League One outfit Scunthorpe recorded a comfortable 3-1 win at Halifax in the second round of the LDV Vans Trophy.
Billy Sharp put the visitors ahead after nine minutes with a clinical right-foot strike from 12 yards.
Andrew Keogh swept home Wayne Corden's pass to extend their lead shortly before the hour-mark.
Substitute Tommy Johnson made it 3-0 with 13 minutes left, firing home from 12 yards, before Matthew Doughty got a consolation goal for the hosts.
Halifax: Butler, Ingram, Atherton, Young, Doughty, Midgley,
Foster, Jacobs (Thompson 65), Bowler (Killeen 6),
Senior (Mansaram 64), Forrest.
Subs Not Used: Quinn, Leister.
Booked: Killeen, Atherton.
Goals: Doughty 88.
Scunthorpe: Evans, Byrne, Hinds, Butler (Goodwin 39), Ridley,
Taylor, Baraclough, MacKenzie, Corden (Beagrie 79), Keogh,
Sharp (Johnson 61).
Subs Not Used: Till, Musselwhite.
Booked: Byrne, Hinds, MacKenzie, Goodwin ,.
Goals: Sharp 9, Keogh 59, Johnson 77.
Att: 1,124
Ref: S Mattieson (Stockport).
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