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Scunthorpe United vs Derby County. Sky Bet Championship.

Glanford ParkAttendance7,352.

Scunthorpe United 3

  • G Hooper (17th minute, 44th minute)
  • M Woolford (82nd minute)

Derby County 2

  • P Green (20th minute)
  • K Commons (60th minute pen)

Iron edge past Rams

Image: Woolford: Netted winner

Scunthorpe edged a five-goal thriller at Glanford Park to earn their first Championship win of the campaign.

Woolford nets late on to win five-goal thriller

Scunthorpe edged a five-goal thriller at Glanford Park to earn their first Championship win of the campaign. Martyn Woolford was the hero after he netted with ten minutes to go following some sluggish Derby defending. Earlier Gary Hooper had scored a first-half brace for the Iron (17, 44), while the Rams replied via Paul Green (20) and a 60th minute penalty from substitute Kris Commons. After an uninspiring opening 15 minutes, the game - which was the first competitive match between the two clubs since 1964 - suddenly burst into life with two goals in the space of three minutes. It was the home side who struck first, when Woolford found space inside the area and keeper Stephen Bywater could only parry his left-foot strike into the path of Hooper, who fired home from point-blank range.

Drew level

The goal seemed to spark the Rams into life and they drew level minutes later with a composed finish from Green. The former Doncaster midfielder ghosted forward and took a perfectly-weighted pass from Stephen Pearson in his stride before beating Joe Murphy with a measured right-foot finish. Hooper missed a golden opportunity to restore Scunthorpe's lead after 25 minutes when he went one-on-one with Bywater, but failed to hit the target. And Hooper's strike partner Paul Hayes was also wasteful in front of goal six minutes later, firing wide from the angle. Scunthorpe's front two continued to cause problems in Derby's defence and Hooper spurned yet another excellent opportunity when he beat the offside but failed to find a way past Bywater. At the other end, Green should have made them pay just before half-time but he fired wastefully wide.
Proved costly
That miss proved costly when the Rams' defence was caught out a minute later, with Hayes playing in Hooper and he fired home a right-foot finish off the post. But Derby drew level on the hour-mark when Murphy brought down the onrushing Green in the penalty area and Commons made no mistake with the resulting spot-kick. Commons was in the thick of the action soon after when Murphy rushed off his line and the Scotland forward crossed towards the empty net, but the ball was scrambled away by a retreating Scunthorpe defender. The Rams looked increasingly dangerous on the break and Lee Croft crossed for Commons, who failed to get enough power on his header. But Derby were caught out with ten minutes remaining when Woolford was played through in the right channel. The former York winger raced clear of a pedestrian Rams defence and kept his composure to slot the ball past Bywater.

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