Barrow AFC V Scun thorpe United FC

[McMark]

https://www.barrowafc.com/news/2021/oct ... eague-two/

https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/new ... rrow-trip/

Speaking prior to the trip to face Barrow, Iron first team manager Neil Cox is calling on his players to put in the same effort and determination as when they met the league leaders on Saturday.

While the result didn’t go United's way, the turning point hinged on a controversial refereeing decision in a game which didn’t look like two teams at the opposite ends of the table competing against each other.

“If I’m honest, I’m more raging this morning and yesterday when I looked back at the game and the decisions that went against us,” he said, talking to iFollow Iron.

“I’ve had a report sent in to Mike (Jones, Head of Refereeing at the EFL) about seven or eight big decisions that really went against us. We’re not going to get anything back from it, but I was just really disappointed with how he lost control of the game.

“There was nothing in the game. (Before the penalty), you wouldn’t have known which team was top and which team was bottom, but we’ve lost the game because of a really bad decision, I believe. The two we didn’t get were more certain penalties than the one we had given against us."

The defeat wasn’t the only fall-out from the game at the weekend, with a number of injuries picked up as a result of poor challenges, some of which went unpunished.

One was skipper Harry Davis, who was withdrawn in the first half due to a head wound, while left-back Mason O’Malley is also waiting to hear about the seriousness of his injury after he was substituted in the second half.

“Harry Davis is going to get 40-odd stitches in a head wound, which is never a good thing,” he continued.

“We didn’t get a free-kick and we had to kick the ball out of play. He’s going to be missing.

“Mase (Mason O’Malley) has got a suspected bad leg injury. We won’t know how bad it is until he sees a specialist. (George) Tafty is lucky enough to get away with the tackle on him, as he saw it coming, but that could have been a really bad one. There were a couple of naughty tackles in there and some bad luck for us.

“There a couple of other knocks and a couple of illnesses. Ross (Millen) has trained today, but is still ill. We’ve got a couple with illnesses, so we have to be careful with them. We’re down to the bare bones, but there were smiles on the faces this morning, we’ve had a really good session, and we look forward to the challenge.”

Cox believes the team can take a lot of positives from the weekend into his side’s latest encounter away at Barrow on Tuesday night, and acknowledged the home support for their appreciation of the display at the weekend.

We got beaten 2-0, but we got clapped off, and I think that’s a good sign,” he stated.

“We were really poor the week before, but I think the supporters could see the effort and desire to try and get a result. When the opposition goalkeeper gets man of the match, it’s always a painful one, but it shows we put them under pressure.”

United have already travelled to Cumbria on a Tuesday night to face the Bluebirds this season, with the hosts edging the Carabao Cup tie back in August.

Speaking on the upcoming game, the Scunthorpe boss said: “It’s not easy. When we went there in the cup, we put in a good performance in without being overly attacking on the night.

“We lost the game from a really good overhead kick from a long throw, and there wasn’t much in the game.

“They’re on a little bit of a poor run themselves. We have to do our jobs, and show the same determination and character that we did on Saturday. If we get that little bit of luck, we will get the right result.

“I look around at my team and they’re ready and raring to go.”

[HenneysKnee]

Barrow 5v0 Scunthorpe
(Stevens x2, Gordon, Brough, Banks)
Att: 2007

[LewisBAFC1901]

Barrow 0 - 1 Scunny, it’s just bound to happen

[Sefton Aubergine]

3-0, in front of 2,778.

[behind the goals]

Just get 3pts, Cooper will be happy wind & rain forecast for the match said he was looking forward to it, no premier league fans tomorrow football on bt so will be at home/pub rather than watch Barrow again.

[McMark]

Ben Toner will be the man in the middle for the Iron's away League Two game at Barrow on Tuesday night.

The Lancashire-based official will travel to the Dunes Hotel Stadium for his 13th game of the campaign during what is his seventh season as an EFL referee. He has shown 26 yellow cards so far this season and one red.

He was last appointed to an Iron game back in November 2019, when we defeated Blackpool 3-1 in the second round of the EFL Trophy. There were four bookings and one sending off that night, as the home side's Callum Guy was dismissed.

In total, he's refereed United on nine occasions, showing 23 yellow cards and one red.

Last season he officiated Barrow on two occasions, showing seven yellow cards and one red in their 1-0 loss at Carlisle, and then three bookings in the 1-1 draw at Exeter City.


On Tuesday, he will be assisted by Joe Simpson and Richard Woodward, while Mark Cunliffe has been appointed as the fourth official.

Score 2-1
Att, 2444

[Richard Ingham]

Ben Toner will be the man in the middle for the Iron's away League Two game at Barrow on Tuesday night.

Wonderful. Another card happy ref who takes no account of the conditions when booking players.

[MisterPleasant]

Team news:

https://www.barrowafc.com/news/2021/oct ... l-stadium/

[Middleton Nick]

Not expecting it to be pretty, but three points any way will do. I'll paint the lines on the A590 on my way through.

[McMark]

Not expecting it to be pretty, but three points any way will do. I'll paint the lines on the A590 on my way through.

Must admit I never noticed any missing lines when I drove along the 590 yesterday both ways. Plenty of signage relating to work being carried out last week though!

[ossickbluebird]

Feeling a bit nervous about tonight, according to reports Scunny played very well on Saturday and were applauded off by FGR fans. If we can get Brough and Hutton behind there back line instead of crossing from 30 yards out, we should win. Conditions will play a big part...........heart says 3-1,head says 0-0, 1700

[Moribund]

Feeling a bit nervous about tonight, according to reports Scunny played very well on Saturday and were applauded off by FGR fans. If we can get Brough and Hutton behind there back line instead of crossing from 30 yards out, we should win. Conditions will play a big part...........heart says 3-1,head says 0-0, 1700

How would you be able to tell the FGR fans were applauding Scunthorpe, and not their own team?

[jamesbs]

Club not paid the security staff bill, they are refusing to attend the match. Can the game still go ahead without?

[Bombadel]

With all the rain, the game would have been called off last year, thankfully the club got all that work done in the pitch during the summer. Hoping for a win,

[behind the goals]

Josh Gordon on 4 Bookings.