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can't believe no one has started one yet, first one i've done,
2.0 defeat

I agree, a couple of goals defeat despite our current run of form.

2-1 defeat. All goals from set pieces. At least one red card also.

Score draw.

Apparently Lincoln are expecting 9,000+ attendance today we have sold 460 as of yesterday.

Tough, tough game. Biggest test since Luton away on paper, when you take into consideration the crowd and the pressure starting to crank. Could be a really good indicator of where this team is going over the next 16 or so games.

Would take a point, and would do the same on Tuesday, but expect one win and one defeat in no particular order.

Obviously we've got a tough run but it seems everyone up there is playing each other in the next few weeks. End of Feb, we'll really start to see the top 5-6 take place, challenging for 2nd and 3rd.

Big home support, TimmyE v Frecklington and Preston v Rhead will be interesting, 2-2 draw.

9000+? Are they offering cheap tickets or is it because we're in town?

Large percentage are season ticket holders

They sold 5,100 season tickets by the start of the season, thats some achievement as they have never really been that well supported in the past.

Home to Lincoln in 1979 was one of my favourite games ever when we beat them 6-0, they had a huge goalkeeper called Peter Grotier who had a porn moustache and was pretty uselss despite playing for West Ham previously.

It was a day with torrential rain and puddles all over the pitch and we had 3 shots that were crossing the line but stopped in the puddle in the 6 yard box, should have been 9-0.

Probably a good place to get a rare draw. They seem to have a decent squad for this level and see them challenging come May.

1-1.

I think it's too much to hope for game to be as exciting as the last time we played them at Sincil Bank (donning orange caps - those were the days!!).
I would be delighted with a point as I would have to go into hiding if they did the double over us.

Think we will lose 3-1.

I'm going out on the lash, so it's a nailed on win.

Thanks Flash, that's good of you, putting the Town before your liver.

Hopefully PV will have time to do his commentary. Much appreciated from another who can't get it on the radio. I can't see past a loss today though unfortunately. Hoping to be very surprised!

Hopefully we can win two out of the next four.  Win today would be a great start.  I think we need to score first. 

2-1  Norris and Taylor.  Woolery subbed in the 3rd minute for not warming up properly.

I might listen to this, am laid up

Pre match not quite in the Cultural Quarter in The Square Sail.

But of a trundle by train to get here.
The derelict malthouses outside Sleaford are quite impressive.

A STFC following milestone of sorts today.
This will be the 92 current clubs visited.
Seven short on current grounds.
Death will come before getting a chance to visit some of those.

The Romans, Danes, Normans and the Police Interceptors have all emerged victorious here.
No reason why some streetwise Moonrakers can't do the same.
Although The Spartans at Thermopylae is a more likely scenario.
Flitcroft as modern day Leonidas.  :hmmm:

Might lose the battle but the campaign can still be won.

A draw would be massive. Lincoln are one of Div 4's big hitters, I expect them to fill the auto slots with Luton and Mansfield.

Be interesting to see if Flitters sticks with Tuesday's line up or is tempted by the seeming physicality of Mayo.

Leonidas.... leading scorer at the 38 WC, acknowledged to have invented te overhead kick. Not sure that's quite how I see Flitters.

Any idea which pub we have designated pre-match?

 :)
Not expecting a chant of "it's just like watching Brazil".
Whatever happened to ironic terrace humour.

My local game, will drop the missus in town & pop across to Sincil. Loads of banter at work this week but I reckon we'll steal a 0-1 (Preston) in a scrappy, physical game

I know, right? The sacrifices I make.

Especially with your recent record of attending games and the subsequent defeats! :D

I can certainly do that for you :)

It got lost in PC.

OK some of it was a bit sledgehammer, and not particularly subtle. But was "he's got a pineapple on his head" to Jason Lee really racist?  Was enquiring of Brighton fans if their bf knew they were at the match really homophobic? Or exhorting female assistant referees etc to reveal natural upper body endowments, sexist?  :hmmm:

Predicted the last 4 outcomes so expecting my run to come to end today. Tough call. Similarly to Stevenage. Obviously would love a win but can't see it.  It's a while since Taylor scored so I'll go for him, from a free kick or a meander into the box. I'll say Rollin will start with Preston. That mans dropping the captain but IF Rollin is the answer then him and Preston would be a better pairing than anyone else. I know nothing.

