A superb second half display led OOHs's 14s to a brilliant county cup win at Sincil Bank. OOH were stunned in the first ten minutes by a very good Healing goal which caught everyone by surprise. Not deterred OOH applied lots of pressure on the Healing goal but nothing seemed to work out in the final third. It took twenty five minutes to get level as Chelsea powers her way through and fire the ball home. Soon after we were in the lead as Megan scores a cracker.

OOH Lincoln Ladies under 15's have been going from strength to strength since the turn of the year. An impressive run in the league has seen us reach our final game of the year in top spot, clear by 3 points and needing a point at home against Mansfield in our final match to clinch the league title. This would see the girls deservedly claim an impressive double with the League Cup already in the bag. After a slightly disappointing County under 16 Cup result against Lincoln Griffins Intermediate team where the girls went down by 1-0 at Sincil Bank they were eager to make amends in the League Cup.

On Sunday the 2nd May the girls travelled to Arnold Town for the league cup final against Mansfield after a fantastic semi-final performance away to Southwell where the 3-2 scoreline really wasn't representative of the way OOH dominated that game. Mansfield worked hard and challenged for every ball but in the end OOH were just a little better on the ball and converted a 2-0 halftime advantage into 7-0 by fulltime. The scoreline was probably more emphatic than Mansfields efforts deserved but there were some superb passages of football by Lincoln which entertained the small but enthusiastic crowd on a cold windy day. A special mention must also be made to Jade and Sally's mums for contesting "virtual goal of the season" so enthusiastically!

OOH Lincoln Ladies 7 v 0 Mansfield Town Ladies

OOH Lincoln Ladies U15s took on the mighty Mansfield town ladies on a freezing, windy day at Arnold. OOH played some of the best football seen all season. OOH kept the ball on the ground and displayed some incredible football. Intelligent, well rehearsed, controlled passes, brilliant defending, tremendous teamwork and a pace that Mansfield struggled to match led to OOH being 2-0 ahead at half time. Many more missed chances should have seen a double figure score as OOH never seemed to be out of the Mansfield goal mouth.

OOH started with the wind against them in the second half and even with a 2-0 lead they left nothing to chance. The goals rained in and by the end of the match 5 OOH players had added their names to the score sheet. A number of brilliant passes came from headers, well timed and controlled conversions into the box and throughout OOH looked confident and tackled with conviction. The game was a joy to watch, sentiments echoed by our ardent band of spectators.

Credit to Mansfield where credit is due, with only 11 players each member played their socks off and never gave up until the end.

New Lady Imps chairman Ray Trew and chief executive Luke Negus-Hill were interested spectators as a Katie Durrands strike and doubles from Leandra Little, Paige Crossman and Amy Kilgannon saw the Cup retained by Lincoln.

It was tough on lower-division Grimsby who went in at the interval just 2-1 down after Sophie Burns had smashed in a penalty on the half hour.

The Lady Imps took the lead on eight minutes when Grimsby's Katie Olley collided with Leandra Little twenty yards from goal. Nicola Stray's free kick thumped off the crossbar but Amy Kilgannon was on hand to hook in the opening goal.

Just three minutes later Grimsby found themselves two goals down. Shelly Futter's long pass found Leandra Little in the inside right channel and the striker cut in and finished emphatically across Bethany French in the Lincoln goal.

After intense Lincoln pressure which saw the woodwork struck on no fewer than three occasions, Grimsby pulled a goal back after 30 minutes.

Lincoln left-back Jill Crombie lost her footing while holding off Gemma Hopkin at the edge of the area and the whistler pointed to the spot. Burns' powerful right foot shot gave Kirsty Richardson, standing in for Kay Hawke, no chance.

Lincoln Ladies secured 2nd spot in the Northern Premiership with a 3-1 win away at Curzon Ashton. Lincoln started brightly with Amanda Barr and Brooke Johns putting in early crosses that were just missed by Stacy Aisethorpe and Paige Crossman. But the initial impetus was soon lost to a very hard working Curzon side who took over control; and gave Lincoln a football lessen for the remainder of the first half. Dangerous balls played into the box resulted in amazing misses with shot either going wide or being cleared by Lincoln Keeper Kay Hawke or hooked off the line by Lee Little.

Lincoln changed things round at half time and came out in much more competitive mood but soon found themselves a goal down. A miss kick from Kay Hawke resulted in a Curzon winger cutting in side and scoring with a delicate lob on 49 minutes