The Imps

Lincoln finished October on high in top place after recording a perfect four wins in the league. This resulted in John Schofield winning the manager of the month award but the normal bad luck this brings hit the Imps this month, as they are now on a run of three straight defeats. Despite this, Lincoln remain in second position with a return of 35 points from 18 games but are now six points behind league leaders Walsall.

Lincoln have the best away record with nine wins and two defeats on their travels this season. The two defeats have come at grounds where they were expected to win with Boston and Stockport preventing a 100% record for the Imps away from home this season.

Lincoln have taken advantage of the loan transfer deadline on Thursday with three new faces joining their squad on deadline day. Veteran midfielder Shane Nicholson has rejoined the club until the New Year from League One Chesterfield whilst Matthew Birley has joined for the same length of time from Championship side Birmingham City. Defender Nicky Eden was a late addition to the squad with the defender rejoining from Nottingham Forest but striker Ryan Semple has joined Chester.

The man in charge of the Imps is John Schofield and he replaced now Posh manager Keith Alexandra during the summer. Schofield holds the title of head coach and works along side John Deehan who is Director of Football at Sincil Bank. Schofield was previously first team coach and was promoted at the same time when Deehan swapped positions to Lincoln from Northampton.

Top goal scorer for the Imps is experienced striker Jamie Forrester. He picked up the player of the month award for October, making it a double success for the Imps, and has scored 12 goals this season which includes three hat-tricks!

Past Encounters

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 06: Wrexham 1 Lincoln 1

Sep 05: Lincoln 2 Wrexham 0

Mar 03: Lincoln 1 Wrexham 1

Oct 02: Wrexham 0 Lincoln 2

May 09: Lincoln 1 Wrexham 0

Wrexham do not have the best of recent records against Lincoln with the Imps last season collecting four points out of the two games played. The first game at Sincil Bank resulted in a comfortable 2-0 victory for the home side and Wrexham had to rely on a injury time goal from Mark Jones to rescue a point after Simon Yeo had given Lincoln a second half lead.

Prior to this, the club's last met in Wrexham's promotion season but Lincoln again had the upper hand with a 2-0 win at the Racecourse and a 1-1 draw at Sincil bank with Andy Morrell equalising for Wrexham.

The clubs have met on 74 occasions in the league with Lincoln winning 31 games, Wrexham 24 and there have been 23 draws.

League Form Guide

Both teams arrive into the game on the back of two straight league defeats although Wrexham do have an FA Cup win to their credit, where as Lincoln went out at the first hurdle to Port Vale. In the League, Lincoln's perfect October ended with a 2-0 defeat at Stockport and the FA Cup defeat at Vale was followed up with a 3-1 reversal at home to Darlington last weekend.

Wrexham's only league win in the last five games came at home to Bristol Rovers but were unable to following this up against bottom placed Macclesfield, who left the Racecourse with a goalless draw. Wrexham have been on the road since then with defeats recorded at Bury and Notts County but Wrexham have gone three games at home without conceding a goal.

Team News

Wrexham Team News: Ryan Valentine has returned to the squad after recovering from a groin strain and Lee McEvilly features for the first time after a lengthy foot injury. This is where the good news end, as Matty Done misses out for the second week running with and he joins strikers Jon Newby, Neil Roberts and Juan Ugarte on the sidelines.

Lincoln Team News: Lincoln have striker Martin Gritton available following a groin strain but are without Scott Kerr and Ollie Ryan with back and stomach injuries respectively. Lincoln also include there three loan signings - Shane Nicholson, Nicky Eaden and Mat Birely - in their squad after they completed their moves prior to Thursday's deadline.

Man in the Middle: Trevor Kettle from Berkshire - 3 red cards in 13 games and 42 bookings at an average of 3.23 per game.

Other Games

League leaders Walsall will be looking to bounce back from their midweek FA Cup exit and at least maintain their six point cushion at home to Notts County.

Rather surprisingly, Macclesfield knocked Walsall out of the Cup, which was their first win of the season and Paul Ince will be hoping the Silkmen record their first league win when they travel to Rochdale.

Elsewhere, third place Swindon are only a point behind Lincoln and they place host to Bury and Wycombe, who are also on 34 points in fourth position, travel to Hartlepool.

Venue Guide

Address: Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham, LL11 1AH

Telephone Number: 01978 262129

Fax Number: 01978 357821

Web Site: www.wrexhamafc.co.uk

Lincoln Websites

• Official Web Site
• Lincoln Imps
• The Forgotten Imp
• Imp Sight
• Lincolnshire Echo

How to get there?

By Train: Wrexham General is next to the ground and there is a service every two hours between Chester and Shrewsbury. There is also an hourly service between Wrexham and Liverpool. Click here for the Rail Track Online Timetable or call national enquiries on 08457 484950.

Beer and Grub: The Turf is right next to the Kop but it gets very busy in the hour leading up to kick off, so arrive early. The Official Supporters Club has use of the Centenary Club on matchdays and this is located behind the Sainsburys Stand with the entrance off the club car park. The Plas Coch Retail Park has a pub and is normally a favourite for away supporters. The Railway is located down the side road along the Remploy factory at the opposite end of Crispin Lane to the ground. There are plenty of pubs in the town centre and the closet to the ground is a Wetherspoons Pub by following Mold Road into the town centre and is found on your left hand side. If you continue into the town centre McDonalds will be on your left and the next pub you reach is The Horse and Jockey and opposite that under the archway is a good chip shop. There are more pubs on High Street and to find them continue pass the Horse and Jockey, passing Burger King on your left, and High Street is the junction with Burtons.

Cash Machines: The Shell Garage on Mold Road with further machines at Sainsburys and Boots on the Plas Coch Retail Park. If you are heading into the town centre you will pass a number of banks on your way to the pubs.

How much to get in?

Family Tickets:

1 Adult & 1 Children: £21 all areas

1 Adult & 2 Children: £26 all areas

2 adults & 2 Children: £42 all areas

Must be purchased in advance from the ticket office or the Trust Shop

Young Persons: Only available to members and tickets must be purchased in advance from the ticket office.

Disabled Facilities

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