Memory Match: 2013 – Simmo Returns As Relegation Fear Fade
In March 2013, a crowd of under 1,600 witnessed a gritty yet vital win as Sincil Bank found its voice once more under the returning […]
Memory Matches
Memory Match: 2011 – City Relegated From The Football League
One thing that is hugely important is to remember where you have come from. Nobody should live in the past, and it isn’t always easy […]
Memory Match: City All BUT Secure Survival In 2011
In hindsight, few days at Sincil Bank encapsulate the chaos, character and creeping optimism of the Tilson era quite like these. The creeping optimism was […]
Memory Match: 2007 – City Hit Three At Stockport, Move Off The Bottom
Peter Jackson’s troubled era got up and running with his first away win as manager in December 2007. Jacko, replacing the dismissed John Schofield, saw […]
Memory Match: Bath City Win Saves Tilson For a Week
In the autumn of 2011, City were still finding their feet in non-league football. Relegation from the Football League five months earlier had left scars, […]
Memory Match: City Victorious Against Wrexham In Dark Days Encounter
The dark days. I’ve had a few periods myself classed as ‘dark days’ but I think in Imps’ terms, 2011 to 2016 could be classed […]
Memory Match: Boardroom Unrest As City Smash Scunthorpe United
November 1991 brought drama on and off the pitch for Lincoln City Football Club. Supporters witnessed boardroom battles and stirring derby-day success as the Imps […]
Memory Match: 1996 – Protests, Three Set Piece Goals & Against a Current Premier League Team
Ah, 1996. My perfect summer, just after leaving school, before the weight of rent and work began to weigh me down. I’ve had some great […]
Eight Years Ago: City Take Big Step Towards The Football League
April 3rd isn’t a traditional football day. I worked back from 2000 to find a match to cover, and got to the early eighties before […]
Memory Match: 1986 Lincoln 2-2 Bristol Rovers
It seems a slow news day at present. I couldn’t make the fan’s forum last night, and there’s no press conference up on YouTube at […]
Four Reds, Two Debuts & First Win Under John Beck Against Mansfield Town
This evening, we look back 30 years to when John Beck was in charge of the Imps. In November 1995, the Imps hadn’t won for […]
Looking Back At: Billingham Synthonia (FA Cup) 1989
Saturday 18th November 1989 Lincoln City 1 Billingham Synthonia 0 (FA Cup First Round) Over the thirty years prior to this match […]
Memory Match: Imps 4-1 Man City
Perhaps it is time to talk about Man City in a positive light, right? 28 years ago today (28 years, Jesus wept….) the actual Man […]
The Imps Against: Barnsley
The Imps face Barnsley for the 76th time this weekend. We’ve won 26 of those encounters, Barnsley 33, with 16 draws. Our league record is […]
Memory Match: Leyton Orient 2-3 Imps
27 years ago, City travelled to Leyton Orient with slim mathematical hopes of achieving a play-off place. When looking for matches to cover this week, […]
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