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Following a fire four years earlier, (which burned the entire West Stand, including the changing rooms and team kit), ÂŁ760 debts from two new stands at the Old
Showground proved potentially fatal. The efforts to sell the ground and the club's resignation from the Midland League were only withdrawn at
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Scunthorpe, at the junction of Doncaster Road and Henderson Avenue), was hosting events, including the annual Scunthorpe show, as far back as 1867. When first taking over the site in 1899, Scunthorpe paid an annual ÂŁ10 rent. The site was also
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Showground earned a fearsome reputation for being a difficult place for visiting teams to visit. Goalkeeper Ivor Williams, who played for the club between 1952 and 1960, fondly remembered: "It was brilliant to play under the lights on a Friday night. Tremendous. The Old
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December 1919; down from the original ÂŁ7,000 price they were quoted three months earlier.
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two years later ensuring that the Old
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November 1924, after all players agreed to take a pay cut and the Barnsley Brewing Company agreed to take over a ÂŁ400 mortgage owed on the ground.
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Scunthorpe's merger with local side 'North
Lindsey United' led to a name change to 'Scunthorpe & Lindsey United' in 1910, with the new club's admission to the
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football for the first time after
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United's successful election to the Football League in 1950, with a 0â0 draw against Shrewsbury in the
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football stand now stood on the ground's eastern boundary, built at the nearby
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being out of action. Highlights included 15,000 spectators attending
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