Lincoln City 3, Notts County 0

Vertu Tophy

Goals from Sonny Bradley, Ben House and James Collins secured a 3-0 home victory for the Imps over Notts County in the Vertu Trophy group stages on Tuesday night.

A first half headed finish from Sonny Bradley gave him his second goal in as many games before Ben House’s finessed effort beat the County goalkeeper to make it two and James Collins was then gifted a goal from the bench following a defensive mistake.  

Michael Skubala made nine changes from the team who fought well for a point against Mansfield Town at the weekend. Deadline day acquisitions Adam Reach and Fin Barbrook came in for their Imps debut whilst Lewis Montsma made his first appearance of the season. 

The Imps struck first as a corner on eight minutes was lifted to the back post by Adam Reach where Saturday’s goal scorer, Sonny Bradley, found himself wide open and cushioned a header into the Notts County net. 

On 58 minutes the Imps doubled their lead as Ring found space down the Notts County right before laying it to Ben House whose shot from just inside the opposition box flew past Harry Griffiths in the Notts County net. 

A defensive mishap from the County backline gifted a golden opportunity to James Collins just 15 minutes after his introduction and the experienced forward slotted it home to give the Imps a three-goal cushion. 

Head coach Michael Skubala was pleased with the performance: “It was a very professional night. We managed to get some debutants in the team and they settled in well. 

“It was a comfortable evening for us in the end and we managed to get some minutes into a number of players, so we’re really happy.  

“When you look at the group we had out there, you can see how seriously we’re taking this competition.  

“We want to win every game we play and keep our strong home form going. Winning is an important habit and we want to keep pushing.”   

Attendance: 2,526 

Picture: Vaughan Photography

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