2019–20 Lincoln City F.C. season

The 2019–20 season is Lincoln City's 136th season in their history and their first season back in League One after being promoted as champions out of League Two in the 2018/2019 season. Along with League One, the club also participates in the FA Cup, EFL Trophy and the club has been eliminated from EFL Cup

Lincoln City

2019–20 season
Chairman	Clive Nates
Manager	Danny Cowley (until 9 September)[1] Michael Appleton (from 20 September)[2]
Stadium	Sincil Bank, Lincoln
League One	16th (based on points-per-game following Covid-19)[3]
FA Cup	First round (vs. Ipswich Town
EFL Cup	Second round (vs. Everton)
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Tyler Walker (14) All: Tyler Walker (16)
Highest home attendance	10,264 (vs. Sunderland; League 1)
Lowest home attendance	1,860 (vs. Rotherham United; EFL Trophy)
Average home league attendance	8,986
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Pre-season

As of 30 May 2019, Lincoln City have announced six pre-season friendlies against Stoke City,[4] Nottingham Forest,[5] Lincoln United, Gainsborough Trinity,[6] Scunthorpe United[7] and Sheffield Wednesday.[8]

6 July 2019 Friendly	Lincoln United	1–4	Lincoln City	Gainsborough
13:00 BST		Report	Adebayo-Smith  1', 48', 68' Trialist  52'	Stadium: Gainsborough Martin & Co. Arena

6 July 2019 Friendly	Gainsborough Trinity	0–3	Lincoln City	Gainsborough
15:00 BST		Report	Chapman  10' Toffolo  25' Grant  50' (pen.)	Stadium: Gainsborough Martin & Co. Arena

13 July 2019 Friendly	Lincoln City	1–3	Sheffield Wednesday	Lincoln
13:00 BST	Adebayo-Smith  75'	Report	Rhodes  1' Reach  24' Eardley  60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sincil Bank

20 July 2019 Friendly	Lincoln City	1–0	Reading	Marbella, Spain
11:00 CETS				Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

24 July 2019 Friendly	Lincoln City	1–2	Stoke City	Lincoln
19:45 BST	Pett  72'	Report	Campbell  10', 21'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,644

27 July 2019 Friendly	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Lincoln City	Scunthorpe
13:00 BST	Hammill  24' Trialist  42'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,623

29 July 2019 Friendly	Lincoln City	1–1	Nottingham Forest XI	Lincoln
19:30 BST	Bostwick  35'	Report	Gomis  73'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,803

Competitions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
12	Burton Albion	35	12	12	11	50	50	0	48	1.37
13	Blackpool	35	11	12	12	44	43	+1	45	1.29
14	Bristol Rovers	35	12	9	14	38	49	−11	45	1.29
15	Shrewsbury Town	34	10	11	13	31	42	−11	41	1.21
16	Lincoln City	35	12	6	17	44	46	−2	42	1.20
17	Accrington Stanley	35	10	10	15	47	53	−6	40	1.14
18	Rochdale	34	10	6	18	39	57	−18	36	1.06
19	Milton Keynes Dons	35	10	7	18	36	47	−11	37	1.06
20	Wimbledon	35	8	11	16	39	52	−13	35	1.00

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending-off offences[9]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
35	12	6	17	44	46	−2	42	10	3	4	28	18	+10	2	3	13	16	28	−12

Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W
Position	3	2	1	2	7	2	5	7	8	10	11	11	12	12	15	17	17	17	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	12	12	14	14	15	14	15	15	14

Source: [10][11]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 20 June 2019 the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.[12]

3 August 2019 1	Lincoln City	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Lincoln
15:00 BST	O'Connor  35' Akinde  81' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,668 Referee: Tony Harrington

10 August 2019 2	Rotherham United	0–2	Lincoln City	Rotherham
15:00 BST		Report	MacDonald  42' (o.g.) Anderson  48'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,706 Referee: Lee Swabey

17 August 2019 3	Lincoln City	4–0	Southend United	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Shackell  31' Toffolo  40' Walker  48' (pen.) Andrade  81'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,016 Referee: Andy Haines

20 August 2019 4	Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	Lincoln City	Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	Brittain  2' Williams  23'	Report	Walker  11'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 8,166 Referee: Michael Salisbury

24 August 2019 5	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Lincoln City	Doncaster
12:30 BST	Ennis  13' Taylor  83'	Report	Grant  57'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 10,177 Referee: Craig Hicks

31 August 2019 6	Lincoln City	2–0	Fleetwood Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Walker  34', 35'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,361 Referee: Steve Martin

