Taylor Miles
You might be forgiven for wondering who this is because Taylor Miles played just six minutes of football for City. He came on against Woking on the opening day and broke his ankle six minutes later. Little did he know, but that was the end of his Imps’ career. It was desperately unlucky for the youngster, who came through the ranks at West Ham and had been brought to the club along with Alex Woodyard and Sam Habergham as a trusted Cowley general. He regained fitness and was loaned to Concord Rangers and Boston United before being released. He has since played for Hemel, Chelmsford, St Albans and Cheshunt.
Jack Muldoon
We all loved Jack, didn’t we? He had a bit of the Jake Sheridan about him, a 100% committed player who you knew wore the shirt with pride and passion. I think the 1-0 win at Solihull summed him up more than any – he’d been in and out of the squad, but he got his chance because Theo Robinson was conducting his move to Southend and wasn’t available. Jack scored the winner and I remember Danny going on about how he loved characters like Jack, we all did.
I must confess, as we went up and he left the club, I didn’t see a Football League career for him. He headed to Fylde, scoring ten in 35 starts, before a move to Harrogate. He’s proven quite the hit at Weatherby Road, playing a key role in their promotion and already bagging 14 this season, including their opener in the 1-1 draw with Carlisle yesterday. It’s great to see him scoring regularly and genuinely, it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Alan Power
I probably don’t need to go too deep on who Alan Power was – he played more than 200 games for City but never kicked a ball in the Football League. He wasn’t one of Danny’s favourites, he only started 14 National League matches, but he scored twice in the FA Cup run and twice in the league. He was, unsurprisingly, sent off on his final appearance at Sincil Bank against Chester, almost the sort of end you expected for a player best described as combative.
He wasn’t released by the Imps, merely offered a contract which could be bettered elsewhere, and he headed north of the border to Scotland and Kilmarnock. In his second season at Rugby Park, he helped them to the Europa League, although Connah’s Quay ended their run before it had begun. He’s still a regular for Killie and it will surprise nobody to hear he has the joint-highest number of yellow cards in Scotland’s top flight this season.
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