fletcher |
| 1958 | DIV 3N | Stockport 2-1 Iron | Davis |
| 1956 | DIV 3N | Iron 2-1 Chester | Gregory, Haigh |
| 1951 | DIV 3N | Iron 3-0 Rochdale | Cumner (2), Comley |