Lincoln Loco Pulls Into Boreham Wood Then?

The three-one Torquay United away romp following on from the Tranmere Rovers and Aldershot Town wins ensured the Lincoln City Loco entered the play-offs. Nosebleed time for one of the longest serving League clubs perhaps ahead of a second successive away test tomorrow night (Wed 25th) at Boreham Wood FC. Moyses mission certainly seems to be gathering steam among the loyalist fans in football but it is the emerging City of Lincoln that needs the Football League every bit as much as the vociferous and Mighty Imps.

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The long-overdue brace from Waterfall (16’& 74′) – it could have been a hat-trick for the centre-half – with hit-man Hearn chiming in with his eighth of the season (25′) saw the fifth placed play-off birth realised but it has been coming. The Mighty Imps go into this one looking for their fourth win on the spin having won four and lost one of their last five excluding the Cup. Then again Lincoln do not traditionally do well in the FA Cup which would afford the much needed gravy to really float the City boat.

Pos		Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	D	P	Last 5
1		Cheltenham Town	22	12	8	2	44	17	+27	44	DWWWD
2		Forest Green R…	22	13	4	5	38	23	+15	43	DWDWL
3		Grimsby Town	22	10	9	3	45	21	+24	39	WWWLD
4		Dover Athletic	22	11	6	5	35	26	+9	39	WLLWW
5		Lincoln City	21	11	5	5	34	23	+11	38	WWWLW
6		Wrexham	21	11	4	6	41	26	+15	37	WWWWD
7		Eastleigh	21	11	4	6	35	28	+7	37	LWWWD
8		Braintree Town	21	10	6	5	27	18	+9	36	WDWLW
9		Macclesfield Town	22	11	2	9	35	23	+12	35	WWWLL
Pos		Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5
20		Boreham Wood	22	5	5	12	22	28	-6	20	LDWLD

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Those that cannot go will be huddled around their transistor radios listening to BBC RADIO LINCS  with Sportin Hortin and Tommos dulcet tones, a throw back to the traditional values the Cathedral City casts far and wide.  The Mighty Imps will however be well backed, as ever, for the long trip to Hertfordshire on the morrow with more than a few borrowing money to go. They should be forgiven for this is Christmas come early for a club managed by a fan who has put his own dough in to fuel the dream and prove he is the man with a plan that can.

Moyses, a firm but fair straight talking man motivator, could get some help with that ahead of the transfer window as the turnstile clicks gather pace. With 3176 at the last Tranmere home game a win tonight could see 3500 at home to Welling on Saturday – and they wont be bringing many. A crowd funder initiative raised £16,440 to fund this side in the summer as the fans did their bit pre-season but now is the time to get on the Lincoln Loco and cheer the Imps over the line with a new crowdfunder initiative  – So come on imps back Moyses Mission The Next Goal #teamlincoln.

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Imps V AFC Telford Can Imps Break The Mould?

AFC Telford and, the phrase three times a charm comes to mind for Lincoln City.  Having lost to Nuneaton and Southport, we now face Liam Watson’s bottom feeders Telford. That Lincoln sit just one point and one place above them in the current form table. Says something. We are 22nd, Telford 23rd and Southport 24th.  The fates have conspired against us, but not Watson who  left Southport to join the relegated Telford  and turn them into Conference North Champions last season.

 

Watson has struggled as has Simmo. According to BBC Radio Lincolnshire last night he needs to deliver in the next two games.  Pressure then with Hamza the fourth red of the season (we had one rescinded remember) missing too today. We will leave the stats this week as they are as depressing as the current mood amongst the fantastic fans of our football club.  Well, save the table below which illustrates that a two or three goal win today would put a different completion on a run that see yet another manager failing to deliver what we feel is our birthright at this club. I am afraid that is down to a competitive budget and an ambitious board. Fear not, I wont be discussing that again as it has seen myself and three others banned indefinitely from Sincil Bank.  Sincil Silence is clearly golden.  If the club can spring back it would appear those players awaiting new deals from the summer will indeed be finally offered new ones. If not they will be sold in the winter window, doubtless fetching a pretty penny with five just months until the summer window.

 

.	Team	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bristol Rovers	4	2	0	9	3	6	14
13	Macclesfield Town	2	2	2	8	7	1	8
14	Braintree Town	2	2	2	7	6	1	8
15	Dartford	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
16	Dover Athletic	2	1	3	8	8	0	7
17	Aldershot Town	2	1	3	5	8	-3	7
18	Altrincham	2	1	3	4	14	-10	7
19	Eastleigh	1	3	2	7	10	-3	6
20	Nuneaton Town	2	0	4	7	10	-3	6
21	Alfreton Town	2	0	4	4	9	-5	6
22	Lincoln City	1	2	3	7	9	-2	5
23	AFC Telford Utd	1	1	4	8	15	-7	4
24	Southport	1	1	4	6	14	-8	4

 

Southport V Imps – Brabin Planning Tuesday Rumble in the 6-Pointer.

After the Nuneaton Town under Daish, Southport FC under former Luton Town & Cambridge United manager Gary Brabin is not an enticing thought on a Tuesday night.  Yes after the no show The Sandgrounders are another side who have appointed a new manager. STMI were the first to break the news last night and feared the worst – are we cursed? In truth we were also still gutted gutted that he had agreed personal terms so early in the day because Brabin can now call in favours from all his mates in the North-West (Gary’s born and bread in Liverpool so forget porridge because raw meat scouse and 4-4-2 builds football teams in these parts) and potentially have the cabs there for this afternoon.  A manager with a 49.6% win rate in the non-League has clearly been waiting for the right job since Luton discarded him in 2012. He also waited a year before returning after Cambridge – and that was for the Luton job.

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The Challenge

Bring back Martin Foyle because Gary Brabin’s side will be bang up for it. They will be wanting to prove a point to the manager and Brabin will be wanting to prove a point to a Lincoln board that  passed him by  not that long ago.  As to whether he can turn Southport who really battled back twice before going down 2-5 at home to Woking, well that is the big question.  The Imps will be missing Anderson and Hamza, while MacDonald went off injured for ‘Port at the weekend.

Brodie and Luke Foster  might also want The Imps to think they should have tried a little harder in recent years too. Challoner  and Fitzpatrick are useful yet Newton and Miller can really get to grips with that back four.  As to whether Brabin will revert to the 3-5-2 that got the smash and grab 1-0 at the Cods or go with his preferred 4-4-2 for his first game is anyone’s guess.  One thing is for sure we play a part-time side that can pay more than we can, otherwise Mr Brabin would not have put his slippers in the oven and come out on a wet and windy Tuesday night. Then again they are his local club.