7 September 2019 7	Wycombe Wanderers	3–1	Lincoln City	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Jacobson  5', 36', 75'	Report	Akinde  50'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,562 Referee: Chris Sarginson

14 September 2019 8	Lincoln City	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Lincoln
15:00 BST		Report	Clarke-Harris  66' (pen.)	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,712 Referee: Carl Boyeson

17 September 2019 9	Rochdale	1–1	Lincoln City	Spotland
19:45 BST	Dooley  13'	Report	Walker  86'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 2,659 Referee: Ross Joyce

21 September 2019 10	Lincoln City	0–6	Oxford United	Lincoln
15:00 BST		Report	Fosu  5', 40', 70' Mackie  48' Henry  54' Taylor  79'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,746 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

27 September 2019 11	Blackpool	2–1	Lincoln City	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Scannell  11' Thompson  21'	Report	Payne  24'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,203 Referee: Oliver Yates

5 October 2019 12	Lincoln City	2–0	Sunderland	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Walker  18' 52'  59'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 10,264 Referee: Brett Huxtable

12 October 2019 13	Peterborough United	2–0	Lincoln City	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Reed  82' Toney  88'	Report		Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 9,872 Referee: Marc Edwards

18 October 2019 14	Lincoln City	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Lincoln
19:45 BST	Bolger  80'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,710 Referee: Josh Smith

22 October 2019 15	Portsmouth	1–0	Lincoln City	Milton
19:45 BST	Marquis  28'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,266

2 November 2019 16	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Lincoln City	Norbiton
15:00 BST	Appiah  90+2'	Report	Payne  31'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,378 Referee: James Linington

16 November 2019 17	Gillingham	1–0	Lincoln City	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Mandron  24'	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,567 Referee: Christopher Pollard

7 December 2019 18	Burton Albion	0–2	Lincoln City	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT		Report	Anderson  2' Walker  90+3'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,782 Referee: Ben Toner

14 December 2019 19	Lincoln City	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Akinde  77'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,369 Referee: Carl Boyeson

21 December 2019 20	Coventry City	1-0	Lincoln City	Bordesley
15:00 GMT	Westbrooke  32'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 6,863 Referee: Darren Handley

26 December 2019 21	Oxford United	1-0	Lincoln City	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Baptiste  36'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 10,115 Referee: Will Finnie

29 December 2019 22	Lincoln City	5–3	Ipswich Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Anderson  6' Walker  45+2', 72' Bostwick  79' Hesketh  90+2'	Report	Garbutt  32' Toffolo  59' (o.g.) Keane  83'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 10,012 Referee: James Oldham

1 January 2020 23	Lincoln City	2–1	Peterborough United	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Walker  67' Grant  90'	Report	Toney  28' Dembélé  71'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 10,025 Referee: Chris Sarginson

4 January 2020 24	Sunderland	3–1	Lincoln City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Flanagan  19' Gooch  23', 29'	Report	Walker  66'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 31,748 Referee: Leigh Doughty

11 January 2020 25	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Lincoln City	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Norburn  36' (pen.)	Report	Walker  48' (pen.)	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 6,275 Referee: Andy Haines

14 January 2020 26	Lincoln City	5–1	Bolton Wanderers	Lincoln
19:45 BST	Anderson  7' Walker  61' Emmanuel  85' (o.g.) Akinde  86', 90'	Report	Darcy  47'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,882

18 January 2020 27	Lincoln City	1–0	Blackpool	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	John-Jules  64'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,929 Referee: Ollie Yates

25 January 2020 28	Ipswich Town	1–0	Lincoln City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Woolfenden  44'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,795 Referee: Lee Swabey

28 January 2020 29	Lincoln City	0–2	Portsmouth	Lincoln
19:45 GMT		Report	Curtis  45+5' Marquis  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,983 Referee: Ben Toner

1 February 2020 30	Southend United	2–1	Lincoln City	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Kelman  63' Bwomono  90+5'	Report	Anderson  89'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,605 Referee: Charles Breakspear

7 February 2020 31	Lincoln City	0–1	Rotherham United	Lincoln
19:45 GMT		Report	Crooks  47'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,876 Referee: Martin Coy

11 February 2020 32	Lincoln City	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Lincoln
19:45 GMT	Bridcutt  22'	Report	Healey  3'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 7,783 Referee: John Busby

