Looking Back: Newport 2-1 Imps 1985
Saturday 30th March 1985 Newport County 2 Lincoln City 1 (Canon League Division Three) By Malcolm Johnson After City’s promotion to Division Three (now League […]
From the archives
Looking Back: Imps 2-1 Tranmere 1 (2016)
As we look forward to life in League One, it’s not difficult to also remember where we’ve come from. Every report begins with something like […]
Looking Back: Imps 5-1 Cheltenham
Lincoln City 5 Cheltenham Town 1 (GM Vauxhall Conference) Saturday 31st October 1987 By Malcolm Johnson The first-ever meeting between Lincoln City and Cheltenham Town […]
‘The Cowleys are working wonders’ – Former Imp Alan Pilgrim talks about his career, and offers his opinion on today’s Lincoln City
Following a recent article on the site from Malcolm Johnson about Alan Pilgrim, Alan got in touch to thank us for featuring him. Alan Pilgrim […]
Looking Back At: Rod Fletcher
Our resident historian and fountain of knowledge Malcolm Johnson has been pressing keyboard buttons once again to pay his tribute to Rod Fletcher. Rod Fletcher […]
Looking Back: Alan Pilgrim
Alan Pilgrim Courtesy of Malcolm Johnson Date of birth: 20.7.47 Born: Billingborough Height: 5ft 9in Position: Defender City appearances: League: 20(3), goal: 1 FA Cup: […]
The last time Oldham visited, everything changed
Oldham Athletic are the visitors tomorrow night, a game which could see us go five points clear at the top of the table with nine […]
Looking Back At: 1985/86 Part Two
This article follows on from Part One, which can be found here and is complemented by a piece on the programme of the season, which […]
Programme Watch: 1985/86
I’ve been inspired to do another instalment of my programme series, not because many of you actually read it, but to feed my own insatiable […]
The best combined XI – Class of ’98 & Class of ’19
I’ve often done comparisons between squads, picking a best XI and that sort of thing, but I’ve never tried to do a mash-up of the […]
Looking back at the Third Division, 1985/86 (Part One)
Many of us can remember the last time Lincoln City were in the third tier. The year was 1998 and we were pitched against Fulham, […]
The One That Got Away: Matty Pearson
I saw a graphic today showing the number of aerial duels won by players in League One. Unsurprisingly, there was a heavy link with the […]
Turning back the clock: Liam Hearn
We do a feature on Football League World called ‘rewinds’ where we revisit a moment form a club’s history and find the Twitter reaction from […]
Looking Back At: Nobby Lawton
Thanks to our resident historian Malcom Johnson for another in his series of yesteryear’s stars, this time Nobby Lawton. Nobby Lawton Date of birth: 25.3.40, […]
The Big Debate: Is our current squad better than 2003/04?
It’s a point I’ve seen raised on social media recently in the light of our recent transfer policy. Michael Hortin pointed out he felt the […]