:Lincoln City F.C.

{{Main|History of Lincoln City F.C.}}

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Football in the city of Lincoln had been prominent since the 1860s although not strictly connected to the modern day club. After the disbanding of Lincoln Rovers (formerly Lincoln Recreation) in 1884, Lincoln City FC was formed as an amateur football association, and the first game Lincoln played was an emphatic 9–1 victory over local rivals Sleaford, on 4 October 1884. Originally they played at the John O'Gaunts ground, provided by wealthy local brewer Robert Dawber.

Lincoln turned professional in the 1891–92 season, and soon helped to form what was then the Second Division in 1892–93 season, as an increasing number of clubs wished to join the Football League. Their first game in the Football League was a 4–2 away defeat to Sheffield United on 3 September 1892.{{cite news | title=Shoot, The ultimate stats and facts guide to English League Football, p.130 | author=Steve Pearce | publisher=Boxtree | year=1997}} Their first home game was also against Sheffield United, this time, however, Lincoln won 1–0. Due to Dawber's death in 1895, Lincoln moved from the John O'Gaunts Ground to Sincil Bank. On 2 September 1899, Lincoln became only the third club to be represented by a Black player in an English Football League game when John Walker made his debut for them in a home game against Middlesbrough.{{cite book |last1=Hern |first1=Bill |last2=Gleave |first2=David |title=Football's Black Pioneers |date=2020 |publisher=Conker Editions |location=Leicester |isbn=9781999900854 |pages=168–169}}

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They failed re-election to the Football League in 1908. They won immediate re-election after winning the next year's Midland League, and would repeat this feat after failing re-election again in 1911 and 1920. Founder members of the Football League Third Division North in 1921, they won promotion as champions in 1931–32, but were relegated two seasons later. Crowned Third Division North champions again in 1947–48, they were relegated the next year, but would remain in the second tier for nine seasons after again winning the Third Division North title in 1951–52. Two successive relegations left them in the Fourth Division by 1962, where they would remain until Graham Taylor's title winning campaign of 1975–76. The next would oscillate between the Third and Fourth division for the next 10 years, missing out on promotion to the Second Division in 1982 and 1983.

Lincoln were relegated to the Fourth Division at the end of the 1985–86 season, and the year after that they became the first team to suffer automatic relegation from the Football League. They regained their Football League place automatically via promotion as champions of the Conference at the first attempt. In the 1997–98 season, Lincoln were promoted from the Third Division (previously the Fourth Division), but were immediately relegated back on the next season. On 3 May 2002 Lincoln entered into administration.{{cite web|url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~215261,00.html |title=City go into administration |publisher=Lincoln City FC |date=3 May 2002 |access-date=4 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307210735/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~215261%2C00.html |archive-date= 7 March 2012

}} Lincoln City were relegated again from League Two on the last day of the end of the 2010–11 season after a home defeat to Aldershot Town.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/may/09/lincoln-city-aldershot-town-league-two |title=Aldershot knock freefalling Lincoln City into a Blue Square hat |author=Grahame Lloyd |work=The Guardian |date=9 May 2011 |access-date=19 November 2022}}

In the 2016–17 season, Lincoln City under Danny Cowley were promoted as champions back to the Football League.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/apr/22/lincoln-city-promoted-football-league |title=Lincoln City return to Football League with victory against Macclesfield |work=The Guardian |date=22 April 2017 |access-date=19 November 2022}} In the 2016–17 FA Cup, Lincoln beat Championship side Ipswich Town, and Championship leaders Brighton and Hove Albion before defeating top flight side Burnley 1–0 to reach the quarter-final, the first time a non-League club had progressed to the last eight since 1913–14.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38940052|title=Burnley 0–1 Lincoln City|date=18 February 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-date=10 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710122819/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38940052|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/18/burnley-lincoln-city-fa-cup-match-report|title= Lincoln City topple Burnley as Sean Raggett seals historic FA Cup shock|date=18 January 2017|work=Guardian|access-date=21 February 2017}} In the quarter-finals, they were defeated 5–0 at eventual Cup champions Arsenal.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39162720|title=Arsenal 5–0 Lincoln City|date=11 March 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422235109/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39162720|url-status=live}}

In the 2017–18 season, Lincoln won the EFL Trophy by beating Shrewsbury Town 1–0 in the final in their first visit to Wembley Stadium.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42969057 |title=Checkatrade Trophy: Lincoln beat Chelsea U21s to reach final |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 February 2018 |access-date=19 November 2022 |archive-date=19 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119213201/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42969057 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/apr/08/lincoln-city-shrewsbury-town-checkatrade-trophy-match-report|title=Lincoln City lift Checkatrade Trophy after narrow win over Shrewsbury|date=8 April 2018|work=Guardian|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408183514/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/apr/08/lincoln-city-shrewsbury-town-checkatrade-trophy-match-report|url-status=live}} After an unsuccessful play-off campaign in their first season back in the EFL,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44063762|title=Exeter City 3–1 Lincoln City (Agg 3-1)|date=17 May 2018|work=BBC Sport|access-date=22 April 2019|archive-date=4 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504073915/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44063762|url-status=live}} Lincoln were promoted as champions at the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47930553|title=Lincoln City 0–0 Tranmere Rovers|date=22 April 2019|work=BBC Sport|access-date=22 April 2019|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428171815/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47930553|url-status=live}}

