SENIOR players Paul Robinson, Shaun Smith, Chris Porter and Gerry Harrison were all given chances to stake their first-team claims while playing for the reserves at Lincoln today.

City boss Chris Brass was also hoping that teenagers Bryan Stewart, Lev Yalcin, Sean Davies, Matthew Coad and Adam Arthur gave him food for thought ahead of the Conference home clash with Northwich Victoria on Saturday.

Harrison is still at Bootham Crescent on a non-contract basis and is not being paid but Brass said: "We will be seeing where we are at soon because you can only extend somebody's goodwill for so long."

Winger Stewart was to feature at Lincoln as long as he had recovered from a knee problem that prevented him from travelling to Crawley on Saturday.

Brass added: "We will be hoping to get Bryan involved again as he gives us something a bit different whether he's coming off the bench or starting."

Reserves: Porter, Staley, Davies, Hollingworth, Smith, Arthur, Coad, Harrison, Stewart, Yalcin, Robinson.

Updated: 09:34 Wednesday, September 15, 2004