Ten Great Opening Day Fixtures: Oxford United, 2020
In at number five on my rundown of the best opening day matches of my Imps’ fandom is a game we couldn’t be at. After […]
Memory Matches
Ten Great Opening Day Matches: Cardiff City, 1991
The opening day is getting nearer and for once, City are at home. In the late eighties and early nineties, being away on the opening […]
Ten Great Opening Day Fixtures: Scunthorpe, 1989
They say football is a game of moments, and for Lincoln City, the opening day of the 1989–90 season delivered a full spectrum in ninety […]
Ten Great Opening Day Fixtures: Accrington Stanley, 2019
Eighth in my round-up of my favourite opening day fixtures is a more recent one – our return to the third tier six years ago […]
Ten Great Opening Day Fixtures: Rotherham United, 1999
This is number nine in my rundown of my favourite opening day fixtures of all time. City were back in the third tier after a […]
Ten Great Opening Day Fixtures: Exeter City, 1994
This is the start of my ten-day countdown to the start of the season, looking at some of the opening days from years gone by. […]
Remembering The Friendlies: Imps Beat Premiership Opposition
Lincoln City stunned top-flight newcomers Derby County in a resolute pre-season display that proved heartening for John Beck’s battle-weary side. Despite a gruelling schedule and […]
Remembering The Friendlies: Imps Go Down To Romanian Outfit
Romanian side Otelul Galati handed Lincoln City a continental lesson in their final pre-season clash before the 1991/92 campaign. With the Football League opener at […]
Pre-Season Matches – Middlesbrough, 1992
The Imps officially open their pre-season against Bromley today (Wednesday now, but when I wrote this it was today!). Usually I’m disengaged with pre-season. However, […]
When a UEFA Cup Team Tested The Imps At The Bank
It’s not often Lincoln City play host to a team who has qualified for Europe, at least not one from the continent. However, after our […]
When the Imps Throttled the Roughnecks
The Imps have a habit of attracting interesting friendly opponents – I remember Seattle Storm coming very early on in my life as an Imp, […]
Memory Match: 2013 – Simmo Returns As Relegation Fear Fade
In March 2013, a crowd of under 1,600 witnessed a gritty yet vital win as Sincil Bank found its voice once more under the returning […]
Memory Match: 2011 – City Relegated From The Football League
One thing that is hugely important is to remember where you have come from. Nobody should live in the past, and it isn’t always easy […]
Memory Match: City All BUT Secure Survival In 2011
In hindsight, few days at Sincil Bank encapsulate the chaos, character and creeping optimism of the Tilson era quite like these. The creeping optimism was […]
Memory Match: 2007 – City Hit Three At Stockport, Move Off The Bottom
Peter Jackson’s troubled era got up and running with his first away win as manager in December 2007. Jacko, replacing the dismissed John Schofield, saw […]