The Imps came from behind to earn a point against Grimsby Town at Sincil Bank on Saturday with a keenly-contested local derby ended all square at one apiece.

City fell behind seven minutes before the break when Peter Till found himself in space on the right before cutting in and curling an effort past Rob Burch whilst the closest the Imps came in the opening period was a Lenny John-Lewis header against the bar and a shot from Lee Frecklington which was brilliantly kept out by Phil Barnes in the Town goal.

The Imps had to wait until the 73rd minute for the equaliser and it came from the spot after Sam Mullarkey, only on the field for three minutes as a replacement for Kevin Gall, was upended by Tom Newey. Lee Frecklington promptly sent Barnes the wrong way from 12 yards.

MATCH FACTS

LINCOLN CITY
1 Rob BURCH
2 Paul GREEN
4 Janos KOVACS
6 Frank SINCLAIR
3 Aaron BROWN
7 Stefan OAKES
8 Lee FRECKLINGTON
12 Dany N'GUESSAN
14 Lenell JOHN-LEWIS
9 Kevin GALL
15 Ben WRIGHT
 
subs 
22 Sam MULLARKEY (for GALL 70)
17 David GRAHAM (for N'GUESSAN 88)
5 Lee BEEVERS
19 Shane CLARKE
13 Ayden DUFFY

GOAL: FRECKLINGTON (73 pen)

BOOKINGS: N'GUESSAN (57), SINCLAIR (68), KOVACS (90+2)

GRIMSBY TOWN
1 Phil BARNES
3 Tom NEWEY
4 Ryan BENNETT
5 Matthew HEYWOOD
7 Peter TILL
11 Danny BOSHELL
12 Jamie CLARKE
14 James HUNT
17 Nick HEGARTY
21 Simon HESLOP
22 Nathan JARMAN
 
subs
10 Chris LLEWELLYN (for HESLOP 78)
19 Danny NORTH (for JARMAN 80)
18 Peter BORE (for HEGARTY 88)
20 Andy TAYLOR
13 Gary MONTGOMERY

GOAL: TILL (38)

BOOKINGS: HEGARTY (11), NEWEY (50)

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE: Lee Mason (Lancashire)
ASSISTANTS: Jake Collin & Bob Pollock
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Trevor Kettle

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