Scunthorpe United FC, is an English football club from North Lincolnshire which can trace its origins back to 1899 when Brumby Hall FC merged with a second (unknown) club and adopted the name Scunthorpe United. This followed the demise of Scunthorpe Town FC, which was formed around 1880. In 1910 another merger, this time with local rivals North Lindsey United, led to the creation of Scunthorpe & Lindsey United. The club played in local competition until 1912, when they were admitted to the Midland League. In 1921, United made the first of many unsuccessful applications to join the Football League. They won the Midland championship in 1927 and again in 1939 and by the time war broke out, they were established as one of the stronger non-League sides.  Scunthorpe finally gained entry to the Football League (Division Three (North) for the 1950-1951 season. Almost 12,000 people turned up at the Old Show Ground to watch their first home game.  In 1958 United became the last club to win the Division Three (North) title and promotion to Division Two, the lower divisions being reorganised for the following season. During the close season the club dropped "and Lindsey” from their name to become, once again, Scunthorpe United.  Decline followed with relegation in 1964 and 1968 taking the club back into the Fourth Division where they spent more than two decades.  In 1988, the club quit their Old Showground home and moved out of Scunthorpe into the brand new purpose built Glanford Park stadium. Over the next five seasons the club reached the play-offs four times out of five but were unsuccessful each time.  After narrowly avoiding relegation to the Conference in 2004, they won automatic promotion in 2005 to League One (third tier) and rose to the Championship after winning the League One championship in 2007. Relegated at the end of the 2007-08 season, they bounced back in 2009 after beating Millwall in the play-off final. They were relegated to League One in 2011 having finished bottom of the Championship. The club then suffered a further blow, being relegated to Football League Two in 2013. It bounced  back immediately, winning promotion back to the third tier at the end of the 2013-14 season. After five seasons, Scunthorpe were relegated to League Two in 2019, and in 2022 the club was related to the National League, ending a 72-year spell in the Football League. The decline continued with relegation to the National League North on 10 April 2023.