Team		From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
Southport		8 April 2008	23 June 2008	7	5	0	2	71.43
Cambridge United		23 June 2008	13 July 2009	54	27	14	13	50.00
Luton Town		28 March 2011	31 March 2012	62	29	22	11	46.77
Total				123	61	36	26	49.59

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The Potential teams & schemes

Gary Brabin goes 4-4-2

19 Raja

2 Challoner 6 Foster 5 Collins 3 Fitzpatrick

12 Lynch 4 Kay 8 George 11 Brogan

 10 Brodie 17 Dyer

23 Sam-Yorke 11 Tomlinson   22 Marshall

10 Ledsham 14 Nolan 12 Mendy

3 Newton  6 Diagne  5 Brown 17 Caprice

26 Townsend

Simmo goes 4-3-3-

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Gary Brabin	Manager	Gary Simpson
4-5-1 / 4-3-3	Formation	4-2-3-1
21	Position	15
20	Points	13
11	Goals scored	20
25	Goals conceded	24
16	Yellow cards	23
1	Red Cards	3
18th	Position 2013/14	14th
Bottom half	Forecast	To half
n/a	Biggest win	2-0 v Macc
n/a	Heaviest defeat	1-3 V Gulls

Ker-ching

5,817	Total Turnstile Clicks	20,007
821	Ave Gate	2858
1202 V Bristol R	Hi	5209 V Grimsby
730 v Woking	Low	2231 V Braintree

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Heroes	Goals	Heroes	Goals	Results	.
Brodie	2	Burrow	6	Southport	2
Connor	2	Bencherif	4	Woking	5
Foster	2	Tomlinson	4	Nuneaton	2
Hattersley	1	Newton	3	Lincoln	1
Gorman	1	Robinson	1	Grimsby	0
Fitzpatrick	1	Miller	1	Southport	1
.	.	Anderson	1	Lincoln	1
.	.	.	.	Gateshead	1
Heroes	Assists	Heroes	Assists	Southport	0
Fitzpatrick	1	Newton	7	Bristol R	1
Hattersley	1	Tomlinson	5	Lincoln	2
Gorman	1	Power	1	Macclesfield	0
.	.	Nolan	1	Macclesfield	3
.	.	.	.	Southport	0
.	.	.	.	Aldershot	1
.	.	.	.	Lincoln	0
Villains	Yellows	Villains	Yellows	Chester	2
George	5	Newton	5	Southport	0
Brodie	3	Mendy	3	Welling	2
kay	2	Power	3	Lincoln	0
Mitchell	1	Bencherif	3	Southport	0
McDonald	1	Tomlinson	2	Alfreton	2
Challoner	1	Diagne	2	Lincoln	2
Rutherford	1	Caprice	1	Bristol R	3
Fitzpatrick	1	Nolan	1	Southport	1
6 others	1	Marshall	1	Kidderminster	0
.	.	Brown	1	Lincoln	3
.	.	Miller	1	Grimsby	2
Villains	Reds	Villains	Reds	Eastleigh	2
Brodie	1	Bencherif	1	Southport	1
.	.	Brown	1	Woking	3
.	.	Burrow	1	Lincoln	1

Current & Overall Form 

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Form	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Southport (H)	7	2	0	5	5	12	-7	6	21
Lincoln (A)	7	2	0	5	8	13	-3	6	15
Lincoln (H)	7	3	2	2	12	11	1	11	16
Southport (A)	7	1	2	4	6	13	-7	9	23
Last Six	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln	6	1	1	4	6	9	-3	4	22
Southport	6	1	0	5	3	13	-4	4	24
Overall	.	.	.	.		.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln	14	5	2	7	20	24	-3	16	15
Southport	14	3	2	9	11	25	-14	11	21

 Head to Head

 

At Southport (33)				At Lincoln City (33)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Southport	16	48.48		Lincoln City	21	63.64
Lincoln City	7	21.21		Southport	5	15.15
Draws	10	30.30		Draws	7	21.21
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Southport	63	1.91		Lincoln City	81	2.45
Lincoln City	48	1.45		Southport	30	0.91
On Neutral Ground (0)				Overall (66 matches)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Southport	0	0.00		Southport	21	31.82
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Lincoln City	28	42.42
Draws	0	0.00		Draws	17	25.76
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Southport	0	0.00		Southport	93	1.41
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Lincoln City	129	1.95

 

 

Records
Highest Aggregate	8	Southport	4 – 4	Lincoln City	1964/1965
Highest Southport score:	5	Southport	5 – 1	Lincoln City	1965/1966
Highest Lincoln City score:	7	Lincoln City	7 – 0	Southport	1931/1932

 

Season	Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition
2012/2013	Sat 09 Mar	Lincoln City	1 – 0	Southport	(Conference) Premier
	Tue 08 Jan	Southport	4 – 2	Lincoln City	(Conference) Premier
2011/2012	Tue 24 Jan	Lincoln City	2 – 0	Southport	(Conference) Premier
	Sat 13 Aug	Southport	2 – 2	Lincoln City	(Conference) Premier
1975/1976	Wed 25 Feb	Lincoln City	6 – 0	Southport	Fourth Division
	Wed 24 Sep	Southport	1 – 2	Lincoln City	Fourth Division
1974/1975	Mon 28 Apr	Southport	3 – 2	Lincoln City	Fourth Division
	Wed 18 Sep	Lincoln City	1 – 1	Southport	Fourth Division
1972/1973	Sat 14 Apr	Southport	1 – 0	Lincoln City	Fourth Division
	Wed 21 Mar	Lincoln City	3 – 1	Southport	Fourth D

 

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Nuneaton Town V Imps – 6 Points in 96 hours or Bust For Simmo’s Dogs of War

Nuneaton Town and Southport in the next four days could well get our season back on track. Unbeaten in two the Imps will test any lingering hopes of a play-off flirt against two teams that will not be push-overs despite their form. Nuneaton have a new boss in Liam Daish a miracle worker in Conference circles, Have we met him and them at just the right time?

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The Challenge

Liam Daish is no mug, indeed I actually tipped him for the job for another site I write for and praised the wisdom of the Nuneaton board. If anyone is going to fill promotion guru Kevin Wilkin’s boots it is Daish, not reid who failed abysmally after just five months.  Liam had a stand named after him at Ebbsfleet and did fantastic things with a budget even worse than the one Simmo has and he was funded by a shambolic website that was about as consistant as the old school dinners custard. The Fleet did sink under him due to a parlous financial position and, when the new guys came in they decided they wanted a fresh set of ideas. He then took some time out waiting for the right kind of challenge. This guy with backing and a regular,  sustained budget, could get them into the Football League.

The Boro can feel themselves unfortunate after battling hard until Sole got a last minute set-peice wonder-strike to settle matters.  Daish has been making plenty of loan enquiries  during his first week with winger Dawson arriving from Leicester City (he graduated through the Wigan academy before becoming a Fox last summer.  He should start, Dawson and Armson will be trouble for Miller and Newton tomorrow as they come forward.

As you would expect in that neck of the woods the Coventry connection is strong, ex-Sky Blue Lee Fowler (played for Harriers too) makes the midfield tick, with a 4-3-3 formation used last time out to good effect. Streete, the centre-back is a clever player too and would do a job in League 2 at the right club.  Keeper Reice Charles-Cook  is on loan from Coventry until January, he is useful with good positioning reactions and distribution.  Ex-Imp Nicky Eaden  is also involved behind the scenes at a club that has some very ambitious plans if they can stay up.

