On This Day: Cup Shocks, Player Exits and Money Troubles

1996

That’s right, kids. For those of you born after the year 2000, Lincoln City once had a manager arrested at three minutes to three on the opening day of the season for suspected involvement in a whiskey-VAT fraud.

No, really.

You can read all about it here, but 27 years ago, it was big news.

We drew the game 1-1.