Sunday, December 2, 2012

Why we MUST win the replay at Mansfield

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Cast your minds back about six weeks, it's mid-October and the Imps are drawn to play Halifax in the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round, but after a poor performance at Sincil Bank, many are already saying "oh well, there's always next year".......six weeks later and the Imps were about ninety seconds away from guaranteeing themselves a place in the third round, but a late equaliser means a replay and despite being in the draw, Lincoln fans couldn't quite enjoy it as much as if we were already there....or so we thought.....the draw was done the next day and it guarantees the winners of the replay between Lincoln and Mansfield Town a home game against Premiership midtable side Liverpool, and it's a game that could prove to be one of the biggest in Lincoln's history.....if we make it there.

I've seen Lincoln play two Premier League teams during my twelve years of going to Sincil Bank regularly (I had only been intermittently before hand), Birmingham in the Carling Cup in 2004/5 and the epic tie at Fulham in the same competition a year later, however, neither would compare with the second most successful team in English club football coming to Sincil Bank for an FA Cup tie, however, it's not just the chance to see some of the most famous names in the English game in Lincoln, it's a chance for the club to getting what is effectively a "get out of jail free" card.

Having already played five games in this season's FA Cup, and the guarantee of a sixth with the replay at Mansfield, the Imps have already made a decent amount of money from this season's cup run, and the club have made no secret that the money is most definitely needed. Several years of mismanagement from the top level at the club, coupled with the club's relegation 19 months ago, saw the club fall on hard financial times and many fans speculated that we wouldn't have a club anymore within a few years. I admit I was one of those fans who thought it was just a matter of time before the club folded, and I had precisely no interest in going to watch whatever phoenix club arose from that situation.

A game against Liverpool at home would be a near enough guaranteed sell-out and even though Sincil Bank isn't even that big and we would have to share the gate money, that is a LOT of extra money and even if we lost the game, combine the attendance money with all the money accumulated from the previous rounds, and all of a sudden we will have gained well into the six figure category.....and then not to forget that whomever wins the replay is almost certain to have their game against Liverpool on TV, that's even more money.

It's also not been that long since we played Liverpool in a friendly at Sincil Bank in 2006, as the Premier League side came as part of a deal that saw Jack Hobbs got to Anfield. That night saw a packed Sincil Bank watch City narrowly lose 2-1 with what would turn out to be one of Ryan Semple's few positive contributions in a Lincoln City shirt. Highlights of this game below.



Although obviously there's no guarantee that we'll even get there, but if did get there then this game goes a long way to helping secure the long term future of our football club, and more importantly it would give us hope for the future. With the club already on a good run, the fans are slowly starting to come back and hopefully those that come to the FA Cup tie (if we make it of course) who live locally will consider going on a more regular basis.

It's also the type of game that can push a club onto the next level in terms of performance for the rest of the season. In 2006/7 Bristol Rovers went to Derby County, a big draw, and although they lost, it sort of turned their season around as they went from midtable also-rans to a side that eventually won promotion. With the Imps not too far from the Playoff places and having games in hand over most of the teams above us, the positive mood around the City could easily continue into pushing on for the Playoffs.

Although there's still a long way to go and we are still closer to the relegation zone than the Playoff places, the positivity around Sincil Bank at the moment is immense, not only because of the fact we haven't lost in the league since early October, but that we are also putting in good performances, scoring goals for fun and it looks like we have a squad, that although it looked a bit dodgy at first, is coming along nicely.

Whatever happens, whether we make the third round or not, this has been one of our most memorable FA Cup runs in recent memories. All the negativity surrounding the fans after the 0-0 draw with Halifax, all of their fans' arrogance before the replay, the look on their faces when we won, battering Walsall over two games and coming within seconds of beating a side who have a budget that shadows our's, this has been a memorable cup run to say the least.

And it seems fitting to leave you with the video of the game at Walsall, one of the many good memories from this year's FA Cup run.........


Thursday, November 15, 2012

Walsall away : Victory, "it's a goal Michael" and bitter fans

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I've waited until two days after the game finished to write this as I wanted to calm down a bit before writing this. I still can't believe we beat Walsall. Now, I know many of you might look at that and think "Walsall? It's not like it's a Premiership side," ..... but let's put it into context, in terms of positions, it would be like a middle of the table League One side going to a midtable Premiership side and winning, even though the Premiership side field a near full strength team. The level of the victory might not seem the same, but try finding a Lincoln fan who  cares that it was "only Walsall".