1-1 (Taylor, 58)
Banks booked
Talking point: Vigs on the bench
Att: 8,263

How times have changed.

Lincoln are one of the big hitters in the league and we sign a youth player on loan from Bristol Rovers, yes, times have changed.

I'll say 2-2 but I haven't forecast a correct score all season. We're overdue a draw.

Swindon Town XI vs Lincoln: Charles-Cook, Purkiss, Lancashire, Preston, Gordon, Banks, Elsnik, Anderson, Taylor, Norris, Richards

Subs: Moore, Robertson, Menayese, Iandolo, Dunne, Mullin, Woolery #STFC

Gordon Banks???

Unchanged then, only change is Mayonnaise on the bench for Knoyle.

I reckon we could get a decent result here.
Don't know why .. .

Pitch looks like it will cut up a bit today.

their manager looks a bit camp when he runs and claps.

Booking for them already, Anderson kicked and falls easily.

Richards upended in the box fell a bit too easily.

Lincoln doing all the pressing early doors, as it should be at home for them.

Their big centre forward Green winning most balls thrown up to him.

Rhead will be a handful today.

quite lively ain't it

2-3 att. 8,211 (532)

A fucking drum AND a siren! WTF

Its end to end but they are just on top at the moment.

an air raid siren at that.. for corners...er...

Lincoln are a hefty side, some hard challenged soming in.

good couple of minutes for us

Yeah we have come back into it, and that fucking siren FFS.

Norris good turn and shot deflected wide.

Gordon fouled 24 yards out.

Doris is doing ok until the last pass or shot. Causing them a few problems

Spot on.

Taylor free kick just wide.

Is that a fire alarm?

dirty Northern bastards!

Norris getting a free kick a bit too easily too ;)

They are a hard side, borderline dirty.

The pitch is very very narrow.

God what an awful 30 yard lay off from Norris to Gordon!

Shit

Lincoln Penalty...

Pen to them Preston off.

fucking hell. right call if it was a foul but...

we are fuckity fucked

Thats us fucked then. :suicide:

long ball on the ground, Preston exposed for pace. coming together. pen. red. hth

1-0

RCC gets his hand to it but it goes in. Deserved a red but we are as Batch says fucked now.

it's the loss of Preston for 3. we can lose this one, but 2 without him. fuck.

hope this Rovers kid is good. we will find out now. Norris sacrificed

Time to throw some mayonnaise in at the deep end...

On another note surely it's meant to be a yellow and a penalty so we'll be able to appeal that. Sure there was a new ruling on this.

Edit: Double jeopardy rule.

Norris off for Mayonnaise....tactical.

Mayo is a fucking big unit.

shouldn't be a red should it? double jeopardy?

edit,: sorry bamboo, didn't see your post

Matt Green is exactly the type of target man we need, holding the ball up well and bags of pace too.

Dirty bastards, every chance to try and intimidate us or kick us then they will.

cosh
us

Hellmans doesn't look like he'll take any physical shit

Then after a drop ball their player when told to pass it to one of our players passes it to his own fucking player.

cunt

Could well be a lively afternoon!

golden chance just missed. arse

Richards over the bar from an (near)offside position while falling backwards.

One big fast striker, one tricky winger and 8 fucking massive cloggers....they have set out to take no prisoners.

Think there will be plenty of chances. Kind of end to end. Seems like there will be some lumps kicked out of each other too! Proper errm L2 match.

enjoyable. just wish it was 11v11

Ger in

Every chance he gets Bostwick is kicking one of our players as they go past him, successful though as hes not been booked....yet.

Get in!!

yesssssssssssssssss

great goal by Richards, Elsnik 30 yarder saved and Richards nets the rebound.

well played Timmy too

Real poachers goal from Richards.

Great long ranger from Elsnik, couldnt see if it was saved or hit the post though.

Woohooo

Yessssssssss

Solid save at feet from RCC from a corner.

Yeeessssssss Fuckers! Gotta keeep the composure lads. Come on Town!

Banks 2-1!

ch-ching!

baaaaaaaaaanks. great finish

20 yarder from Banks in the bottom corner!

post I think

Giving away too many soft free kicks at the back.

Accrington (my obsession) losing 0-2 v St. Evenage. Exeter losing 0-1 v Luton. Come on Town we got this!

