Barnsley and PNE .
 
 Andy Crosby has shown in the last two games how dangerous he can be at both ends of the pitch, scoring with a header from a set piece against Preston and then gifting Preston a free kick ,which allowed them to score from a set and against Barnsley kicking the ball into his own net via Williams backside and  then making a powder puff challenge against Barnsley which allowed their striker a free run on Murphy's goal.

The Barnsley game is best forgotten whereas the Preston one was memorable although mainly through endeavor ,than silky football,  Andy Crosby opened the scoring  with a headed goal from a Scunthorpe United corner although ,Paterson appeared to be claiming it.

Preston's  equalizer was disappointing ,Crosby lost a challenge out wide and then attempted a rugby tackle which failed so just hacked the Preston player down in a dangerous position, their dead balls had proved to be dangerous all night and this unnecessary challenge left us in danger ,another great dead ball from Preston saw their tall defender Youl Mawene head in an easy goal for him. Cliff Byrne was superb again and along with Paterson was MOM for me.

Scunthorpe's second came from Hayes , Paterson held the ball up well and passed it into Hayes who ran into the box and slotted it past the PNE keeper, you could see he was delighted and so were his team mates.

The other big talking point of the game was the sending off of Preston's  Andrew Carroll he fouled and got in a tangle with Andy Butler ,appearing to kick out into Butler's stomach,after consulting his linesmen The referee gave him a straight red card.

Both keepers made fine saves in an exciting game but, the pick must have been Murphy who saved a penalty after Hurst had brought down Billy Jones, Kevin Nicholls placed his penalty low to the right and Murhy saved it brilliantly.

In summary a game where Preston's slicker midfield was not enough to beat the endeavor of SUFC's Paterson, Byrne and Hayes who all caused Preston problems