Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Pontefract Collieries (2nd, 76 pts) held a 33-point advantage over Lincoln United (14th, 43 pts). Per game in the league, Lincoln United were scoring 1.39 and conceding 2.18, Pontefract Collieries 2.39 and 1.42, against a competition average of 1.63 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Lincoln United, winners of their last three, having scored in 9 consecutive games. A win had eluded Pontefract Collieries for 5 matches, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Lincoln United had banked 9 of the last 15 points on offer; Pontefract Collieries, 1.
Ashby Avenue in Lincoln staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,200.