The away day started pretty late for me  as I didn't finish work until 4pm. I love night games because it helps you take your mind off of bad days, and this was definitely the case for me, and made even sweeter by the fact that I wasn't driving, I hate driving. Driving stresses me out to a level where I become very unpleasant to be around.

Matt was driving, a person who I have known since I was 11 and have been to school together, stayed in hotels together and now even work together, and he bought along his daughter, Chloe. It took a bit longer than expected to get to the Bescot (fuck sponsorship, it's the Bescot), as there had been an accident on the M6 (how come there's always an accident anytime we're playing away from home, or someone jumping in front of a train delaying everything, don't they realise that there's a football match to get to?) The 80 minute journey from Newark turns into 3 hours, but we still made it in plenty of time.

Once we were there we made our way into the Saddlers club, a bit like a bigger version of Sincil Bank's Centre Spot pub, although with food that was a lot less edible (and yes,  I have tasted the food at Sincil Bank) and served in a very, very slow manner. It took them nearly 15 minutes to serve four people. Eventually we make our way into the ground, although I am stopped on the way as a female steward is amazed at the stuff I pull out of my handbag.....toothbrush anyone? How about a torch?

We eventually made our way in and all the youngsters that are going these days keep changing their standing position, which makes finding a space a bit awkward as I want to sit down and watch the match. After about four or fie times of moving, I give up as they again make their way over to sit next to where I am sitting. I just can't be bothered to move anymore and it's just a bit of a chore. The game eventually kicks off and the first half is a bit of a dull affair, although the home side do slightly edge it.

The second half is a much different prospect as Alan Power quickly latches onto a through ball and slots home to give the Imps the lead on the night. Walsall's appeals for offside fall on deaf ears and Power was about 3/4 yards onside when the ball is played. City sit back and although they rarely launch another attack, Farman isn't really having much to do in the city goal as Walsall can't get any shots in.........that is until about nine minutes from time when they score with their first shot on target during the entire game. The fans behind the goal are deflated and you can tell the players just want that whistle as we were hanging on for those final few minutes. Thankfully we do hold out for extra time.

Taken from the BBC Football Website
Vadaine Oliver makes it 3-1
Extra time is much the same as most of the rest of the match, the hosts having a lot of the ball but not really doing anything with it. Just before the end of the first period the Imps get a corner. It's played in and substitute Vadaine Oliver, who had given the ball away for Walsall's goal, heads in to restore City's lead. Vadaine is at it again a few minutes later as he latches onto a weak back header to beat Grof to the ball and to send the Imps fans behind that goal into raptures. You can't put into words what that goal meant and the away end went absolutely wild when it went beyond the hapless (and rather shit) David Grof and into the net.

Walsall do make it 3-2, but much like commentator Michael Hortin, most Imps fans don't realise Walsall have scored again. Hortin is going on about a brilliant City clearance and how City have got a decision anyway.......to which Steve Thompson replies "It's a goal Michael"....infact, the clip is right at the bottom fo this entry.

Funnily enough, I then see the woman who was doing my nut in in the game at Barrow.....and surprise, surprise, she's moaning again.....however, thinking about it, whenever I've seen her at an away game, we have never lost. I think I've sat near/next to her at three away games now and we've won them all. 2-1 at Cheltenham and the two recent games. If she wasn't such an irritating fuck head then I would gladly sit next to her every game to try and do anything I can to get a win.

The final whistle goes and the Imps fans and players go mental. It's the same outside the ground but then one Walsall fan just has to be that twat doesn't he. Cowering as he walks around a dark corner, he shouts abuse at all Lincoln fans two or three times.....he really didn't like it when I replied back.....pity the coward was still walking away. I really hate sore losers, I really do. However, let's not get one sour-graped twat ruin our evening and celebrate a great win for the Imps.

It makes it nine unbeaten now, something that we would have only dreamed of six weeks ago and hopefully it now means that the Imps have turned that corner and that we can now move on and push for getting back in the Football League, maybe not this season, but soon.

Below is my video of the night.............


Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Video : 2012/13 : Barrow vs Lincoln City

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On Saturday we made the trip to Barrow and it was quite a memorable trip for both good and bad reasons.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Barrow away : Victory, frustrating fans and Father Ted

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When you've had a difficult week, the last thing you'd have needed in recent years is to go and watch Lincoln City away from home, but not any more. I'd had a bit of a bad week due to issues I can't really go into but the form of the Imps meant that going to watch Lincoln doesn't feel like the task it has done in recent years. City went into the game at Barrow in excellent form and fans sort of expecting to win games.

Despite the recent run of form, manager David Holdsworth has struggled to get praise from the fans who have pointed out that the improved form has only come since Grant Brown and Chris Moyses became more involved in the first team. It has seemingly gotten to the point where some fans have an attitude of "If we win it's because of Grant and Chris, if we lose it's because of David," a bit of a ridiculous statement as Holdsworth has assembled a side that is finally started producing. That's not to say that Chris and Grant aren't doing a good job, but it will certainly be interesting to see how certain fans react and when this unbeaten run ends.

So onto the matchday and my first experience of the new Red Imps Cafe at Sincil Bank. Food at Sincil Bank has always been a bit suspect, and that's putting it nicely. Buying a cheeseburger in the CO-OP stand basically means you get a cold bit of meat located between two cold bits of bread, infact, putting it bluntly, the food at Sincil Bank is shit, so you can imagine my surprise when the food in the RIC was actually quite nice. The coach eventually arrives and off we go.

It could be Craggy Island.........it could be Barrow. Who knows???
The roads to Barrow are pretty bland until you get to Cumbria, at which point you are actually treated to some views of some wonderful countryside for miles on end.....until you get to Ulverston. It's amazing that you can go from looking out of your window and thinking "oh, that's quite nice" to "what the fuck is this shithole?"

Ulverston makes Grimsby/Cleethorpes look like a metropolitan paradise. Barrow, just a few miles further down the road, isn't much better and the view from out of the main stand at Holker Street is one of the most depressing in the country. I've been to some right shitholes, but Barrow is right up there amongst the others.......hello Alfreton! You know it reminds me of in many ways? Craggy Island from Father Ted, for which myself and a few other of the coach-goers were talking about gleefully on the way.

One of these days I'm expecting to go to Barrow and see that they've got a local fair on, looking inside and there's a bench being lifted up by a crane as one of the rides, or a sideshow called the "SpiderBaby".....two more Father Ted references....seriously, watch it, it's very funny.

When we finally arrived at Holker Street the gates were already open, and fortunately we timed it so that the rain was only just starting to fall when we entered the turnstiles. I see a lot of City fans head into the seats and I follow a few seconds later, they ask why I want to go in the seated stand, to which my reply is....."Well I like to sit down when watching football and side views are always better,".......to which they let me through with the words "It's ok, this one's not a troublemaker."

That kind of bugged me in a way. For those who aren't aware, I'm going through a sex change, so I'm not sure what part of me, a six foot tall guy with red hair (and I mean red, not ginger), make up, fake breasts and a handbag, lead the steward to initially believe that I was going to cause trouble, but let's face it, there aren't many transgendered individuals going around causing trouble at football matches these days.....or indeed just transgendered people at football matches. The wind is so bracing that despite initially staying in just a very fitting t-shirt, I have to put on my nice, warm, hooded jumper, the rain then starts pelting it down, but fortunately we under cover so it doesn't affect us......unlike the below set of so fans who stayed in the terrace despite of the adverse weather.



As the away end fills up, the weather calms down quite a bit and it's all good with the exception of the wind, and I get some fans sat in front of my who are amongst the most annoying type of football fan, those that have a choice between seating and terracing, go in the seating but then insist on standing the entire time, and then do it right in front of someone who has no interest in standing. Eventually the steward pretty much forces them to sit down, but these were not fans, these were the type of people that Lincoln has attracted in recent seasons, those that moan for the sake of moaning. They were shouting at one point for Dan Gray to clear the ball, he clears it, and then they moan at him for not clearing it directly to the feet of Jamie Taylor, who is stood 60 yards away. There's just no pleasing these types of fans and they will always find a fault, or cause those around them headaches because they won't shut the fuck up!!!!!! All I can hear through the entire game is high pitched moaning and it gave me a bit of a headache.

