Free Scoring Hartlepool Visit

5th October 2006

Lincoln City face one of their hardest matches of the season, as free scoring Hartlepool United visit Sincil Bank on Friday evening.

This match provides Lincoln City's supporters with a taste of what might have been. The reason being is that Hartlepool are now managed by Danny Wilson, who was one of the leading supporter choices for Lincoln City's new manager.

Instead, Lincoln appointed the duo of John Schofield and John Deehan. The two Johns have impressed many but they face a real test of their character tomorrow. After a wonderful start, Lincoln City currently find themselves having lost two consecutive matches. Rather unfairly, this has led some supporters to criticise the team on the basis of one poor performance, which was at home to Bury last Saturday.

Tomorrow's match is probably not the one that Schofield would have wished for, as Hartlepool are one of the form teams of the division. They have won their past three matches, having scored 12 goals during these three games. They also possess the most in-form striker around, in John Daly, who has scored seven of Hartlepool's last 12 goals.

Lincoln have no injury worries ahead of the match. This means that Schofield is likely to name the same starting eleven, especially as midfielder Nicky Eaden has extended his loan from Nottingham Forest.

Likewise, Wilson is expected to name the same starting line-up for Hartlepool.

These two clubs first met on April 1st 1922 at Hartlepool in a Division 3 North fixture that ended as a 1-1 draw. The reverse fixture took place a week later at Sincil Bank, and also ended as a 1-1 draw. Please click here for a full historical round-up of the major results between these two clubs.

Odds for the game:

Lincoln 11/10
Draw 11/5
Hartlepool 11/5

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