20 Years Ago Today – The Battle of the Bank
As I was logging off for the day, this beauty caught my eye, reminding me of a game that took place 20 years ago today. […]
From the archives
Looking Back: Imps v Doncaster 1976 League Cup
Tuesday 24th August 1976 Lincoln City 2 Doncaster Rovers 2 (Football League Cup First Round Replay) Following their record-breaking championship season Lincoln City had […]
Looking Back At: Josh O’Keefe
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, but in the absence of any actual news, it’s time to look back at a […]
Looking Back At: Gary Ball
Gary Ball Date of birth: 15.12.59 Born: St. Austell, Cornwall Height: 5ft 7in Position: Left-winger City appearances: League: 3 Stephen Gary Ball, usually known […]
Looking Back At: City 1-0 Wigan 1994
Tuesday 13th September 1994 Lincoln City 1 Wigan Athletic 0 (Endsleigh League Division Three) Since returning to the Football League in 1988 after a season […]
Fine Margins: Imps 1-3 Wigan Athletic
For weeks I’ve been saying ‘if we were playing a decent team we’d have been punished’ after Lincoln games. That comes when winning, losing and […]
Suspend Use of a Song? Imagine Banning the Imp….
The club caused controversy last week when they suspended the use of the air raid siren, and the Dam Busters entrance music, as a mark […]
Looking Back At: Tony Simmons
There was a post on social media early today, I forget where, asking which Lincoln City player scored the first goal you ever saw. I […]
Forgotten Grounds: Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury
The first recorded football club in the county town of Shropshire was known simply as Shrewsbury FC, and after being founded in 1874 won both […]
Looking Back At: Imps 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday 1978
March 1978; Willie Bell was in charge at the club, and a certain Shirley Hutchinson had likely just found out she was pregnant with her […]
Looking Back At: Alan Jones
Alan Jones Date of birth: 21.1.51 Born: Grimethorpe, Yorkshire, Height: 5ft 6in Position: Right-winger City appearances: League: 26, goals: 4, FA Cup: 1, Total: 27, goals: […]
Do You Remember: Guy Ipoua?
For today’s feature, a player who has played for Doncaster and Lincoln, I could have written a book. The proximity between the two clubs means […]
Wycombe and Lincoln: A Short But Lively History
The Imps welcome Wycombe to Sincil Bank on Saturday for the first time since 2018. That game was, for want of a better word, horrible. […]
Looking Back At: 1979/80 (Part Five)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four April/May With the side unchanged a third away draw in a row came from a […]
Looking Back At: 1979/80 (Part Three)
Part One Part Two November Throughout the first 16 games of the league season there had only been two changes made to the […]