2010–11 Lincoln City F.C. season explained

Club:	Lincoln City F.C.
Season:	2010–11
Manager:	Chris Sutton (resigned 29 September) Scott Lindsey (caretaker until 18 October) Steve Tilson
Chairman:	Bob Dorrian
League:	Football League Two
League Result:	23rd (relegated)
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	2nd Round (eliminated by Hereford United)
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	1st Round (eliminated by Leeds United)
Cup3:	Football League Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Northern Section 1st Round (eliminated by Rotherham United)
League Topscorer:	Ashley Grimes (15)
Season Topscorer:	Ashley Grimes (17)
Highest Attendance:	7,932 vs. Aldershot Town, 7 May 2011
Lowest Attendance:	1,794 vs. Hereford United, 8 January 2011
Average Attendance:	3,508
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Prevseason:	2009–10
Nextseason:	2011–12

This page shows the progress of Lincoln City F.C. in the 2010–11 football season. This year they played their games in League Two in the English league system.

Results

League Two

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Goalscorers	Attendance
7 Aug	Rotherham United	A	L	1–2	Carayol 52'	3,772
14 Aug	Torquay United	H	L	0–2		3,033
21 Aug	Gillingham	A	W	1–0	Hughton 9'	4,838
28 Aug	Crewe Alexandra	H	D	1–1	Jarrett 40'	3,024
4 Sep	Chesterfield	A	L	1–2	Hutchinson 88'	6,429
11 Sep	Barnet	H	W	1–0	Hutchinson (pen) 16'	2,884
17 Sep	Accrington Stanley	A	L	0–3		1,844
25 Sep	Stevenage	H	L	0–1		3,215
28 Sep	Burton Albion	H	D	0–0		2,520
2 Oct	Southend United	A	L	0–1		5,154
9 Oct	Macclesfield Town	H	W	2–1	Swaibu 38', Clapham 68'	3,047
16 Oct	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	0–2		5,453
23 Oct	Stockport County	H	D	0–0		4,809
30 Oct	Wycombe Wanderers	A	D	2–2	Carayol 21', Hutchinson 69'	4,325
2 Nov	Northampton Town	H	L	0–2		4,459
13 Nov	Morecambe	A	W	2–1	Swaibu 52', Grimes 57'	2,085
20 Nov	Hereford United	H	W	3–1	Hutchinson 27', Facey 34', Carayol 57'	3,888
23 Nov	Bury	H	L	0–5		3,659
1 Jan	Bradford City	H	L	1–2	Grimes (pen) 25'	3,225
3 Jan	Northampton Town	A	L	1–2	O'Keefe 75'	4,112
15 Jan	Wycombe Wanderers	H	L	1–2	McCallum 17'	2,890
22 Jan	Stockport County	A	W	4–3	Grimes 5', 60', 65', Watts 45'	4,348
25 Jan	Cheltenham Town	A	W	2–1	Hunt 9', O'Keefe 22'	2,292
29 Jan	Port Vale	H	W	1–0	Grimes 86'	3,370
1 Feb	Bradford City	A	W	2–1	Facey 42', McCallum 79'	10,543
5 Feb	Hereford United	A	W	1–0	Facey 29'	2,776
8 Feb	Shrewsbury Town	H	L	1–5	Grimes 7'	3,202
12 Feb	Morecambe	H	W	2–0	Grimes 10', 42'	2,884
15 Feb	Aldershot Town	A	D	2–2	O'Keefe 65', Grimes 86'	1,847
19 Feb	Chesterfield	H	L	0–2		4,172
26 Feb	Barnet	A	L	2–4	Howell 47', Grimes 50'	2,226
1 Mar	Oxford United	H	W	3–1	O'Keefe 5', Worley og 63', Tonkin og 67'	2,261
5 Mar	Accrington Stanley	H	D	0–0		2,868
8 Mar	Burton Albion	A	L	1–3	Grimes 82'	2,051
12 Mar	Southend United	H	W	2–1	Grimes 38', 78'	3,560
15 Mar	Macclesfield Town	A	D	1–1	Hunt 19'	1,067
19 Mar	Stevenage	A	L	1–2	Grimes 33'	2,732
25 Mar	Rotherham United	H	L	0–6		3,766
29 Mar	Port Vale	A	L	1–2	McCallum 3'	4,636
2 Apr	Torquay United	A	L	0–2		2,751
9 Apr	Gillingham	H	L	0–4		3,022
16 Apr	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	1–1	Green 47'	3,731
22 Apr	Bury	A	L	0–1		4,248
25 Apr	Cheltenham Town	H	L	0–2		3,007
30 Apr	Oxford United	A	L	1–2	Hughton 5'	7,485
7 May	Aldershot Town	H	L	0–3		7,932

