Butler Is Buoyant Ahead Of Winner Goes Top Match

The Iron close out 2024 with the final National League North fixture of the year on New Year’s Eve.

Title-chasing King’s Lynn Town visit for a huge game - and whoever wins it will top the table going into 2025.

After a rocky spell, Scunthorpe are undefeated in six and go into the big match on the back of a professional 1-0 win at Peterborough Sports.

Butler is making a case for his defence and says things are getting back to how they were during an encouraging first few months of the season.

“That is five clean sheets out of six games now,” said the happy manager following their Boxing Day win.

“We are getting somewhere back to where we used to be. We had a lull, but you can see the confidence is coming back.

“We’re working hard towards our end goal. Keep working hard, and we’ll get our reward. We will just keep focusing on ourselves. We applied ourselves well and I’m pleased with the players.”

Fans think they have an ace in the promotion pack - classy winger Callum Roberts.

“We know what Cal is going to do, he had a real impact but it’s not one player. We’ve got a good squad, and that’s what we want - we want a squad that will compete and push each other.

“This will be a tough game, they are a very good side - we know patience is going to be required.

“King’s Lynn will come at us and if we’re defensively strong, we have options to unlock teams.”