Great block from Mayo would have been a certain goal.

Anderson not giving Taylor enough cover.

So in the 5 minutes since getting out the car, we’re now winning 2-1.  If we can hold on, that is a massive massive 3 points!

Not only dirty Northern bastards but diving Northern bastards! either one or the other constantly.

Win this and it could be the birth of a team.

Currently 3rd in the league  8)

I would put £100 on it not finishing 2-1!

RCC hands stung from 25 yards.

Depends if the foul is deliberate or accidental apparently.

Don’t. Just don’t.

Great covering by Lancashire saved a certain goal.

I think I might go into hiding until 5pm, I can’t bear it. 

Great updates JJ! WE ARE A UNIT ...even if we lose!

For a winger Gordon doesnt have much pace.

Where’s the god damn half time whistle?

Good save by RCC.

Proper solid backs to the wall rearguard action today, like the look of Mayo.

Just seen a replay on Tweeter and that's never a red. Penalty mildly but not a red. That should get turned over on appeal. Especially with double jeopardy in our favour. This team seems to have a bit more fight in it since Richards and Banks came in. No shirkers and Mayonnaise looks like he can actually find a pass from CB as well as being a big bastard. Let's get a third!

HT

 Coming from 3.1 down last Saturday to win 4.3 and now winning a game we were losing and down to 10 men. Fuck the style and the tactics, how can people not find this exciting/enjoyable?

(Even if we lose, which we definitely could).

Well, that was entertaining #stfc . Can't see it being a 0-0 second half. Going to be very very hard to keep this lead but you can't fault effort

...aannd breathe!

Whatever happens second half we've shown some minerals there.

One hell of a game and I’m only listening! Would be tempted to bring on Iandolo for Anderson as a more orthodox left midfielder to give the Full back more cover.

We should go all out and get a third then soak the fuckers up and play rthem at their own game for the rest of the half (kick lumps out of them etc.). Play percentage counter attack and bring Woolery on. Let him and Elsnik have free reign to run at them on the break. Well that's what i'd do.  :pint:

It’ll be exhausting trying to hold onto this. Better use the subs well.

I can see what you are saying there.

I wouldn't though, I am not sure Iandolo is right in this type of battle and I'm not sure our best tactic is to sit back.

Anderson is offering no cover at all for Taylor but hes been making some good runs, we seem to be a flexible 441/351 at the moment with Gordon pushing forwards, he may decide on putting a more defensive player like Dunne on instead of Anderson/or if we stay 441 then Gordon may go off.

True but adrenaline is a great thing. If they keep being dirty that'll keep the blood flowing. However if their manager calms things down and recognises they have to get more technical/clinical then we could be in trouble. We can counter it though by playing them how they played us in the first half. Basically kick the shit out of them. Game will get slower. Pitch is going to get heavier/cut up. Soggy old winters tie. Going to be an interesting 2nd half!

What an odd half.  Lincoln allowed it to be fat too stretched giving us the two opportunities, both taken well.  Richards is a pretty good player for this level.  Thought it was a red, he should have more trust in the keeper and just apply pressure, not dive in.  New boy is a big presence, no idea yet on ability.  It is terrible in terms of quality but actually a bit compelling for a change.  Not sure if we will hold on and win or get spanked, either is likely I think, but you can’t fault the effort.  So far the difference seems to be us having to play on the counter, where we have looked a little more dangerous this season and structure went out the window.

I hate us sitting back but it seems to be the Flitcroft way when we are ahead lately, we need steel as Lincoln are a hard/dirty side who will run and run. We will tire with 10 men.

I love away days like this, everything seems to be against you but somehow you overcome the odds.

Mind you, there’s still 45 mins left for that to change.

Whatever happens in the second half we’ve done well to get back in the game, let alone get in front.

Oh and have some long range shots, their keeper can't handle anything from outside the box, hes a flapper.

One thing's for sure...we've had teams in the not too distant past that would have folded under these circumstances

Well a cheeky £1 win on 1-2 & 1-3 last week and i’m Happy so far, knowing my luck we’ll win 2-3 🤫

Oh we have, and often!

Saw that with the Elsnik effort. The lad has oodles of ability, up and over, strike just on the half volley, wouldn't have been out of place in the Prem with that kind of technique. He see's stuff well ahead. Going to be an absolute baller as long as his fitness stays good.