On 5 April 2019, Lincoln announced that Nettleham Ladies FC would be rebranded as Lincoln City Women from 1 June.{{cite web|url=https://www.weareimps.com/news/2019/april/190405-lincolncitywomen|title=Lincoln City Welcome Women's Football Team|website=www.redimps.co.uk|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422173214/https://www.redimps.co.uk/news/2019/april/190405-lincolncitywomen/|url-status=live}}

On 9 September 2019, manager Danny Cowley announced his departure to join Championship side Huddersfield Town, having guided Lincoln to two promotions in his previous three seasons alongside brother and assistant manager Nicky.{{Cite web |last=Whiley |first=Mark |date=2019-09-09 |title=Recap as the Cowleys leave City for Huddersfield |url=https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lincoln-city-live-danny-cowley-3298533 |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=LincolnshireLive |language=en |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927173235/https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lincoln-city-live-danny-cowley-3298533 |url-status=live }} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Football League matches were suspended on 13 March 2020 with Lincoln in 15th place. Clubs voted to end the season in June 2020 with final league positions decided on a points per game basis with Lincoln subsequently being placed in 16th.

In the 2020–21 season, Lincoln finished the season in 5th place, qualifying for the play-offs. After defeating Sunderland in the semi-finals, the first match fans could attend since the start of the pandemic, Lincoln lost the play-off final to Blackpool.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57082259 |title=Lincoln City 2–0 Sunderland |author=Owen Phillips |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 May 2021 |access-date=18 November 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118150852/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57082259 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57125196 |title=Sunderland 2–1 Lincoln City |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 May 2021 |access-date=18 November 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118152357/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57125196 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57216464 |title=Blackpool 2–1 Lincoln City |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 May 2021 |access-date=18 November 2022 |archive-date=30 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530220033/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57216464 |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Sincil Bank}}

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The club have played at Sincil Bank since 1895. Previously, Lincoln City had played at the nearby John O'Gaunts ground since the club's 1884 inception. Sincil Bank has an overall capacity of 10,669{{cite web|url=http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/article/lincoln-city-2916060.aspx|title=10 Things You Never Knew About The Imps|date=22 January 2016 |publisher=Wrexham Football Club |access-date=5 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315155642/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/SincilBankStadium/0%2C%2C10440~1060866%2C00.html |archive-date=15 March 2010 }} and is colloquially known to fans as "The Bank". Former Lincoln City chairman John Reames re-purchased the ground from the local council in 2000 at a cost of £175,000; the club had sold it in 1982 for £225,000 to fend off the threat of eviction, arranging a 125-year lease.

Sincil Bank hosted England U16's 2–0 win over the Scotland U16 team in the Victory Shield on 28 November 2008.{{cite web|url=http://nav.thefa.com/sitecore/content/TheFA/Home/England/mens-u16s/News/2009/U16vScotland_match_REPORT |title=Lions win Victory Shield |date=28 November 2008 |publisher=The Football Association |access-date=19 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716233117/http://nav.thefa.com/sitecore/content/TheFA/Home/England/mens-u16s/News/2009/U16vScotland_match_REPORT |archive-date=16 July 2011 }} Martin Peters paraded the FIFA World Cup Trophy at the ground in March 2010 as part of its global tour.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/8541519.stm|title=Football World Cup trophy to be shown at Lincoln City|date=28 February 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=19 July 2010|archive-date=16 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716041039/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/8541519.stm|url-status=live}} FA WSL club Lincoln Ladies played home games at Sincil Bank in their 2011 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/nov/30/lincoln-women-football-super-league|title=OOH Lincoln declare intention to join women's Super League in 2011|date=30 November 2009|work=The Guardian|access-date=19 July 2010|author=Tony Leighton|archive-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403141118/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/nov/30/lincoln-women-football-super-league|url-status=live}} The Ladies' club had previously hosted Arsenal Ladies there in an FA Women's Cup semi-final in March 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2008/03/11/ladies_streaming_feature.shtml|title=Lincoln City Ladies v Arsenal Ladies|publisher=BBC Lincolnshire|access-date=9 March 2010|archive-date=7 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207023334/http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2008/03/11/ladies_streaming_feature.shtml|url-status=live}}

File:Lincoln v Boston 002.jpg derby, between Lincoln City and local rivals Boston United, being played at Sincil Bank]]

{{Main|Lincolnshire derby}}

Lincoln City is one of three professional football clubs in Lincolnshire. Lincoln City's main rivals are Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United, which at various points fans have considered one bigger than the other. Other prominent Lincolnshire rivals of the past include Gainsborough Trinity and Boston United, however, meetings between the clubs are limited nowadays.

