Former Player Guests for Cardiff Game

With thanks to Donald Nannestad

The FPA host for tomorrow’s game against Cardiff City is Matt Carmichael. The former players who are guests are Mark Camm, Ben Dixon, Darren Huckerby and Chris Moyses. 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

Mark Camm

Mark Camm signed for the Imps from Sheffield United in August 2000 having previously played on trial for City’s reserve team in the previous season. Mark, who captained the Blades reserve team while at Bramall Lane, appeared at right back and in midfield during his four years City. He moved on to play for King’s Lynn and was later at clubs including Boston United and Worksop Town.
Debut vs Morecambe, home, 28 November 2000 (LDV Vans Trophy)
Lincoln City Record

Football League: 11 appearances plus 21 as a substitute

FA Cup: 1 appearance plus 2 as a substitute

Football League Cup: 1 substitute appearance

Other: 2 appearances plus 2 as substitute

Ben Dixon 

Ben Dixon was a winger who came through the Imp’s youth team set-up making his first team debut while a trainee. He became a full professional in November 1992 and made further appearances over the next four years before being released at the end of 1995-96. Ben had a couple of seasons with Blackpool and then played in Singapore. He went on to play for clubs including Whitby Town, Lincoln United and Grantham.

Debut vs Gillingham, away, 29 February 1992 as substitute

Lincoln City Record

Football League: 33 appearances plus 10 as substitute

FA Cup: 1 substitute appearance

Football League Cup: 2 appearances

Other: 3 appearances plus 1 as substitute

Darren Huckerby 

Darren Huckerby was a prolific scorer in City’s youth team before being promoted to the first team in March 1994 marking his debut by scoring the winner at Shrewsbury just five minutes after coming on as a substitute. He made rapid progress during his time with the Imps and was still just 19 years old when he was sold to Newcastle in late 1995 for a reported £500,000 fee. Darren went on to have a long career in top level football appearing for Coventry, Leeds, Manchester City and Norwich and played for the England B team. He finished his playing career in the USA with San Jose Earthquakes winning Major League Soccer’s newcomer of the year award in 2008.
Debut vs Shrewsbury Town, away, 1 March 1994 as substitute

Lincoln City Record

Football League: 20 appearances 

plus 8 as substitute, 5 goals

Football League Cup: 2 appearances

Other: 1 appearance, 2 goals           

Chris Moyses
Chris Moyses was a full-back who made his first senior appearances for City as a 16 year old when he played in three Football  League Trophy games in August 1982. Chris, who was born and bred in Lincoln,  initially joined the Imps under the Youth Opportunities Programme and progressed to becoming an apprentice and then signed as a professional. He made his Football League debut at Millwall in May 1984 and featured in the following three games only to be released at the end of that season. Chris went on to play for Halifax and was later at clubs including Grantham, Spalding, King’s Lynn and Bourne. He returned to the Imps in May 2011 when he became involved in the youth team. In November 2014 Chris became caretaker manager and the following month took over as manager. He began the rebuilding of the team before leaving his role in May 2016 having signed several of the players who earned promotion back to the Football League the following season.
Debut vs Scunthorpe United (Football League Trophy) , away 14 August 1982
 
Lincoln City Record

Football League: 2 appearances plus 2 as substitute
Football League Trophy: 3 appearances 

Impress III Kicks off on Saturday

The third edition of Impress is on sale at the Trust Pod on Saturday before the Cardiff City game.

There are still a number of November issues available in case you missed them first time round.

New Venues for Fit Imps

“Fit Imps” is a healthy lifestyle programme run by the Trust’s permanent charity partner, Lincoln City Foundation, to help people looking to lose weight, get fitter and lead a more active life. Sessions are now held at a new venue in Grantham, as well as the LNER Stadium and at Moorland Community Centre. Please click here for more details.

November Trust Player of the Month Awarded

Red Imps Community Trust’s newly appointed Youth Board Member Tom Baker,  presented Connor McGrandles with the Trust Player of the Month Award for November. Tom, along with Jake Ingram also pictured, are currently studying community football community coaching degree through the Club 
Foundation.

November Trust Board Notes available

Please click here to view notes of the Trust Board Meeting held in November 2025.

FPA Guests v Barnsley

The host for tomorrow night’s game against Barnsley is Gavin Gordon. Our guests are Tony Cunningham and Derek Bell plus former Barnsley player Tommy Graham and Terry Curran, whose former teams included Nottingham Forest, both Sheffield clubs and Everton.

With thanks to Donald Nannestad

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

Tony Cunningham

Tony Cunningham was a powerful 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 goals

Other Games: 6 appearances, 2 goals

Derek Bell

Derek was a prolific scorer in local football netting over 200 goals in 1971-72 as a 15 year old playing in schools football and on Saturday afternoons in the Boston League and Sundays in the Lindsey and Kesteven Youth League before joining Derby County as an apprentice. He moved on to play for Halifax Town and Barnsley before he was signed by City in November scoring on his debut in a 3-0 home win over Hartlepool. Derek spent four years at Sincil Bank and continued to score regularly despite the fact that his appearances were restricted by injury. He was leading scorer in 1982-83 with 29 league and cup goals including three hat-tricks. He left Sincil Bank in the summer of 1983 and went on to play for Chesterfield and Scunthorpe.

Debut vs Hartlepool United, home 30 November 1979

Lincoln City Record

Football League: 69 appearances plus 14 as substitute, 33 goals

FA Cup: 2 appearances plus 1 as substitute

Football League Cup: 10 appearances plus 2 as substitute, 4 goalsOther: 3 appearances, 3 goals

Terry Curran

Terry Curran was an attacking player who mainly appeared as a winger during his lengthy football career. He began with Doncaster before moving to Nottingham Forest. In total he played for 12 Football League clubs including Everton, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, making over 400 Football League appearances.

Tommy Graham

Tommy Graham was a forward who signed for Barnsley from Aston Villa in 1978 and made 38 appearances for the Reds before moving on to join Halifax Town. He went on to play for Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Scarborough before finishing back at Halifax making almost 400 Football League appearances during his career.

Player of the Month for November

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photos courtesy of Graham Burrell

Christmas Extravaganza

The Christmas Extravaganza is a brilliant Christmas treat for youngsters aged 4-12: a day full of football, quizzes and seasonal surprises, culminating in in a festive afternoon with the Lincoln City first team squad in the Branston Legends Lounge.

Please click here for further details of the event, which is being organised by Lincoln City Foundation, our Trust’s permanent charity partner.

Impress your friends – Issue 2 out Saturday!

And available around the ground and from the Red Imps Community Trust pod before the Port Vale game.

Trust Join NHS for Doncaster Game

The Red Imps Community Trust and Trust Community Engagement Lead Biff Bean welcomed Conor Broughton to the Pod on Saturday to highlight the importance of screening for bowel cancer and being screened every 2 years if you are 50 and above.

Biff and Rob from the Trust are pictured here with Conor.