They Think Its All Over...

12th March 2010

"They think its all over....it is now!" (well almost).

What am I talking about? That's right, Lincoln City's fight against relegation. Happily, things look a lot more positive as The Imps defeated Hereford United this evening via a 3-1 win at Sincil Bank.

So why the 1966 World Cup reference? Well, because Sincil Bank not only played host to Hereford but it also began the only English ground to have the World Cup visit on its tour to South Africa. That's correct, today was the day that the World Cup came to Lincoln.

What do you expect from a World Cup tournament? Basically, its good football and excellent goals. Did Sincil Bank get it? Yep, among their three goals were two contenders for goal of the season.

The first was scored by loanee Davide Somma, who netted his second goal for City. Scott Kerr did well to pick Somma out with a pass but the striker did even better once he had beaten his marker as he fired an unstoppable shot from the edge of the penalty area for 1-0.

Managerless Hereford could count themselves unlucky not to equalise when they saw a shot cleared off the goal line by Cian Hughton. That was probably a significant turning point as soon afterwards, Lincoln scored their second goal. This is also a contender for goal of the season as Matt Saunders was allowed to bring the ball forward before firing a dipping shot from 35-yards out that landed in the net.

Just before half-time, the visitors scored what would be their only goal of the match, as Marc Pugh fired past Imps' goalkeeper Rob Burch.

The goal gave Hereford a boost and they came out fighting in the second half winning several corners that caused some heart racing nervous moments for City's fans. Thankfully, they did not score and even more thankfully, City did! Somma created the 71st minute goal when his neat piece of skill created space to pass to Saunders who scored his second goal of the game.

Perhaps Hereford will feel that score flattered Lincoln but for once, lets just enjoy the victory and not worry about the little things as Chris Sutton's men edge nearer to safety. The Imps are now eleven points ahead of the last relegation place but the other clubs play tomorrow so that could change.

One last point to mention is the evening saw several tributes to the late Lincoln City manager Keith Alexander.

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