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Goalscorers	Attendance
First round	6 Nov	Nuneaton Town	H	W	1–0	Jarrett 90'	3,084
Second round	30 Nov	Hereford United	A	D	2–2	Grimes 19', Carayol 27'	1,803
Third round	8 Jan	Hereford United	H	L	3–4	Clapham 6', Facey 24', Grimes 48'	1,794

Football League Trophy

League data

Results by round

Appearances and goals

Updated 6 May 2011.

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Joe Anyon	21	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	26	0	0	0
2	DF	Paul Green	14 (3)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	17 (3)	1	1	0
3	DF	Joe Anderson	19 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	22 (4)	0	2	0
4	DF	Adam Watts	40	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	44	1	4	0
5	DF	Moses Swaibu	12	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	15	2	6	0
6	DF	Danny Hone	25 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25 (1)	0	0	0
7	MF	Mustapha Carayol	24 (9)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	28 (9)	4	4	0
8	MF	Clark Keltie	16 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18 (2)	0	5	1
9	FW	Gavin McCallum	24 (12)	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	25 (12)	3	2	0
10	FW	Drewe Broughton	9 (14)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	9 (15)	0	2	0
11	MF	Scott Kerr	10 (6)	0	1 (2)	0	1	0	1	0	13 (8)	0	3	1
13	DF	Ian Pearce	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	1	0
14	MF	Josh O'Keefe	33 (4)	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	36 (4)	4	7	0
15	MF	Luke Howell	23 (2)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	25 (2)	1	2	0
16	DF	Julian Kelly	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	1	0
17	MF	Albert Jarrett	19 (3)	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	23 (3)	2	3	0
18	FW	Delroy Facey	26 (6)	3	1 (1)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	27 (9)	4	0	0
19	DF	Jamie Clapham	21 (4)	1	2	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	23 (5)	2	3	0
20	GK	Paul Musselwhite	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
21	MF	Sam Turner	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
22	FW	Andy Hutchinson	0 (5)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	1 (6)	0	0	0
23	DF	Stephen Hunt	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2	1	0
24	FW	Nathan Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
24	GK	Trevor Carson	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
24	GK	Elliot Parish	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0
25	DF	Cian Hughton	17 (5)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	20 (5)	2	1	0
26	DF	Josh Gowling	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
26	MF	Tom Kilbey	6 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (1)	0	2	0
27	FW	Ben Hutchinson	26 (10)	4	2 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	29 (11)	4	5	1
28	DF	Gavin Hoyte	11 (1)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	14 (1)	0	1	0
29	FW	Ashley Grimes	24 (3)	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	27 (3)	17	10	0
31	MF	Ali Fuseini	15 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15 (3)	0	2	0
39	FW	Scott Spencer	2 (8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (8)	0	0	0
40	DF	Pat Kanyuka	2 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (4)	0	1	1

Awards

End of Season Awards	Winner^[1]
Vic Withers Memorial Trophy Player of the Season	Ashley Grimes
Bill Stacey Memorial Trophy Away Player of the Season	Danny Hone
Harry Wilmot Trophy Young Player of the Season	Julian Kelly

