Enjoying their moment in the sun! Both Lincoln United and Spennymoor win in midweek

As they completed their build up to their ‘clash of the titans’ on Saturday Lincoln United and Spenymoor Town were both involved in midweek matches and both were successful. Both teams are enjoying their moment in the sun.

Spennymoor had a league match on Tuesday night against my old friends from an earlier stop on the ‘Road’ Skelmersdale United. Spennymoor won by the incredible scoreline of 7-0.  I have not heard directly from any of my new pals at The Moors since but I have heard from my old sparring partner at Skem. The programme editor Kev Panther. Kev wrote: “I didn’t go to the game myself, and neither did some of the players! Sometimes in midweek games you get one maybe two who can’t get out of work and Tuesday night was one of those nights where 5 players couldnt make it and they were the experienced players. It was so late that we didn’t have time to call on anyone else, not even the youth team. I think we named two subs but neither would have played and we down to the bare bones. Saturday we were superb, Tuesdayt night best forgotten, it was our worst defeat for over 20 years!” A tale of woe from Skem, but this does not detract from the amazing emphatic performance by the home team. Well done the Moors and no doubt they are thinking roll on Saturday.

The board is up: Who could have predicted a 7-0 scoreline?

 The Moors have some injury doubts as a result of their win on Tuesday. Their web site reports: “Top scorer Glen Taylor, fellow striker Graeme Armstrong and full-back Kallum Griffiths all picked up knocks of varying severity. Taylor was forced off with a lower leg injury, Griffiths injured his abdomen and Armstrong has a dead leg. As a precaution, Taylor underwent an x-ray on Tuesday night, which thankfully showed no fracture, but swelling is still heavy and he will be reassessed once it has subsided. Armstrong will be assessed on Thursday night ahead of Saturday's game, where a decision will be made on his ability to take part. Griffiths, however, is expected to be passed fit for the trip to Lincoln after an improvement.”  Here’s hoping that for the sake of a good contest on Saturday that the stricken Moors players recover in time. Specifically they will hope that their prolific striker Taylor is fit for the visit to Lincolnshire.

Glen Taylor on Tuesday: Struggling with a leg injury

The Whites from Ashby Avenue in Lincoln had some unfinished business in the FA Trophy to deal with on Tuesday evening. They traveled to Leicestershire to take on Romulus FC in a replay. It looked as if they were going to be knocked out of the Trophy when they were trailing 1-0 with the game heading into stoppage time. However a late equaliser took the game into extra time and two more goals from the Whites ensured that they too had a good win in midweek. The Lincoln United facebook feed was glowing in their praise for their lads: “After the last few matches, in particular our last two vs Romulus I feel that this needs saying. The skill and man management shown by Sam Wilkinson and Chris Hall to keep the lads motivated, especially after conceding such a late goal on Saturday, to then go into the replay and produce the goods, is second to none. Fitness undoubtedly plays it's part in all of this also, and first team coaches Stuart Reddington and Martin Burnett deserve enormous praise, along with Luke Treadwell our Physio for keeping them all off the treatment table. Let's not forget, this bunch of players who pull on the White of Lincoln United week in and week out are part time players, who all have full time jobs, so to go out there and knock out 120 minutes after a full on 90 minutes not three days prior is remarkably impressive. I'm sure that you will all agree that we have a special bunch of lads at our club, and are extremely fortunate to have a calm, focussed, mature management duo at the helm, leading the way. Saturday marks one of our biggest matches in recent times, and we are going into the match - some might say as underdogs - but more importantly without fear. Ashby Avenue is the place to be on Saturday in The FA Cup, make sure that you don't miss out. Up The Whites and Keep The Faith!” Stirring words indeed.

The Wonderful Whites: All set to go on Saturday.

This week is a very special week for the heroes from Lincoln United and Spennymoor Town. A big prize awaits the winner on Saturday. It is clear that as they build up to this massive match that both teams are enjoying their moment in the sun. Unless the match is drawn, on Saturday at 5.00 pm one of these teams will still be enjoying some warm rays. For the loser it will be back to league business with great memories of a superb cup run to warm them through the winter. Who will emerge victorious? One thing for sure this is going to be a real clash of the titans on The Road to Wembley from Scotland.