Nottinghamshire clubs Mansfield Town and Notts County are also considered rivals, and Peterborough United, Hull City and York City are clubs that have had some sort of rivalry with The Imps in the past. Lincoln United, the other football club based in Lincoln, are further down the footballing pyramid and are not a considered rival.

Lincoln City currently sport a "traditional" Lincoln Imp badge, synonymous with the success of the 1970s and 1980s. The badge was returned in 2014, with general manager John Vickers billing it the start of a "new era".{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-26856675 |title=Lincoln City marks anniversary with red Imp return |publisher=BBC News |date=2 April 2014 |access-date=4 March 2016 |archive-date=14 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614075321/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-26856675 |url-status=live }} Between the two spells the club used two badges, the first of which being the city's heraldic shield with the letters "L.C.F.C" inscribed onto it. This badge was used until 2001, when the club used a similar design; however, it featured a yellow imp in the centre, with the nickname of "The Imps" written across.

Traditionally, the colours and design of the Lincoln City strip are a red and white striped shirt along with black shorts and red socks. This varied in the late 1960s and early 70s, the club opted to field a predominantly red strip with white shorts, and also in the 2000–01 season when the shirt was quartered red and white with white shorts. Currently, the home kit is largely red with white pinstriping down the length of the shirt, as well as black and white accents around the collar and cuff of the shirt. The shorts of the kit are also largely black, sporting red accents, and the socks red with black and white accents. Their away kit has never retained any single pattern or design, and areas varied vastly throughout the seasons, but is currently black across the shirt, shorts and socks with red accents on the edges of each piece. In recent years, the club have also released a third kit. Currently, the kit is green in colour, with a chevron pattern across it. This kit features white accents on the shirt, and white shorts with green accents.

The following tables detail the kit suppliers and sponsors of Lincoln City by year:{{cite news |url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Lincoln_City/Lincoln_City.htm |title=Lincoln City - Historical Football Kits |publisher=Historical Football Kits |date=2 September 2021 |access-date=21 October 2021 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024222518/http://historicalkits.co.uk/Lincoln_City/Lincoln_City.htm |url-status=live }}{{clear right}}

{{updated|26 May 2025|}} {{cite web|title = First Team|url = https://www.weareimps.com/squad/122|publisher = Lincoln City F.C|access-date = 6 June 2024|archive-date = 6 June 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240606083209/https://www.weareimps.com/squad/122|url-status = live}}

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{{fs player|no=4|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=Lewis Montsma}}

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{{fs player|no=16|nat=WAL|pos=MF|name=Dom Jefferies}}

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{{fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Tyler Walker}}*

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{{fs player|no=21|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Jamie Pardington}}

{{fs player|no=22|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Tom Hamer}}

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{{fs player|no=24|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Sam Clucas}}*

{{fs player|no=25|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=James Collins}}

{{fs player|no=26|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Oisin Gallagher}}

{{fs player|no=27|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Jovon Makama}}

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{{fs player|no=29|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Rob Street}}

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{{fs player|no=34|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Freddie Draper}}

{{fs player|no=35|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=MJ Kamson-Kamara}}

{{fs player|no=39|nat=ENG|pos=DF |name=Charlie Parks}}

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{{fs player|no=–|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Alistair Smith}}*

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Players marked with a * will leave the club on 30 June 2025 following the expiration of their contracts.

Players marked with a ** contracts expire on 30 June 2025 but are negotiating a new contract.{{cite news |title=2025–26 Squad update|url=https://www.weareimps.com/news/202526-squad-update|access-date=13 May 2025 |publisher=Lincoln City FC|date=13 May 2025}}

{{updated|13 May 2025|{{cite web|title=Lincoln City Under 18's|url=https://www.weareimps.com/squad/786|access-date=6 June 2024|archive-date=6 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606083208/https://www.weareimps.com/squad/786|url-status=live}}}}

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{{fs player|no=36|nat=USA|pos=FW |name=Zane Okoro}}**

{{fs player|no=38|nat=ENG|pos=MF |name=Denny Oliver}}*

{{fs player|no=40|nat=ENG|pos=GK |name=Isaac Allan}}*

{{fs player|no=—|nat=ENG|pos=GK |name=Jaden Taylor}}

{{fs player|no=—|nat=ENG|pos=GK |name=Nicolae-Mario Vasiloiu}}*

{{fs player|no=—|nat=ENG|pos=DF |name=Orin Aldridge}}

{{fs player|no=—|nat=ENG|pos=DF |name=Charlie Carlisle}}

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{{fs player|no=—|nat=ENG|pos=FW |name=Josh Kennealey}}

{{fs player|no=—|nat=ENG|pos=FW |name=Daniel Vanderpuye}}

{{fs player|no=—|nat=ENG|pos=FW |name=Dakara Wifa}}*

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Players marked with a * will leave the club on 30 June 2025 following the expiration of their contracts.

