Lincoln City’s Lincolnshire Senior Cup quarter-final at Spalding United has been moved from next week to December, with a new date still to be confirmed.
I believe Spalding requested the change, as the Imps wouldn’t have a reason to because we will be sending their under-18s. We’ll be at the Sir Halley Stewart Field for The Stacey West when the game goes ahead, and it’ll be a good chance to see how City’s youngsters get on against National League North opposition.
Tuesday 15 or Wednesday 16 December look the likeliest dates. The Tulips host Radcliffe on 8 December and travel to Oxford City on 19 December, leaving that midweek clear on their published fixture list.
Lincoln had a bye through the first round, while Spalding booked their place with a 3-1 win away at Stamford in September. Elsewhere in the draw, Bourne Town host Grimsby Town on 24 November, Cleethorpes Town welcome holders Boston United on 15 December and Grimsby Borough face Scunthorpe United on a date still to be confirmed.
The Imps have won the cup 38 times, including three shared titles, a record we hold jointly with Grimsby Town. City first lifted it in 1886/87, less than three years after the club was formed, with a 2-0 replay win over Grimsby. Our most recent success came in 2013/14, when we beat Gainsborough Trinity 4-2 on penalties after a goalless draw.
City were back in the final the following season, losing 2-1 to Grimsby. The competition was expanded in 2015, and since then the Imps have used it to give academy players competitive games against senior sides.
Spalding are still chasing their first Senior Cup win, although they reached back-to-back finals in 2022/23 and 2023/24. Grantham Town beat them 1-0 in the first of those finals, and Scunthorpe United edged them out 3-2 the following season.
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