John Reames Memorial Trophy Explained

John Reames Memorial Trophy
Founded:2008
Number Of Teams:2
Region:The FA (England)
Current Champions:Gainsborough Trinity (1st title)
Most Successful Club:Lincoln City (6 titles)

The John Reames Memorial Trophy is an annual one-off contest between Lincoln City and invited opposition at Sincil Bank Stadium (home of the Imps) in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, East Midlands. Since inauguration in 2008, the trophy is named after and played in honour of former long-term Lincoln City chairman John Reames.[1]

YearWinnersScoreRunners upRef
2008Lincoln City6–0Lincoln United[2]
2009
2010Celtic4–1Lincoln City[3]
2011Nottingham Forest1–0Lincoln City[4]
2012
2013Lincoln City1–0Boston United[5]
2014Lincoln City2–0Doncaster Rovers[6]
2015Lincoln City1–0Norwich City[7]
2016Lincoln CityCrewe Alexandra[8]
2017Peterborough United3–2Lincoln City[9]
2018Blackburn Rovers1–0Lincoln City[10]
2019Lincoln City /
Nottingham Forest
1–1Trophy Shared[11]
2020
2021Gainsborough Trinity2–1Lincoln City[12]

Notes and References

  1. News: Imps consider memorial to Reames . . 14 May 2008 . 1 August 2020.
    News: Ex-Lincoln chairman Reames dies . . 8 May 2008 . 1 August 2020.
    News: JOHN REAMES CHAIRMAN AND LEGEND. . Vital Football - LCFC . 2 March 2010 . 1 August 2020.
  2. News: Jacko's bizarre Romanian training methods . Yorkshire Live . 21 July 2008 . 4 February 2022 .
  3. Web site: Daryl Murphy made a scoring debut for Celtic a . 21 July 2010 . 1 August 2020 . The World Game.
    News: Hutchinson brace sees off Imps . Football.co.uk . 24 July 2010 . 1 August 2020.
    News: Daryl Murphy scores in Celtic debut . One Team in Ireland . 25 July 2010 . 1 August 2020.
  4. News: Majewski strike enough for Reds . . 30 July 2011 . 1 August 2020.
    News: CITY IMPRESS IN DEFEAT TO FOREST . Vital Football - LCFC . 30 July 2011 . 1 August 2020.
    News: Saturday`s Friendly Round-up (Part One) . Non League News . 30 July 2011 . 1 August 2020.
  5. News: FT: Imps 1 Boston 0 . LLCFC . 3 August 2013 . 1 August 2020.
    News: Lincoln City: Reasons to be hopeful . The Linc . 10 August 2013 . 1 August 2020.
    News: SILVERWARE FAR FROM BUT LINCOLN IMP-RESSIVE . . 4 August 2013 . 4 February 2022. (via) Press Reader.
  6. News: FT: Imps 2 Doncaster Rovers 0 . LCFC . 12 July 2014 . 1 August 2020.
    News: Match Report: Lincoln City 2 - 0 Doncaster Rovers . DRFC . 12 July 2014 . 1 August 2020.
  7. News: Lincoln City 1, Norwich City XI 0 . . 30 July 2015 . 1 August 2020.
    News: Lincoln City 1, Norwich City XI 0 . The Pink Un . 30 July 2015 . 1 August 2020.
    News: Wednesday`s Pre-Season Friendly Review . Non League News . 30 July 2015 . 1 August 2020.
  8. News: 160730 Lincoln City v Crewe Alexandra . Camera Sport . 1 August 2020.
  9. News: Lincoln City 2-3 Peterborough United recap and reaction . Lincolnshire Live . 23 July 2017 . 1 August 2020.
  10. News: Lincoln City 0 Blackburn Rovers 1 as it happened . Lincolnshire Live . 22 July 2018 . 1 August 2020.
    News: MATCHDAY LIVE: Lincoln City v Blackburn Rovers . . 22 July 2018 . 1 August 2020.
  11. News: Lincoln City 1-1 Nottingham Forest recap and reaction . Lincolnshire Live . 29 July 2019 . 1 August 2020.
    News: Lincoln City vs Nottingham Forest XI 29/7/19 . The Football Calendar . 30 July 2019 . 1 August 2020.
  12. News: Gainsborough Trinity 2, Lincoln City 1 . GTFC . 22 July 2021 . 4 February 2022.
    News: Match Report: Gainsborough Trinity vs Imps XI . LCFC . 21 July 2021 . 4 February 2022.