I wish Elsnik would release a shot from distance more often, a great talent to have in his armoury.

I would not argue against today being good to watch, even allowing for the football.  Sine the penalty it has had that 5 mins to go feel about it.

Think the more he believes in his ability the more he will have a go. The lad is talented beyond. Derby fans warned me of this  ;)

Richards putting himself about a bit already, let them know they have a battle on.

Oh and apparently the fucking siren is something to do with the Dambusters who were based near Lincoln in the 2nd WW.

According to Nick Bamasomi who lives there.

Surprised they took Rhead off?

We have gone 441 with Purkiss at Rb and Gordon on the wing.

the dambusters squadron was formed at RAF Scampton

Brought him on?

Aye thats him.

RCC timewasting! LMFAO

Not so funny now :(

Mayo fronting up head to head with Bostwick a man 4 times his age! :D

Read it as Rhead off for Woodyard. Mind all over the shop!

Edit: Meant to quote the other comment RE: Lincoln sub!

At first signs, Mayo is a fucking beast.

Mullin on for Grodon.

Gordon has been poor today Mullin will give us some steel on the wing.

Agreed, sensible sub. Mullin loves a bit of a battle too.

unsurprisingly, it's backs to the wall.

If Lincoln equalise, they go on to win imo

You can stick your fucking siren up your arse.

Lincoln...pass 1...pass 2....HOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF into the box.

I fear this too.

is the ref from Lincoln :sherlock:

Well we should have been expecting an aerial attack. Hope our flak defences are up to it.

Rhead is another dirty bastard.

it's looking inevitable

Corner off the line by Taylor!

They kick the shit out of us, we fall down under challenge and their fans call us cheats! they are the worst divers I have seen in this division!

This is almost like torture, its like a cup game, we are so under the cosh.

I feel sick

Get this to 80mins and we can take this match.

This is difficult to watch but compelling.

I still think we could lose.

Hate to admit it ..    I've bottled it, backed us to win but have just cashed out.  Cant take any more of it !.

Richards taken a hefty whallop from some dirty northern defender.

make it stop, make it stop

Wycombe losing mow

Need a Matt Taylor free kick special.

Results stay the same we'll be 4th tonight !.

Just thinking the same on my 1-2

Please, I give in, take the electrodes off my nipples I have been totured too much.

Lancashire booked for a solid tackle, give them a bit of their own treatment and they whinge like babies!

Cashed out, got caught a few months ago so a little victory for me. Big one if we score another though.

liberal definition of solid :)

Banks 20 yarder just wide.

Att of 8,909, 555 making the trip from Swindon #stfc

Hoping for heavy snow over the weekend, don't think I could take this again Tuesday Night.

Not a bad turnout from us, good crowd too.

My ticker stopped about half time!

Everyone wants to see the future Champions !.

I reckon we'll score again.

How can there be 11 more minutes? FFS.

Please.

How Bostwick is still on the pitch is beyond me.

This is going to be the longest 10 mins of my life.

Mullin misses by inches from a yard out!

mullin was fucking close

Great save by RCC one end to the other.

Shit the bed

Elsnik hits the bar from 20 yards!

did we just clip the bar?

oh yeah, apparently so

Why do all our games seem to last a 100 minutes?

This is heart stopping.

I hope that stupid bearded twat on final score continues to ignore us

I'm getting cramp in my crossed fingers.

how many fucking fouls?

Richards has been battered all game and got on with it!

Foul after foul by them!

17 v 15 in fouls, according to the bbc

Can't believe a word they say.

Be careful Lancashire!

4 mins to go!

Robertson for Anderson

Thats a lie!

Anderson off Robertson on.

Come On Town.  Dig In...

5 added minutes.

The F5 key's taking a battering today.

5 mins added...

Hoooooooooooooooooooooffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff by Lincoln every time into the box.

So far, touches wood, we are coping.

Oh Fuck.

Fuck. From a corner 2-2 90+3

I'm still going for 2-3.

FFS.

oh FFS. fucking cunts

Shit

RCC fumbles in a corner :(

Shit - that puts us back into 7th position.

yup, keeper error

I could fucking cry. Poor goalkeeping from a corner given away by Roberston being indecisive.

Fucking hold on Town.

6th  ;)

2-2.  Well done Town - could have been much worse.

Great result tbh

3 massive games coming up against Accy, Mansfield and Wycombe.

