Not the most glamorous of play offs but any team playing any play off, dreams of greater things. Today The Iron play The Millers in the SKY Bet League One Play Off semi-final 1st leg at Glanford Park. Score 2-2 in what seemed to be a fairly pulsating game.
Having played at the Old Showground since 1899, Scunny moved to a purpose built stadium in 1988 when new regulations after the Bradford City fire occurred. The site of the old ground was sold to Safeway.
Coincidently Rotherham moved from their stately home of Millmoor since 1925 to the New York Stadium in 2008.
Prior to 1925 it was Rotherham County, that eventually represented the lower Don Valley team, founded in 1870 as Thornhill. They played in the Football League starting out in 1919 when the FL expanded after the War. The County merged with Rotherham Town (founded in 1899) and became United in 1925.
Their present Stadium is built in the New York sector of the town and on the site of the old Guest and Chrimes iron foundry where fire hydrants were made for new York City (USA), yes those things that get driven into by an escaping car chased by the cops. The club hoped that the investors in New York City FC might boost their coffers-not yet!
Scunthorpe United FC only joined the Football League in 1950. That is hard to believe. They applied to join the FL in 1921 when it expanded but to no avail and after over many applications by what was known as Scunthorpe and Lindsey United FC, they drew a blank. 1950 saw their promotion to the FL.
Notable past payers include Kevin Keegan, Ray Clemence and Ian Botham!
NEXT LEG, WEDNESDAY AT THE NEW YORK STADIUM
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