2007–08 Lincoln City F.C. season

April 2014 April 2014 Lincoln City F.C. 2007–08 Steff Wright Peter Jackson Sincil Bank Football League Two 15th FA Cup First round League Cup First round League Trophy Second round Ben Wright (15) 7,361 vs Nottingham Forest,FA Cup,10 November 2007 936 vs Hartlepool United,League Trophy,9 October 2007 _whitestripes _whiteline ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 ff0000 _redborder _redborder _redline ffffff ffffff ffffff ff0000 ffffff 2006–07 2008–09 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 England Alan Marriott Bedford 29 Tottenham Hotspur August 1999 3 England Gary Croft Burton on Trent 33 Grimsby Town July 20074 England Adie Moses Doncaster 32 Crewe Alexandra July 2006 8 England Jamie Forrester Bradford 33 Bristol Rovers March 20069 England Mark Stallard Derby 33 Shrewsbury Town July 200611 England Scott Kerr Leeds 26 Scarborough July 200513 England Ayden Duffy Kettering 21 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – July 200623 England Shane Clarke Lincoln 20 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – July 2006 #PlayerPlace of birthAgeSigned fromDate joinedSummer 20092 England Paul Green Birmingham 21 Aston Villa January 20075 Wales Lee Beevers Doncaster 24 Boston United February 20056 England Nat Brown Sheffield 26 Huddersfield Town July 200514 England Ryan Amoo Leicester 24 Barrow Town July 2006 15 England Ben Wright Munster 27 IK Start August 200717 France Dany N'Guessan Ivry-Sur-Seine 20 Rangers January 200720 Wales Owain Warlow Trefforest 19 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – July 200626 England Jamie Hand Uxbridge 23 Chester City August 2007 #PlayerPlace of birthAgeSigned fromDate joinedSummer 201027 England Danny Hone Farnborough 18 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – December 200729 England Lenell John-Lewis London 18 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – December 2007 #PlayerPlace of birthAgeSigned fromDate joinedSummer 20117 Republic of Ireland Lee Frecklington Lincoln 22 Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy Professional terms – May 2005 Squad League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy 1 England GK Alan Marriott 34 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 England DF Paul Green 36 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 England DF Gary Croft 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 England DF Adie Moses 18 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 Wales DF Lee Beevers 37 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 England DF Nat Brown 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 Republic of Ireland MF Lee Frecklington 34 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 8 England FW Jamie Forrester 40 12 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 England FW Mark Stallard 24 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 10 England FW Steve Torpey [contract cancelled – 7 January 2008] 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 England MF Scott Kerr 36 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 13 England GK Ayden Duffy 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 England MF Ryan Amoo 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 15 England FW Ben Wright 34 15 2 0 1 0 1 0 16 England MF Ryan Semple [contract cancelled – 31 January 2008] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Cameroon MF Alex Morfaw [on loan from Scunthorpe United F.C.] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 France MF Dany N'Guessan 36 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 18 England FW Ollie Ryan [contract cancelled – 20 March 2008] 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 England MF Louis Dodds [on loan from Leicester City F.C.] 41 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 Wales MF Owain Warlow 17 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 21 England DF Phil Watt [contract cancelled – 25 February 2008] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 England FW Gary King 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Republic of Ireland MF Michael Roddy [contract expired – 2 January 2008] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 England FW Adam Smith [returned to Chesterfield F.C.] 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 England MF Shane Clarke 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 England DF Jack Cotton [contract cancelled – 14 February 2008] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Algeria DF Hamza Bencherif [returned to Nottingham Forest F.C.] 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 England MF Martin Pembleton 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 England MF Jamie Hand [on loan at Oxford United F.C.] 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 England DF Daniel Hone 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 England GK Ben Smith [returned to Doncaster Rovers F.C.] 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 England FW Lenell John-Lewis 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 England DF Lee Ridley [on loan from Cheltenham Town F.C.] 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Transfers Ins Summer 2007 #PlayerFromAgeFee03 England Gary Croft Grimsby Town 33 Free transfer10 England Steve Torpey Scunthorpe United 37 Free transfer15 England Ben Wright IK Start 27 Free transfer21 England Phil Watt Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy 19 First team debut22 Ireland Michael Roddy Bolton Wanderers 19 Free transfer23 England Shane Clarke Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy 21 First team debut26 England Jamie Hand Chester City – Undisclosed fee27 England Danny Hone Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy 18 Professional contract29 England Lenell John-Lewis Lincoln City F.C. Youth Academy 18 Professional contract Loans #PlayerFromAge16 Cameroon Alex Morfaw Scunthorpe United 2019 England Louis Dodds Leicester City 2122 England Adam Smith Chesterfield 22 25 Algeria Hamza Bencherif Nottingham Forest 19 28 England Ben Smith Doncaster Rovers 2130 England Lee Ridley Cheltenham Town 26 Outs Summer 2007 PlayerToAgeFee Northern Ireland Jeff Hughes Crystal Palace 22 £350,000 Northern Ireland Paul Morgan Bury 29 Transfer request Scotland Martin Gritton Macclesfield Town 29 Free transfer Canada Simon Rayner Torquay United 24 Free transfer England Leon Mettam – 21 Free Transfer England Andy Toyne – – Free Transfer England Tom Wilkinson – – Retired England Paul Mayo Notts County 26 Free transfer January 2008 PlayerToAgeFee Ireland Michael Roddy – 19 Contract Expired – 02/01/08 England Steve Torpey Farsley Celtic 37 Contract Cancelled – 07/01/08 England Ryan Semple – 22 Contract Cancelled – 31/01/08 England Ben Smith Doncaster Rovers 21 Recalled – 10/01/08 England Phil Watt – 20 Contract Cancelled – 25/02/08 England Jack Cotton – – Contract Cancelled – 14/02/08 Competitions Results summary 9 3 11 33 38 9 1 13 28 39 3 May BBC Sport April 2013 Results by round table b Round Ground H /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /H /H /A /H /A /A /H /H /A /A /H /A /H /H /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /H Result L /W /W /L /L /L /L /L /D /D /L /D /L /L /L /L /W /W /L /W /L /L /L /D /W /L /W /L /W /W /W /W /W /L /W /L /W /L /L /W /L /L /W /W /W /L Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 3 May BBC Sport April 2013 Home Results table b Match Result L /W /L /L /D /D /L /L /W /W /L /D /L /W /L /W /W /W /L /W /L /W /L green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 3 May BBC Sport April 2013 Away Results table b Match Result W /L /L /L /D /L /L /L /W /L /L /L /W /W /W /W /L /L /W /L /L /W /W green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 26 April BBC Sport April 2013 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 Category:Lincoln City F.C. seasons Lincoln City