So 2 matches to tell you about because I've been a bit slack of late!

BARNET 2 - 3 LINCOLN CITY

In a nutshell, pretty much like the home fixture, City let Barnet take the lead, only this time we gave them a 2 goal head start. Their 'keeper then pretty much gifted us our first two goals, the first of which came from the foot of McCombe after boucing off the goalie, just one minute after the Bee's second goal.

The Imps second came a few moments later when, again, the keeper made a blunder, throwing the ball out straight to Gary Birch who slotted it back past him to bring the scores even.

On 87 minutes, Nat Brown took a 25 yard free kck, from the sidelines the Gaffer was gesticulating wildly (apparently Brown's free kicks had been terrible in training and he was trying to encourage someone to take the ball off him!!). In it went - 3 for the Imps. We then had a painful 6 minutes to play out before taking the three points home.

MACCLESFIELD TOWN 1 - 1 LINCOLN CITY

Jeff Hughes equalised with his second goal for the Imps after Macc took the lead from a dubious penalty. Again, referee J Singh got centre stage after sending Keith Alexander to the stands early in the game for kicking the ball back onto the pitch when it rolled in front of him for a throw in. The FA are taking no further action, clearly seeing the reflexive response exhibited by the gaffer when seeing a ball roll in front of him.

Winjhard's penalty was well taken and macc held the lead at half time. The tea was incredibly hot and wasn't cool enough to drink until twenty minutes into the second half, when it was stewed, but the people of Macc were welcoming and friendly and the programme even described us as old friends!!

The ground is still mainly standing, although I chose to sit rather than stand as i think you get a better chance of getting your offside calls correct from the side of the pitch rather than behind the goal. This meant I was undercover, but luckily for the standing Imps, the weather remained bright and warm enough not to wear a coat in the first half.

Both the Silkmen and the Imps had legitimate penalty calls turned down in the second half, before well worked moves down the left flank gave us the equaliser. A good final push from City could have seen us rob the points, but unfortunately it wasn't to be.

As an aside, if you are a league 2 traveller visiting the Moss Rose, do think about making a weekend of it in Macclesfield. I travelled up on Friday night and stayed with an old school friend and fellow imp who now resides there. My trip to the Moss Rose was precede by a trip to the Silk museum and a guided tour around the paradise mill, which was pretty good. The only thing I would say about the trip is that I appeared to travel up and down a mountain. Burnley Boy tells me that it was the peak district, but it was dark, so I don't know!! It's all a bit of a shock for a lass from Lincolnshire. We only have one hill - and we built a cathedral on that!!