# Lincoln City Defies 6-0 West Ham Defeat

> Lincoln City refuses to be defined by 6-0 West Ham loss despite brutal 23-minute red card chaos.
- Title: Lincoln City Defies 6-0 West Ham Defeat · BBC Sport | Shortify
- Summary: Lincoln City refuses to be defined by 6-0 West Ham loss despite brutal 23-minute red card chaos. Lincoln City's head coach Tom Shaw says the 6-0 defeat to…
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- Source: BBC Sport — https://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cmze4lx10l4lo
- Published: 2026-10-15T15:01:26.157+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: lincoln city, west ham united, championship, tom shaw, championship football, red card, premier league, sports
## Lincoln City's 6-0 defeat
Lincoln City suffered a 6-0 loss to West Ham United with two red cards in the opening 23 minutes.

> Hit for six when two men down, Lincoln City were outplayed and outgunned by West Ham on a night that head coach Tom Shaw described as a "brutal experience" for the Imps.
## West Ham's financial edge
West Ham's squad cost more than £200m, including Max Kilman's £40m transfer from Wolves to West Ham in 2024.

> West Ham, whose 62,500-seat London Stadium home was built and used for the 2012 Olympic Games, took a squad that cost more than £200m to Lincolnshire on Wednesday.
## Tom Shaw's response
Head coach Tom Shaw says Lincoln City won't be defined by the defeat despite the 6-0 loss and two red cards.

> In a weird way I think our boys will come out a little bit stronger from going to the dark moments and the dark place they've had to when being two men down against that quality
## Lincoln's Championship return
Lincoln City returned to the Championship after a 65-year absence from the second tier.

> West Ham were the first of the teams relegated from the Premier League last season to face Lincoln, a club back in the second tier for the first time after a 65-year absence.
## Lincoln's recent form
Lincoln City had back-to-back road wins against Preston North End and Bristol City before the defeat.

> Before that, however, back-to-back victories on the road at Preston North End and Bristol City had the Imps in eighth spot.
## Shaw's underdog stance
Head coach Tom Shaw rejects being labeled an underdog despite the financial gap between clubs.

> We don't want to be that any more. We don't want to feel like that any more
## Key takeaway

Lincoln City's head coach Tom Shaw says the 6-0 defeat to West Ham won't define their Championship return after two red cards in the opening 23 minutes.