FPA Guests V Blackburn Rovers

With thanks to Donald Nannestad

The FPA hosts for tomorrow’s game against Blackburn Rovers is Matt Carmichael. The guests are Terry Cooper, Paul Mayo and John Schofield

Their details are here:

Matt Carmichael

Matt Carmichael was signed by Colin Murphy in August 1989. At the time he was planning to join the Met Police after having previously served in the British Army but Colin offered him a professional contract and his career changed track. He was initially used as a striker and scored on his debut against Scunthorpe United but later converted to centre back. He was voted the supporters player of the season in 1991-92 and made over 150 first team appearances before moving on to Scunthorpe in July 1993. Matt later played for Preston, Mansfield, Doncaster and Darlington. Matt is vice chairman of the Former Players Association.

Debut vs Scunthorpe, home 19 August 1989

Lincoln City Record:

Football League: 113 appearances plus 20 as substitute, 18 goals

FA Cup: 4 appearances plus 1 as substitute

Football League Cup: 9 appearances plus 1 as substitute, 1 goalOther: 7 appearances plus 1 as substitute, 2 goals

Terry Cooper

Terry Cooper initially signed for City in December 1971 on loan from Notts County. He went back to Meadow Lane after making three appearances for the Imps but in the summer of 1972 he made a permanent move to Sincil Bank. Terry, who started out playing in midfield, switched to centre-back with great success and went on to play almost 300 first team games for City. He was a key member of the 1975-76 team which won the Division Four championship and was twice voted Player of the Season by the supporters. Terry left Sincil Bank in the summer of 1979 and later played for Bradford City and Rochdale.

Debut vs Stockport County home 18 December 1971

Lincoln City Record:

Football League: 268 appearances plus 2 as substitute, 12 goals

FA Cup: 15 appearances plus 1 as substitute, 1 goal

Football League Cup: 13 appearances

Paul Mayo 

Paul Mayo is a local lad who was initially on the books of Nottingham Forest before signing for the Imps in the 1999-2000. Although he mainly appeared at left-back, wearing the number 46 shirt in his first season, he was also occasionally used both in midfield and in the forward line. He played in the 2003 play-off final against Bournemouth at the Millennium Stadium and continued to appear regularly until March 2004 when he was sold to Watford, then in the Championship.. Paul later returned to Sincil Bank for two more seasons with the Imps and finished his senior career with spells at Notts County and Mansfield Town. In total he made almost 200 first team appearances for City. 

Debut vs Swansea City, away, 4 February 2000

Lincoln City Record:

Football League: 145 appearances plus 23 as substitute, 10 goals

FA Cup: 7 appearances plus 1 as substitute, 2 goals

Football League Cup: 5 appearances plus 1 as substitute

Other: 10 appearances plus 2 as substitute, 2 goals

John Schofield

John Schofield was a midfielder who as well as playing for the Imps went on to manage the youth team later serving as first team head coach. John signed from Gainsborough Trinity in November 1988 making his Football League debut a few days later in a 4-1 win at Burnley. He remained a regular in the team and in 1993-94 captained the Imps and was voted Player of the Season by the supporters.  He moved on to Doncaster Rovers in November 1994 and later played for Mansfield and Hull City making a total of almost 500 senior appearances in his career. He returned to Lincoln in 2000 as head of youth development and made a few more appearances for the first team then in the summer of 2006 John became head coach/manager. He took the team to the play-offs in his first season in charge but results did not go well at the start of the following season and he left Sincil Bank. John later coached at several Football League clubs and since July 2021 has been manager of the Northern Ireland Under 21 team.

Debut vs Burnley away 8 November 1988

Lincoln City Record:

Football League:  234 appearances + 16 as substitute, 11 goals

FA Cup: 7 appearances plus 2 as substitute

Football League Cup: 15 appearances, 4 goals

Other: 17 appearances + 2 as substitute, 1 goal

Who is your Player of the Month for August?

Teamsheets on Sale Again

The Club’s official enhanced teamsheets will once again be on sale from our Trust’s Pod in the Fan Village before all home games this season. Still priced at 50p each, they will be available from around 45 minutes before the scheduled kick-off time for each match.

IMPress Championship Edition 1

All copies of the first edition of the new season’s IMPress prog-zine were snapped up about half an hour before the Portsmouth match kicked-off: many thanks to everyone who bought a copy! Another batch of that edition has been printed and will be available from our Trust’s Pod in the Fan Village before the Blackburn Rovers game.

The second edition will go on sale from the Pod on the morning of the Southampton game.

