 He featured in Scunthorpe's defeat by penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw.After a total of eight League goals in 43 games, Scunthorpe accepted a £20,000 transfer offer for Buckley from Rotherham United.In only his fourth game in his second spell at Rotherham, versus Plymouth Argyle on 13 March 1993, Buckley fractured his skull in a clash of heads with Gary Poole.