Lincoln City couldn’t-could they?

Well here we are in the first round of the FA Cup. What a nice change to be coming in at the first round proper but whether City progress is to be ascertained and certainly the chances of emulating last season’s heroic efforts are about as likely as winning the lottery. I do have to tell you given the choice I’d take the six numbers thank you very much.

I had a look at City’s youngsters in the week talking of the FA Cup as they entertained Coventry City. This was the youth version. As you might expect from such an illustrious club Coventry had some very good players, not that City didn’t, Ellis Chapman taking the eye of course and taking Danny Cowley’s eye too as he was not only there but had a word with the player as the second half was about to start. He’s obviously very much on the managers radar and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ellis make his full league debut before too long and almost certainly he’ll get another run out in the Checkatrade Trophy team again if not a start.

There were plenty of Imps in the Selenity Stand on Tuesday night many like me taking advantage of the fact the game was free to season ticket holders and even a mini 617 squadron presence too making a lot of noise.

So an interesting week in Impdom and a diversion from the usual league fare. Hopefully a chance of an upset of sorts but in all honesty a win for City or a draw and a replay at Sincil Bank wouldn’t be all that much of a surprise after our exploits last season but we know all about that after the Lord Mayors Show feeling so I’m not getting overexcited just yet.