City look to finish the job on the road. Cast of thousands.

I’ve often mused in this blog, probably with you all saying there he goes again, of creating a sort of mini Barcelona here in the county. That or Norwich City just to think of another club on the up. I’ve aired these thoughts before but, certainly in the case of the Canaries they’re a relatively large centre of population stuck, well, stuck in the middle of nowhere. Remind you of anywhere?

Barcelona are different. They think (I shouldn’t really say think). They maintain they are an entirely separate country, we of course, to quote some, are just a race apart but the point is, together we can move mountains.

It seems I wasn’t the only one espousing the togetherness theme. The club has it as their aim above all else. It took Clive Nates to plant the seed corn. I should of course mention Chris Moyses who prepared the seed bed, then after that the other directors who have drawn their inspiration from the Cowleys and I suppose us, the supporters. So we’ve all got a stake in the future of Lincoln City and as Danny Cowley says, why put a ceiling on our ambitions?

That begs the question where can we end up? Nobody knows of course. Many of you will either not remember or perhaps were not even born when the Imps were last in the equivalent of league one but just to enlighten you, City went up in quite similar circumstances in that they had to win and other results go their way. They did, in third place, amid great excitement.

There I hope, the similarity ends. The support was quite decent in the thrill of promotion but when the season kicked off it was back to a disappointing level, there were some very big clubs in the league and City just could not live in the rarefied atmosphere and they came straight back down. I can’t believe the same fate is going to befall us. The club has made great strides whilst the going was good. We’re no Sunderland but I believe the Imps can not only survive but, given time, can prosper and who knows, maybe even further progress can be made.

One thing is certain though, we won’t go anywhere apart from back where we came from unless we all stick together but if we do. Who knows?

So just the small matter of winning the championship tomorrow or another day. See you at Carlisle.