During the 2007–08 season Lincoln City F.C. played in Football League Two after finishing last season in fifth place in the Football League Two and losing another play-off semi-final the previous season. It marked Lincoln's 101st season in the Football League, becoming one of only 26 clubs to have completed 100 or more seasons since the league's formation in 1888. The club are the first club to have reached the milestone without playing top-flight football. This season marked the club's 79th season in the lowest possible division in the Football League, and the 36th season in the fourth tier of English football. The club have now been competing in the fourth tier for nine successive seasons, with their last season in a higher division coming in 1998–99.
Contract expiry dates #PlayerPlace of birthAgeSigned fromDate joinedSummer 20081 Alan Marriott Bedford 29 Tottenham Hotspur August 1999 3 Gary Croft Burton on Trent 33 Grimsby Town July 20074 Adie Moses Doncaster 32 Crewe Alexandra July 2006 8 Jamie Forrester Bradford 33 Bristol Rovers March 20069 Mark Stallard Derby 33 Shrewsbury Town July 200611 Scott Kerr Leeds 26 Scarborough July 200513 Ayden Duffy Kettering 21 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – July 200623 Shane Clarke Lincoln 20 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – July 2006
#PlayerPlace of birthAgeSigned fromDate joinedSummer 20092 Paul Green Birmingham 21 Aston Villa January 20075 Lee Beevers Doncaster 24 Boston United February 20056 Nat Brown Sheffield 26 Huddersfield Town July 200514 Ryan Amoo Leicester 24 Barrow Town July 2006 15 Ben Wright Munster 27 IK Start August 200717 Dany N'Guessan Ivry-Sur-Seine 20 Rangers January 200720 Owain Warlow Trefforest 19 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – July 200626 Jamie Hand Uxbridge 23 Chester City August 2007
#PlayerPlace of birthAgeSigned fromDate joinedSummer 201027 Danny Hone Farnborough 18 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – December 200729 Lenell John-Lewis London 18 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – December 2007
#PlayerPlace of birthAgeSigned fromDate joinedSummer 20117 Lee Frecklington Lincoln 22 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – May 2005
Squad
Transfers
Ins Summer 2007 #PlayerFromAgeFee03 Gary Croft Grimsby Town 33 Free transfer10 Steve Torpey Scunthorpe United 37 Free transfer15 Ben Wright IK Start 27 Free transfer21 Phil Watt Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy 19 First team debut22 Michael Roddy Bolton Wanderers 19 Free transfer23 Shane Clarke Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy 21 First team debut26 Jamie Hand Chester City – Undisclosed fee27 Danny Hone Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy 18 Professional contract29 Lenell John-Lewis Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy 18 Professional contract
Loans #PlayerFromAge16 Alex Morfaw Scunthorpe United 2019 Louis Dodds Leicester City 2122 Adam Smith Chesterfield 22 25 Hamza Bencherif Nottingham Forest 19 28 Ben Smith Doncaster Rovers 2130 Lee Ridley Cheltenham Town 26
Outs Summer 2007 PlayerToAgeFee Jeff Hughes Crystal Palace 22 £350,000 Paul Morgan Bury 29 Transfer request Martin Gritton Macclesfield Town 29 Free transfer Simon Rayner Torquay United 24 Free transfer Leon Mettam – 21 Free Transfer Andy Toyne – – Free Transfer Tom Wilkinson – – Retired Paul Mayo Notts County 26 Free transfer
January 2008 PlayerToAgeFee Michael Roddy – 19 Contract Expired – 02/01/08 Steve Torpey Farsley Celtic 37 Contract Cancelled – 07/01/08 Ryan Semple – 22 Contract Cancelled – 31/01/08 Ben Smith Doncaster Rovers 21 Recalled – 10/01/08 Phil Watt – 20 Contract Cancelled – 25/02/08 Jack Cotton – – Contract Cancelled – 14/02/08
Competitions
Results summary
Results by round
Home Results
Away Results
