Looking Back At: West Ham 1982
Following his recent passing, I would like to dedicate this article to Colin Murphy, writes Malcolm Johnson Being engaged in researching and writing it, plus […]
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Memory Match: Sheffield United (A) 1983
Saturday 7th May 1983 Sheffield United 0 Lincoln City 1 (Football League Division Three) Lincoln City’s first ever Football League match took place at Bramall […]
On This Day: Cup Shocks, Player Exits and Money Troubles
As you know, I’ve been doing a series of articles titled ‘20 Years Ago‘, featuring the 2003/04 season. They’ve been fairly depressing reading so far […]
Returning Loan Players – How Successful Are They?
The present-day system of loaning players between clubs only really began in 1967 and probably only took off in the couple of decades before the […]
Memory Matches: Our First League Clashes With Boston United
Tomorrow we go to Boston for a friendly, certainly not for the first time. Clashes between us and Boston have been numerous over the years. […]
The Worst Start to a New Season?
We’re looking forward to a new season, with the friendly fixtures kicking off this weekend. I was tweeting a Rochdale fan earlier talking about their […]
Memory Match – City Put Five Past Reading
1984/85 is not a season that Lincoln City fans remember with much fondness. It was a season of transition when Colin Murphy’s team of the […]
Memory Match: Notts County League Cup Clash 1981
City have drawn Notts County in the League Cup for only the third time in our history. The second time we played them was in […]
Looking Back At: 1980/81 (Final Part)
It’s been a mammoth journey of around 20,000 words, but finally, our deep dive on the 1980/81 season is complete. Malcolm Johnson has put a […]
Looking Back At: 1980/81 (Part 5)
Part One: pre-season and August Part Two: September and October Part Three – November and December Part Four – January and February March The Tuesday […]
Looking Back At: 1980/81 (Part 4)
Part One: pre-season and August Part Two: September and October Part Three – November and December January The first Saturday of the year’s scheduled visit […]
Looking Back At: 1980/81 (Part 3)
Part One: pre-season and August Part Two: September and October November Although unable to get to midweek home games at Sincil Bank I continued to […]
Looking Back At: 1980/81 (Part 2)
Part One: pre-season and August September The visit to Swindon for the second leg of the League Cup tie now took place with the home […]
Looking Back At: 1980/81 (Part 1)
In their first season back in Division Four after three years in the third tier Lincoln City in manager Colin Murphy’s first full season as […]
Memory Match: Imps 3-2 Port Vale 1984
As we welcome Port Vale to the Bank this weekend, I thought I’d do another memory match, this time from 1984. There are periods in […]