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30 Charles-Cook

27 McSsweeney 11 Streete  5 Dean 3 Franklin

25 Curran  

18 Brown            26 Fowler

  7 Armson 9 Hutchinson ? Dawson

23 Sam-Yorke

11 Tomlinson  5 Bencherif  22 Marshall

10 Ledsham 12 Mendy

3 Newton  27 Anderson  5 Brown 17 Caprice

26 Townsend

Simmo goes 4-2-3-1

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Liam Daish /prev	Manager	Gary Simpson
4-5-1 / 4-3-3	Formation	4-2-3-1
21	Position	15
20	Points	13
6	Goals scored	19
21	Goals conceded	22
13	Yellow cards	18
2	Red Cards	3
13th	Position 2013/14	14th
Bottom half	Forecast	Play-offs
2-1 v Altrincham	Biggest win	2-0 v Macc
0-4 V Torquay	Heaviest defeat	1-3 V Gulls

Ker-ching

4,926	Total Turnstile Clicks	20,007
821	Ave Gate	2858
935 Eastleigh	Hi	5209 V Grimsby
759 v Dartford	Low	2231 V Braintree

Heroes & Villains

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Heroes	Goals	Heroes	Goals	Results	.
Brown	2	Burrow	6	Woking	1
John	1	Bencherif	4	Nuneaton	0
Dean	1	Tomlinson	4	Lincoln	1
Curran	1	Newton	3	Gateshead	1
Dyer	1	Robinson	1	Nuneaton	1
.	1	Miller	1	Dartford	2
.	1	Anderson	1	Lincoln	2
.	.	.	.	Macclesfield	0
Heroes	Assists	Heroes	Assists	Alfreton	1
Starosta	1	Newton	7	Nuneaton	0
Smith	1	Tomlinson	5	Aldershot	1
Fowler	1	Power	1	Lincoln	0
.	.	Nolan	1	Bristol R	3
.	.	.	.	Nuneaton	1
.	.	.	.	Welling	2
.	.	.	.	Lincoln	0
Villains	Yellows	Villains	Yellows	Nuneaton	1
Streete	3	Newton	5	Aldershot	1
Brown	3	Mendy	3	Lincoln	2
Dean	2	Power	3	Bristol R	3
Charles-Cook	1	Bencherif	3	Nuneaton	1
Walker	1	Tomlinson	2	FGR	0
Armson	1	Diagne	2	Lincoln	3
Gordon	1	Caprice	1	Grimsby	2
Cranston	1	Nolan	1	Torquay	4
.	.	Marshall	1	Nuneaton	0
.	.	Brown	1	Woking	3
.	.	Miller	1	Lincoln	1
Villains	Reds	Villains	Reds	Nuneaton	2
Brown	1	Bencherif	1	Altrincham	1
Hutchinson	1	Brown	1	Lincoln	1
.	.	Burrow	1	Torquay	3

Current & Overall Form 

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Form	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln (H)	6	3	2	2	12	11	1	11	15
Nuneaton (A)	6	2	3	1	9	6	3	9	23
Nuneaton (H)	6	4	1	1	12	10	2	13	21
Lincoln (A)	6	2	0	4	7	11	-3	6	15
Last Six	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln	6	2	1	3	8	9	-1	7	16
Nuneaton	6	1	1	4	4	8	-4	4	23
Overall	.	.	.	.		.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln	13	5	2	6	19	22	-3	16	14
Nuneaton	13	2	2	9	6	21	-3	16	21

 Head to Head

 

At Nuneaton Town (1)				At Lincoln City (2)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Nuneaton Town	1	100.00		Lincoln City	2	100.00
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Nuneaton Town	0	0.00
Draws	0	0.00		Draws	0	0.00
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Nuneaton Town	1	1.00		Lincoln City	3	1.50
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Nuneaton Town	1	0.50
On Neutral Ground (0)				Overall (3 matches)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Nuneaton Town	0	0.00		Nuneaton Town	1	33.33
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Lincoln City	2	66.67
Draws	0	0.00		Draws	0	0.00
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Nuneaton Town	0	0.00		Nuneaton Town	2	0.67
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Lincoln City	3	1.00

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Highlights
Highest Aggregate	3	Lincoln City	2 – 1	Nuneaton Town	2012/2013
Highest Nuneaton Town score:	1	Nuneaton Town	1 – 0	Lincoln City	2012/2013
Highest Lincoln City score:	2	Lincoln City	2 – 1	Nuneaton Town	2012/2013

The three games

Last Season	Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition
2012/2013	Sat 16 Mar	Nuneaton Town	1 – 0	Lincoln City	(Conference) Premier
	Tue 25 Sep	Lincoln City	2 – 1	Nuneaton Town	(Conference) Premier
2010/2011	Sat 06 Nov	Lincoln City	1 – 0	Nuneaton Town	F.A. Cup

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Vanarama Conference Premier Champions at the Ready?

Barnet, Bristol Rovers, Wrexham FC,  FC Halifax, Torquay UTD, Woking FC and Gateshead FC are all there or thereabouts in the  Vanarama Conference aka the People’s Premiership as we get ready to salute the heroes and zeroes that will earn those tears and jeers again this Saturday.  Simon Yeo the ex Chester FC and Imp goal machines tries to guess the scores, but as he says

‘Games are won and lost on the pitch by goals and more than a bit of luck.  Everybody is a champion when we win or score but I wont say what I’ve been called up the wrong end or on a bad day’

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 Barnet face Eastleigh who got a draw against 9- man Bristol Rovers after keeper Mildenhall and Clarke saw red.  The Bees look certain to stay top given The Dragons burned them to a cinder with 3-0 not exactly flattering the score. The Bees have actually been suffering with injuries during their recent romp to the top and returning goal machine Cook could feature.  Halifax entertain Altrincham after beating Alfreton 2-0 with both sides in the relegation zone.  The Shaymen have had an easy run with Telfor (5-0) the week before.

 

Wrexham now third may have to wait to progress then, although the trip to Torquay (4th) may have come at the right time for the Dragons. The Gulls were flying until Telford and Forest Green inflicted two defeats in a week. Two reds and injuries have not helped but with most returning this is the game of the day and a play-off six-pointer.

Woking went back to winning ways and should use the trip to Southport as a springboard in both their away form and a continued assault on the play-offs. Southport, beat Grimsby away 1-0 to move out of the drop zone on goal difference. Its a start but Simmo’s Imps could do with a Cards win as we go there Tuesday.

 

Bristol Rovers entertain Dover tomorrow and Dartford on Tuesday suggesting the next four days will see the giants of the division really prove their credentials. Dover have won two on the trot, conceding none and got three against Aldershot in midweek.

Gateshead also need to get back to winning ways after a draw at Lincoln, with Braintree the visitors. The Iron held Barnet 1-1 on Tuesday and Halifax 0-0 last week.  Great a passing side as the Heed is they will need to cut to the chase with Devonshire’s pride and joy.

