- Alexander (64)
- Hooper (73), Hooper (88)
- Date:2009-01-31
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:The New Den
- Attendance:8868
- Referee:D'Urso, A
Live Commentary
90mins
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
90mins
Garry Thompson is being taken off, Kevan Hurst has come on in his place.
88mins
Goal!! Scunthorpe have scored with Gary Hooper putting it in the back of the net.
82mins
Marc Laird goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
80mins
Martyn Woolford is replaced by Ian Morris.
76mins
Scunthorpe are replacing Paul Hayes with Sam Togwell.
73mins
Goal!! Scunthorpe have scored with Gary Hooper putting it in the back of the net.
64mins
Goal!! Gary Alexander scores for Millwall.
63mins
Millwall are replacing Neil Harris with Izale McLeod.
46mins
Paul Robinson is being taken off, Zak Whitbread has come on in his place.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
45mins
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
26mins
Lewis Grabban is replaced by Chris Hackett.
0mins
It's 3pm on Saturday, January 31st, the match has kicked off.
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Match Report
Lethal Gary Hooper hauled Scunthorpe from a goal behind to steal all three points from promotion chasing rivals Millwall in a fierce encounter at The Den.
All the action came in an enthralling second half with hard working Gary Alexander putting the hosts ahead with his clinical finish on 63 minutes before Hooper's brace took the Iron back up the M1 with a much needed victory.
There was little to choose between the sides, who started the afternoon level on points in fourth and fifth.
Kenny Jackett's Lions set off at a frantic pace, threatening a breakthrough four times in the first 15 minutes.
Goalscorer Alexander was the main aggressor as he forced fine saves from Joe Murphy with two goal-bound efforts.
Grant McCann fired the visitors' only serious chance of the half when his curling free-kick went inches wide towards the end of injury time.
With the game in the balance, Alexander broke the deadlock having raced into the clear on to Adam Bolder's defence-splitting pass and his clinical finish looked to tie up the win for the home side.
Just seven minutes later, Hooper was on hand to tap home Garry Thompson's crashing volley to level.
With both sides seeming to settle for a draw, Hooper popped up once again to secure the victory three minutes from time.
Having latched on to Matt Sparrow's pass, he buried past stranded David Forde to the visitors' delight.
Millwall Team
Scunthorpe United Team
Millwall | Scunthorpe United |
Corners
| 5 | 4 |
Fouls
| 11 | 11 |
Goal attempts
| 15 | 14 |
Shots off target
| 7 | 8 |
Offsides
| 7 | 5 |