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SMITH’S HEROICS HAILED BY COWLEY

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The LeaguePaper Team
9 December 2018

By Charlie Bennett

IN THE NET: Lincoln City’s John Akinde scores the opening goal from the penalty spot
PICTURE: Action Images

DANNY Cowley believes Lincoln’s gritty win at Stevenage could be their best of the season after John Akinde’s early penalty was enough to secure the points.
Akinde was bundled over in the box just 11 minutes in and confidently dispatched the resulting spot-kick past Seny Dieng to give the Imps a dream start.
But they spent much of the rest of the match on the backfoot against Dino Maamria’s men and Cowley believes that dogged spirit wil...

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