What On Earth Is Going On At Scunthorpe United? 

I started a FIFA 22 campaign w/ Scunthorpe and won the FA Cup and got promotion to League One after one year

@@kylecampbell1766 Tbf winning the Cup - or any trophy for that matter - is easy on Fifa. It's partly why I don't play anymore.

@@Jim-so3zm True. As were speaking, I managed to somehow win the Europa league with them in league one and get promotion to the champions league and championship in England

I'm pretty sure Alfie has done videos on those teams

@@MenWithVen Portsmouth yes but I don’t think he’s done Bolton (yet) tbf there are so many clubs in turmoil and Alfie can only make so many videos at once

It's depressing really

It's NOT a recent phenomena ; Huddersfield went from Division One to Division Four in just over three years (1972 to 1975) and were stuck in the fourth tier for five years and took over 40 to get back to the top flight. Wolves and Bristol City went from the top tier to the bottom in successive seasons in the 80's , Sheffield United Division One to Four (1976-81) Burnley won the First Division title in 1960. Just 27 years later they had to win their last game and PRAY others lost in order to stay in the Football League. Bolton have done top to bottom Division TWICE in their recent history as have Portsmouth. And to be honest-using Leeds as an example and including all these other clubs-when Leeds spent like mad to get in the CL and it all caved in-name ONE Leeds (Portsmouth Wolves etc etc) fan who WOULDN'T have done a Risdale ? "No ambition" "Boring" they scream when the books are balanced and they're mid table, Not ONE Portsmouth fan questioned anything when their clubs PL income was £50m and they were spending £60m on wages (a £10m LOSS BEFORE anything else was paid for-electric,hotels,transport ground upkeep)

@@zerofox641 that's because Stunt Pegg already has, and tbh she is one of the most respected football RU-vidrs in terms of her peers. I think Alfie hasn't done it for that fact... He isn't Thogden. He doesn't need to steal content and thumbnails from young girls.

I mean, you could be ‘pulling a Bordeaux’

I mean, 'Sunderland til I die' pretty much laid it bare to the world and what we saw wasn't pretty.

@@saltmerchant749 STID only covers about 20-30% of the story. It doesn't cover the literally hundreds of millions blown in the Premier League with nothing to show for it. The disgraceful situation surrounding Adam Johnson l, the Ricky Alvarez saga (which Alfie has mentioned in "worst transfers" types of video). In fact we could have named a meme first 11 and bench based dreadful transfers (see Emmanuel Eboue to Sunderland). The waste and incompetence despite 10 years of Premier League money was staggering l. STID just showed the eventual culmination.

I don’t think Alfie covers many stories mainstream media covers so probably won’t do this- same with that 1 AFC Wimbledon guy

Or doing a Derby County in 07/08??

Adding to what you said, the National league the fifth tier of English football which is known as non league, it is a difficult league

Yeovil Town? More like Yawnvil Town

Yeovil are an interesting one, as they were in the 5tth tier for years until the early 2000s, I saw them a few times playing at Telford before they went into administration (another story in itself of a shady owner injecting money into a club and building a new stadium while his other businesses were failing). I remember being surprised at how far Yeovil shot up so quickly

Yeovils nadir must surely be appearing on pro evo. Under a fake name of course, probably West Yeoman Greens or some shit

Yeah I am a Yeovil fan and we dropped quicker and are close to being no cub as don't own our ground anymore with a dodgy own

who cares? it's just a name and crest... in the end of the day it's all about money

@@psy-lionlet me guess. You’re a fan of a club that will never be relegated aren’t you? It’s usually only those kinds of fans that don’t care about the rest of the pyramid.

It really warranted an investigation into playing a 17 year old goalie who had one previous appearance. I think they deserve to stay where they are - or lower for a long time.

needs more than that imo.. going to ye games has given me depression almost

It was that bad 😂

@@petergilkes7082 And how do you propose he gets more appearances if he doesn't play?

@@carlisroy6666 I no longer care. But, perhaps, not playing in such an important game. I would think he was destroyed by the experience. Anyway, I hope sCUNThorpe enjoy being non league for - ever?

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Or rather you can't make a team big by spending money. Man City weren't massive but the point is Manchester really is. Even with Wolves, West Ham and Leicester.... They are huge cities with a big area around such as Staffordshire, greater London or the Midlands in general where Leicester is concerned. Scunthorpe probably has a limit to attraction. It's all a knock on thing. It's why West Brom struggle... It's not a city. They don't have as many fans or the prestige. It's all linked.