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Simon Yeo Forecast	Our Forecast
home win	score draw	Aldershot Town	v	Alfreton Town
home win	home win	Barnet	v	Eastleigh
home win	home win	Bristol Rovers	v	Dover Athletic
away win	score draw	Chester	v	Welling United
score draw	score draw	Dartford	v	Grimsby Town
home win	home win	FC Halifax Town	v	Altrincham
score draw	score draw	Gateshead	v	Braintree Town
home win	home win	Kidderminster Harriers	v	AFC Telford United
score draw	away win	Macclesfield Town	v	Forest Green Rovers
away win	away win	Nuneaton Town	v	Lincoln City
away win	away win	Southport	v	Woking
home win	away win	Torquay United	v	Wrexham

 Goal Machines   

Pos	Hero	Club
1	Scott Rendell	Woking	8
2	John Akinde	Barnet	7
2	Harry Beautyman	Welling United	7
2	Lee Cook	Barnet	7
2	Damian Reeves	Altrincham	7
3	Scott Boden	FC Halifax Town	6
3	Giuseppe Sole	Woking	6
3	Brett Williams	Aldershot Town	6

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		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Barnet	13	9	2	2	31	8	+23	29
2	FC Halifax Town	13	8	3	2	24	9	+15	27
3	Wrexham	13	8	1	4	18	14	+4	25
4	Torquay United	13	7	3	3	23	11	+12	24
5	Woking	13	7	3	3	21	12	+9	24
6	Bristol Rovers	13	7	3	3	16	12	+4	24
7	Gateshead	13	6	5	2	22	17	+5	23
8	Forest Green Rovers	13	6	4	3	17	12	+5	22
9	Kidderminster Harriers	13	6	3	4	16	10	+6	21
10	Braintree Town	13	6	2	5	19	12	+7	20
11	Macclesfield Town	13	5	5	3	14	10	+4	20
12	Eastleigh	13	5	5	3	21	19	+2	20
13	Grimsby Town	13	5	4	4	24	11	+13	19
14	Lincoln City	13	5	2	6	19	22	-3	17
15	Aldershot Town	13	4	4	5	13	15	-2	16
16	Chester	13	5	1	7	14	23	-9	16
17	Welling United	13	3	5	5	16	20	-4	14
18	Dartford	13	3	4	6	14	20	-6	13
19	Dover Athletic	13	4	1	8	13	22	-9	13
20	Southport	13	3	2	8	9	20	-11	11
21	Altrincham	13	3	2	8	13	29	-16	11
22	Alfreton Town	13	3	1	9	11	28	-17	10
23	Nuneaton Town	13	2	2	9	6	21	-15	8
24	AFC Telford United	13	1	3	9	18	35	-17	6

 

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Imps V Gateshead – Preview Teams Schemes Form Heroes & Villains

Gateshead FC had Luton Town and Cambridge Utd in front of them last year and have Torquay United, FC Halifax and Barnet FC this.  Can a  terrific attacking side with some quality players and a canny manager go one better in the play-off final this season? Perhaps for  The Head are stronger and more experienced and have not given the rest of the division the head start they did last year.

Sincil Bank Salivates…………..

Thanks for reading Neil Gentleman-Hobbs

The challenge:

A very tough game indeed against a top four side who finished third last season and look destined to challenge again.  For those who think we should be beating sides like this, think again. Last season the Heed attracted 8,144 to their play-off game with Grimsby. They have not kept hold of too many of those floaters but crowds are up 60% this season and almost three times the season before.  This is a side on the rise, indeed we are like two ships going in the opposite direction. The Heed are ambitious with the ability to tie players to contracts and sell them on.  Mills bagged 250,000 from Posh for Maddison which should go to at least £600,000 with add-ons.

They have players than can hurt us all over the park unless we are really on our game.  Four years this fixture would not have been seen as a tough one. Now Gateshead have a budget more than double ours with a core support that is 60% of our own over the season. Good luck lads you are going to need it.

Potential Teams & Schemes

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Tuesday 30th Sept

What are the Silman chatting about on their  FANS Forum

Potential teams & schemes

Simmo goes 4-2-3-1

26 Townsend

5 Miller  25  Anderson 6 Brown 6 Diagne

12 Mendy 14 Nolan

23 Sam-Yorke 5 Bencherif  10 Ledsham

11 Tomlinson

29 Wright  

14  Brown 8 Turnbull 23 Rodman 7 Oster  11 Finnigan

318 O’Donnell 6 Clark 5 Curtis   2 Jones

1 Taylor

Mills goes  4-4-2

Statistical head to head…………

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Gary Simpson	Manager	Gary Mills
4-2-3-1	Formation	4-5-1 / 4-3-3
15	Position	5
13	Points	20
16	Goals scored	21
21	Goals conceded	16
17	Yellow cards	10
3	Red Cards	0
14th	Position 2013/14	3rd
Play-offs	Forecast	Play-offs
2-0 v Macc	Biggest win	4-1 V Telford
1-3 V Gulls	Heaviest defeat	1-6 v Grimsby

Ker-ching

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17,613	Total Turnstile Clicks	8,568
2935	Ave Gate	1428
5209 V Grimsby	Hi	1782 v Grimsby
2231 V Braintree	Low	1093 v Telford

Heroes & Villains + Recent Results

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Heroes	Goals	Heroes	Goals	Results	.
Burrow	6	Wright	5	Gateshead	1
Bencherif	4	Chandler	4	Aldershot	1
Tomlinson	4	Madison	4	Lincoln	2
Newton	3	Shaw	3	Macclesfield	0
Robinson	1	Guy	2	Welling	1
Miller	1	Turnbull	1	Gateshead	1
.	.	Rodman	1	Aldershot	2
.	.	Finnigan	1	Lincoln	0
Heroes	Assists	Heroes	Assists	Macclesfield	1
Newton	7	Rodman	4	Gateshead	1
Tomlinson	4	Maddison	3	Welling	2
Power	1	Guy	2	Lincoln	0
Nolan	1	Jones	2	Gateshead	1
.	.	Curtis/Wright	1	Dartford	0
.	.	O’Donnell/Shaw	.	Lincoln	3
.	.	Brown/Wilson	.	Bristol R	2
Villains	Yellows	Villains	Yellows	Gateshead	4
Newton	5	Turnbull	3	Telford	1
Mendy	3	Curtis	1	Lincoln	3
Power	3	O’Donnell	1	Grimsby	2
Bencherif	3	Allan	1	Kidderminster	2
Tomlinson	2	Chandler	1	Gateshead	1
Marshall	1	Rodman	1	Woking	1
Caprice	1	Jones	1	Lincoln	3
Nolan	1	Maddison	1	Gateshead	2
Diagne	1	.	.	Chester	1
Brown	1	.	.	Lincoln	1
Miller	1	.	.	Torquay	3
Villains	Reds	Villains	Reds	Altrincham	0
Bencherif	1	.	.	Gateshead	1
Brown	1	.	.	FC Halifax	2
Burrow	1	.	.	Lincoln	3

