Views from sedgleyimp following the 1-0 win at home against Bowers & Pitsea in the First Round of The FA Cup (yes, this should have been published a couple of weeks ago, but I just can’t be arsed at the moment): “Back home after yet another diversion based journey…
You know some will look at a 1-0 win and think that should have been more. Goal-wise probably but performance-wise that was absolutely fine. Most of the players did what was required of them and played pretty well. Bowers were as I expected both committed and physical and they certainly put up a decent fight, even if a couple of their tackles could so very easily have resulted in injuries to our players if they hadn’t been cute enough to get out of the way. The one in the first half by their right back on Bishop could have been a leg breaker if Bishop hadn’t been good enough to get out of the way.
But overall well done to Bowers for giving us a game and well done to the City youngsters for standing up to it and coming through the tie.
Some very good positives in the performances of Sanders Long and Draper. Freddie will get his first goal very soon and really could be a big player for us for a few seasons to come. Very impressed by him so far. Sanders MOM for me even before his goal. Wanted to play forward all the time.”
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More views from the Match Thread:
JT_LCFC: “It must of been 80% possession especially in the second. Bowers can be proud of their resilience. We were the only team going to win, but quite often masters of our own downfall,
Being honest if we had last years forward line, the game would have been over within 20 minutes. January will be a decent window to hopefully address the lack of quality in the final third.”
impsimps: “Back home after waiting for a ship to cross the road, Sutton Bridge.
Frustrating afternoon, good first ten but couldn’t get the breakthrough, they had a couple of decent attempts but they really came for a draw from the first minute. One of those games where their keeper was made to look good by our poor finishing and rushed play. Opened up more when they tired and especially after our goal, deserved the win but we made hard work of it. Our forward line is not full of goals is it ! Draper made a difference and always looked likely. The other lot did not disgrace themselves. Decent gate, good to see so many children there.
UTI.”
berksimps: “Upgraded to Legends Lounge for the game just to see what it was like. Extra £5 for the seat covers, private bar, and pristine clean toilets made it worth it. No atmosphere though, as few others in that area, Jules and Salford excepted.
First ten minutes and it was a question of how many would we score. After that our build-up became slower and slower with no players seemingly willing to run hard at the opposition. The remainder of the first half and the start of the second were frustrating: incredibly poor first touches, lack of pace, wayward passing. Thought was that a set-piece might sort things in their favour! They hit the bar, Draper bolstered the attack and we woke up a bit. A clean sheet and a first goal for Sanders were the reward and highlight of the performance. Much of the time it was pretty tedious but at least we went through.”
Thank you to Graham Burrell and Lincoln City Football Club for the photograph!
Lincoln City 1-0 Bowers & Pitsea:
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) November 22, 2021
Sincil Bank
FA Cup First Round
6/11/2021 4:00 pm
Attendance: 5800
| Lincoln City | Bowers & Pitsea | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders 66' | |||||||
| Long | Beeney | ||||||
| Eyoma | Bentley | ||||||
| Bramall | Stephen | ||||||
| Montsma | White (c) | ||||||
| Roughan | 51' | Leahy | |||||
| McGrandles (c) | Thomas | 58' | |||||
| Adelakun | Monville | ||||||
| Sanders | Cornhill | ||||||
| Maguire | Dicks | 83' | |||||
| Bishop | Norton | 41' | |||||
| N'Lundulu | Manor | 83' | |||||
Substitutes |
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| Mair (GK) | Guest (GK) | ||||||
| Robson | Joseph-Johnson | ||||||
| Fiorini | Ademiluyi | 83' | |||||
| Sørensen | Osifuwa | ||||||
| Draper | 51' | Albon | 41' | ||||
| Longdon | Sartain | ||||||
| Sach | 83' | ||||||
| Trendall | 58' | ||||||
Game Statistics |
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| 22 | Goal attempts | 4 |
| 9 | On Target | 1 |
| 11 | Corners | 2 |
| 6 | Fouls | 16 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 5 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 53 | % | 47 |