Editing Scunthorpe (section)

===Football===
[[File:Glanford Park 4 - geograph-2152845.jpg|thumb|right|Glanford Park]]
The town has a former [[Football League]] club, [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]] (nicknamed "The Iron") who play at [[Glanford Park]]. For most of its existence in the professional game (since only 1950) it has been in the lower leagues of the [[English Football League]]. At the end of the 2006–07 season they won promotion to the [[Football League Championship]] as champions of [[Football League One|League One]], with 3 games to spare, when they defeated [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] at home. They amassed a total of 91 points, and never trailed from January on, despite being outsiders earlier in the season. The last time they had played in the second division was for 44 years previously. The club were relegated on 12 April 2008, with three games to spare, away to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]. However, they returned to the Championship after one season, winning the League One playoffs in May 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/8066217.stm | work=BBC News | title=Adkins praises Iron's character | date=24 May 2009 | access-date=9 April 2010}}</ref> At the end of the 2021–22 season, Scunthorpe for the first time [[2021–22 EFL League Two#League table|got relegated from the Football League]]. A further relegation in the 2022–23 season consigned Scunthorpe United to the National League North.

England stars [[Kevin Keegan]] and [[Ray Clemence]] both played for [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]] in the early 1970s before signing for [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], where they made their names. Former [[England Cricket Board|England]] cricket captain [[Ian Botham]] played a number of games for the club, being a resident of nearby [[Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth]] at that time and in an attempt to keep fit during the winter months. The team mascot is called the "Scunny Bunny".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/page/familyfootball|title=Scunthorpe United &#124; Fans &#124; Family &#124; FAMILY FOOTBALL FESTIVAL|website=Scunthorpe-united.co.uk|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>

Semi-professional sides within the Town or greater town boundaries include [[Appleby Frodingham F.C.|Appleby Frodingham]] and [[Bottesford Town F.C.|Bottesford Town]]. Local teams play in the [[Scunthorpe & District Football League]].