Lincoln travel to Hereford in FA Cup Second Round
By Nathan Jackson
November 7 2010
Lincoln's reward for beating Nuneaton in the first round of this season's FA Cup is to travel to Hereford. It certainly won't be an easy fixture for the Imps as Hereford have been on a good run, and the clubs actually play each other at Sincil Bank on the Saturday before the FA Cup game.
It's only the second time in the last seven years that City have been in the second round of the FA Cup, the previous time being last season's 3-1 televised win over Northwich Victoria. City's first round tie saw a 1-0 win over Nuneaton, although anyone who was there will be able to tell you that it was a far from convincing performances and throughout the entire second round draw, there were few teams who you would have said that it was an "easy on paper" game for City.
Lincoln certainly won't be looking forward to playing a Hereford side who have been resurgent following the sacking of Simon Davey, and it will now mean that the Imps will play Hereford two Saturday afternoons in a row, firstly at Sincil Bank in 13 days and then effectively a rematch a week later. City have a mixed record against Hereford since the Bulls return to the League in 2006, playing each other six times since then, both sides recording three victories, City winning the last meeting 3-1.
Hereford beat Hythe 5-1 to secure their place in the next round, comfortably sweeping aside the lowest placed team that were left in the competition.
The potential tie of the round came out 4th. AFC Wimbledon and MK Dons will both face each other if both win their replays against Ebbsfleet and Stevenage respectively. One thing the draw guaranteed is two League Two sides in the third round due to City's tie against Hereford and Burton or Oxford facing Chesterfield at home.
In terms of guaranteed ties so far, the tie of the round appears to be Crawley vs Swindon.
| FA Cup Second Round Draw | |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday vs Northampton Town |
| 2 | Burton or Oxford vs Chesterfield |
| 3 | Cambridge or Huddersfield vs Macclesfield or Southend |
| 4 | AFC Wimbledon or Ebbsfleet vs Stevenage of MK Dons |
| 5 | Hartlepool or Vauxhaul vs Yeovil Town |
| 6 | Bury vs Stockport or Peterborough |
| 7 | Notts County vs Bournemouth |
| 8 | Droylsden vs Dagenham or Leyton Orient |
| 9 | Crawley vs Swindon |
| 10 | Brighton or Woking vs FC United or Manchester |
| 11 | Southampton vs Cheltenham |
| 12 | Torquay vs Fleetwood or Walsall |
| 13 | Barnet or Charlton vs Corby or Luton |
| 14 | Colchester vs Swindon Supermarine |
| 15 | Hereford vs Lincoln |
| 16 | Dartford or Port Vale vs Accrington Stanley |
| 17 | Wycombe vs Chelmsford |
| 18 | Carlisle vs Tamworth |
| 19 | Dover vs Brentford or Aldershot |
| 20 | Darlington vs Rotherham or York |
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Behind the goal does resemble a long-deserted dog track, but the top level of the shallow, 2-tier stand, gives some of the best views of the action I have had from a football ground.
You sit two stories up, but on 5 yards from the edge of the pitch.
When Sir Gareth scored the equaliser I thought I was going to end up on the pitch and falling out the stand!
Here we go again!
Will we ever get the right man?