Scunthorpe United Football Club News

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Founded:1899
Manager:Alan Knill

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Capacity:9,183

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Iron's Sparrow setback

15 Dec 2006 - 10:23:47

Scunthorpe United will have to continue their promotion push without Matthew Sparrow after it was confirmed that the influential midfielder will be sidelined for at least six weeks.

The 25-year-old has received the results of a scan that showed he has severely sprained his medial ligament.

However, initial fears that Sparrow would require knee surgery after he limped out of last weekend's 2-0 victory over Carlisle United have proved unfounded.

Sparrow came through the youth-team ranks at Glanford Park and has made 230 League appearances for The Iron.