Nottingham At The Double?

28th November 2007

Over the past few days, Lincoln City FC had the rare chance to record a Nottingham Double; unfortunately, this was the not the case.

The first half of the potential Nottingham double saw The Imps entertain Notts County at Sincil Bank on Saturday. Lincoln were looking for their first win since August, while County were trying to distance themselves from the relegation threatened clubs, of which, Lincoln are one.

Lincoln opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time when Ben Wright plundered his way into the penalty area to poke the ball home. However, five minutes into the second half, County equalised through a spectacular long-range shot from Gary Silk. At this point, Lincoln's players' heads could have fallen thereby ensuring yet another defeat. Thankfully, the players were not deterred by the goal loss, and kept their morale from dropping. This was a very pleasing sight. Lincoln also tried, and indeed succeeded in, playing neat football at times.

The Imps' courage was rewarded in the 75th minute when Lee Frecklington surged from the midfield past several challenges before scoring what would turn out to be the winning goal.

The second half of the Nottingham double occurred on Tuesday evening when Lincoln travelled to Nottingham Forest for a FA Cup first round replay fixture. Forest are currently second in the league, and their league position does not lie, as Lincoln would find out. Nottingham were always going to win the match even before Kris Commons and two goals from Nathan Tyson gave them a 3-0 goal lead.

There were some positives from the game, especially the fact that Imps' boss Peter Jackson played several inexperienced players, including youth teamer Danny Hone and Owain Warlow. The game will have been good experienced for these players and they can hold their heads up high, as they continued to battle until the final whistle. Their reward came late in the match when Jamie Forrester scored.

Now, Lincoln's players must take heart from their past two performances for when they head to Stockport County in their next league match. Lincoln are quite capable of gaining the three precious points that could see them escape the bottom two spots.

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