Imps 2-0 Wycombe 1988

For a while, this was simply the greatest day of my life. I was nine when we won the Conference, it was my first full season as an Imp and I genuinely thought it would always be like this! That season was so exciting; City playing second fiddle to Barnet all the way is how many remember it, but Kettering were right up there with us as well. It all came down to the last week, where we overtook Barnet and just needed to match their result to go up. Officially, 9,432 were in the Bank. Unofficially, I’ve seen reports suggesting it may have been closer to 13,000. It was the biggest event I’d ever been to at the time, the whole family were there, and as history shows, City won 2-0. So many Imps I know recall this as their first full season, and those who are a little longer in the tooth recall it fondly as a story of triumph over adversity. Little did we realise, Wycombe would soon be joining us in the Football League.