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Bright seals narrow Shrews win

Image: Bright: Only goal of the game

New Zealander Kris Bright scored his first goal of the season for Shrewsbury in a 1-0 win over Lincoln.

New Zealander grabs only goal of the game late on

New Zealander Kris Bright scored his first goal of the season for Shrewsbury for a much wanted victory and a much wanted goal in a 1-0 win over Lincoln. It was Town's first home goal for eight hours and three minutes. Steven Leslie's cross was turned in from close-range by Bright seven minutes from time - seven minutes away from setting a 124-year-old club record of five goalless home games. Earlier the woodwork and fine goalkeeping had thwarted both sides. Dave Hibbert's overhead kick thudded against the post - the same post that denied an angled 63rd-minute shot from Matthew Saunders that brushed David Button's fingertips. Button also saved well from Davide Somma and Steve Lennon while Robert Burch pulled off a blinding one-handed save from Jake Simpson