The Reds were under the cosh for parts of the game, but James Garner’s first-half goal proved to be vital on a night when both sides struck the woodwork on two occasions.
United, wearing a change strip of black shirts so as to not clash with Lincoln’s red and white stripes, were also sporting squad numbers which, incredibly, amounted to a total of 616 on the backs of the starting eleven.
Lincoln, the team currently placed 11th in League One, raced out of the blocks to make a confident and commanding start to this cup tie.
Admittedly, the Sincil Bank club were represented by their first eleven who regularly line up in League One against some of English football’s historically great clubs such as Bolton Wanderers, Blackpool, Portsmouth and Sunderland.