2-2 great result but it feels like a defeat in some ways.

Sorry ????  think you're wrong.

great point, but so so close to 3.

Shame but great effort by the lads, last few seasons we would have been battered!

Dirty northern bastards!

Can't fault anyone bar the fumble by RCC and the penalty from Preston, massive defensive performance as Lincoln didn't actually threaten goal genuinely until the fumble went in.

Mayo, Lancashire and Purkiss were brilliant as was Banks and Elsnik.

Great point at a really tough ground.

My app was  :D correct, 7th

And Wycombe have just gone in front.  

That’s a foul on the keeper. Frustrating but would have taken it at 3:25.

Coventry lost to FGR. other than that not many around us dropping points.

still a great point with 10. Hope its not taken to much out for Tuesday

Good effort that.  Shame Talia’s Ghost was in goal.  You can’t knock a team that works it nuts off when down a man and they did that.  Good point overall.

A foul was my first thought, RCC was bundled over the line but I wasn't sure it wasn't Robertson or another defender that bundled him in the net?

He probably should have not tried to catch the ball and punch it out, but its all in hindsight.

seen em given.

and not (Fallon at Barnsley)

Goal given to Bostwick

I see Notts County had over 17,200 giving away tickets for £2 today.

Dirty fucking wanker, shouldn't have been on the pitch the amount of fouls he conceded.

Wycombe last min winner 4-3. Accrington won 3-2. we drew obvs. Called this tie. Tuesday night is massive (for both teams) but if we want an auto position this is the tie to win. We expected nothing today, after the pen and red we expected even less. to get in a winning position was an awesome effort from the lads. A cheap goal after being resolute for 50+ mins. A point we'll take in reflection but we actually were worth the 3pts today. This kind of effort will take us over the line. The teams working for each other. Still one loss in 7 with 5 wins. a rare draw. so us on 51pts and Accy on 52pts. As predicted the winner of that takes (doal diff aside) takes 3rd place on Tues night then it makes next Saturday all the more interesting. Will we look at this match come season end as a "If only we'd hung on for 2 more mins". Still we should be good for the play-offs at a minimum. Tedious today but more to come. Great effort. You Reds!

The thing today is that we didn't really ride our luck, we defended as a unit and got bodies in the way of everything, we won't miss Preston if that performance by Mayonnaise was anything to go by, the man is an utter beast with his Grace Jones haircut :D

I would have taken a point at the start of the game and even more so at 22 minutes.  Now I'm absolutely gutted we didn't get 3.  Nothing worse than conceding in stoppage time.  If only that Elsnik strike had gone in to make it 3-1.

Flitters on

We were "resolute" for more than 50 mins surely?

Some quotes on the Imps forum...

 Got to be happy with that considering the circumstances.  Still a long way to go and it's going to be topsy turvy.

So what game was the writer of the 3rd comment watching? Some people are never prepared to give credit when it's due!

Was there another error from RCC after the equaliser? My friend who was there just messaged me and said he nearly cost us the game and is not good enough?

Yep some fans of teams cannot see past their own noses.

We won't come up against a more physical side that batter you on the pitch and that hoof the ball into the box at every opportunity than Lincoln, they don't play pretty but we didn't defend pretty today either!

It felt like a cup game with backs to the wall looking for that win, which we so nearly got, still not convinced it wasn't a foul on RCC but will have to see a replay and of the red card which some fans say looked weak but I just saw a foul again from Preston.

2nd time he has done that in 3 games, although I thought he could have let RCC try and save it when Green was clean through, it was at a slight angle and not easy to score from..

I just meant in the sense of after going to 1-2 so from 40mins we were resolute up until the last couple of corners. Arguably Bostwick probably shouldn't have been on the pitch. There did seem to be a foul on RCC, he maybe should've gone for a punch instead of a claim. That's all hindsight though and it's pretty unfortunate but tbf the lads deserve credit today. Fine margins; Elsnik other side of the bar and it's a win for us. They really did not offer very much. Ourselves yeah, certainly resolute. There seems a real work effort amongst the lads. They might be down about it right now, but it's on to Tuesday and there is no reason why we can't go there and get a result.

Always a rollercoaster!

Not that I remember, your friend probably means the goal itself.

I didn't go today but it seemed like a cracking performance from reading the game on here.
Sounds like a few players really put their hands up today.

