Scunthorpe United could stay at their home ground
It follows the confirmed takeover of the club
Last updated 5th Oct 2023
There are hopes Scunthorpe United's home game against Brackley wont be their last at Glanford Park.
Local businesswoman Michelle Harness has acquired the Iron from David Hilton - who withdrew funding last week.
Before that was confirmed - the clubs final home game at Glanford Park was due to take place on Saturday.
Scunthorpe United board member Simon Elliott says they want to resolve the situation:
"We need to do our very best with Peter Swann who is engaging with us to get our home back really, and to be able to stay at Glanford Park into the future.
"There's a lot of challenges but we are all prepared to work very hard to achieve that goal."
He says times are still difficult thought:
"We haven't got bottomless pockets of cash we're gonna have to rely on a lot of goodwill. We are going to have to rely on local businesses who are already talking about sponsorship deals and investment.
"But the most important thing is our supporter base, we have to get the supporters to come through to watch Scunthorpe United to buy shirts - that's the sustainability of any football club.
"That's the passion, the supporter base that we have. Our fans at Scunthorpe are just incredible quite frankly and they have been even through the lowest and darkest of times.
Mr Elliott says the immediate plans for the club are to get it stabilised and resolve the winding up order and talk to creditors.
Chair of the Iron Trust supporters group Tony Gosling is also hopeful that Glanford park remains the Iron's home:
"We are hopeful that the takeover will allow the club to stay at Glanford Park for the foreseeable future.
"We are extremely grateful that a new owner has been found. It's been a terrible time for a lot of supporters and caused a lot of upset for the last few weeks.
"We've known Michelle and Simon for a number of years - they are both big supporters of the Iron Trust and have helped us in the past".