Infact, they type of fans do my head in so much that I've decided to give them their own anthem. A song that sums them up perfectly, their attitude, etc, I present to you "Predictable" by Good Charlotte.



The pre-match rain made it hard for either side to really get a foot hold on the game and the first chance comes just before half time, and it resulted in the opening goal of the game as Dan Gray cleared the ball (moan, whinge, bitch) upfield, Jamie Taylor gets the ball, plays in Alan Power with a clever trick and the former Hartlepool man slots it home from just inside the area.

The second half isn't much better with both sides again struggling on the poor pitch, but City do make it 2-0 just after the hour mark as Vadaine Oliver scores a rare goal to extend City's lead from a corner. Ex-Imp Louis Almond is tripped late on to give Barrow a penalty (but of course according to the fans in front of me it was never a penalty, and it's a conspiracy worse than the Kennedy assassination that they've been given a penalty) and they put it away to make it a nervy finish for the Imps, but City do hold on to take a well earnt three points. The Imps suddenly find they've reached the nose-bleed second that is 13th in the table......dizzying heights indeed.

The trip home seems to last forever as those of us at the back of the coach are trying to watch the Aston Villa vs Manchester United match, with a Chelsea fan taking particular please when Villa take a 2-0 lead.......I am soon rubbing it in though as United turn it around to make it 3-2. It's not easy watching a football match on a phone though, especially in an area which seemingly has no mobile coverage whatsoever, but we do our best. Granted, it's better than sat there looking blankly into the pitch black countryside, or watching other traffic on the motorway, but the image freezing just as you're about to see a goal is frustrating.

Other than that it was a pretty uneventful, but long, trip home.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

With the FA Trophy draw coming up

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It's that time of year that every non-league fan looks forward to. No, it's not the FA Cup 1st Round draw, it's not a game against your local rivals that you haven't played since one of you kicked a ball over the neighbour's fence, oh no, it's the FA Trophy draw.

With a lot of our local teams getting through the qualifying stages so far, there is a heavy chance of getting a local derby when the first round draw is made on Monday, with Alfreton, Mansfield and Grimsby all definitely in the first round with us, and the plethora of local sides in the last qualifying rounds includes Boston, Gainsborough, Worksop and Stamford.

To sort of celebrate the upcoming draw, I'm going to share with you the video from last year's trip to Colwyn Bay. This would be the last Lincoln game I covered of the 2011/12 season.


Sunday, November 4, 2012

Are we on the verge of a cup run?

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After defeating the self-proclaimed "massive club" Halifax, the Imps came within minutes of getting past League One side Walsall. The Imps had controlled most of the match and more than outmatched their loftier opponents, that was until the Saddlers launched a rare attack and scored with what was pretty much their first effort on target just before the end of the 90 minutes. It had ended what had been a brilliant Imps performance in disappointing fashion.

The game now goes to a replay and will face the winners of another replay, Slough vs Mansfield. Although we won't do what Halifax did and start looking forward to the next round before we have actually beaten the  opponents we have in the replay, but if the replay goes anything like the first game, then the Imps have a great chance of making the third round.

We are familiar with Mansfield Town after our visit there last month (video below), and we were hardly overawed by one of the pre-season favourites for promotion, and Slough Town are one of the lowest ranked teams left in the competition, currently playing in the Evostik South League Division One Central, the equivalent level to Lincoln United. Slough sit midtable in their division but due to their FA Cup run have played at least two games less than anyone else in their division.


If the Imps can get past Walsall then we have a great chance to get through to the third round and draw a big side. However, we shouldn't just assume that we are going to beat Walsall simply because they were crap yesterday (and I would go as far as saying one of the worst sides we've played this season). They are still two divisions above us and despite their recent form, are still more than capable of beating us....afterall, they can't be any worse than they were on Saturday.

But anyway, hopefully we can have a decent cup run again.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Hello FA Cup, have you missed us?

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Well after last year's absense, Lincoln City are now back in the FA Cup proper after a win at AFC Halifax on Tuesday evening. After Saturday's goalless draw against the Shaymen, a game where City have plenty of opportunities to make it through at the first attempt, City made the trip to the Shay on Tuesday and goals from Jake Sheridan and Jamie Taylor sent the Imps through against a side who barely forced Paul Farman into a save over the two games.