Current & Overall Form

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Form	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln (H)	6	3	1	2	11	10	-1	10	14
Gateshead (A)	6	2	3	1	9	6	3	9	7
Gateshead  (H)	6	4	1	1	12	10	2	13	5
Lincoln (A)	6	2	0	4	7	10	-3	6	14
Last Six	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Gateshead	6	3	2	1	8	3	5	11	6
Lincoln	6	1	0	5	7	14	-7	3	22
Overall	.	.	.	.		.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Gateshead	12	6	4	2	21	16	5	22	14
Lincoln	12	5	1	6	18	21	-3	16	15

Historic Tale of the Tape

At Lincoln City (14)				At Gateshead (14)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Lincoln City	12	85.71		Gateshead	6	42.86
Gateshead	0	0.00		Lincoln City	5	35.71
Draws	2	14.29		Draws	3	21.43
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Lincoln City	33	2.36		Gateshead	27	1.93
Gateshead	4	0.29		Lincoln City	22	1.57
On Neutral Ground (0)				Overall (28 matches)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Lincoln City	17	60.71
Gateshead	0	0.00		Gateshead	6	21.43
Draws	0	0.00		Draws	5	17.86
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Lincoln City	55	1.96
Gateshead	0	0.00		Gateshead	31	1.11

The Highlights​

Records
Highest Aggregate	6	Gateshead	3 – 3	Lincoln City	2011/2012
Highest Lincoln City score:	5	Gateshead	0 – 5	Lincoln City	1936/1937
Highest Gateshead score:	4	Gateshead	4 – 0	Lincoln City	1938/1939

Last 10 meetings   

Season	Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition
2012/2013	Sat 29 Dec	Lincoln City	1 – 1	Gateshead	(Conference) Premier
	Mon 27 Aug	Gateshead	1 – 1	Lincoln City	(Conference) Premier
2011/2012	Sat 21 Jan	Gateshead	3 – 3	Lincoln City	(Conference) Premier
	Tue 20 Sep	Lincoln City	1 – 0	Gateshead	(Conference) Premier
1951/1952	Sat 26 Jan	Lincoln City	1 – 0	Gateshead	Third Division (North)
	Sat 22 Sep	Gateshead	3 – 1	Lincoln City	Third Division (North)
1950/1951	Mon 26 Mar	Gateshead	1 – 2	Lincoln City	Third Division (North)
	Fri 23 Mar	Lincoln City	2 – 1	Gateshead	Third Division (North)
1949/1950	Sat 18 Feb	Gateshead	2 – 1	Lincoln City	Third Division (North)
	Sat 01 Oct	Lincoln City	2 – 0	Gateshead	Third Division (North)

Imps V Silkmen: Teams Schemes – A Sweet Dream or Scream?

The visit of Macclesfield Town  will always evoke memories, but the Imps cannot afford to be side-tracked. This game is vital, with Lincoln very much the underdogs tomorrow in a game Simmo and his six-foot soldiers simply have to win. Fairhurst and Turnbull are back too, in a watershed game for our promising squad cobbled together for an even smaller budget than last season. Cheer them on Imps because this is as good as it is going to get you feel. We simply must turn the season and get some of these players signed before the end of it. Otherwise it is back to the drawing board and hopefully not the all too familiar Square One.

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The challenge:

Fairhurst and Turnbull will be out to prove a point then as a mesmerising Macclesfield, beaten only by Chester 0-1 in their last 11, aim to come back and pile pressure on their old manager Simmo.  I wont use alternative phraseology as Big Keith and Butch will always loom large over this fixture. What a task we face, pace, strength, a threat at set-pieces, who score from all over the park. Pilkington and Waterfall (Boyce’s buddy & team-mate at Trinity and now Scunthorpe) are a tremendous centre-back pairing to deal with in either box with central midfield maestro Turnbull conducting consistently and also amongst the goals and assists. This is one for Sam-Yorke and Tommo you feel with Power hopefully rested too as we seek to beat a side in play-off chasing form. Best leave it at that really otherwise the turnstile clicks might be even fewer as the Imps seek to change their luck and run of form.  Believe, keep the faith, the alternative is for those pessimists who are never disappointed.

Potential Teams & Schemes

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What are the Silman chatting about on their  FANS Forum

Potential teams & schemes

Simmo goes 4-2-3-1

26 Townsend

17 Caprice 25  Anderson 5 Miller 3 Newton

12 Mendy 14 Nolan

22 Marshall 5 Bencherif 11 Tomlinson 

23 Sam-Yorke

9 Holroyd 10 Fairhurst  

14  Gnahoua 6 Turnbull  18 González  15 Haining

3 Barrow 4 Waterfall 5 Pilkington   2 Hall

1 Taylor

Askey goes  4-4-2

Statistical head to head…………

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Gary Simpson	Manager	John Askey
4-2-3-1	Formation	4-2-3-1
15	Position	6
13	Points	20
16	Goals scored	14
21	Goals conceded	7
15	Yellow cards	19
2	Red Cards	1
14th	Position 2013/14	15th
Play-offs	Forecast	Play-offs
3-2 V Grimsby	Biggest win	3-0 V Southport
1-3 V Gulls	Heaviest defeat	0-1 v Chester

Ker-ching

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15,348	Total Turnstile Clicks	8,070
3070	Ave Gate	1345
5209 V Grimsby	Hi	1509 v Halifax
2231 V Braintree	Low	1111 v Heed

Heroes & Villains + Recent Results

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Heroes	Goals	Heroes	Goals	Results	.
Burrow	5	Fairhurst	3	Macclesfield	3
Bencherif	4	Gnahoua	2	Southport	0
Tomlinson	4	Waterfall	2	Aldershot	1
Newton	3	Turnbull	2	Lincoln	0
Robinson	1	Holroyd	2	Macclesfield	1
.	.	Moke/Rouse	1	Gateshead	1
.	.	Lewis	1	Welling	2
Heroes	Assists	Heroes	Assists	Lincoln	0
Newton	7	Fairhurst	3	Dover	0
Power	1	Barrow	2	Macclesfield	1
Nolan	1	Turnbull	2	Lincoln	2
.	.	Pilkington	1	Bristol R	3
.	.	.	.	Macclesfield	1
.	.	.	.	Halifax	1
.	.	.	.	Lincoln	3
Villains	Yellows	Villains	Yellows	Grimsby	2
Newton	3	Fairhurst	3	Chester	1
Mendy	3	Halls	3	Macclesfield	0
Bencherif	2	Lewis	3	Woking	3
Power	2	Waterfall	2	Lincoln	1
Tomlinson	2	Turnbull	2	Macclesfield	2
Marshall	1	Barrow	1	Eastleigh	0
Caprice	1	Gnahoua	1	Lincoln	1
Nolan	1	Gonzalez	1	Torquay	3
Diagne	1	Haining	1	Wrexham	2
Brown	1	Holroyd	1	Macclesfield	2
.	.	Thomas	1	FC Halifax	3
Villains	Reds	Villains	Reds	Lincoln	2
Bencherif	1	Lewis	1	.	.
Brown	1	.	.	.	.

