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 […]
1980-1989
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
“If he were a centre forward he would not be keeping goal for Lincoln Reserves” – Imps v Newport 1982
Our resident historian, Malcolm Johnson, takes you on a trip down memory lane ahead of this weekend clash v Newport County, specifically to a controversial […]
Looking back at 1988: The Imps 1-1 Southampton
The summer of ’88 was a good one for Lincoln City. We’d stood firm in the face of potentially life-threatening relegation to the GMVC and […]
Programme Watch: 1981/82
When the older, more experienced Lincoln City fan thinks of 1981/82, they think of Colin Murphy’s slick promotion chasing side, so close to the second […]
Programme watch: 1986/87
I’ve been digging around my football programme collection recently, getting my duplicates ready to swap with fellow collectors and trying to convince my other half […]
Mark Lawrenson, Billy Bremner and the last time City started as well
The year was 1989, the season would conclude in May 1990. Colin Murphy’s side had spent one season back in the Football league, just as […]