Reaction to Lincoln Citys fixtures

Lincolns fixtures came out a week or two ago but were subject to change as Premiersports TV screen 30 live Blue Square Premier games per season thus meaning certain fixtures would change from their original dates should the Imps be televised.
The first batch of TV matches have been released and the Imps are to be screened three times in that period. The first one to be moved is the home match with Wrexham on match day three which will now be kicking off on Friday the 19th of August instead of the Saturday. The home game with title favourites Fleetwood Town will also be played on a Friday night as oppose to the Saturday it was originally planned for. I quite like Friday night matches as it gives you a chance to take in another match on the Saturday, and for home games you can get back in time to hit the bright lights of Retford for a few pints to either celebrate or commiserate. During the last couple of seasons it's been the latter more often that not. With the Wrexham game being moved foward it means it will be a busy start to the season for Lincoln with three games in six days.

The third TV game is the away match at Braintree Town which is still being played on Saturday 3rd of September but will now kick off at 7.00pm instead of 3.00pm so we could well take in another game before that. Plenty of planning yet to do with this one me thinks.

Overall i am quite happy with the way the fixtures have fallen for us. I always prefer us to start away from home so i am glad we have Southport away on day one. We also finish the season away from home when we visit Ebbsfleet. We face Grimsby twice over Christmas in the Lincolnshire derbys although if we have a winter like the previous two the furthest i will be going will be the Sherwood Ranger public house in town. The Blue Square fixtures come thick and fast at the start of the season and there are 8 Tuesday night games before Christmas. The most eye catching one being Barrow away on Septmeber the 27th. Although we have been given one of the longest trips of the season on a Tuesday night we have also be given localish games at York City and Alfreton Town to look foward to.

One fixure we have all been looking foward to is the away game at Fleetwood so we can have a jolly boys trip to Blackpool. Its normally our luck that a fixture like this would fall on a Tuesday night in December or January but thankfully we play them three games from the end of the season. Happy times. We should get into Blackpool for about 10.30 check into the digs and be in the Counting house pub at 11.30 at the very latest. The first round of Jagerbombs are on Baz!

After we have all bought our round of bombs we can get a tram/bus up to Fleetwood and continue our drinking.

Gateshead away could also see us have a good drinking day around Newcastle pre game (Maybe wearing red and white stripes wouldn't be the best idea though) and it being in January gives us plenty of time to plan and book train tickets. Kidderminster away gves us the chance to get some quality fodder down our necks, so that is another one to look foward to. We finish up with a nice away game at Ebbsfleet which should be fun. I always like to have a fairly long distance away game to finish the season on.

For the full list of Lincoln Citys 2011/12 fixtures click here to be taken to the offical website.