Current & Overall Form

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Form	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln (H)	5	2	1	2	9	10	-1	7	18
Macc (A)	5	2	2	1	6	5	1	8	8
Macc (H)	6	3	3	0	8	2	6	12	8
Lincoln (A)	6	2	0	4	7	10	-3	6	11
Last Six	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Macc	6	3	2	1	8	3	5	11	6
Lincoln	6	1	0	5	7	14	-7	3	22
Overall	.	.	.	.		.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Macclesfield	11	5	5	1	14	7	7	20	14
Lincoln	11	4	1	6	16	21	-5	13	15

Historic Tale of the Tape

At Sincil Bank (16)				At Moss Rose (16)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Lincoln City	10	62.5		Macclesfield	5	31.25
Macclesfield	2	12.5		Lincoln City	5	31.25
Draws	4	25.0		Draws	6	37.5
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Lincoln City	26	1.6		Macclesfield	15	0.9
Macclesfield	14	0.0		Lincoln City	14	0.9
On Neutral Ground (0)				Overall (32 matches)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Lincoln City	15	46.9
Macclesfield	0	0.00		Macclesfield	7	21.9
Draws	0	0.00		Draws	10	31.2
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Lincoln City	40	1.25
Macclesfield	0	0.00		Macclesfield	29	0.9

The Highlights

Records
Highest Aggregate	5	Lincoln City	2 – 3	Macclesfield	2012/2013
Highest Lincoln City score:	3	Lincoln City	3 – 0	Macclesfield	2002/2003
Highest Macclesfield score:	3	Lincoln City	2 – 3	Macclesfield	2012/2013

Last 10 meetings   ​

Season	Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition
2012/2013	Wed 06 Mar	Macclesfield	2 – 1	Lincoln City	(Conference) Premier
	Sat 25 Aug	Lincoln City	2 – 3	Macclesfield	(Conference) Premier
2010/2011	Tue 15 Mar	Macclesfield	1 – 1	Lincoln City	League Two
	Sat 09 Oct	Lincoln City	2 – 1	Macclesfield	League Two
2009/2010	Sat 08 May	Lincoln City	0 – 0	Macclesfield	League Two
	Sat 10 Oct	Macclesfield	0 – 1	Lincoln City	League Two
2008/2009	Tue 31 Mar	Lincoln City	1 – 0	Macclesfield	League Two
	Tue 21 Oct	Macclesfield	1 – 2	Lincoln City	League Two
2007/2008	Sat 16 Feb	Lincoln City	3 – 1	Macclesfield	League Two
	Tue 05 Feb	Macclesfield	1 – 2	Lincoln City	League Two

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Aldershot V Imps STMI Preview Teams & Schemes, Stats & Head to Head

Aldershot relegated Lincoln City back in May 2010, so this one will always arouse emotion, yet in reality both of these ex-League clubs are still punching well below their ability this season.  Andy Scott has the side and those Chelsea connections, yet still they have failed to get them out of the bottom half.  Let us hope they are not the latest side that we roll out the red card carpet for then.

Thanks for reading Neil Gentleman-Hobbs

The Imps can’t seem to buy a win at the moment after suspensions injuries and defensive frailties have seen that optimistic start almost erased from the memory. Young Tom Anderson comes in from Burnley on loan to strengthen a back four that has seen Brown join Tom Miller on the sidelines.  The Shots form is almost as bad as the Imps with their draw and three defeats almost comparable to our one win and five defeats.  Well got to put a brave front on it, because both sides are punching well below their respective weights and after all the Shots relegated us on that faithful day in May (2010) as 8,000 hearts sank at Sincil Bank

The problem is the Shots are terrific up front with Williams and Scott a dream team. A passing side who can mix it up, the central midfield duo of  Lathorpe and  Forbes work hard with the two wide-boys ably assisted by Oastler, on the right and, perhaps even the fastest full-back in the division.  The Shots are a clean side with just the five bookings thus far. They do try to play and keep it on the ground, that begins with the composure of the  two big centre-backs.   Scott (3) and midfield man Lathorpe (2) lead the he assists charts, suggesting with Oastler overlapping down the flank that we can expect to get hit right left and centre tomorrow.  Then again we are due a break.

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The Potential teams & schemes

Andy Scott goes 4-4-2

1 Smith

2 Oastler 12 Gibbs 5 Wilson  3 Tonkin

7 Hatton 4 Lathorpe 16 Forbes 14 Roberts     

9 Williams 11 Scott  

9 Burrow

11 Tomlinson  5 Bencherif  8 Power

14 Nolan 12 Mendy

3 Newton  27 Anderson  6 Diagne 17 Caprice

26 Townsend

Simmo goes 4-2-3-1

 Statistical head to head

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Andy Scott	Manager	Gary Simpson
4-4-2 (off)	Formation	4-2-3-1
22	Position	13
12	Points	13
11	Goals scored	16
11	Goals conceded	20
5	Yellow cards	15
0	Red Cards	2
19th	Position 2012/13	14th
Play-off fringes	Forecast	Play-offs
3-1 Altrincham	Biggest win	3-2 V Grimsby
1-3 V Braintree	Heaviest defeat	1-3 V Gulls

Ker-ching

9,535	Total Turnstile Clicks	15,348
1,907	Ave Gate	3070
3567 V Woking	Hi	5209 V Grimsby
1964 V Altrinc	Low	2231 V Braintree

Heroes & Villains

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Heroes	Goals	Heroes	Goals	Results
Williams	5	Burrow	5	Aldershot	1
Roberts	1	Bencherif	4	Braintree	3
Oastler	1	Tomlinson	4	Welling	2
N’Guessan	1	Newton	3	Lincoln	0
Scott	1	Robinson	1	Nuneaton	1
Lathorpe	1	.	.	Aldershot	1
Hatton	1	.	.	Lincoln	2
Heroes	Assists	Heroes	Assists	Bristol R	3
Scott	3	Newton	7	Aldershot	0
Lathrope	2	Power	1	Woking	1
Roberts	1	Nolan	1	Lincoln	3
Oastler	1	.	.	Grimsby	2
Fitchett	1	.	.	Halifax	1
Forbes	1	.	.	Aldershot	0
.	.	.	.	Woking	3
Villains	Yellows	Villains	Yellows	Lincoln	1
Wilson	2	Newton	3	Aldershot	2
Lathrope	1	Mendy	3	Grimsby	1
Forbes	1	Bencherif	2	Lincoln	1
Scott	1	Power	2	Torquay	3
.	.	Tomlinson	2	Torquay	1
.	.	Marshall	1	Aldershot	1
.	.	Caprice	1	FC Halifax	3
.	.	Nolan	1	Lincoln	2
.	.	Diagne	.	Aldershot	1
.	.	Brown	.	FGR	1
.	.	.	.	Lincoln	3
Villains	Reds	Villains	Reds	Braintree	2
.	.	Bencherif	1	.	.
.	.	Brown	1	.	.

