Hammill
joined the Iron on an 18-month contract in January 2019.
The
31-year-old arrived at Glanford Park following a short-term spell with Scottish
Premier League side St Mirren, having scored 4 goals in 13 appearances.
Hammill
was a graduate of Liverpool’s academy, where he was a member from the age of 9,
winning the FA Youth Cup in 2006.
Over
the next three years he was loaned to Dunfermline, Southampton, Blackpool and
Barnsley before making his stay permanent with the latter in 2009.
After
two seasons at Oakwell, where he scored 12 goals in 64 appearances, he was
subject to interest from clubs in the Premier League.
Wolverhampton
Wanderers were the eventual suitors, and, over a two-year stay, he made 23
appearances for the side.
Throughout
that spell with Wolves, he was loaned to Middlesbrough and Huddersfield Town.
The
Terriers made that move permanent in 2013, with Hammill going onto make 50
appearances and score 4 goals in his two-year stint.
He
spent the latter part of his contract on loan at Rotherham United, but it was
Barnsley who tempted him back for a third spell in 2015.
During
that third spell with the Tykes, he was part of a squad which emerged
victorious in the play-offs in 2015/16, along with also picking up the
Checkatrade Trophy.
He
left Oakwell in the summer of 2018, totalling 199 appearances across his three
spells there, scoring 26 goals.
Hammill’s
stay in Scotland came to an end at the start of January 2019, allowing him to
join the Iron.
He
made 15 appearances, scoring a spectacular goal on his debut against Sunderland
and has made 19 appearances for Scunthorpe, scoring one goal.
Hammill
could make his debut for the Hatters against Torquay United tomorrow. |