Scunthorpe United's £10 tickets for steel worker 'solidarity'
British Steel said the blast furnaces were "no longer financially sustainable" due to tough market conditions, the imposition of tariffs and higher environmental costs.The BBC understands the company was expecting a £1bn injection of government money to keep the business going, but was offered £500m.
"It's devastating for the families," Ms Harness said."Last week 8,000 [fans] turned up, a large percentage of those must be Scunthorpe steel workers."The whole history of the steelworks revolves around the town, the club revolves around the town - we're linked together."She continued: "We went through nearly losing the football club, now I just hope somehow they find some result to their problems."
Scunthorpe United supporter Kimberley Plastow said: "This town would be dead if we didn't have steel workers, it's what we're about."Is anyone going to step in and help our town?"She added: "It'll end up as a ghost town, we'll have no one here, no one's going to be able to afford houses."Another fan, Sarah Feve, urged people to "get behind the steel workers". "We just need the steelworks open and working for this town," she said.On the pitch, the league leaders secured a 2-0 win against Southport at the Attis Arena.Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
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