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
17 May 2010	MF	Josh O'Keefe	Walsall	Free	^[2]
20 May 2010	MF	Mustapha Carayol	Torquay United	£35,000	^[3] ^[4]
20 May 2010	GK	Joe Anyon	Port Vale	Free	^[5]
2 June 2010	FW	Drewe Broughton	Rotherham United	Free	^[6]
21 June 2010	FW	Gavin McCallum	Hereford United	£6,000	^[7]
29 June 2010	MF	Albert Jarrett	Barnet	Free (Bosman)	^[8]
15 July 2010	FW	Delroy Facey	Notts County	Free	^[9]
19 July 2010	DF	Jamie Clapham	Notts County	Free	^[10]
31 August 2010	MF	Adifane Noussoura	Didier Agathe Academy	Free	^[11]
27 January 2011	DF	Pat Kanyuka	Cluj	Free	^[12]
28 January 2011	MF	Luke Howell	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	^[13]
31 January 2011	FW	Scott Spencer	Southend United	Free	^[14]
31 January 2011	MF	Ali Fuseini	Lewes	Free	^[15]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
18 August 2010	FW	Ben Hutchinson	Celtic	End of season	^[16]
28 October 2010	MF	Luke Howell	Milton Keynes Dons	28 January 2011	^[17] ^[18]
28 October 2010	DF	Josh Gowling	Gillingham	28 November 2010	^[19]
29 October 2010	DF	Gavin Hoyte	Arsenal	End of season	^[20]
29 October 2010	FW	Ashley Grimes	Millwall	End of season	^[21]
13 January 2011	DF	Julian Kelly	Reading	16 April 2011	^[22] ^[23]
20 January 2011	DF	Stephen Hunt	Notts County	23 April 2011	^[24] ^[25] ^[26]
20 January 2011	GK	Trevor Carson	Sunderland	23 March 2011	^[27] ^[28]
24 March 2011	MF	Tom Kilbey	Portsmouth	End of season	^[29]
24 March 2011	GK	Elliott Parish	Aston Villa	End of season	^[30]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
15 July 2010	DF	Danny Hone	Darlington	1 January 2011	^[31]
5 November 2010	DF	Nathan Adams	Stamford	4 December 2010	^[32]
6 January 2011	FW	Andy Hutchinson	Harrogate Town	6 February 2011	^[33]
18 February 2011	MF	Albert Jarrett	Aldershot Town	18 March 2011	^[34]
18 February 2011	FW	Drewe Broughton	A.F.C. Wimbledon	1 April 2011	^[35]
8 March 2011	GK	Joe Anyon	Morecambe	8 April 2011	^[36]
1 April 2011	FW	Andy Hutchinson	Lewes	End of season
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
9 May 2010	MF	James Reid	Hinckley United	9 August 2010
13 May 2010	MF	Richard Butcher	Macclesfield Town	20 May 2010	^[37] ^[38]
20 May 2010	FW	Lenell John-Lewis	Bury	5 August 2010	^[39] ^[40]
8 June 2010	GK	Rob Burch	Notts County	1 July 2010 (Bosman)	^[41]
1 July 2010	MF	Luca Coleman-Carr	Arundel	21 July 2010	^[42]
1 July 2010	MF	Sam Clucas	Jerez Industrial	9 September 2010	^[43] ^[44]
1 July 2010	MF	Brian Gilmour	Stenhousemuir	21 March 2011	^[45]
31 August 2010	MF	Shane Clarke	Gateshead	6 October 2010	^[46] ^[47]
31 August 2010	FW	Chris Fagan	Bohemians	15 February 2011	^[48]
29 September 2010	DF	Ian Pearce	Kingstonian	19 March 2011	^[49] ^[50]
15 December 2010	FW	Nathan Adams	Lincoln Moorlands Railway	14 February 2011	^[51] ^[52]
21 December 2010	MF	Adifane Noussoura	Unattached		^[53]
4 January 2011	DF	Kern Miller	Barnsley	4 January 2011	^[54]
31 January 2011	MF	Scott Kerr	York City	31 January 2011	^[55]
28 March 2011	MF	Albert Jarrett	Unattached		^[56]

