The 2017-18 campaign was a season of soaring ambition that ended in familiar play-off heartbreak for Scunthorpe United as The Iron finished a competitive 5th in League One. The side was led by the brilliance of talismanic top scorer Josh Morris, whose 11 league goals included a spectacular, weaker-foot strike against Charlton Athletic. New signings Funso Ojo and key January loans like Ivan Toney and Ryan Yates anchored the team, but a late-season slump led to the replacement of manager Graham Alexander. The campaign culminated in a crushing League One play-off semi-final defeat to local rivals Rotherham United (4-2 on aggregate), marking the second successive year The Iron fell agonizingly short of promotion. It remains a chapter defined by the hope of their top-six finish and the bitter taste of yet another semi-final exit.