after a dump,shower and change we made the five minute walk to the stadium to see the imps first game of the 2009-10 season.
the first thing that struck us was the number of police there was there.at least 5 vans plus dogs plus everything else.the tickets cost 8 euro and went in to the ground.there we were great ed by the Lincoln chief executive Dave Roberts who we had a good chat to about out trip and such. he seemed very impressed that us we had made the journey and been up since Wednesday morning. another imp had also made the trip which was nice to see we wernt the only ones.Mr Roberts then went on to buy us all at least two or three beers (carnt remember) you would never get this happening a big club.
we then ambled over to where the team were warming up, (in the 37 degree heat) Jacko then broke off from the warm up came over the fence shook all of our hands and thanked us for coming over! after posing for a picture with the team and a few other imps who had traveled over jacko asked the team to give a round of applause for the supporters! great moment! thanks jacko! (the pic is on Lincolns website!)
As for the game it was what you would expect. Celle hadnt won since February so had a new look squad out,including 4 lads from the local British Army base (got to keep an eye on jerry even now you know!) the imps knocked the ball around well creating a few chances but as normal fucked them up although we had the lions share of the ball celle were dangerous on the break and nearly got behind the imps back line on a couple of occasions.
on 30 mins the imps conceded there first penalty kick of the 2009-10 season (didnt take long did it!) Rob burch saved it(pictured above) but alas was beaten in the 37th min by the celle number eight . there were plenty of chances for the imps from then on but the celle keeper was having one of those nights were he saved everything and was greeted to great applause when he was subbed with about 6 Min's left to play
we were greeted to the sight of imps assistant manager and coach iffy onoura and steve clarke playing the last 15 mins or so, a sign that this game was aimed at fitness levels rather than winning.
full time Tus celle fc 1-Lincoln city -0
att- about 150 ish
programme- none
food/drink at ground-no food. beer after first pint was ok.
standard of ground 7/10
after the game the players came over to the imps fans and gave there shirts away. as a washing machine incident had ruined my white away top i was well chuffed to get one. Luca carmon cole, i salute you!
after the game it was back into the town for more beer and food! we hooked up with another imps fan Nigel and found a decent bar.The barmaid seemed worried that her English wasnt too good but it beat the shit out of our German.(surprise surprise the barmaid was good looking and very charming,the opposite to the ones over here then)
we left the bar at about 11.30, with only me and baz ending up on the beer while the others were on "cola" as the Germans call coke.
then i broke my personal best, my second kebab in 5 hours, get in! and again it was fantastic! we ate at a table inside and washed it down with a yogurt drink that baz had recommended to us!one of what i presume was the owners sons came in, say our Lincoln shirts and asked the score. he couldn't belive we had lost to celle!
big questions were being asked on the way back, like how would our guts cope with what had been thrown at them and what was for breakfast!
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