Championship

Super-sub Draper bags ‘ugly’ win

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The LeaguePaper Team
13 September 2026

By Dane Massey

STAR MAN
ANDREI COUBIS Lincoln City

KEY MOMENT: Lincoln’s Freddie Draper, far left, heads past Preston keeper Daniel Iversen
PICTURES: AGBPhoto

TOM SHAW lauded his Lincoln City team for winning ‘ugly’ after sub Freddie Draper’s late goal downed struggling Preston at Deepdale.
The Imps may have been drubbed by Bournemouth in the EFL Cup in midweek, but they didn’t let that affect their performance as they defended resolutely and forced a smash-and-grab victory, with Draper heading home Andrei Coubis’ long throw in the 81st mi...

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