Players marked with a ** contracts expire on 30 June 2025 but are negotiating a new contract.{{cite news |title=Okewoye and Parks sign for pro deals|url=https://www.weareimps.com/news/okewoye-and-parks-sign-first-pro-deals|access-date=13 May 2025 |publisher=Lincoln City FC|date=13 May 2025}}

{{updated|10 December 2024|{{cite news|url=https://www.weareimps.com/club/board-members-and-key-investors |title=Board Member and Key Investors |publisher=Lincoln City FC |access-date=10 December 2024}}}}

{{updated|4 November 2024|{{cite news |url=https://www.weareimps.com/teams/first-team/first-team-staff-profiles|title=First Team Management |publisher=Lincoln City FC |access-date=19 November 2022 |archive-date=19 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119213202/https://www.weareimps.com/Teams/management/ |url-status=live }}}}

{{updated|20 December 2024|{{cite news |url=https://www.weareimps.com/staff/u18s%20management|title=U18 Management |publisher=Lincoln City FC |access-date=10 December 2022}}}}

{{updated|3 May 2025|}}

Lincoln City's honours include:{{cite news |title=Club History - Club Honours |publisher=Lincoln City FC |url=https://www.weareimps.com/club/club-history/ |access-date=19 November 2022 |archive-date=19 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119213203/https://www.weareimps.com/club/club-history/ |url-status=live }}

League

• Third Division North (level 3)
• Champions: 1931–32, 1947–48, 1951–52
• Runners up: 1927–28, 1930–31, 1936–37
• Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4)
• Champions: 1975–76, 2018–19
• Runners-up: 1980–81
• Promoted: 1997–98
• Football Conference / National League (level 5)
• Champions: 1987–88, 2016–17
• Midland League / Central League
• Champions: 1889–90, 1908–09, 1911–12⁵, 1920–21
• Runners-up: 1932–33

Cup

• Football League Trophy / EFL Trophy
• Winners: 2017–18
• Runners-up: 1982–83
• Conference Championship Shield
• Winners: 1988

Minor

• Lincolnshire Senior Cup
• Winners (38): 1886–87, 1890–91, 1891–92, 1893–94, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1955–56⁶, 1961–62, 1963–64⁶, 1965–66⁶, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2013–14
• Runners-up (32): 1892–93, 1894–95, 1896–97, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1908–09, 1912–13, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
• Pontin's Reserve League Cup
• Winners: 2006–07
• Fred Green Memorial Trophy³
• Winners: 2006–07
• John Reames Memorial Trophy
• Winners: 2013–14

• Highest league finish: 5th in Second Division (level 2), 1901–02{{cite news |title=Lincoln City |publisher=European Football Statistics |url=http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/league/linc.htm |access-date=19 November 2022 |archive-date=29 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029231219/http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/league/linc.htm |url-status=live }}
• Best FA Cup performance: Quarter-finals, 2016–17
• Best League Cup performance: Fourth round, 1967–68, 2022–23
• Record league attendance: 23,146 vs. Grimsby Town, 5 March 1949
• Record cup attendance: 23,196 vs. Derby County, 15 November 1967
• Record transfer fee paid: Dean Walling – £75,000 to Carlisle United, 1997, Tony Battersby – £75,000 to Bury, 1998. John Akinde is believed to have cost more, but the fee was never disclosed.{{cite news|title=Lincoln City sign Akinde from Barnet|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44743933|access-date=18 September 2020|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524150921/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44743933|url-status=live}}
• Record transfer fee received: Jack Hobbs – >£750,000² from Liverpool, 2005
• Record league victory: 11–1 v. Crewe Alexandra (Home), Football League, 29 September 1951
• Record appearances: Grant Brown – 469
• Record goal scorer: Andy Graver – 143 (1950–55, 1958–61)
• Record goals in one season: Allan Hall – 45 (1931–32)
• Youngest player: Shane Nicholson – 16 years and 112 days v. Charlton Athletic, 23 September 1986, League Cup
• Oldest player: Albert Iremonger – 42 years and 312 days v. Doncaster Rovers, 23 April 1927, Football League

;Source[http://www.redimps.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10440,00.html The Lincoln City FC Archive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008212824/http://www.redimps.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10440%2C00.html |date=8 October 2007 }} Lincoln City FC, 26 March 2009

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