@@razerow3391 very good

Grimsby town trust have a say in the club from what i know 😊

@@razerow3391 At least not spending money the way Scunthorpe was. Eibar is probably the best model for smaller area success and even Eibar has more favorable geographic positioning with a rail line and highway between Bilbao (10th largest city in Spain) and San Sebastian/Donostia (43rd largest), two quite large cities in Northern Spain when compared to what the nearest cities and towns to Scunthorpe are in Hull and Doncaster. Edit: Villarreal kind of also did quite well, but the scale of the wealth in Villarreal's ownership is drastically higher magnitude to ownership of Scunthorpe as well as is the captive audience with no quality team for a long ways from Villarreal as only Valencia exists as an competitor.

This is true, and yet to fall from the League One play offs in 2018 to crashing into the National League in 2022 is a pretty wild disintegration

@@chlcrk less of a wild disintegration, more of a complete implosion

County had a crap manager at the time and they ent bigger

Luton and Notts County were relegated from the First Division in the 1991/92 season. Just before the start of the Premier league. Talk about bad timing!!

@@mrkipling2201 mark noble what a wanker

Up the iron

Hope we get back in

up the mariners

They need to iron things out tbf

Probably one of the best games i have seen in person, great atmosphere from both teams! Plus you beat us at glanford park in more recent playoffs too

I was there that day as a scunthorpe fan, what a day and a hot one at that. Very fond memories indeed. The noise when Alexander hit that thunderbolt my god, I'd never heard such loud celebrations before.

Hey I have a question, I watched Green Street and wanted to know if you guys fans really that bad? Really fascinated by the whole ‘firm’ thing clubs have is that still a thing also?

@@violet6991 I don't think we're as bad now as we used to be. We still have plenty of fans who are like that, but I don't think we have as many of them as we did when Green Street was made. As for "firms", I believe they are indeed still around, but they're much smaller and less powerful, and don't cause many problems anymore.

I remember watching the final, and even as an Iron fan, I still think Gary Alexander's goal was one of the best goals Wembley has ever seen. Just fell utterly perfectly for him and he managed to strike it so cleanly. Had to feel for him that day, he put in an absolute shift.

Hello, they have a new stadium too which is good for the Freiburg fans

They actually qualified for this seasons Europa League ✨

@@itbelikethat914 true :)

Been asking this for months! Chrisitan Streich is a remarkable manager who is beloved in the Bundesliga and isn't afraid to talk about social issues with his lovely Allemanisch dialect

Great little team. I went to see the 'Brasilianer' a couple of times when I visited my friend in Freiburg.

Be positive, at least you weren't owned by Ken Richardson.

As a Grimsby fan it’s hilarious to see your club crumbling

Cheats last year, I hope you stop there a long tine

@@thomashorsfall6923 rather be a Scunthorpe fan then a dirty stinking codhead, up the iron!

I remember in 1962 they finished 4th in the old Division 2, almost made it into the top flight. Hard to see that ever happening again. They had some really good players in those days, Jack Brownsword, Barrie Thomas, John Kaye, Brian Godfrey to name a few. Really sad state of affairs right now.

It seems like the obvious objection to that would be that it would only favour the biggest clubs in those regions, and engender a greater inequality between them and the smaller clubs.

Alternatively, which first division leagues can benefit from splitting. For example, a Russian league divided by large regions or Basque and Catalan leagues in case the Basque Country and Catalonia split up from Spain.

I've been hearing about league mergers for ages and nothing ever happens. But I reckon it makes for a nice video yes.

Maybe it's time people start caring only about their local team and run these corporate mofos into bankruptcy. The game is ours, i think. Is it still?

I like the idea of bigger United leagues for smaller countries, but fans won’t like it for the most part. It’s probably because it’s being driven by big business rather than actual fans owning the clubs. I think the potential is there for a competitive and a big standard league. Potential European cup winning teams coming from it.

up the mariners

Sad to see I hope they can challenge for promotion straight away 🙏 come on scunny

@@dylanbackrath4616 Good friend,which club you support?:-D

@@CtrlZ2024 You are extremely so right and come on Scunny,good friend!!!🙏

@@depekthegreat359 grimsby

Have a subscribe from a fellow trinity local 👋

I saw you guys at Whitby a few months ago, thought you looked a good side with great fans. Here's hoping you get to the National League someday.

