Scunthorpe United 2-3 Preston North End: result and report

League One · Tuesday 23 October 2012

Result

Scunthorpe United 2-3 Preston North End

League One · Tuesday 23 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Scunthorpe United 2-3 Preston North End: match report

Scunthorpe United lost to Preston North End 2-3 in the League One on Tuesday 23 October 2012. The half-time score was 1-3.

Nicky Wroe opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from Leon Clarke (42') and Karl Hawley (72'). Preston North End scored through Nicky Wroe (1'), Nicky Wroe (28') and Nicky Wroe (36').

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 22nd on 10 points from 13 and Preston North End 9th on 18 points from 13. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 21st with 48 points, and Preston North End 15th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Scunthorpe United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Preston North End.

Going into the match Scunthorpe United's last five read D-D-L-L-L and Preston North End's L-D-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Nicky WroePreston North End · 0-1
  • 28'Goal · Nicky WroePreston North End · 0-2
  • 36'Goal · Nicky WroePreston North End · 0-3
  • 42'Goal · Leon ClarkeScunthorpe United · 1-3
  • 68'Yellow card · Jack KingPreston North End
  • 72'Goal · Karl HawleyScunthorpe United · 2-3
  • 84'Yellow card · J. WelshPreston North End
  • 90+5'Yellow card · M. CollinsScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Scunthorpe United 5, draws 1, Preston North End 2.

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up

Sam Slocombe, Christian Ribeiro, Paul Reid, Niall Canavan, Tom Newey, Jimmy Ryan, Robbie Gibbons, David Prutton, Leon Clarke, Mark Duffy, Karl Hawley

Preston North End line-up

Steve Simonsen, Scott Laird, Paul Huntington, Chris Robertson, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Keith Keane, Nicky Wroe, Jeffrey Monakana, John Welsh, Jack King, Stuart Beavon