Scunthorpe United 5-0 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 August 2016

Result

Scunthorpe United 5-0 Gillingham

League One · Saturday 20 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Scunthorpe United 5-0 Gillingham: match report

Scunthorpe United beat Gillingham 5-0 in the League One on Saturday 20 August 2016. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Kevin van Veen opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from Kevin van Veen (5'), Josh Morris (20', penalty), Jordan Clarke (45+2'), Josh Morris (59') and Tom Hopper (82'). Gillingham did not score.

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received no yellow cards; Gillingham received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 3rd on 7 points from 3 and Gillingham 4th on 7 points from 3. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Gillingham 20th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Scunthorpe United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Gillingham.

Going into the match Scunthorpe United's last five read W-D-W and Gillingham's D-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Kevin van VeenScunthorpe United · 1-0
  • 20'Penalty goal · Josh MorrisScunthorpe United · 2-0
  • 45+2'Goal · Jordan ClarkeScunthorpe United · 3-0
  • 59'Goal · Josh MorrisScunthorpe United · 4-0
  • 64'Yellow card · R. DonnellyGillingham
  • 82'Goal · Tom HopperScunthorpe United · 5-0
  • 90+4'Missed penalty · S. LairdScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Scunthorpe United 4, draws 1, Gillingham 1.

Team news

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Scunthorpe United line-up

Luke Daniels, Murray Wallace, David Mirfin, Conor Townsend, Jordan Clarke, Stephen Dawson, Josh Morris, Neal Bishop, Kevin van Veen, Tom Hopper, Duane Holmes

Gillingham line-up

Stuart Nelson, Max Ehmer, Paul Konchesky, Josh Pask, Deji Oshilaja, Billy Knott, Emmanuel Osadebe, Mark Byrne, Josh Wright, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Rory Donnelly