2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season

Lincoln City
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Season 2007-08
Head Coach	John Schofield
Director of Football	John Deehan
Chairman	Steff Wright
League Two	24th
FA Cup	In 1st round
League Cup	In 1st round
League Trophy	In 2nd round

During the 2007-08 season the team will play in Football League Two after finishing last season in 5th place in the Football League Two, crashing to another Play-Off Semi-Final defeat. It will mark Lincoln's 101st season in the Football and/or Premier League, becoming 1 of only 26 clubs to have completed 100 or more seasons since the leagues formation in 1888. The club are the first club to have reached the milestone without actually playing top flight football. This season marks the clubs 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 9 successive seasons, with their last season in a higher division coming in 1998/99.

Events

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Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Alan Marriott	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ENG	Ayden Duffy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Paul Green	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Gary Croft	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Adie Moses	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	WAL	Lee Beevers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Nat Brown	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Phil Watt	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Jack Cotton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	EIR	Lee Frecklington	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Scott Kerr	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Ryan Amoo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Ryan Semple	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	FRA	Dany N'Guessan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	WAL	Owain Warlow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	EIR	Michael Roddy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Shane Clarke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	ENG	Jamie Forrester	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Mark Stallard	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Steve Torpey	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	ENG	Ben Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	Ollie Ryan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Louis Dodds +	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Ins

Player	Club	Fee
Steve Torpey	Scunthorpe United	Free Transfer
Gary Croft	Grimsby Town	Free Transfer
Michael Roddy	Bolton Wanderers	Free Transfer
Louis Dodds	Liecester City	Season-Long Loan
Ben Wright	I.K. Start	Free Transfer

Outs

Player	Club	Fee
Jeff Hughes	Crystal Palace	£350,000
Paul Morgan	Bury	Transfer Request
Martin Gritton	Macclesfield Town	Free Transfer
Simon Rayner	Torquay United	Free Transfer
Leon Mettam	-	Free Transfer
Andy Toyne	-	Free Transfer
Tom Wilkinson	-	Retired
Paul Mayo	Notts County	Free Transfer

Fixtures & Results

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Jul 18	Retford United (NPL Division One (South))	A	L 0 - 3	-	-
Jul 20	Grantham Town (NPL Division One (South))	A	W 4 - 2	-	Forrester (2), N'Guessan, Ryan
Jul 22	Genêts d'Anglet (CFA Group D)	A	W 2 - 1	approx. 300	Forrester, Frecklington
Jul 24	Pau FC (Championnat National)	A	W 1 - 0	-	Torpey
Jul 26	Sleaford Town (UCL Premier Division)	A	W 2 - 1	-	Watt, John-Lewis
Jul 28	Boston United (Conference North)	A	W 1 - 0	-	Brown
Aug 4	Horncastle Town (Lincolnshire Football League)	A	W 2 - 1	-	John-Lewis, King
Aug 5	Watford (Championship)	H	L 1 - 2	1,239	Ryan

League Two

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Aug 11	Shrewsbury Town	H	L 0 - 4	3893

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers

League Trophy

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers

Fred Green Memorial Trophy

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Jul 19	Final	Lincoln United	A	W 2 - 1	-	McCarthy, Ryan

Lincolnshire Senior Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Aug 1	Final	Scunthorpe United	H	W 1 - 0	759	Forrester

Statistics

Club

Biggest Win

League Two:
FA Cup:
League Cup:
League Trophy:

Heaviest Defeat

League Two: 0 - 4 vs Shrewbury Town (Home)
FA Cup:
League Cup:
League Trophy:

Highest Attendance

League Two: 3893 vs Shrewbury Town
FA Cup:
League Cup:
League Trophy:

Lowest Attendance

League Two: 3893 vs Shrewsbury Town
FA Cup:
League Cup:
League Trophy:

Individual

Goal Scorers

Pos	Player	League	Cup	Total

Discipline

Pos	Player

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