Darlington green with Lincoln!
9 April 2007
Attendance: 3678
Darlington 1 Lincoln 1
Both sides chasing a play off place had Lincoln aiming for at least a draw. But Darlington needed the win, not just for the three points but against another play off contender the three points were worth six!
The game was awful during the first thirty minutes as both teams were scared to play and thereby lacked motivation.
However, Joachim opened the scoring in the 38th minute when he headed in a Blundell cross from close range for his tenth goal of the season. Darlington should have taken the lead long before this as although the game was bad, they had the best of the chances. Striker Greg Blundell had a chance after only six minutes and, although Lincoln responded with a header from striker Mark Stallard in the 17th minute, it was the home side who dominated.
The home side almost doubled their advantage just after the break when Rory Prendergast found Neil Wainwright free at the far post, but the winger failed to hit the target with a shot from ten yards.
Lincoln realized that they had to drag themselves back into the game and shots like that from Ryan Amoo in the 54th minute began bringing the visitors back into the game.
You could see it coming. The visitors grabbed an equaliser in the 76th minute. Evan Horwood needlessly conceded a corner and Lee Beevers headed in his sixth goal of the season from Jeff Hughes' flag kick.
As the game went into four minutes of time added the visitors were looking the more likely side to win. Substitute Jamie Forrester saw Russell fingertip his effort over the crossbar and then Darlington defender Patrick Collins hacked the ball off the goal-line after Beevers had headed against the post. Then seconds later, substitute Junior Mendes fired what appeared to be the winner for Lincoln, but the ball failed to cross the line according to referee Nick Jones.
Come on lads don't lose your nerve!!!!
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