Bournemouth 0-1 Lincoln

In an uneventful affair, Lincoln City took the 3 points at Dean Court thanks to a Lenell John-Lewis first half strike. For a large period of the game, the ball was in the air and mainly a midfield battle, with both teams struggling to create any clear cut chances through out the game.

Bournemouth started well and struck first when Jeff Goulding converted a corner, but the Referee disallowed the goal for a push on centre back Janos Kovacs, which was the correct decision. Despite this, The first half was all Lincoln. Their 3-man centre midfield consisting of Frecklington, Kerr and Oakes dictated the play and marked Bournemouth's influential Captain, Darren Anderton out of the game. Bournemouth's strange formation with one winger also helped Lincoln's chances as this meant their fullbacks had lots of space to work in. This is where the eventful winning goal came from.

A long cross field ball from captain Scott Kerr evaded The Cherries' right back Lee Bradbury and fell straight into the path of onrushing left back Lee Beevers. He cut inside and played it to John-Lewis, who toe-nebbed it into the bottom left hand corner of Shwan Jalal's net. The keeper should have really kept it out.

The tempo of the game didn't change until half time, as Lincoln tried to capitalise on the missing winger and space for the full backs, but they couldn't extend their lead. Beevers went close but his shot went wide and Dany N'Guessan had a bad touch when he was clean through and really should have finished. This would be the closest they would get, as half time became a wake-up call for Jimmy Quinn's side.

It was literally a game of two halves as Bournemouth controlled the second half but couldn't penetrate the Imp's solid defence. Darren Anderton started to make room for himself and whipping in crosses into the box. This was the story of the second half as many long balls were put into the box but they caused Lincoln no trouble. Goulding's header was straight at keeper Burch and striker partner Brett Pitman's shot was blocked by Kovacs but this would be the closest the Cherries would come to finding an equaliser as Lincoln defended stoutly.

The visitors also had chances themselves but were restricted to long range efforts with Frecklington and Oakes on two occasions, shooting over. 5 Minutes of stoppage time couldn't help Jimmy Quinn's side finding an equaliser as the game finished 1-0 to Lincoln.
A huge win for Lincoln's promotion bid under boss Peter Jackson.