League One
October 23, 2012
Scunthorpe
2 - 3
Preston
League One
18:45 +00:00, October 23, 2012
Glanford Park, England
Referee: Michael Naylor
Wroe treble ensures Lilywhites are too strong for Iron
Scoring Summary
| Scunthorpe United | Preston North End |
|---|---|
| Leon Clarke (42') | Nicky Wroe (1') |
| Karl Hawley (72') | Nicky Wroe (28') |
| Nicky Wroe (36') |
Teams
| Scunthorpe United | Preston North End |
|---|---|
| 1 Sam Slocombe | 23 Steve Simonsen |
| 6 Paul Reid | 6 Shane Cansdell-Sherriff |
| 21 Tom Newey | 4 Paul Huntington |
| 2 Christian Ribeiro | 5 Chris Robertson |
| 15 Niall Canavan | 3 Scott Laird |
| 24 David Prutton | 19 John Welsh |
| 16 Mark Duffy | 8 Nicky Wroe |
| 7 James Ryan | 2 Keith Keane |
| 14 Robbie Gibbons | 17 Jeffrey Monakana |
| 22 Karl Hawley | 22 Jack King |
| 9 Leon Clarke | 29 Stuart Beavon |
| Substitutes | |
| 13 James Severn | Thorsten Stuckmann 1 |
| 5 David Mirfin | Andrew Procter 18 |
| 3 Callum Kennedy | Chris Beardsley 20 |
| 19 Michael Collins | Joel Byrom 13 |
| 4 Josh Walker | Akpo Sodje 12 |
| 10 Mike Grella | David Amoo 7 |
| 12 Connor Jennings | Graham Cummins 9 |
| Substitutions | |
| David Mirfin for Paul Reid (36) | David Amoo for Jeffrey Monakana (67) |
| Michael Collins for Robbie Gibbons (46) | Andrew Procter for Stuart Beavon (86) |
| Connor Jennings for James Ryan (72) | Joel Byrom for David Amoo (90) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Michael Collins (90) | Jack King (68) |
| John Welsh (84) | |
| · Squads: Scunthorpe United | Preston North End | |
A first-half hat-trick from midfielder Nicky Wroe steered Preston to a 3-2 success at Scunthorpe.
But North End almost threw away a match-winning lead and found themselves hanging on after the struggling Iron reduced their arrears to just one goal. However, they could not find a dramatic equaliser.
Wroe struck first with just 25 seconds on the clock, finishing off a good knock down in the box by Jack King. He struck again in the 28th minute, sweeping home a low cross from the right, with King again the provider.
Seven minutes later he completed his hat-trick from a short free-kick routine, cracking home a shot from the edge of the box that took a deflection to beat goalkeeper Sam Slocombe.
Shell-shocked Scunthorpe, with only one home win all season, hit back after 41 minutes when Leon Clarke, on loan from Charlton, netted his seventh goal in 10 games. The striker forced the ball home at the second attempt after his initial header had been blocked by keeper Steve Simonsen.
The Iron got themselves right back in the game after 72 minutes when Karl Hawley crashed a spectacular 25-yard shot into the back of the net off the inside of a post. It was the first time in 20 games that Scunthorpe had scored more than once in a match. And only a great save by Simonsen then denied Clarke a late equaliser.