Notes and References

1. News: Grimes Named Player of the Season . . 9 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110511190045/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~2354771%2C00.html . 11 May 2011.
2. News: Midfielder agrees terms . . 17 May 2010 . 17 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322094555/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~2053672%2C00.html . 22 March 2012 .
3. Web site: Imps Mustapha Pay For Torquay Winger . The Forgotten Imp . 20 May 2010 . 17 June 2011 .
4. Web site: Lincoln City agree Mustapha Carayol fee with Torquay . BBC Sport. 17 August 2010. 17 June 2011.
5. Web site: Lincoln City sign ex-Port Vale goalkeeper Joe Anyon. BBC Sport. 20 May 2010. 17 June 2011.
6. Web site: Lincoln City sign striker Drewe Broughton. BBC Sport. 2 June 2010. 17 June 2011.
7. News: Lincoln City sign Canada winger Gavin McCallum. BBC Sport. 21 June 2010. 17 June 2011.
8. News: Jarrett agrees one-year deal. Lincoln City F.C.. 29 June 2010. 17 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20100702111053/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~2080605%2C00.html. 2 July 2010. dead.
9. News: Delroy Facey signs one-year Lincoln City deal. BBC Sport. 15 July 2010. 17 June 2011.
10. News: Duo Sign One Year Deals . . 19 July 2010 . 17 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404183318/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~2096326%2C00.html . 4 April 2012.
11. News: Noussoura Pens Short-Term Deal. Lincoln City F.C.. 31 August 2010. 17 June 2011.
12. News: Lincoln City sign central defender Patrick Kanyuka. BBC Sport. 27 January 2011. 17 June 2011.
13. News: Luke Howell signs permanent Lincoln City deal . BBC Sport. 28 January 2011. 17 June 2011.
14. News: Lincoln sign Spencer and extend Hoyte loan deal. BBC Sport. 31 January 2011. 17 June 2011.
15. News: Ex-Lion Ali Signs on Dotted Line . . 31 January 2011 . 17 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110203034236/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~2280833%2C00.html . 3 February 2011 .
16. News: Celtic striker Ben Hutchinson joins Lincoln City. BBC Sport. 18 August 2010. 17 June 2011.
17. News: Lincoln City sign MK Dons midfielder Luke Howell. BBC Sport. 28 October 2010. 17 June 2011.
18. News: Lincoln City loan trio extend deals. BBC Sport. 25 November 2010. 17 June 2011.
19. News: Lincoln City agree loan for Gillingham's Josh Gowling. BBC Sport. 29 October 2010. 17 June 2011.
20. News: Lincoln City sign Gavin Hoyte & Ashley Grimes on loan. BBC Sport. 29 October 2010. 17 June 2011.
21. News: Lincoln City extend loan of Millwall's Ashley Grimes. BBC Sport. 14 January 2011. 17 June 2011.
22. News: Reading's Julian Kelly joins Lincoln City on loan. BBC Sport. 13 January 2011. 17 June 2011.
23. News: Lincoln City extend loan of Reading's Julian Kelly . BBC Sport. 17 February 2011. 17 June 2011.
24. News: Lincoln City sign Notts County's Stephen Hunt on loan. BBC Sport. 20 January 2011. 17 June 2011.
25. News: Lincoln City extend loan of Notts County's Stephen Hunt . BBC Sport. 24 February 2011. 17 June 2011.
26. News: Lincoln City extend Stephen Hunt loan into third month. BBC Sport. 21 March 2011. 17 June 2011.
27. News: Lincoln City sign Sunderland keeper Trevor Carson. BBC Sport. 20 January 2011. 17 June 2011.
28. News: Sunderland deal Lincoln City Trevor Carson recall blow. BBC Sport. 23 March 2011. 17 June 2011.
29. News: Lincoln City sign Portsmouth's Tom Kilbey on loan. BBC Sport. 24 March 2011. 17 June 2011.
30. News: Lincoln City sign Aston Villa keeper Elliott Parish. BBC Sport. 24 March 2011. 17 June 2011.
