Ten-man City slipped to a narrow defeat against Wycombe Wanderers at a wet Adams Park on Saturday afternoon.

The Imps were forced to play over an hour of the game with just 10 men after Ollie Ryan was shown a straight red card by referee Graham Salisbury after his challenge on Will Antwi was deemed worthy of a dismissal by the Lancashire-based official.

Wycombe took full advantage of the extra man as six minutes before the break veteran striker Scott McGleish netted from close range after he got on the end of a Gary Holt centre but City continued to battle as they went in search of an equaliser.

Teenager Lenny John-Lewis had the best of the opportunities in the dying stages when fellow substitute Hamza Bencherif fired a cross into the box but the striker was at full stretch and couldn't direct his effort goalwards as the ball flew a foot wide.

TEAM SHEET

LINCOLN CITY
28 Ben SMITH
2 Paul GREEN
4 Adie MOSES
27 Daniel HONE
3 Gary CROFT
7 Lee FRECKLINGTON
11 Scott KERR
19 Louis DODDS
20 Owain WARLOW
18 Ollie RYAN
15 Ben WRIGHT

subs
26 Jamie HAND (for WARLOW 68)
29 Lenell JOHN-LEWIS (for DODDS 69)
25 Hamza BENCHERIF (for HONE 83)
14 Ryan AMOO
1 Alan MARRIOTT

BOOKING: KERR (88)

SENDING OFF: RYAN (27)

WYCOMBE WANDERERS
34 Frank FIELDING
4 Russell MARTIN
20 Leon JOHNSON
5 Will ANTWI
10 Matt BLOOMFIELD
11 Martin BULLOCK
22 Sergio TORRES
25 Sam STOCKLEY
15 Gary HOLT
17 Scott McGLEISH
8 Stefan OAKES

subs
16 John SUTTON (for McGLEISH 82)
31 Andre BOUCAUD (for OAKES 87)
18 Craig WOODMAN
32 Reuben REID
36 Rab DOUGLAS

GOAL: McGLEISH (39)

BOOKING: TORRES (29)

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE: Graham Salisbury (Lancashire)
ASSISTANTS: Andy Davies & Eric Mackrell
FOURTH OFFICIAL: David Phillips

ATTENDANCE: 4,297 (288 City supporters)