In the "Scunthorpe Telegraph" on 14 December 2006 it was announced that the club were looking to expand the Doncaster Road End of the stadium. Potential improvements mentioned included a second tier and expansion of the club's restaurant. In announcing the plan for expansion, the club's chairman Steven Wharton acknowledged that they were not currently filling the stadium to capacity on a regular basis, but added that he was preparing for a future situation where a larger capacity could be required, as the club were promotion contenders in League One that season, and finished the season being promoted as champions to reach the second tier of English football for the first time since the 1960s. This would have been the first major redevelopment of any stand at Glanford Park since its opening, however these plans were later shelved.