Fixtures and results
Friendlies +DateOpponentVenueResultScoreF–AAttendanceScorers 18 Jul Retford United(NPL Division One (South)) A L0–3 – – 20 Jul Grantham Town(NPL Division One (South)) A W4–2 – Forrester (2), N'Guessan, Ryan 22 Jul Genêts d'Anglet(CFA Group D) A W2–1 approx. 300 Forrester, Frecklington 24 Jul Pau FC(Championnat National) A W1–0 – Torpey 26 Jul Sleaford Town(UCL Premier Division) A W2–1 – Watt, John-Lewis 28 Jul Boston United(Conference North) A W1–0 – Brown 4 Aug Horncastle Town(Lincolnshire Football League) A W2–1 – John-Lewis, King 5 Aug Watford(Championship) H L1–2 1,239 Ryan
League Two +DateOpponentVenueResultScoreF–AAttendanceAway FansHome FansScorers 11 Aug Shrewsbury Town H L0–4 3,893 375 3,518 18 Aug Mansfield Town A W3–1 3,357 620 – Dodds, O.G, Stallard 25 Aug Accrington Stanley H W2–0 3,189 105 3,084 N'Guessan, Dodds 1 Sep Dagenham & Redbridge A L0–1 2,060 468 – 7 Sep Bradford City H L1–2 5,286 1,064 4,222 Dodds 15 Sep Darlington A L0–2 4,075 412 – 22 Sep Grimsby Town H L1–2 4,428 1,124 3,304 Forrester 29 Sep Wrexham A L0–1 3,614 179 – 2 Oct Bury A D1–1 1,690 175 – Kerr 6 Oct Morecambe H D1–1 3,281 187 3,094 Amoo 14 Oct Milton Keynes Dons A L0–4 13,037 403 – 20 Oct Peterborough United H D1–1 5,036 1,725 3,311 Wright 27 Oct Brentford A L0–1 4,368 465 – 2 Nov Chester City H L0–1 3,960 151 3,809 6 Nov Chesterfield H L2–4 3,893 924 2,969 N'Guessan, Bencherif 17 Nov Wycombe Wanderers A L0–1 4,297 288 – 24 Nov Notts County H W2–1 4,543 1,060 3,483 Wright, Frecklington 4 Dec Stockport County A W3–1 5,260 191 – Wright (2), John-Lewis 8 Dec Hereford United A L1–3 2,528 209 – Frecklington 15 Dec Barnet H W4–1 3,549 155 3,394 Wright (2), Forrester, Dodds 22 Dec Darlington H L0–4 4,025 375 3,650 26 Dec Bradford City A L1–2 15,510 740 – John-Lewis 29 Dec Grimsby Town A L0–1 5,533 969 – 1 Jan Bury H D1–1 3,327 114 3,213 Dodds 5 Jan Rochdale A W2–0 2,721 263 – Forrester, Frecklington 12 Jan Rotherham United H L1–3 5,016 1,482 3,534 Forrester 26 Jan Dagenham & Redbridge H W2–0 3,779 191 3,588 Wright, N'Guessan 29 Jan Mansfield Town H L1–2 4,280 734 3,546 Forrester 2 Feb Shrewsbury Town A W2–1 4,892 268 – Dodds (2) 5 Feb Macclesfield Town A W2–1 1,576 202 – N'Guessan, Forrester 9 Feb Rochdale H W2–1 3,955 468 3,487 Forrester, Hone 12 Feb Accrington Stanley A W3–0 1,281 209 – Stallard, Wright, Beevers 16 Feb Macclesfield Town H W3–1 3,682 121 3,561 John-Lewis, Forrester, N'Guessan 23 Feb Rotherham United A L2–3 4,321 907 – Dodds, Wright 1 Mar Wycombe Wanderers H W1–0 4,002 333 3,669 Dodds 7 Mar Chesterfield A L1–4 4,353 685 – Wright 11 Mar Notts County A W1–0 3,858 870 – Forrester 15 Mar Stockport County H L0–1 4,544 819 3,725 22 Mar Barnet A L2–5 2,115 393 – Wright (2) 24 Mar Hereford United H W2–1 3,614 381 3,233 N'Guessan (2) 29 Mar Peterborough United A L0–4 8,035 1,007 – 4 Apr Milton Keynes Dons H L1–2 3,896 528 3,368 Wright 12 Apr Chester City A W2–1 2,089 205 – Forrester (2) 19 Apr Brentford H W3–1 3,699 376 3,323 King, Forrester, Frecklington 26 Apr Morecambe A W2–1 2,762 501 – Wright, Green 3 May Wrexham H L2–4 4,958 597 4,361 O.G, Wright
2007/08 Away Total: 10,629 (23 games) 2007/08 Away Average: 462 2007/08 Home Average: 93,835 (23 games) | 4,080 2007/08 Home Average (Excluding Away Fans): 4,080 – (582) = 3,498
FA Cup +DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreF–AAttendanceAway FansHome FansScorers 10 Nov One Nottingham Forest H D1–1 7,361 2,491 4,870 O.G 27 Nov One (Replay) Nottingham Forest A L1–3 6,783 2,229 – Forrester
League Cup +DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreF–AAttendanceAway FansHome FansScorers 14 Aug One (North) Doncaster Rovers A L1–4 5,084 792 – Forrester
League Trophy 2007–08 +DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreF–AAttendanceAway FansHome FansScorers – One (North) Bye Received 9 Oct Two (North) Hartlepool United H L2–5 936 93 843 Stallard (2)
