Cowley unconvincing as he plays down unconvincing City.

After match interviews can sometimes provide a wealth of information often from a manager who didn’t intend to impart it. Yesterday Danny Cowley sought to bring a few soaring hopes down to earth a bit but I found myself thinking that’s all very well but I bet you’re absolutely delighted with those three points. I know I was.

Usually at this time of the season a manager will seek to play up his sides chances. A start away from home is inevitably followed by a home game and those seats need filling. That’s not the case at Lincoln City as the tickets are already earmarked so it’s a strange juxtaposition. The less City look the finished article, the greater the clamour there is for people to witness the next performance. That’s some problem to have. No wonder the Cowleys are not thinking of upping sticks any time soon.

As for the match stuttering City somehow survive the first half, regroup in the second, get one chance and take it and are then thankful goalkeeper Josh Vickers is in such sparkling form. Northampton Town and their supporters can take the moral high ground as much as they like. The Imps were decidedly not the best side and Cobblers were but we’re the ones with the perfect start so you can stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

Of course the doomsayers will make their glass half empty statements and analyse the game pointing out the formation is wrong, so and so looked out of sorts, what’s his name didn’t look fit, matey should have played. I remember donkeys years ago trekking all the way to Swindon to watch the Imps get comprehensively overrun by the home team yet come away with the points courtesy of Jamie Forrester getting sort of ejected off the front to slot home. Swindon Town fans were so delighted my sisters car got keyed for the crime of having a Lincoln City sticker in the window. What a charming bunch.

Anyway, Cobblers, you can scoff as much as you like. Yes you were the better team. We didn’t look the part. As for us we’ll take the three points, thank you very much.