Automatic promotion looms


By Nathan Jackson
April 1 2004

The Imps face improving Kidderminster on Saturday in a game that could very well see the Imps not only stay in the playoffs, but move the Imps within a few points of 3rd.

  • INTRODUCTION
  • This game signals a personal landmark for myself as it will be 100 games since the last game I missed for Lincoln, that game was ironically against Kidderminster. After last Saturday's win against Orient, the Imps are only 5 points behind 3rd placed Torquay which has lead many fans to believe that we can clinch promotion to division 2.
  • THE IMPS
  • City have a virtually fully fit squad with Ricky Butcher back in the reserve the other day although it is unlikely he will even get a place on the bench so soon after such a serious injury.
  • A win for the Imps won't move them up any places but could move the Imps within 1 points of 5th placed Oxford and only a mere few more behind 3rd placed Torquay.
  • KIDDERMINSTER
  • Since Jan Molby retook the reigns at Aggborough, Kidderminster have slowly improved and are now in a midtable position although performances last last week's 4-1 home defeat to relegation threatened Macclesfield will raise questions about whether they can stay up.
  • Kiddy have lost 6 of their last 10 away games in all competitions including a 5-0 drubbing at Doncaster and a 3-0 defeat at Southend. However, they have also come up with respectable victories at Scunthorpe, Yeovil, Woking, Rochdale, Northampton and Darlington are one of the main reasons they should be safe for another season.
  • Our form against Kidderminster
  • The Imps are one of Kiddy's bogey sides because they have only beaten the Imps once since getting promoted to the league for the 2000/1 season. The Imps are also undefeated at Aggborough.
  • PREVIOUS 5 RESULTS (MOST RECENT FIRST)
  • Kiddy 1 Imps 2
  • Imps 1 Kiddy 0
  • Kiddy 1 Imps 1
  • Kiddy 1 Imps 1
  • Imps 0 Kiddy 1
  • PREDICTIONS
  • I expect a hard game against a good side but the overall form of the teams this season should prove pivitol and give my side a victory in my 100th game in a row.
  • Imps 2 Kiddy 0