Turning point maybe ??

Really looking forward to Tuesday now

Mayo on

Very assured debut, very impressed, stood up face to face with Bostwick and he is a fucking lump of a man and Mayo didn't back down. Got his foot in many times and tackled and passed well, like a player who has 300 games behind him rather than 3 games.

He has the physique of Jon Gittens.

I would of taken a point at 2pm and feared the worst at 21 minutes...but what a superb display.

Seen the clips.

Defo pen for me and a red card as last man.

Thought Cooke was hit, the radio made it sound a bigger gaffe than it was...his mistake was he didnt punch or tip it over.

Imps missed a few chances so I'm happy enough.

Thought a last man foul had to be intentional for it to be a red?

Spot on. Very composed and has more mobility than our other central defenders. Thought whole team showed great character. Banks and Elsnik are quality players and real shame about RCC's error which he has apologised for on Twitter. Looked like a promotion team today and much better than Lincoln. Really enjoyed the game,  their fans showed how to support a team for 90 mins at home. Imagine if we'd been two one down playing against 10 men at the CG, the moaning would have been at a new level!  Very proud of the team today and our away support, applauding players off , which was totally deserved.

Yeah it does, so double jeopardy comes in to play here. Seems the ref has forgotten that rule. Then again he may as well have been from Spalding or Gainsborough. Awful ref.

 It looked nothing more than a tangle as their player slowed down and Preston continued running. If we don't appeal it then that's silly. If that gets looked at by a panel then I'm certain they'll overturn it. Obviously that's only my opinion but looking at it says to me it was a yellow, with a penalty given.

Stop it on 3 seconds. Think the player goes to shoot and they get tangled.
There's no "intentional" foul. I stand by it. Yellow card and penalty.
I hope we appeal the straight red. Ref has forgotten the new rules.

https://twitter.com/jiff1967/status/959809643957583873 (https://twitter.com/jiff1967/status/959809643957583873)

Worked really hard today. The players deserve a lot of credit. Richards just kept going up there on his own, but all the outfield players should be praised, too. Bring on Tuesday.

Proud town fan tonight.

This group will fight for everything, they may lack a bit of quality at times but they were fucking brilliant today.

First half we were all over them even with 10 men( not a deliberate foul, so not a red card? Red forgot the rules?!)

2nd half we sat back and dealt with everything they threw until the final minute. Even so, that's a brilliant point and everyone would have taken a point 1-0 down and down to 10.

Time for more beers.  :pint: COYR

Shame we couldn't hold on but fair play. Probably would have been 4 or 5 if last seasons players were out there in those circumstances.

 :hmmm:

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Seems to have come about through lip reading..have to be very careful with that..

Strangely enjoyable game today...last gasp equaliser aside I thought we showed spirit & unity that has been missing for some time, everyone worked for each other. Lincoln are a horrible with Matt Rhead lead thug, epitomised by their failure to return the drop ball and almost getting through!  

Utter howler by RCC imo, judging by the way the rest of the team berated him & I didn't see a foul (could be wrong?).

Felt a bit sorry for Norris who had a great start to the game & thought Richards & Banks candidates for MoM.

Good point, but feels like a defeat.  

Leaving aside the sickening late equaliser, that's a decent point away from home and think anyone of us would have taken that at 2.30. And sounds like the new CB had a decent debut, esp as it was a bit chucked in at the deep end. So that makes 3 good Jan signings, all along the spine of the team. I'm happy :)

Agree Sleaford it does feel like a defeat... However if (?) we end up in the play offs with Lincoln we have nothing to worry about. Our 10 men were immense today.

How does that work then ?

Just seen the goals on Football on Five.  What on earth is that warning siren that was going off when they equalised?  Also RCC seemed to be really shouting at Robertson (?) straight after the goal.  He did look to be bundled, but should have done better.

it's an air raid siren. they did it for every corner.

It's a nod to the dambusters squadron being formed up the road at raf Scampton.

it's also highly fucking annoying

Got the look of a promotion side, I reckon. Fair fucks to Flitcroft, Banks was a grand signing.

Looks like RCC just dropped the ball into the net, the plum.

Now, who’s off to Wycombe?

