The Lincoln Connection

LINCOLN CITY F.C. 

"The Imps"

Founded: 1884

League History: Midland League 1889/90-1890/91; Football Alliance 1891/92; Football League 1892/93-1907/08; Midland League 1908/09; Football League 1909/10-1910/11; Central League 1911/12; Football League 1912/13-1919/20; Midland League 1920/21; Football League 1921/22-1986/87; Football Conference 1987/88; Football League 1988/89-2010/11; Football Conference/National League 2011/12-2016/17; EFL 2017/18-date.

Honours:

Highest League Finish: 5th Football League Division Two [II] 1901/02.

FA Cup best performance: Quarter-Finals 2016/17

League Cup best performance: Fourth Round 1967/68, 2022/23

Division Three (North) [III]: Champions 1931/32, 1947/48, 1951/52; Runners-Up 1927/28, 1930/31, 1936/37

Division Four/League Two [IV]: Champions 1975/76, 2018/19 [O'Connor, McCartan]; Runners-Up 1980/81; Third Place 1997/98

Football Conference/National League [V]: Champions 1987/88; 2016/17

EFL Trophy: Winners 2017/18; Runners-Up 1982/83.

Lincolnshire Cup Winners: 38 times 

Northern Ireland's Imps:

Players	LCFC Career	LCFC		NI Caps
		Aps	Gls	@LCFC	Total
BLACK Kingsley	00/01-02/03	37	5	0	30
BRADLEY Brendan	72/73	31	12	NI-born
CAMPBELL Dave	93/94	4	1	0	10
CARSON Trevor	10/11 (L)	16	0	0	8
DOHERTY Peter	40/41 (WG)	1	4	0	16
GASTON Ray	69/70 (L)	4	1	0	1
HUGHES Jeff	05/06-06/07	63	8	2	2
KENNEDY John	67/68-73/74	251	0	0	Am
McAULEY Gareth	04/05-05/06	72	8	5	80
McCARTAN Shay	18/19 (L)	38	7	0	2
McCLELLAND Jack	68/69 (L)	12	0	0	6
McDAID Robbie	15/16 (NL L)	16	4	0	U21
McGEOUGH.Jimmy	72/73-74/75	61	4	NI-born
McMANUS Eric	79/80 (L)	21	0	0	Am
MOORE William	23/24-24/25	33	2	0	1
MORGAN David	12/13 (NL L)	8	0	0	U21
MORGAN Paul	01/02-06/07	212	2	0	U21
O'CONNOR Michael	08/09*-19/20	66	4	0	11
TEMPEST Greg	15/16 (NL)	20	0	0	U21
TONER Ciaran	May-23	15	2	0	2

_ player capped while with club; (L) on loan; (WG) War-time guest in War-Time competitions; (NL) Non-League games; * includes separate loan and permanent spells with club.

Ian Baraclough, Northern Ireland's manager from 2020-2022, played from 1992-1994.

Ground History:

John O'Gaunts (1894-1895); Sincil Bank (1895-date) [aka 12th Imp Sincil Bank Stadium, Gelder Group Sincil Bank Stadium, LNER Stadium]

Sincil Bank Entrance (Sept 2023)		The GBM Stand backs on to Sincil Dyke / Sincil Bank Street
The ground from the north-east corner, with the GBM Stand in the foreground	The SRP Stand	The outside of the Rilmac Stand on the south end of the ground
A view of the GBM Stand from the south-west corner of the ground	The GBM stand with the edge of the Rilmac (South) Stand in the foreground	The SRP/St Andrews Stand at the east of the ground houses club's ticket office and shop. It backs on to all-weather playing pitches
The Stacey West Stand (named for fans Bill Stacey and Jim West who died at the Bradford Fire in 1985) undergoing renovations in 2023.	Lincoln Cathedral can be seen from the ground	The club hasn't played above the third tier since 1961
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Sincil Bank hosted a 1953 Amateur International between England and Northern Ireland. England won 4-1 in a match battered by gale forced winds and snow.

Other Lincoln Clubs:

John Kennedy also played for Lincoln United.