Lincoln City 1-0 Aldershot Town

Happy 125th Birthday Lincoln city football club!

These was without a doubt the Imps best performance of the season.Chris Sutton oppted to go with a new formation using a 4-4-1-1 with Richard Butcher playing in the hole behind Rene Howe.The result being that Butcher had his best game in an Imps shirt since his return in the summer.
At the back Suttons first signing Adam Watts looked steady making a good clearance of off the line in the first half.
Another good point from the game was that as predictated on this very blog Scott Kerr was dropped to the bench with Stefan Oakes given the captions armband. The result was that Lincolns middfield was alot more creative with Oakes playing a blinder.And to think only last season he along with Frank Sinclir were made the scapegoats(Although the Retford Imps never took this view)
Although i dont rate Kerr i did think it was wrong for some sections of the Imps crowd to boo him when he came on for Oakes in the second half.As Sutton has said we all need to stick together At times like these although i have booed at the end of games i dont see any point in booing during the game.
The goal came 7 mins from the end when torres scored with a cool finish form a through ball from Butcher.It would be great if we could sign him up on a peremant deal but i feel this is unlikly.The best we can hope for is to extend the loan i feel.
So the win lifts us up to 18th.Although this doesnt sound great the league table is as tight as a duck arse with only 5 points seperating Grimsby in 22nd and Burton in 12th. The Imps are 4 points from the relagation zone and 8 from the playoff zone.
Another Intersting fact is that we have played 7 of the top 9 already (out of 11 games play this season) our run of opponests in the next few weeks also looks interesting they are .....

Maccelsfield town (A) 15th
Northampton Town (A) 19th
Torquay United (H) 23rd
Morcombe (A) 21st
Cheltenham Town (H) 13th
Grimsby Town (H) 22nd

I am not stupid enough to think that we will win all of thoses but there should be a good chance of picking up a few points as Sutton brings in more players and hopefully confidance returns.

UP THE IMPS!!