Former championship club wins promotion to National League after the nightmare decade
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Scunthorpe United was brought back to the National League after an absence of two years.
The iron saw in a pulsating chester National League North Playoff in Glanford Park on Sunday.
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Daniel Whitehall and Connor Woods both found it just when the game ended 1-1 and went into extra time.
Carlton Ubaezuonu from Scunthorpe turned out to be the hero and hit the winner in the 105th minute.
The goal led to wild scenes of jubilation between a fan base starving from success in the past decade.
The iron was in the Championship As recently as 2008, but have endured a dramatic slide of the pyramid in recent years.
They fell from the EFL in 2022 after financial problems The club saw almost going bankrupt.
Scunthorpe kept sliding and fell to the National League North a season later.
Sunday’s promotion is their first since 2014 when they finished second in League Two.
Thousands flowed to the Glanford Park field to celebrate, with the game coming against Boston United a year after the heartache.
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Local businesswoman Michelle Harness saved the club In October 2023, with Boss Andy Butler who tributes after the victory.
Butler, a former Scunthorpe player, said to the BBC: “It’s brilliant. I am enthusiastic for Michelle … for everyone who brought the club back to life.
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“For the players, the fans, the city. It was a difficult, tough game.
“Chester gave everything they had. I said [Ubaezuonu] Would score goals – and he has the winner.
“It was a team effort. We let a lot of players go through the pain barrier. We had to dig deep.
“I am so chuffed for the entire city.”
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