However, despite them barely forcing our goalkeeper into a save in the first game, you'd have thought that a Halifax win in the replay was a foregone conclusion with the way their fans were going on and it's something that really bugs me about the FA Cup, especially true non-league sides such as AFC Halifax (a club that have never played above their current level of the Blue Square North), the lower league clubs always make out that they were considerably better than they were. I'll grant you that City weren't great in either game, but it is laughable that Halifax said that they were good because they weren't, in neither game did they ever look like scoring.

We beat Telford 3-1 in 2009 and all they kept on going on about is how they easily had more chances than us, kindly ignoring the small fact that we actually had the same amount of shots that they did and virtually all of their 16 came from 30 yards out. Any team could have sixteen shots if all you're going to do is shoot from that far out.
Taken from a Huddersfield website that has also
noticed that referees favour the lower ranked team
in cup games.

Halifax were no different with their players talking as though they had already won the replay, and I even found a thread on Walsall (the team who would play the eventual winners) where Halifax fans had been talking as though we might as well have not turned up on Tuesday. It's makes beating them even more fun.

Another thing I hate about the FA Cup is that the refereeing becomes even more suspect in favour of the lower ranked team. There were several occasions during the game where the ball was quite clearly played out by a Halifax player (some with no City player anywhere in sight) and then they were given the decision. There was an incident a few months before we scored the second goal where a Halifax player headed it out but was given the throw, and from that throw in they launched an attack that ended in a shot that went well wide of the target.............and Halifax were given a corner, on neither occasion did a City player actually play the ball.

But fuck it, we're in the FA Cup after a year's absense from the competition but I don't think our participation will last much longer. The last sort of tie Lincoln needed was one against a League One side, and a midtable Walsall side that have won 3 of their 7 away games fits well into that category. Fortunately City seem to be finding a bit of form having now gone four games without defeat, three of those ending in a clean sheet.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

A blast from the part : Part 1

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I recently found a CD full of my old videos so have decided to upload some to Youtube. First up were two weekend trips in the 2006/7 and 2007/8 seasons respectively.

2006/7 saw a trip to Bristol for Mark Lovely's birthday. It was an eventful weekend ahead of an inevitably disappointing 0-0 draw. A year later and a trip to Blackpool came before our game at Morecambe. Both were memorable games for very different reasons. Below is the video for Bristol Rovers but due to issues with the song used in the Morecambe video, you will have to go to my Youtube channel for the Morecambe video.

I'll upload more in the near future. Also, there MIGHT be a video for the FA Cup replay at Halifax on Tuesday. It depends on how many interviewable people are there.


Sunday, October 14, 2012

Wrexham away : Victory, incompetent train companies and a scouse twat

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Saturday afternoon saw us make the trip to Wrexham, I was about to use the word simple but as you're about to read, there was nothing sodding simple about it.

A Victoria Sponge cake from Crewe train station.
It looks like shit but was absolutely gorgeous.
My day started out by intending to catch the early train from Newark to Lincoln to get the coach to the game. The alarm goes off at 6am but I'm thinking "fuck it," and have a bit of a lay in. I eventually make it down to North Gate train station to catch the 8:20 train and it says it's "on time" ......it gets to 8:20 and despite the fact the train hasn't arrived yet, it's still "on time"......five more minutes pass and it's still "on time"....at this point I was tempted to ask the nearby station attendant "What time does the 8:20 train, that you claim is still on time, actually plan on getting here?"......I didn't. Finally, at about 8:35, 15 full minutes after the train was supposed to leave, they finally announce there's an issue and I'm not going to get to Lincoln in time to get the coach, so I am forced to fork out £48 for a return to Wrexham. When I asked for a refund for my ticket to Lincoln due to their incompetence and not allowing me chance to get an alternative way to get to Lincoln in time (there are very few buses that run between the two places), I was refused.

I make my way over to Castle and aim to catch the 9:04....which is again late. It eventually turns up 11 minutes late and this means that my journey, that was initially only going to be two changes (Newark to Beeston, Beeston to Birmingham, Birmingham to Wrexham) was now four as I couldn't make the Beeston to Birmingham train. I continue to have troubles but thankfully I finally get a rest when I get to Crewe and I got to sample some very nice sponge cake, amongst other things, but that was pretty much the only nice thing about travelling to Wrexham. None of the four trains were on time, not a single one, thankfully I get to Wrexham in time for kick off.

