November 30th 1994, saw the "Golden Goal" first used in English football, It was an Auto Windscreens 2nd Round Cup tie (Northern section) at Huddersfield Town, visited by Lincoln City. Town's Iain Dunn became the first player to score a "sudden death" winner in the 107th minute of the match. Over 5,700 were at Town's stadium. The final score was 3-2.
Later in the season, Birmingham City beat Carlisle United in the competition's Wembley Final, also with a golden goal.
The first meeting in history, between Huddersfield Town and Lincoln City was at Sincil Bank, Lincoln, on 27th December 1910 in a League Division Two match which ended 2-2. They played a dozen matches annually or so in Div 2 before they met in the FA Cup on January 14th 1928 at Huddersfield with the "Tykes" winning 4-2. Then there was long gap in the fixture before Lincoln hosted Town in 1952 in League Division Two again, a 2-2 draw.
There were sporadic Division Two fixtures until December 31st 1960 when they crossed paths again in Division Three on 13th September 1975. They didn't meet again until 1975 in League Division Four. By March 2nd 1982 it was Division Three fixture and then in 2004 Town won the Division Three play off against Lincoln 4-3 over two legs.
They didn't meet again until August 13th 2019, at the John Smith's Stadium, in the League Cup, which the "Imps" won 0-1, away from home. By this time, Town were in the Championship and Lincoln in League One. Lincoln went on to lose to Everton in the next round.
RIP John Sillett, whose death was announced today. Below is a link of John being interviewed with George Curtis (who also sadly died this year) after they had steered Coventry City to FA Cup glory in 1987 v SPURS!!! on May 16th at Wembley...I was there with, son, Matthew. There were two men who brought humour to proceedings, as well as success, whilst I was a bit grumby, being a Spurs fan!
Houchen's flying header, one of the great Cup Final goals.
George Curtis + John Sillett with Dave Bennett
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