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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!

Impress is BACK!

A new season and a new edition of Impress will be available before the Portsmouth game this Saturday!

Your Home Team

Lincoln City Foundation is our Trust’s permanent charity partner. One of its many initiatives is the “Your Home Team” programme, providing support for children in care. Please click here for further details.

July Trust Directors’ 2nd Meeting Notes available

Please click here to view notes of a second meeting of the Trust’s Board of Directors held in July 2026.