The skill from Elsnik in the build up to the first goal. Insane.

https://twitter.com/jiff1967/status/959813428285267974

Yep having Elsenik back is almost like having a new player

We could have this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y_V_YPMxxvQ

The piss stains this - closest thing I could find to someone having a banana inserted
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wRgH7HvmSiE

Great collective effort yesterday, from the team and travelling support.
After having defended so well, that was a very disappointing goal to give away.
RCC is a decent enough keeper but just one or two little doubts starting to form.

Oldham must have a good midfield, despite the shit they are in, for Banks not to be playing.
Looks more than capable of playing at L1 level. Must be worth a punt in the summer.

Impressive debut from Rollin.
A future trivia question re having players with connections to both Congos in the same squad.

The home support generate a great atmosphere and the drum fits in quite well.
Their drummer is no Gene Krupa but there are plenty of much more annoying ones around.
Didn't mind the siren, much better than dishing out those clapping aid things or whatever they are.

Noticed a lady in the away end who looks very much like Theresa May, which might explain why our League2 Exit process hasn't been an overly smooth one so far.

Weather forecast doesn't look promising for Tuesday.
Thermals on standby, but if they do call it off, then do it early.

Pox

http://youtu.be/50wyLfrZkSk

Gene Krupa👏

Didn't even look like a foul seeing it again, just a tangle and he wasn't going directly at goal, not a sending off and a very dubious penalty at best.

I liked this Tweet from RCC apologizing for the late equalizer...

https://twitter.com/MrReiceCook/status/959839832821387265

There were loads of really great replies from Town fans including some TEF'ers (Messrs Batch and Bamboo amongst them)

When you read on here about 'that' FB group and the general wankshit attitude of some of our fans it kind of makes you despair but reading all those messages restores my faith that the majority of us are pretty decent types.

I would feel 10 feet tall if I was RCC reading all of those messages and would be chomping at the bit to get out on to the pitch for the next game instead of (perhaps) feeling slightly apprehensive. Support like that makes a difference and it's what being a fan is about.

To be honest Norris was playing the best he had all season when taken off, very unfair on him but something had to be done I guess and he was the obvious choice, he won a couple of headers and passed the ball well till he was taken off.

Lincoln had at least 8 thugs playing, they are a bullying team and I am so happy that we stood up to it, last season our boys would have crumbled under that sort of bullying and fouling and the constant hooooooofing of ballls into our box.

Great defensive performance all round right up till the fumble at the end, I haven't seen it again yet but my first thoughts were he was pushed but he certainly should have punched the ball not tried to catch it, but he did make a couple of good solid saves before that.

Banks is a great find, looks perfect sat in front of the back 4/5 protecting them and can make runs, tackle, head and pass the ball. Sign him on asap.

Elsnik is the best player at the club by a country mile, his shooting and passing skills are exceptional, my only slight complaint is that he has a great shot so please shoot more often! their keeper was dodgy as fuck with long ranger shots so we should have peppered his goal a bit more.

The whole defence looked solid and working as a unit when we had 4 or 5 at the back, Purkiss has come back transformed in confidence and his versaitlity at the back is a major asset, comfortable at CB or RB and making runs with the ball. Lancashire played his best game in a Town shirt too IMO.

The new lad Mayo (as I still can't spell his name unless I google it!) is huge and mobile and can head and pass and a fair bit of pace for a 6 foot 3 defender, would like him back next season if we could in whatever division we are in, bags of potential and not scared of upsetting the more seasoned pros of other clubs, he bullied Rhea as good as he got and stood up to another Bully in Bostwick...who took one look at his eyes and backed off when face to face near the end!

Taylor was a bit off the pace at LB but he was up against one of the best wingers I have seen this season and Anderson gave him little cover, most of their attacks when they did came down that side, Taylor is good attacking but defensively still a little weak.

Gordon needs to improve his delivery on crosses, he doesn't have the pace that he thinks he has so rarely can beat a defender for pace but looked better when we went 4 at the back and he was pushed up, still not 1st team standard yet IMO more of an impact sub.

Lincoln, for a team so many fancy for promotion, looked a one trick pony side, bully, bully, bully, kick, bitch, dive, kick it long to the target man (Green) who was the only player I would have out of that whole team, he has pace and control and a good target man but dives a little too easily when challeneged as did all the Lincoln players TBF.

They had one outlet, the right wing, otherwise it was just a massive boot into the box at every chance they had, they looked lost when we played it on the floor against them.

