But boss Mark Cooper refused to get carried away and said:
"We could've had five or six in the second half, but we know we still have some work to do defensively."
Hit man Smith scored his first in the twelfth minute.
Midfielder Louis Thompson crossed from the left and Smith darted past a static defence to side-foot home from four yards.
Smith grabbed his second just before the break.
Strike partner Ben Gladwin's low shot from the right side of the box came back off the foot of the post and Smith pounced to knock the ball in from two yards.
Aussie midfielder Massimo Luongo had opened the scoring for Swindon in the third minute.
Gladwin fed Nathan Byrne on the right flank and the wing-back picked Luongo who slotted in from six yards at the near post.
But Republic of Ireland striker Paddy Madden pulled a goal back for newly promoted Scunthorpe in the 20th minute when he raced on to a header from substitute Deon Burton to drill a low shot past helpless keeper Wes Foderingham.
And Scunny's first-day blues turned red in the 80th minute when full back Marcus Williams was sent off after decking Swindon skipper Nathan Thompson.
Foderingham pulled off two brilliant point-blank saves from winger Jennison Myrie-Williams and Madden to make sure of the win.
And Madden was given the bum's rush when he tried to notch his own brace, but saw his ten yard shot fly off the backside of Southampton loanee defender Jordan Turnbull before going behind.
Scunthorpe boss Russ Wilcox said:
"We were striving for ten months to be here, so while we're disappointed, we're not going to be negative."
No comments:
Post a Comment