7: Oxford United 2-0 (H) 7.81

The very first game of 2022 makes your top ten, which reflects the misery we’d endured heading into the year. We were without a win in eight; we’d failed to score in five of those games and thrown away leads against Cheltenham and MK Dons to snatch a single point from what should have been six. We were blunt up front, fragile at the back and tumbling down the table.

That’s why the Oxford win was so big – Morgan Whittaker made an instant impression (perhaps his best outing for the Imps), bagging one and creating havoc all afternoon. Anthony Scully had gotten us off to a good start, and three points were in the bag when Oxford had a man sent off on 77 minutes.