On This Day: Lincoln City Thrash Preston Despite Previous Game Being Lost To Illness
On 6 October 1984, Lincoln City finally recorded their first win of the season, putting four past Preston North End at Sincil Bank after a […]
1980-1989
40 Years Supporting Lincoln City, And It’s Only Got Better!
40 years ago today, Lincoln City lost 4-1 at home to the worst team in the Football League; their manager apologised, and I decided this […]
Looking Back At: Trevor Thompson
Trevor Thompson Date of birth: 21.5.55 Born: North Shields, Tyne & Wear Height: 5ft 9in Position: Right back City appearances League:80, goals: 1 FA Cup: […]
On This Day: Cardiff City Chase Lincoln City Boss
On this day in 1981, Lincoln City supporters were reading about Cardiff City’s interest in taking Colin Murphy to Ninian Park, just months after he […]
Memory Match: Swansea City Buried By a Lundslide in 1986
I often talk about my first game, a Sunday afternoon against Hartlepool in October 1986. However, unlike many people, I also remember my second game […]
Memory Match: Bristol City Beaten But Imps Braced For Player Departure
Lincoln City headed to Bristol in March 1982 with three successive wins behind us and good news about Wayne Turner. By the time the weekend […]
Memory Match: Lincoln City Slip On Preston Plastic
Saturday 24th January 1987 Preston North End 3 Lincoln City 0 (Football League Division Four) Following the departure of manager Colin Murphy at the end […]
George Kerr: Two Spells, Two Relegations and a Lasting Lincoln City Legacy
George Kerr’s two spells as Lincoln City manager ended unhappily, but the bare facts do not tell the whole story. The Scot was placed in […]
On This Day: Lincoln City Three-year Winger Pursuit Ends
A three-year Lincoln City pursuit of Gordon Mair finally came to an end on 22 August 1984, with Colin Murphy bringing the Notts County winger […]
This Day: Future Premier League Star Signs For Lincoln City
George Kerr’s rebuilding of the Lincoln City squad took an unusually local turn on 21 August 1986, when two Lincoln United players agreed terms with […]
On This Day: £17,500 Lincoln City Transfer On Brink Of Collapse
Neil Redfearn’s proposed move to Doncaster Rovers had become anything but straightforward by 20 August 1986, and Lincoln City chairman John Reames had finally had […]
On This Day: £125,000 Queens Park Rangers Man Joins Lincoln City
John Pickering’s search for more attacking options took him to Queens Park Rangers in August 1985, with 24-year-old Steve Burke arriving at Lincoln City on […]
On This Day: Injury Crisis Leaves Lincoln City With Just 11 Fit Players
On this day in 1988, Lincoln City were preparing for their first season back in the Football League, but Colin Murphy’s carefully assembled squad was […]
Five More Strikers Who Terrorised Lincoln City Over The Years
On Wednesday, I did a Top Ten Strikers For Scoring Past Lincoln City article. It featured what Transfermarkt claimed were the ten strikers who scored […]
The Lincoln City Signing Who Failed a Medical a Month After Signing
You hear of transfers not going ahead because of a failed medical, and there are doubtless some that you don’t hear about as well, but […]
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