Looking Back At: 1973/74 (Part Two)
This article carries on from Part One, which can be found here, and is from the pen of our very own historian, Malcolm Johnson. Series […]
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Looking Back At: 1973/74 (Part One)
Appointed manager of Lincoln City the previous November at the age of 28 Graham Taylor had suffered a rocky start to his managerial career with […]
Looking Back At: Alan Gilliver
Allan Gilliver Date of birth: 3.8.44, Born: Swallownest, Sheffield Height: 6ft 1½in, Position: Centre forward City appearances: League: 33(4), goals: 8, FA & League Cups: 5, goals: […]
Looking Back At: John McInally
John McInally Date of birth: 26.9.51, Born: Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire Height: 5ft 10in, Position: Goalkeeper City appearances: League: 22 FA Cup: 2 Total: 24 John Stewart […]
Looking Back At: 1972/73
After missing out on promotion by a single point at the end of the previous season Lincoln City manager David Herd made few changes to […]
Looking Back At: Imps v Shrewsbury, 1974
Saturday 2nd November 1974 Shrewsbury Town 0 Lincoln City 4 (Football League Division Four) In 1974 Lincoln City had finished Graham Taylor’s first full season […]
Forgotten Grounds: The Imps and the Manor Ground, Oxford
A footballing venue only visited by Lincoln City over a twenty-year period was the previous home of Oxford United, the Manor Ground. It was situated […]
Looking Back At: Imps v Tranmere 1966
Saturday 5th November 1966 Lincoln City 2 Tranmere Rovers 0 (Football League Division Four) After having to seek re-election to the Football League in both […]
Looking Back At: Gillingham v Imps October 1976
Saturday 16th October 1976 Gillingham 0 Lincoln City 1 (Football League Division Three) Following their record-breaking Fourth Division championship season Lincoln City had started life […]
Looking Back At: 1969/70
Despite having put the days of struggle earlier in the decade behind them the Imps had failed to sustain a hoped-for promotion challenge the previous […]
Looking Back At: 1967/68
Firstly, before we get into another of Malcolm’s excellent articles on the late sixties, an apology from me. This series was meant to run concurrently, […]
Forgotten Grounds: The Imps and Plough Lane, Wimbledon
Although AFC Wimbledon may be considered by most if not all of their supporters as having previously played at the Plough Lane ground, technically the […]
Looking back at: 1966/67
Following the excitement of England’s World Cup win in the summer of 1966 attention turned to more mundane matters with Lincoln City having again topped […]
Looking back at: Terry Branston
Terry Branston Date of birth: 25.7.38 Born: Rugby Height: 6ft 1in Position: Centre half City appearances League: 99(1), 1 goal FA & League Cups: […]
Looking Back At: Imps v Bristol Rovers 1983
Saturday 26th November 1983 Lincoln City 4 Bristol Rovers 0 (Canon League Division Three) In the autumn of 1983 manager Colin Murphy had been in […]