There doesn't seem to be a lot to do around the ground (I don't drink for those who don't know me, meaning the numerous pubs were pretty pointless) and so I head straight in, but not into the away end like you would expect. I instead head into the main stand at Wrexham to watch the game from there. I tend not to like other Lincoln fans, or more to the point certain Lincoln fans, so occasionally I will go into the home stands, also because it is generally a much better view in home ends.


The main stand at Wrexham, easily the nicest stand at their ground and t
he one that I went in for this game

After finding a seat that doesn't have the "RESERVED" badge on it, some guy comes up to me saying it was his seat and seems stunned when I counter by saying that it doesn't have a reserved sign on it and ask to see his season ticket proving that is his seat. Unsurprisingly he can't produce one so I refused to move at first, but then notice a seat further in closer to the half way line and I take that instead.

The game kicks off and City dominate early on with Jamie Taylor missing two chances within the first two minutes of the game, and although the Imps create several chances, Wrexham have more of the ball. Eventually the Imps do find the break through though as the ball finds Nicolau, who was at least 5 yards offside when the ball was played (and I was near enough in line with it so I know he was definitely offside), he lashes the ball past a helpless goalkeeper and City have a surprise lead.

Wrexham continue to have plenty of possession but Farman is rarely called into action as the game turns a bit  nasty as both sides are putting in several hefty challenges. The home fans and players aren't impressed by City's obvious time wasting tactics, including at one point spending 20 seconds to take a throw in before placing it on the ground for someone else to take......it quickly earnt a booking from the rather portly referee.

The second half sees more Wrexham possession but Farman again is merely a spectator before the Imps punish Wrexham for not making the most of their possession as Jamie Taylor scores his 5th of the season with a curling effort from 20ish yards. Connor Robinson makes it 3-0 soon afterwards with his second goal in City colours.

The Imps fans are going mental, whereas the Wrexham fans around me are leaving in, well, only dozens at this point. I'm struggling to hold back just how pleased I am that we're winning by a comfortable marginand know I am potentially opening the floodgates by taking pictures of the scoreboard that is reflecting our convincing display. The hosts do pull a goal back just before the end but it's not long before Colin Larkin restores the three goal cushion as he scores his third goal for the Imps just before full time. Wrexham do pull another one back just before the final whistle.


Taken just before Wrexham pulled one back.






I left just after Wrexham scored their second goal to make sure I caught the train on time. When I get there Billy Jarish, Dan Richards, John Goodman and Rachel Wilkinson are already there having left at 3-0. We are there talking amongst ourselves about how pleased we were with the win.....after a few minutes, a Wrexham fan decides to interupt.

I've never been keen on Wrexham, or to be more precise, their fans. Their fans are one of those sets of fans that just seem to think they are considerably bigger than they are and that they automatically deserve success.  They are an unrealistic bunch. I remember them barely surviving relegation in 2006/7, and when I say barely I mean that they only stayed up after beating Boston on the last day, and yet within minutes their fans were all over The Football Forum proclaiming how they would win the division easily the next year, amassing more than 100 points and scoring more than 100 goals, and you always got the feeling that they weren't taking the piss and genuinely expecting that.....12 months later they were relegated. This guy was no different.

Some Wrexham fans need to wear this badge
This guy was quite clearly one of those who doesn't react well to defeat because he starts giving us a lot of abuse and coming out with the stupidest stuff you'd ever hear....he was quite bizarre. I would actually go into what he specifically said but I can't really put it into sufficient words that would make it sound as stupid as it was.  The fact the woman he was with was rolling his eyes said it all really.

Anyway, four more trains later, and, none of which were on time, and I finally got home.

Since then Wrexham fans have continued to act really childish and have flooded the club's official Facebook page with very immature messages about how we have reacted to win. I'm not going to lie, some of what they are saying is very true, we did time waste a LOT, but point out one side that doesn't time waste when they're winning......I'll grant you, most don't start as early as the 40th minute, but fuck it, a win's a win.

So, eight trains, none of which were on time, a sore loser and a day of frustration made it all very worth it by a fantastic Imps display. I can't fault the Imps at all today, one side was going to be on the end of a lot of City goals at some point but very few people would have realistically expected it to come at Wrexham.