Scunthorpe United 1-3 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 2 October 2012

Result

Scunthorpe United 1-3 Tranmere Rovers

League One · Tuesday 2 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Scunthorpe United 1-3 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Scunthorpe United were beaten by Tranmere Rovers 1-3 in the League One on Tuesday 2 October 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Karl Hawley opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Scunthorpe United's goal came from Karl Hawley (15'). Tranmere Rovers scored through James Wallace (64'), J. Akpa Akpro (66') and J. Akpa Akpro (88').

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 19th on 8 points from 9 and Tranmere Rovers 1st on 21 points from 9. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 21st with 48 points, and Tranmere Rovers 10th with 67.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Scunthorpe United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Tranmere Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Karl HawleyScunthorpe United · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · David PruttonScunthorpe United
  • 64'Goal · James WallaceTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · J. Akpa AkproTranmere Rovers · 1-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Liam PalmerTranmere Rovers
  • 88'Goal · J. Akpa AkproTranmere Rovers · 1-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Scunthorpe United 2, draws 3, Tranmere Rovers 1.

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up

Sam Slocombe, Christian Ribeiro, David Mirfin, Niall Canavan, Tom Newey, Josh Walker, Jimmy Ryan, David Prutton, Leon Clarke, Mark Duffy, Karl Hawley

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Owain Fôn Williams, Danny Holmes, Ash Taylor, Liam Palmer, Zoumana Bakayogo, James Wallace, Andy Robinson, Jake Cassidy, Abdulai Bell-Baggie, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, Ben Gibson