The price remains at £2 per copy.

Game Day One at the Pod! What happened?

Squadron Successful! Joint Fans of the Year award

Representatives of the 617 Squadron gathered for their Red Imps Community Trust Fans of the Year award, presented before the game against Portsmouth.

Joint RICT Fan of the Year Winners are Impressive!

Melanie Tointon and Phil Bradley were yesterday awarded Joint Fans of the Year for their work on editing the very successful Impress Prog-zine.

Silver Salver for Gold Director!

After serving as a Director of Lincoln City for seven years representing the Gold Membership / John O’Gaunts Club members our Trust was delighted to award her an inscribed salver recognising her achievements prior to the Portsmouth game.

FPA Players v Portsmouth

With thanks to Donald Nannestad

The FPA hosts for tomorrow’s game against Portsmouth are Gavin Gordon and Matt Carmichael. 

Their details are here:

Gavin Gordon

Gavin Gordon was a striker who made his senior debut for Hull City just two months after his 16^th birthday and went on to make regular first team appearances for the Tigers before he was sold to the Imps in November 1997 when he was still just 18 years old. In his first season he helped City win promotion and was a first team regular. In 2000-01 he scored 10 goals by early December and was the sold to Cardiff City for a six-figure fee. He later played for Notts County.

Gavin is chairman of the Former Players Association. 

Debut vs Swansea City, away 8 November 1997
Lincoln City Record:
Football League: 87 appearances plus 12 as substitute, 28 goals
FA Cup: 9 appearances, 2 goals
Football League Cup: 2 appearances, 1 goal
Other: 4 appearances plus 1 as substitute

Matt Carmichael

Matt Carmichael was signed by Colin Murphy in August 1989. At the time he was planning to join the Met Police after having previously served in the British Army but Colin offered him a professional contract and his career changed track. He was initially used as a striker and scored on his debut against Scunthorpe United but later converted to centre back. He was voted the supporters player of the season in 1991-92 and made over 150 first team appearances before moving on to Scunthorpe in July 1993. Matt later played for Preston, Mansfield, Doncaster and Darlington.

Matt is vice chairman of the Former Players Association.

Debut vs Scunthorpe, home 19 August 1989

Lincoln City Record:

Football League: 113 appearances plus 20 as substitute, 18 goals

FA Cup: 4 appearances plus 1 as substitute

Football League Cup: 9 appearances plus 1 as substitute, 1 goalOther: 7 appearances plus 1 as substitute, 2 goals

Tony Cunningham

Tony Cunningham was a striker who was brought to Lincoln by Colin Murphy from non-league club Stourbridge in May 1979. He made an instant impact on his debut in a League Cup tie against Barnsley and marked his first City game with a goal. Tony remained a regular first team player during his three full seasons at Sincil Bank and finished as leading scorer with 15 league and cup goals in 1981-82 when the Imps narrowly missed out on promotion to second tier football. He was sold to Barnsley in September 1982 and and made 40 League appearances for the Reds scoring 11 goals before joining Sheffield Wednesday in November 1983. Tony later played for clubs including Manchester City and Newcastle United making a total of almost 500 senior appearances before ending his career with Wycombe Wanderers. One of his sons Karl later also played for the Imps. 

Debut vs Barnsley, home (Football League Cup) 11 August 1979

Lincoln City Record:

Football League: 111 appearances plus 12 as substitute, 32 goals

FA Cup: 5 appearances plus 1 as substitute

Football League Cup: 13 appearances, 8 goalsOther Games: 6 appearances, 2 goals

Dean West

Dean West made his debut for City in the final game of the 1990-91 season while still a trainee and scored in a 6-2 home win over Carlisle. Soon afterwards he signed a professional contract and quickly established himself in the first team appearing at right back and in midfield making over 100 appearances for the Imps. Dean moved to Bury in September 1995 and later played for Burnley completing over 100 first team appearances for both Lancashire clubs. He briefly returned to City as the start of 2004-05 season and later played for clubs including Boston United and King’s Lynn.

Debut vs Carlisle United, home 11 May 1991

Lincoln City Record: 

Football League: 97 appearances plus 26 as substitute, 20 goals
FA Cup: 6 appearances, 1 goal
Football League Cup: 11 appearances, 1 goal
Other: 5 appearances plus 2 as substitute, 1 goal

Join us again – this Saturday!

The Red Imps Community Trust Pod is back in action from Saturday morning – and we are in exactly the same place as before.

There’s a lot to offer fans both young and old!