31. News: Darlington sign Danny Hone and Liam Hatch. BBC Sport. 15 July 2010. 18 June 2011.
32. News: Adams Joins Stamford on Loan. Lincoln City F.C.. 5 November 2010. 18 June 2011.
33. News: Hutchinson joins Harrogate Town on loan from Lincoln. BBC Sport. 6 January 2011. 18 June 2011.
34. News: UPDATED: Albert Jarrett set to join Aldershot on a month's loan from Lincoln City. This Is Lincolnshire. 18 February 2011. 18 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120503105347/http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Albert-Jarrett-set-join-Aldershot-month-s-loan-Lincoln-City/story-11196328-detail/story.html. 3 May 2012. dead.
35. News: Lincoln City recall Broughton & loan out Hutchinson. BBC Sport. 1 April 2011. 18 June 2011.
36. News: Morecambe sign Lincoln City keeper Joe Anyon on loan. BBC Sport. 8 March 2011. 18 June 2011.
37. News: Lincoln City release midfielder Richard Butcher. BBC Sport. 13 May 2010. 18 June 2011.
38. News: Macclesfield sign ex-Lincoln midfielder Richard Butcher. BBC Sport. 20 May 2010. 18 June 2011.
39. News: LJL Leaves The Bank . The Forgotten Imp . 20 May 2010 . 18 June 2011 .
40. News: Lenny joins the Shakers . . 20 May 2010 . 18 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004035858/http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0%2C%2C10422~2112187%2C00.html . 4 October 2011 .
41. News: Notts County sign Lincoln City goalkeeper Rob Burch. BBC Sport. 8 June 2010. 18 June 2011.
42. News: FOOTBALL: New assistant Butler tips Arundel to challenge. Littlehampton Gazette. 21 July 2010. 18 June 2011.
43. News: Lincoln City defender Paul Green signs new deal. BBC Sport. 11 May 2010. 18 June 2011.
44. News: Glenn Hoddle Academy Enters Spanish Professional League. The Glenn Hoddle Academy. 9 September 2010. 18 June 2011.
45. News: Peterhead vs Stenhousemuir: team news and preview. STV. 22 March 2011. 18 June 2011. 7 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110807171911/http://sport.stv.tv/football/237585-peterhead-vs-stenhousemuir-preview/. dead.
46. News: Lincoln release Fagan and Clarke as Noussoura pens deal. BBC Sport. 31 August 2010. 18 June 2011.
47. News: Gateshead sign former Lincoln City midfielder . . 6 October 2010 . 18 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120911020052/http://www.gateshead-fc.com/2990/gateshead-sign-former-lincoln-city-midfielder . 11 September 2012 .
48. News: 2011 squad signings announced . . 15 February 2011 . 18 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721122311/http://www.bohemians.ie/news/4-club-news/1065-new-squad-signings-announced.html . 21 July 2011 . dead.
49. News: Sutton and Pearce both leave City. The Linc. 29 September 2010. 18 June 2011.
50. News: Veteran Pearce puts Ks back on track. Wimbledon Guardian. 21 March 2011. 18 June 2011.
51. News: Adams Departs . . 15 December 2010 . 18 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110115044422/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~2245063%2C00.html . 15 January 2011.
52. News: Nathan Adams. Stamford A.F.C.. 14 February 2011. 18 June 2011.
53. News: Lincoln City release midfielder Adifane Noussoura. BBC Sport. 21 December 2010. 18 June 2011.
54. News: Barnsley sign Lincoln defender Kern Miller . BBC Sport. 4 January 2011. 18 June 2011.
55. News: York City swoop for Scott Kerr and Liam Darville. BBC Sport. 31 January 2011. 18 June 2011.
56. News: Jarrett departs. Lincoln City F.C.. 28 March 2011. 17 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120829201102/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~2325732%2C00.html. 29 August 2012. dead.