Trio in line for Lincoln debuts against Swindon

Posted Friday, February 02, 2018 by PA

Lincoln have three deadline day recruits ready to face Swindon at Sincil Bank as they look to keep their League Two play-off hopes on course.

The Imps beat Newport last time out and sit ninth in the table as a result.

Manager Danny Cowley was busy as the transfer window closed, bringing in Tom Pett from Stevenage and completing loan moves for Blackburn’s Scott Wharton and Ryan Allsop from Bournemouth.

Fellow January recruit James Wilson is pushing for his first start after the defender made his debut off the bench in that 3-1 victory over Newport.

David Flitcroft could hand new signing Rollin Menayese his Swindon debut after joining on the final day of the January transfer window.

The 20-year-old centre-back joined the club on loan until the end of the season from Bristol Rovers on Wednesday evening and could be thrown into the starting line-up at Sincil Bank.

However, Menayese may have to settle for a place on the bench after regular starters Oliver Lancashire and Matt Preston kept their first clean sheet in four League Two matches during Tuesday’s evening’s 1-0 win at Stevenage.

Winger Donal McDermott is out for up to three weeks with a hernia, which will now need surgery, while fellow midfielder Amine Linganz and defender Chris Hussey are also sidelined.