Lincoln City boss Michael Skubala has said he doesn’t find it weird at all that the Imps could face Tottenham Hotspur next season in the league.
The Imps have secured Championship football for 2026/27, where one opponent may be Spurs. There has been plenty of social media chuckles about the Imps and the likelihood of Spurs away, a possibility that grows by the day.
Spurs are currently two points behind West Ham with five to play, but face the potential of a first season out of the top flight since 1977/78. When asked by BBC Radio Lincolnshire if he found it ‘weird’, the current League One Manager of the Season was quite certain.
“I don’t find it weird,” said Michael. “It’s football. I don’t find it weird at all.
“There are some very good teams already in the Championship, whether teams come down from the Premier League, whether teams come up, it’s what we’ve grown to want. It’s what we’ve grown to be.”
Instead of it being weird, Michael says the group are excited for what is coming, and that’s not just Spurs. Wolves were confirmed last night, and will visit the Bank along with the likes of Watford, Stoke City and Queens Park Rangers.
“We’re excited, if that’s another way of looking at it, but we think we deserve to be there. We don’t think we don’t deserve to be in the Championship.
“We’re not looking at it as we shouldn’t be there, and some teams coming down or some teams coming up. But this group of footballers deserve to be in the Championship. Not many teams have got on the run we have to get promoted.
“We’re excited about punching and having a go.”
It looks likely that Burnley will join the Imps this weekend, marking a remarkable turnaround a decade on from our FA Cup tie. While Wolves and Burnley will be new to many fans, those in the eighties and nineties have seen the likes of them at the Bank.
Spurs and West Ham both visited in the early nineties as top-flight cup sides, but in league action? Weird, exciting, call it what you will, it could be a massive deal.
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