James Collins strikes late to earn Lincoln a point at Wigan
James Collins converted an 88th-minute penalty at the second attempt to rescue a point for Lincoln at Wigan in League One.
Wigan were quickly up and running and Dale Taylor saw an early chance deflected wide for a corner.
But at the other end, Lincoln came within inches of taking the lead in sensational fashion when Tom Bayliss sent a free-kick fizzing over the wall and was desperately unlucky to see it cannon back off the crossbar.
Wigan suffered a huge blow on 25 minutes when Silko Thomas had to be stretchered off after lengthy treatment to his left leg.
Collins, who score 19 goals in the Rams’ automatic promotion League One in the 2023/24 campaign, has pen a new one-year deal which will run until the summer of 2025.
The experienced 33-year-old was out of โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที contract at the end of June and had been in talks in recent weeks about extending his stay at Pride Park Stadium.
But the home side did not let it affect them and they took the lead nine minutes before the break.
On-loan Nottingham Forest forward Taylor won possession and fed Jonny Smith, who finished coolly into the bottom corner of the net.
The visitors were award a penalty with two minutes to go when James Carragher was penalised for holding Adam Jackson at a Lincoln corner.
Sam Tickle saved Collins’ spot-kick but the Lincoln man slotted home the rebound.