I think they will win the Serie C or finish in the play off

You do realise that Alfie might've acknowledged any of your previous five posts, but actually has to, you know, schedule/research/write the script for/find relevant images/edit the video?

@Stephen C 33 people disagree.

As a Celtic fan, yes please

@@paleobiology you done need a video for that. Celtic are a championship level team and apart from Rangers the rest are league 1/2 standard.

Can't imagine that'd be a long video. In the Eredivisie or Bundesliga, you can only afford 1 draw in total and zero losses to achieve 100 points.

See Southend.

That's sound, although it'd be better to buy tickets for a few games or a scarf or summat - the split clubs have with kit manufacturers is not great even at the top level (hence why Liverpool's deal is non-standard), and will be absolutely atrocious at non-league.

As a fellow Carlisle fan I dread the day to mate. I fear it will be more likely be about our stadium being under water again, rather than our rapid decline. Staying in the same league for 15 seasons isn't exactly a decline. Shame to see a more 'local' side to us go out of the division. I fear we may not see Scunthorpe for a very long time. Looking back on last season, that win in January against them was absolutely crucial for us staying up. COYB!

@Ian Thompson sorry bud.

@Ian Thompson i actually appreciate that m8, the amount of folk i ve had claming the whole thing was a fix, yet that kay goal was the most important of the afternoon.

@Ian Thompson i can admit the scoreline looks convnient, and the fact we played 15mins over knowing ur game had finished definatly was an advantage. i did hear from another town fan that ypur boys seemed ignorant after going 3 up n that after we scored the 7th there was no ergancy to score a 4th.

Shows you how ignorant was Harris. It's Scunthonian.

Short version : Turned up, got mainly battered, but did some nice dances by the corner flags.

@@bricktop. So many memorable moments - Roger Milla, Cameroon 1990, Senegal 2002, Gyan missed penalty, vuvuzelas, etc

@@bricktop. as well as cutting some Argentinian players in half and giving England the fright of their lives!!

That is strange as Billy was with us 2005-2007 & Hoops was 2008-2010. They never played together!!

@@johnmcglone8114 Ah crap you're right. I'm sorry, I meant Andy Keogh. No idea where Gary Hooper came from.

Don't know if you remember Altrincham and Braintree away though, two absolutely horrible away days where we got dominated by part timers. We got lucky because we had DC and recruited well, but with the state Scunthorpe is in, I think they'll have a lot more Braintrees and Altrinchams than not

@@Nathan-ke3dn Remember few fans caused trouble at Braintree When they got a penalty And one game they got on the coach to shout at are players. Well Joey Barton said they shucked pork pies at him They did not start well but they got there in the end.

Exactly my thoughts too!

Criminal what’s gone on there.

Ashby might still exist, there's a club called Ashby Ivanhoe founded in 1948 that play within the midland league level

@@yourmum955 Hi, just done some googling! Ashby Ivanhoe are based in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, so a completely different team. The Institute was formed in 1917 (can't have been many men around due to World War 1) and dissolved in 1989, according to Wikipedia. Things looking very bad for Scunny just now. Visiting some friends in Nottingham in March, and have tickets for County v Scunny. The way things are going it might be the last time I ever see United! Shame!

@@startingfingerstyle Ah ok, yeah I'm not familiar with that region of England so had no clue. Man that's really upsetting, just seen they had a winding up order served but also potential new owners coming in so hopefully they can survive it, I've started managing them on football manager the other week and just completed a pretty great escape from relegation in the National League so I've built a bit of a liking for them now. Hopefully the club can survive

Although I predict we'll go straight back up into to EFL ! UTI

It doesn't though does it?

Like an hole in the head ,it's obviously not a football town .

Seventh tier is arguably worse

Hopefully he can do that when he can

Helmut Rahn from my local club Rot Weiss Essen scored 2 goals in the Final .. and now after depressing years in League 4 we are back in the 3. Liga with interesting traditional teams like Duisburg, Mannheim, Saarbrücken, Osnabrück, Meppen, 1860 etc .. Greetings from Essen 😉

@@redpete9223 Am actually from Essen as well, so greetings back from Essen :D