A good result though no matter what and I would have taken a draw before the game so am not unhappy but it could so easily have been 3 points.

Oh and drums and sirens do NOT belong in a football ground, sorry.

Not even these guys?
Could do with a horn section mind.  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SlvKwdL7mo

A few quotes from the Imps forum, some good some not so good as per football fans in general :)

Good result even if heart-breaking at end.

For the last couple of seasons plenty of us have been saying that supporters can put up with a lot if they genuinely believe that the team (and the management) are giving it everything. 

We seem to have that now.

I'll be glad if Accrington is off again.

That'll probably improve with experience though ;)

And putting a zimmer frame between him and the ball!

The defensive part of his game has always been suspect but his dead ball deliveries have made up for that, but yesterday was the first time he has come up against a half decent winger who at times did run circles around him but as I stated he was given no cover by Anderson.

I doubt he will come up against a player as willing to take him on as he did yesterday for the rest of the season though so its no biggy.

stand by it, when any other player makes a mistake there is someone else who can bale them out. keeper makes a mistake, goal 99% of the time..

I still think RCC should have done better, still think it's a mistake, but it's not like he's lobbed it in. hard catch under pressure.

no doubt in my mind a focused and in form Vigs is the better player. But he's been disappointing this year, RCC deservs the spot on merit. not that I think we'll see Vigs again unless Power pulls rank

I have watched the replay slowed down of the goal and I am convinced he is pushed into the net by the Lincoln number 9 Rhead or the dirty bastard Bostwick, they both go flying into the net along with RCC, still the ref gave it so we move on.

There no doubt that a Vigs when he is concentrating and confident is by far the better keeper but RCC has better kicking and distribution, which is a big part of our play under Flitcroft.

Such a waste of Vigs if he can't patch it up with Flitcroft but hes not THAT good hes just a perfectly adequate keeper who could with games, effort in  training and a change of attitude become a fairly good keeper in time.

We have a keeper that is supposedly better and less likely to make such a 'mistake'. He should have been playing instead, as he is paid to do, but wasn't because he's been acting like a massive bellend. The club invest in certain personnel only for them to not be playing without good reason. If I blame anybody, it's him.

That's said with all due respect to RCC, but we should be able to field our best players.

I quite agree. LV has taken the the school of "dummy spitting" as coached by a certain Riyad Mahrez, amongst many others who have behaved like a "I'm better than the club". Hopefully (by his tweets nonetheless) LV is realising he won't get anywhere fast by being a stubborn prick. If he looks at our history of GKs, we've had some bloody talented keepers here (yes some shockers too) who have gone on to even better things. Digby, Hammond, Given, Flowers, Brezovan, Heaton, and Foderingham to name a few of the top o my head.

If he can grow up he can become a very good keeper.

Totally. The guy had big bollocks just to go public, when he didn't even need to. That's respect right there. Hope he does take the kind responses to kick on and do us all proud on Tues.

This far he's hardly been the worst keeper we've had. He'll be fine Tuesday. unless its snowed off

RCC is nowhere near as bad as that Italian keeper PdC signed, what was his name? Lanzano wasn't it? totally unmemorable apart from several howlers.

Funny you say that, Lanzano started out ok but he had very little confidence at all. Was surprised to read he is only about 26 so the same age as Wes (19/20 when we signed them. Bloody hell where ha 7 years gone!) and young but in hindsight he wasn't really what we needed. Especially coming straight to England with know use of the language, despite PDC  installing an Italian contingent (most of which soon left). PDC got Foderingham on loan and the rest is history. Maybe with some careful development he could've been coached well. Wes was streets ahead though. Think he played about 9 games didn't he?

How about the old railway works hooter?

Thats used when we come onto the pitch.

The team look more settled with RCC. He fucked up yesterday, he's admitted it, town fans have got behind him, we move on. It's the fate of a goalkeeper. Don't forget vigs is also capable of a fuck up or a sending off. I'll happily stick with RCC.

Shows how long it is since I saw us play at home then.

:D I am pretty sure we had it all of last season, or pretty much all of last season.

Barnet at home.

Just seen the goals. Most refs would give that as a foul on the keeper! Decent point. Showing good form

It boils my piss when a keeper makes a mistake and gets slagged off.
A "striker" could miss two or three open goals  but then side foot one in and is hailed as a hero.