{"id":581915,"date":"2021-02-01T11:48:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T16:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=581915"},"modified":"2021-02-01T11:48:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T16:48:06","slug":"scunthorpe-united-complete-signing-of-george-taft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/02\/01\/scunthorpe-united-complete-signing-of-george-taft\/","title":{"rendered":"Scunthorpe United Complete Signing of George Taft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/25\/defender-tyler-cordner-joins-southend-united-on-loan-from-bournemouth\/\" target=\"_self\">Scunthorpe United<\/a> have officially completed the signing of George Taft from<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/08\/bolton-wanderers-sign-kieran-lee\/\" target=\"_self\"> Bolton Wanderers<\/a> on a free transfer. The defender has put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year deal following a loan spell at the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Taft has so far made five appearances at the club in which he kept three clean sheets in the space of a week as Scunthorpe secured all three points in all three games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 27-year-old&#8217;s impact on loan was clear for all to see. Now, joining permanently, Taft&#8217;s influence can grow as can the ability within the Scunthorpe team.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Taft Completes Permanent Scunthorpe Move<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f Scunthorpe United is delighted to complete the permanent signing of defender George Taft from Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VuNh1PiZmU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/VuNh1PiZmU<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UTI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#UTI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRON?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#IRON<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeadlineDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DeadlineDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uVU6eM9FVN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uVU6eM9FVN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scunthorpe United FC (@SUFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SUFCOfficial\/status\/1356274859236585488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Scunthorpe Looking to Move up the Table<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As things stand in League Two, Scunthorpe sit in the comforts of mid-table in a relatively uneventful season. And, whilst Scunthorpe will be happy with a mid-table finish, they&#8217;ll also want to be aiming higher in the second half of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The main focus should be on avoiding relegation, but, considering they are only four points away from the top half, Scunthorpe could aim for a top ten finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With Taft secured on a permanent basis, the future looks far more promising. As proven by his time on loan, Taft has the talent in abundance to lead the Scunthorpe backline.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Taft Shares Delight at Move<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk\/news\/2021\/february\/taft-im-so-happy-to-get-it-done\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking to the club&#8217;s official website, Taft said<\/a>: &#8220;It\u2019s amazing and I\u2019m so happy to get it done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI\u2019ve not been here that long, but it is good to make it a permanent move. I came in quite quickly and there was meant to be a game that weekend, but I got a bit of time with the lads and it\u2019s a great group. They made me very welcome, so it has been easy to settle in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt\u2019s been over the last week or so, and it\u2019s just been the usual process of getting Bolton, Scunthorpe and myself to agree on terms, which we did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"5RXzXPvbQ6FrzVUT8L7R3A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1298875737\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'5RXzXPvbQ6FrzVUT8L7R3A',sig:'PUJYJ4n37Y7wNI7v2Z0GDV8mdqNd3kkv75_LMgNqoRc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1298875737',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scunthorpe United have officially completed the signing of George Taft from Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer. The defender has put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year deal following a loan spell at the club. Taft has so far made five appearances at the club in which he kept three clean sheets in the space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":581920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,34,28],"tags":[113,851,1301,6110,7749,1690,1179,136],"class_list":["post-581915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-league12","category-transfers","tag-bolton-wanderers","tag-deadline-day","tag-football-transfers","tag-george-taft","tag-league-two-transfers","tag-scunthorpe-united","tag-transfer-news","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}