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04 Feb 2026

Oliver Ewing earns Scunthorpe victory on their return to the National League

Oliver Ewing earns Scunthorpe victory on their return to the National League

Oliver Ewing scored the winner on his debut as newly-promoted Scunthorpe claimed a 2-1 victory at Tamworth in their opening Enterprise National League fixture.

Danny Whitehall curled an excellent free-kick over the wall and into the far corner to give the Iron an early lead.

Haydn Hollis fired Tamworth’s equaliser, in off the crossbar from a half-cleared throw-in, but Scunthorpe regained the lead before the break through Ewing’s neat finish after Whitehall’s step-over.

Tamworth went close to a second-half equaliser when debutant Jack Evans’ effort hit a post before play was briefly halted when the referee was summoned to the dugouts after an object had been thrown onto the pitch.

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