Fred Green Memorial Trophy +DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreF–AScoreF–AAttendanceScorers 19 Jul Final Lincoln United A W2–1 – McCarthy, Ryan
Lincolnshire Senior Cup +DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreF–AAttendanceScorers 1 Aug Final Scunthorpe United H W1–0 759 Forrester
Head To Head
+TeamMiles [One Way]Home ResultFans BroughtAway ResultFans TookPoints Gained Mansfield Town 34.8 1–2 734 [Tuesday] 3–1 620 3 Notts County 36.0 2–1 1,060 1–0 870 [Tuesday] 6 Grimsby Town 39.3 1–2 1,124 0–1 969 0 Chesterfield 43.3 2–4 924 [Tuesday] 1–4 685 [Friday] 0 Rotherham United 44.9 1–3 1,482 2–3 907 0 Peterborough United 50.7 1–1 1,725 0–4 1,007 1 Bradford City 81.4 1–2 1,064 [Friday] 1–2 740 [Boxing Day] 0 Macclesfield Town 83.0 3–1 121 2–1 202 [Tuesday] 6 Stockport County 86.7 0–1 819 3–1 191 [Tuesday] 3 Rochdale 101.6 2–1 468 2–0 263 6 Milton Keynes 109.0 1–2 528 [Friday] 0–4 403 [Sunday] 0 Bury 109.6 1–1 114 [NYs Day] 1–1 175 [Tuesday] 2 Accrington Stanley 120.1 2–0 105 3–0 209 [Tuesday] 6 Shrewsbury Town 120.2 0–4 375 2–1 268 3 Darlington 122.2 0–4 375 0–2 412 0 Chester City 125.2 0–1 151 [Friday] 2–1 205 3 Barnet 128.0 4–1 155 2–5 393 3 Wrexham 135.6 2–4 597 0–1 179 0 Brentford 142.0 3–1 376 0–1 465 3 Hereford United 142.8 2–1 381 [BH Monday] 1–3 209 3 Dagenham & Redbridge 147.3 2–0 191 0–1 468 3 Wycombe Wanderers 148.3 1–0 333 0–1 288 3 Morecambe 158.9 1–1 187 2–1 501 4
Statistics
Club
Biggest win Home League Two: 4 – 1 vs Barnet Sat 15 Dec FA Cup: Not Applicable League Cup: Not Applicable League Trophy: Not Applicable
Away League Two: 3 – 0 vs Accrington Stanley Tues 12 Feb FA Cup: Not Applicable League Cup: Not Applicable League Trophy: Not Applicable
Heaviest defeat Home League Two: 0 – 4 vs Shrewsbury Town Sat 11 Aug | 0 – 4 vs Darlington Sat 22 Dec FA Cup:Not Applicable League Cup:Not Applicable League Trophy: 2 – 5 vs Hartlepool United Tues 9 Oct
Away League Two: 0 – 4 vs Milton Keynes Dons Sun 14 Oct | 0 – 4 vs Peterborough United Sat 29 Mar FA Cup: 1 – 3 vs Nottingham Forest Tues 27 Nov League Cup: 1 – 4 vs Doncaster Rovers Tues 14 Aug League Trophy:Not Applicable
Highest attendance Home League Two: 5,286 vs Bradford City Fri 7th Sept FA Cup: 7,361 vs Nottingham Forest Sat 10 Nov League Cup: Not Applicable League Trophy: 936 vs Hartlepool United Tues 9 Oct
Away League Two: 15,510 vs Bradford City Wed 26 Dec FA Cup: 6,783 vs Nottingham Forest Tues 27 Nov League Cup: 5,084 vs Doncaster Rovers League Trophy: Not Applicable
Lowest attendance Home League Two: 3,189 vs Accrington Stanley Sat 25 Aug FA Cup: 7,361 vs Nottingham Forest Sat 10 Nov League Cup: Not Applicable League Trophy: 936 vs Hartlepool United Tues 9 Oct
Away League Two: 1,281 vs Accrington Stanley Tues 12 Feb FA Cup: 6,783 vs Nottingham Forest Tues 27 Nov League Cup: 5,084 vs Doncaster Rovers League Trophy: Not Applicable
Individual
Goal scorers +PosPlayerLeagueCupTotal ST Ben Wright 15 0 15 ST Jamie Forrester 12 2 14 ST Louis Dodds 9 0 9 MF Dany N'Guessan 7 0 7 ST Mark Stallard 2 2 4 MF Lee Frecklington 4 0 4 ST Lenell John-Lewis 3 0 3 – Own goal 1 1 2 MF Scott Kerr 1 0 1 DF Ryan Amoo 1 0 1 DF Hamza Bencherif 1 0 1 DF Daniel Hone 1 0 1 DF Lee Beevers 1 0 1 ST Gary King 1 0 1 DF Paul Green 1 0 1
Discipline +PosPlayerPoints MF Scott Kerr 9 2 39 MF Jamie Hand 6 0 18 DF Gary Croft 2 2 18 DF Paul Green 6 0 18 ST Louis Dodds 5 0 15 ST Mark Stallard 3 1 15 MF Dany N'Guessan 3 1 15 DF Danny Hone 4 0 12 DF Hamza Bencherif 3 0 9 MF Shane Clarke 1 1 9 MF Lee Frecklington 2 0 6 DF Nat Brown 2 0 6 ST Oliver Ryan 0 1 6 DF Lee Beevers 2 0 6 DF Ryan Amoo 1 0 3 ST Jamie Forrester 1 0 3 MF Lenell John-Lewis 1 0 3 GK Alan Marriott 1 0 3 MF Martin Pembleton 1 0 3 DF Adie Moses 1 0 3
3 Points for a yellow card 6 Points for a red card
See also