LATEST IRISH IRON NEWS

Ben Griffin one of the youngest Irishiron (pictured here stood in front of Andy Crosby) was mascot for the day against Sheffield United.Speaknig to him afterads he said he had a fantastic day.

MEMBERSHIP
Irish Iron is the official supporters club of Scunthorpe United in Ireland, we are affiliated to the Club and all monies raised by us through membership fees, sales of our own range of merchandise and fund-raisers go to Glanford Park as sponsorship.

A total of 80 people joined Irish Iron last season, our target is to reach 100 this season and, to help achieve this, cost of membership has been reduced to €15 or £10 Sterling which gets members a membership card, new key ring and both new members only enamel Badges post paid in Ireland or Britain.
The members only Badges are in limited editions of 100 only and are not for sale separately.

To join us, just send your name/address details and e-mail address with payment to ;
Bernard Griffin, Secretary, Irish Iron-Scunthorpe United Supporters Club, Trusk Road, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Membership of Irish Iron is open to everyone, everywhere, you don't need to be Irish to join, a healthy love of all things Iron will suffice!  We have members all over Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore and even Peru!!.

IRISH IRON PLAYER OF THE SEASON 2007-08
Joe Murphy was the runaway winner of our award last season and was presented with his award and Whiskey after the Huddersfield game.
It's the second time an Irishman has been our Player of the season after Andy Keogh picked up last seasons award.

Grateful thanks to both Ron Attwooll from Galway who kindly sponsored the engraved silver salver and to Kevin McDaid who sponsored the Whiskey which were presented to Joe.

Members are asked to submit their votes for player of the season in early April, e-mail to irishiron@eircom.net or post to the address provided.

Irish Iron Player of the Season – Previous winners
Quite a few people have asked about previous winners of our award so here is the full list of recipients since we started presenting a Player of the Season award in 1996/97 season.

1996/97 David D'Auria
1997/98  Jamie Forrester
1998/99 Alex Calvo Garcia
1999/00 Russ Wilcox
2000/01 Lee Hodges
2001/02 Alex Calvo Garcia
2002/03 Matthew Sparrow
2003/04 Andy Butler
2004/05 Andy Butler
2005/06 Andy Keogh
2006/07Joe Murphy

Congratulations Cliff and Sandra
Irish Iron made a presentation at Glanford Park following the Brighton game of some Irish Crystal to Cliff and Sandra to mark their engagement. They are wished a long and happy future together by all Irish Iron members.
Cliff always makes time for Irish Iron members on trips across which is greatly appreciated by everyone and has a huge collection of Irish Iron merchandise which Sandra just loves to see arriving on each trip across!!!
Don Givens the Republic of Ireland U21 Manager is also in photo.

PLAYER KIT SPONSORSHIP 2007/08
This season we will sponsor the following 5 players kits;
Joe Murphy - Home Shirt + Shorts / Full Away Kit
Cliff Byrne - Full Away Kit
Jim Goodwin - Full Home Kit / Full Away Kit
Ian Morris - Home Shorts + Socks / Full Away Kit
Andy Butler - Home Shirt

At the end of the season the Club sends us the Players kit that we have sponsored which we will then sell/raffle to raise funds towards next season's sponsorship. Any members wishing to purchase a Players shirt please contact B. Griffin at the address provided.

IRISH PLAYERS AT GLANFORD PARK
There are 4 Republic of Ireland Players at Glanford Park this season, Clifford Byrne, Joe Murphy and Ian Morris all from Dublin and Jim Goodwin from Waterford while new signing Martin Paterson has just recently had a call up to the Northern Ireland squad.

TRAVELLING TO SCUNTHORPE
Ryanair have a Dublin to Doncaster-Sheffield route that makes it very easy for Irish Supporters to get over for games. Fares are very reasonable too, especially if booked well in advance. Check out their website www.ryanair.com  for more details.
Sadly, the Ryanair Dublin to Humberside service has been cancelled.

ESSENTIAL WEBSITES
Official website for the Iron can be found at www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk
Luke Thornhill's  unofficial site at  www.iron-bru.net
Matty Blanchard's site at www.claretandbluearmy.tk
Iron union site at www.ironunion.net