Who else but Delboy Facey could conjured a smash and grab revenge mission at Hereford with no Bull or pun intended. Another whirlwind start from the Imps almost saw them go ahead a couple of times before a Josh O'Keefe's ball found Grimes who played in Facey to drill home from close range.
The goal on 30 minutes was no more than the Imps deserved although the Bulls would continue to edge the possession and dominate the shot count throughout the game. Carson had another blinder making 9 saves in all with Bartlett being called upon to make just the one on top of picking the ball out of the net.
Rejoice its 2 in 2 for Captain Facey and 5 in 5 for the Imps – a feat not seen since Jamie Forester and Schoey’s Imps opened that glorious season with 4 away wins on the bounce.
To follow the teams and schemes plus the stats with the view from the Stacey West tomorrow when all on the Lincoln City floor of Footy Mad Towers sobers up.
Hereford 0-1 Lincoln City (HT 0-1)
Scorer Facey 29
Ref: Robert Madley
Att: 2,776 ( 2612 Bulls 164 Imps)
Hereford 4-4-2
Bartlett
Green Kovacs Townsend Heath
Colbeck Rose McQuoikin Purdie
Jervis Fleetwood
Substitutions - Canham on For Jervis 58 Pell on For McQuilkin 72 Lunt on For Purdie 85
Substitutes - 31 Heister, 27 Preston, 16 Lunt, 18 Featherstone, 23 Pell, 35 Ngo Baheng, 10 Canham
Lincoln City 4-4-2
Carson
Hoyte Hone Watts Hunt
Kelly Howell O'Keefe McCallum
Grimes yellow Facey
Substitutions
Kanyuka on For Grimes 90+1) Fuseini on For McCallum 90+1 Broughton on for Facey 90+1
Substitutes
20 Musselwhite, 40 Kanyuka, 17 Jarrett, 31 Fuseini, 10 Broughton, 27 Hutchinson, 39 Spencer
Possession
Hereford 53 % Lincoln City 47 %
Shots on target
Hereford 9 Lincoln City 3
Shots off target
Hereford 5 Lincoln City 6
Saves
Hereford 1 Lincoln City 9
Corners
Hereford 5 Lincoln City 6
Fouls
Hereford 9 Lincoln City 5
Yellows
Hereford 0 Lincoln City 1