Current & Overall Form 

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Form	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Aldershot (H)	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	7	16
Lincoln (A)	5	2	0	3	7	10	-3	6	10
Lincoln (H)	5	2	1	2	9	10	-1	7	17
Aldershot (A)	5	1	2	2	4	4	0	5	13
Last Six	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Aldershot	6	1	2	3	5	8	-3	6	19
Lincoln	6	1	0	5	9	16	-7	5	22
Overall	.	.	.	.		.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln	10	4	1	5	16	20	-4	13	14
Aldershot	9	3	3	4	11	11	0	12	15

 Head to Head

 

At The Rec  (19)				At Sincil Bank  (19)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Aldershot Tn.	9	47.37		Lincoln City	4	21.05
Lincoln City	5	26.32		Aldershot Tn.	8	42.11
Draws	5	26.32		Draws	7	36.84
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Aldershot Tn.	26	1.37		Lincoln City	24	1.26
Lincoln City	17	0.89		Aldershot Tn.	36	1.89
On Neutral Ground (0)				Overall (38 matches)
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Aldershot Tn.	0	0.00		Aldershot Tn.	17	44.74
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Lincoln City	9	23.68
Draws	0	0.00		Draws	12	31.58
Goals	Total	Av.pg		Goals	Total	Av.pg
Aldershot Tn.	0	0.00		Aldershot Tn.	62	1.63
Lincoln City	0	0.00		Lincoln City	41	1.08

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The Highlights
Highest Aggregate	8	Lincoln City	4 – 4	Aldershot	1970/1971
Highest Aldershot Tn. score:	4	Aldershot	4 – 0	Lincoln City	1986/1987
Highest Lincoln City score:	4	Lincoln City	4 – 4	Aldershot	1970/1971

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Last 10 Meetings

Season	Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition
2010/2011	Sat 07 May	Lincoln City	0 – 3	Aldershot Tn.	League Two
	Tue 15 Feb	Aldershot Tn.	2 – 2	Lincoln City	League Two
2009/2010	Sat 01 May	Aldershot Tn.	3 – 1	Lincoln City	League Two
	Sat 03 Oct	Lincoln City	1 – 0	Aldershot Tn.	League Two
2008/2009	Sat 02 May	Lincoln City	0 – 2	Aldershot Tn.	League Two
	Tue 25 Nov	Aldershot Tn.	2 – 0	Lincoln City	League Two
1990/1991	Sat 23 Mar	Aldershot	0 – 3	Lincoln City	Fourth Division
	Sat 06 Oct	Lincoln City	2 – 2	Aldershot	Fourth Division
1989/1990	Sat 13 Jan	Lincoln City	0 – 1	Aldershot	Fourth Division
	Sat 26 Aug	Aldershot	0 – 1	Lincoln City	Fourth Division

Preview Welling V Imps – Six-pointer Tomorrow Then!

Lincoln City go to twenty-second placed Welling United hoping for a win and a long overdue clean sheet against The Wings who have yet to be beaten at home.  City cannot take too much for granted against our hosts who have garnered one less point than ourselves in the last six games and lost one fewer game.  We are due a draw but the optimist in me suggests another five goal thriller – the thing is which way?

Thanks for reading Neil Gentleman-Hobbs

The Imps desperately need to get our season back on track after defensive lapses have seen us concede far too many, thus undoing the good work the refreshing forward line has delivered time and time again.  Beautyman is the leading scorer coming from midfield, so Mendy and Nolan need a big performance tomorrow night. The front three are quick, although Nouble will be missing after a second yellow at Wrexham. Even still the 10 Wings only went  2-1 to the division’s traditionally best passing side.  Gallagher will need to be contained too, it will be an interesting tussle if he and Hamza lock horns during the game. The Wings are a big strong side, with a devastating long throw, in truth they are not getting the results their play and tenacity deserves.

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What are the Cards  chewing over on the foes  FANS Forum

Potential teams & schemes

Day goes 4-3-3

13 Turner

2 Fazakarley 6 Bush 5 Fagen 3 Fyfield

20 Corne 4 Gallagher  8 Beautyman       

11 Marsh  21 Sho-Silva  

15 Obafemi

9 Burrow

11 Tomlinson  5 Bencherif  8 Power

14 Nolan 12 Mendy

3 Newton  5 Bencherif  6 Diagne 17 Caprice

26 Townsend

Simmo goes 4-2-3-1

 Statistical head to head

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Jamie Day	Manager	Gary Simpson
4-3-3/4-2-3-1	Formation	4-2-3-1
22	Position	13
6	Points	13
7	Goals scored	16
17	Goals conceded	18
19	Yellow cards	15
1	Red Cards	2
16th	Position 2012/13	14th
Bottom Half	Forecast	Play-offs
0-3 V Halifax	Biggest win	3-2 V Grimsby
2-1 V Braintree	Heaviest defeat	1-3 V Gulls

Ker-ching

2,252	Total Turnstile Clicks	15,348
563	Ave Gate	3070
634 V Woking	Hi	5209 V Grimsby
501 V FGR	Low	2231 V Braintree

Heroes & Villains

Heroes	Goals	Heroes	Goals	Results
Beautyman	4	Burrow	5	Wrexham	2
Bush	1	Bencherif	4	Welling	1
Fagan	1	Tomlinson	4	Lincoln	2
Hudson	1	Newton	3	Bristol R	3
.	.	Robinson	1	Welling	2
.	.	.	.	Braintree	1
.	.	.	.	Lincoln	3
Heroes	Assists	Heroes	Assists	Grimsby	2
Marsh	1	Newton	7	Grimsby	2
Beautyman	1	Power	1	Welling	0
Gallagher	1	Nolan	1	Woking	3
Fyfield	1	.	.	Lincoln	1
Hudson	1	.	.	Welling	1
St Aimee	1	.	.	FGR	1
.	.	.	.	Lincoln	1
Villains	Yellows	Villains	Yellows	Torquay	3
Gallagher	4	Newton	3	Eastleigh	3
Bush	3	Mendy	3	Welling	1
Obafemi	3	Bencherif	2	FC Halifax	3
Day	2	Power	2	Lincoln	2
Williams	1	Tomlinson	2	Welling	1
So-Silva	1	Marshall	1	Woking	1
Henly	1	Caprice	1	Lincoln	3
Nouble	1	Nolan	1	Braintree	2
Fazakerley	1	Diagne	.	Halifax	3
Corne	1	Brown	.	Welling	0
Hudson	1	.	.	Barnet	1
Villains	Reds	Villains	Reds	Lincoln	2
Bencherif	1	Nouble	1	.	.
Brown	1	.	.	.	.

Current & Overall Form 

Form	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln (H)	5	2	1	2	9	10	-1	7	15
Welling (A)	4	0	0	5	2	13	-11	0	24
Welling(H)	4	1	3	0	5	4	1	6	17
Lincoln (A)	4	2	0	2	7	8	-1	6	8
Last Six	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln	6	2	0	4	12	16	-4	6	17
Welling	6	1	2	3	6	10	-4	5	20
Overall	.	.	.	.		.	.	.	.
.	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln	9	4	1	4	16	18	-2	13	13
Welling	9	1	3	5	7	17	-10	6	22

Preview Lincoln V Bristol Rovers – Teams Schemes & Football League Dreams

Bristol Rovers come to Lincoln for another massive game at the Bank. Why its just like old times as we renew acquaintances with another ex-League club, hopefully filling most of the old home end to boot to boost the coffers twice in a week.

Sincil Bank Salivates…………..

