An excellent first half effort from Jamie Forrester was enough to see the Imps get back to winning ways at the expense of Notts County at Meadow Lane on a blustery Tuesday evening.

In front of the lowest ever recorded attendance for a Football League game between the two teams at Meadow Lane - 3,858 - Forrester fired home what turned out to be the winner in the 16th minute when a weak clearing header from ex-Imp Paul Mayo following Dany N'Guessan's cross from the left landed at the feet of the City striker who promptly fired home with aplomb.

In a game which was dominated by a swirling wind, neither side managed to create any other chances of note and with skipper Scott Kerr controlling things in midfield and the back-line solid as a rock, it was a thoroughly deserved victory for stand-in boss Iffy Onuora to reflect on.

LINCOLN CITY
1 Alan MARRIOTT
6 Nat BROWN
5 Lee BEEVERS
27 Daniel HONE
2 Paul GREEN
11 Scott KERR
23 Shane CLARKE
19 Louis DODDS
17 Dany N'GUESSAN
15 Ben WRIGHT
8 Jamie FORRESTER

subs
4 Adie MOSES
16 Alex MORFAW
20 Owain WARLOW
21 Gary KING
13 Ayden DUFFY

GOAL: FORRESTER (16)

BOOKING: HONE (18)

NOTTS COUNTY
25 Russell HOULT
3 Austin McCANN
4 Mike EDWARDS
5 Adam TANN
7 Jay SMITH
15 Paul MAYO
21 Spencer WEIR-DALEY
23 Richard BUTCHER
24 Ali GIBB
27 Michael JOHNSON
28 Ryan JARVIS

subs
11 Andy PARKINSON (for GIBB 59)
9 Jason LEE (for McCANN 76)
8 Neil MACKENZIE
12 Gary SILK
18 Stephen HUNT

BOOKING: SMITH (89)

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE: Andy Hall (West Midlands)
ASSISTANTS: Ken Haycock & Andy Hendley
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Russell Fletcher

ATTENDANCE: 3,858 (870 City supporters)