The Week That Was: March 1996
For anyone in their mid-forties today, 1996 was a great year. British music was brilliant, British cinema was brilliant, and as people in their late […]
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The Week That Was: March 1986
37 years ago, Lincoln City suffered relegation from what was then the Third Division. It’s a season few remember fondly, one that started with former […]
Looking Back At: Imps 3-0 Peterborough United 1998
I’ve been waiting for this article for a few weeks now. I knew it was coming up so I’ve been prepped, but now the game […]
34 Years and Nothing Has Changed
When I get a spare moment, as I sometimes do on a Sunday around 4 pm, I browse through some old newspapers and see what […]
The Story of The Imps Record Breaking Winter of 1963
60 years ago, the Imps took part in a relatively low-key affair. We played a Coventry City side from one division higher in 1962/63, managed […]
Memory Match: Imps 1-0 Oxford United 1978
I’ve found time to put together a quick memory match, but before I start, I wanted to clarify why all the games I choose are […]
The Week That Was: May 1982
I’ve come to write this in a rather roundabout way, but I think it’s a story worth telling, more in terms of what I will […]
The Arsenal Winger Who Signed For City And Left An Hour Later
Yesterday, we looked at some players City almost signed – from James McClean to Darren Rogers; we featured players who had been to the Bank […]
Double Yellow: When The Ref Messed Up, Big Time
I was going to wait until February 5th to do this, but given the events at Bolton this week, I’ve opted to drag it forward […]
The Week That Was: October 1998 – Club’s Future Cast Into Doubt
You know the drill on these by now – I’ve selected a week from the club’s history to take the newspaper headlines from and give […]
Memory Match: Cambridge 1970
Saturday 15th August 1970: Cambridge United 1 Lincoln City 1 (Football League Division Four) Lincoln City became part of Cambridge United’s history when they provided the […]
On this Day: Posh Defender Joins Imps
We’re going back to January 24th for today’s ‘on this day’, a new feature which I’m sure I’ll get bored of eventually. The actual news […]
On This Day – West Ham Man Loan Move Coming To An End
Absolutely no apologies for another delve into the past today. We’re going back to January 23rd, 1975, a season in which Graham Taylor’s Lincoln came […]
On This Day: Imps Linked With First Division Striker
I’ve fallen down a wormhole. Now I have access to the British Newspaper Archive; I literally cannot stop perusing old newspapers. There are huge gaps […]
Looking Back At: Imps Beat Millwall At The Bank
Lincoln and Millwall are not old adversaries – the Lions have only visited our ground on eight occasions, and not at all this century. There […]
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