Thanks for reading Neil Gentleman-Hobbs

The challenge:

Bristol Rovers are the best supported club in the Conference with a big budget, Cunnington, who we know really well and now possess the services of former QPR and Milton Keynes Dons winger Angelo Balanta until the end of the season. Monkhouse is the star down one flank along with Brown the overlapping full-back, suggesting  Balanta may start on the bench or go on the right, as he can cut in and finish with devastating effect.  Caprice and Mendy will be busy then.

Rovers just about edge us in the current form stakes, conceding few goals, beaten only by Barnet and Braintree this season (2-0 each time).  The Gas can step on it and pass the ball well, think Grimsby,  with an aesthetically pleasing style, guile and a smile. The win over 10-man Wrexham in mid-week was a good result for a relegated side now finding their feet in the division, against the bruisers, punch-drunk losers and of course the money clubs.

The Imps physical presence and counter-attacking flare will worry them down the flanks and at set-pieces. Then again our new ‘attack is the best form of defence’ mantra will make for an open affair.   Hamza will be a novelty, then again he is a one off who is in his central midfield element so far this season.  No injuries reported from the Sincal six-foot soldiers ditto from the Memorial, although a change in away form is needed suggesting Clarke may change things early and he has the depth and talent to do it. Ellis Harrison, for instance, who has returned from international duty with Wales.

Potential Teams & Schemes

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Tues 9th Sept

What’s grinding the gears on Gas chat  FANS Forum

Potential teams & schemes

Simmo goes 4-2-3-1

26 Townsend

17 Caprice 23 Brown 6 Diagne 3 Newton

12 Mendy 14 Nolan

8 Power 5 Bencherif 11 Tomlinson 

9 Burrow

27 Cunnington 10 Taylor    

23  Monkhouse  16 Martin  24 Sinclair   7  Mansell 

3 Brown 6 Parkes 15 Trotman   4 Lockyear

1 Mildenhall

Clarke goes  4-4-2

Statistical head to head…………

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Gary Simpson	Manager	Darrell Clarke
4-2-3-1	Formation	4-4-2 (off)
9	Position	15
10	Points	10
14	Goals scored	6
15	Goals conceded	8
15	Yellow cards	15
2	Red Cards	1
14th	Position 2012/13	Relegated
Play-offs	Forecast	Play-offs
3-2 V Grimsby	Biggest win	2-1 V Halifax
1-3 V Gulls	Heaviest defeat	0-2 V Barnet

Ker-ching

12,411	Total Turnstile Clicks	22,945
3103	Ave Gate	5736
5209 V Grimsby	Hi	7019 V Grimsby
2231 V Braintree	Low	5082 V Wrexham

Heroes & Villains + Recent Results

Heroes	Goals	Heroes	Goals	Results
Bencherif	4	Monkhouse	2	Bristol R	1
Burrow	4	Clarke	1	Wrexham	0
Tomlinson	4	Mansell	1	Lincoln	3
Newton	2	Harrison	1	Grimsby	2
Robinson	1	Cunnington	1	Braintree	2
.	.	.	.	Bristol R	0
.	.	.	.	Woking	3
Heroes	Assists	Heroes	Assists	Lincoln	1
Newton	6	Brown	2	Bristol R	2
Power	1	White	1	Halifax	1
Nolan	1	Sinclair	1	Lincoln	1
.	.	.	.	Torquay	3
.	.	.	.	FGR	1
.	.	.	.	Bristol R	1
.	.	.	.	FC Halifax	3
Villains	Yellows	Villains	Yellows	Lincoln	2
Newton	3	Lockyer	3	Bristol R	1
Mendy	3	Mansell	2	Telford	0
Bencherif	2	Taylor	2	Lincoln	3
Power	2	Monkhouse	1	Braintree	2
Tomlinson	2	Parkes	1	Altrincham	1
Marshall	1	Clarke	1	Bristol R	2
Caprice	1	Sinclair	1	Barnet	1
Nolan	1	Trotman	1	Lincoln	2
Diagne	1	Martin	1	Barnet	2
Brown	1	Leadbitter	1	Bristol R	0
.	.	Brunt	1	Altrincham	1
Villains	Reds	Villains	Reds	Lincoln	2
Bencherif	1	Sinclair	1	.	.
Brown	1	.	.	.	.

Current & Overall Form

Form
	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln (H)	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	7	13
Bristol Rovers (A)	4	0	1	3	2	7	-5	6	20
Bristol Rovers (H)	4	3	1	0	4	1	3	10	4
Lincoln (A)	4	2	0	2	7	8	-1	6	7
Last Six
	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Bristol Rovers	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10	8
Lincoln	6	3	0	3	12	14	-2	9	11
Overall
	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Lincoln	8	4	1	3	14	15	-1	10	9
Bristol Rovers	8	3	2	3	6	8	-2	8	15

Historic Tale of the Tape

At Sincil Bank 21				At Bristol R 21
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Lincoln	11	52.4		Bristol R	9	42.9
Bristol R	8	38.10		Lincoln	5	23.8
Draws	2	9.5		Draws	7	33.3
Goals	Total	Ave		Goals	Total	Ave
Lincoln	31	1.5		Bristol R	32	1.5
Bristol R	23	1.1		Lincoln	17	0.8
Neutral Ground (0)				Overall 42 games
Results	Total	%		Results	Total	%
Lincoln	0	0.0		Lincoln	16	38.1
Bristol R.	0	0.0		Bristol R	17	40.5
Draws	0	0.0		Draws	9	21.4
Goals	Total	Ave		Goals	Total	Ave
Lincoln City	0	0.0		Lincoln City	48	1.1
Bristol R.	0	0.0		Bristol R.	55	1.3

The Highlights

High scores
Highest score	8	Lincoln City	3 – 5	Bristol Rvs.	2006/07
Highest Lincoln City score:	4	Lincoln City	4 – 0	Bristol Rvs.	1983/84
Highest Bristol R. score:	5	Lincoln City	3 – 5	Bristol Rvs.	2006/07

Last 10 meetings   

Season	Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition
2006/07	Thu 17 May	Lincoln City	3 – 5	Bristol Rvs.	League 2 Play-Off S/F
Bristol Rovers won 7-4 on agg
2006/07	Sat 12 May	Bristol R	2 – 1	Lincoln	League 2 Play-Off S/F
	Sat 21 Apr	Bristol R	0 – 0	Lincoln	League Two
	Tue 05 Dec	Lincoln	1 – 0	Bristol R.	League Two
2005/06	Sat 28 Jan	Lincoln	1 – 0	Bristol R	League Two
	Sat 10 Sep	Bristol R	0 – 0	Lincoln	League Two
2004/05	Sat 15 Jan	Lincoln	1 – 1	Bristol R	League Two
	Sat 18 Sep	Bristol R.	0 – 0	Lincoln	League Two
2003/04	Sat 01 May	Bristol R	3 – 1	Lincoln	Division Three
	Sat 22 Nov	Lincoln	3 – 1	Bristol R.	Division Three
2002/03	Sat 29 Mar	Lincoln	2 – 1	Bristol R.	Division Three