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Scunthorpe United 4-1 Wealdstone: Iron turn up heat to give Dean fresh hope

Scunthorpe United boosted their survival hopes with an emphatic victory over Wealdstone at Glanford Park, cutting the gap from safety to four points with eight games remaining.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 March 2023

By James Moody

SCUNTHORPE UTD 4

Wilson 11, 51, Smith 45, Leake 77
WEALDSTONE 1

Ferguson 75

BATTLING Scunthorpe United boosted their survival hopes with an emphatic victory over Wealdstone at Glanford Park, cutting the gap from safety to four points with eight games remaining.
Cameron Wilson’s double, sandwiched by a Will Smith effort, put the Iron in dreamland before the Stones pulled a goal back through Nathan Ferguson’s fantastic long-range strike.
But a superb solo run and goal from left-back Jake Leake sealed all three points for the Iron, giving boss Jimmy Dean hope that the great ...

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