15 February 2020 33	Accrington Stanley	4–3	Lincoln City	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Shackell  36' (o.g.) Charles 48' Pritchard  70' Conneely  78' Finley  90+5'	Report	Scully  30' Lewis  53' Shackell  76'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,279 Referee: Christopher Pollard

22 February 2020 34	Lincoln City	0–0	Gillingham	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Edun  90'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,950 Referee: Tom Nield

7 March 2020 35	Lincoln City	3–2	Burton Albion	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Hopper  21', 38' Scully  62'	Report	Powell  6', 30' Akins 80'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,474 Referee: Scott Oldham

14 March 2020	Tranmere Rovers	v	Lincoln City	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Prenton Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to Coronavirus outbreak.[13]

21 March 2020	Lincoln City	v	Coventry City	Lincoln
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Sincil Bank
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to Coronavirus outbreak.[13]

28 March 2020	Lincoln City	v	AFC Wimbledon	Lincoln
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Sincil Bank
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to Coronavirus outbreak.[13]

4 April 2020	Bolton Wanderers	v	Lincoln City	Horwich
15:00 GMT				Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[14]

10 April 2020	Lincoln City	v	Doncaster Rovers	Lincoln
15:00 BST				Stadium: Sincil Bank
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[14]

13 April 2020	Fleetwood Town	v	Lincoln City	Fleetwood
13:00 BST				Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[14]

18 April 2020	Lincoln City	v	Wycombe Wanderers	Lincoln
15:00 BST				Stadium: Sincil Bank
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[14]

25 April 2020	Bristol Rovers	v	Lincoln City	Horfield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[14]

3 May 2020	Lincoln City	v	Rochdale	Lincoln
15:00 BST				Stadium: Sincil Bank
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[14]

FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.[15]

9 November 2019 First round	Ipswich Town	1–1	Lincoln City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Dozzell  79'	Report	Walker  37' 75	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 11,598 Referee: Kevin Johnson

20 November 2019 First round replay	Lincoln City	0–1	Ipswich Town	Lincoln
19:45 GMT		Report	Donacien  26' Judge  90+4'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6,781 Referee: Andy Haines

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.[16] The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first round matches.[17]

13 August 2019 First round	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Lincoln City	Huddersfield
19:45 BST		Report	Anderson  55'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 6,908 Referee: Peter Wright

28 August 2019 Second round	Lincoln City	2–4	Everton	Lincoln
19:45 BST	Anderson  1' Andrade  70'	Report	Digne  36' Sigurðsson  59' (pen.) Iwobi  81' Richarlison  88'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,971 Referee: Darren Bond

EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.[18]

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Manchester United U21	3	3	0	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Doncaster Rovers	3	1	0	0	2	6	6	0	3
3	L1	Lincoln City	3	1	0	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	L1	Rotherham United	3	1	0	0	2	3	7	−4	3

Source: EFL.com

27 August 2019	Lincoln City	P–P	Manchester United U21	Lincoln
19:45 BST				Stadium: Sincil Bank
Note: The match was postponed due to Lincoln's progression in the EFL Cup.[19]

3 September 2019 Group Game 1	Doncaster Rovers	3–1	Lincoln City	Doncaster
19:45 BST	John  55' Sterling  69' May  80'	Report	Akinde  43'	Stadium: The Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,170 Referee: Scott Oldham

1 October 2019 Group Game 2	Lincoln City	0–1	Manchester United U21	Lincoln
19:45 BST		Report	Garner  20'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,532 Referee: Rob Lewis

12 November 2019 Group Game 3	Lincoln City	3–0	Rotherham United	Lincoln
19:45 BST	Akinde  12' 14' Walker  87'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 1,860 Referee: James OIdham

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 July 2019	AM		Jack Payne	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	[20]
5 July 2019	LM		Jorge Grant	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	[21]
24 July 2019	CM		Alex Bradley	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer	[22]
10 August 2019	RB		Aaron Lewis	Swansea City	Free transfer	[23]
23 August 2019	DF		Ben Coker	Southend United	Free transfer	[24]
1 January 2020	MF		Zack Elbouzedi	Waterford	Undisclosed	[25]
10 January 2020	LB		Tayo Edun	Fulham	Undisclosed	[26]
10 January 2020	LB		Max Melbourne	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	[26]
23 January 2020	FW		Tom Hopper	Southend United	Undisclosed	[27]
30 January 2020	LB		Akeem Hinds	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[28]
31 January 2020	GK		Charlie Andrews	Hull City	Free transfer	[29]
3 February 2020	FW		Anthony Scully	West Ham United	Free transfer	[30]
2 March 2020	DF		Alan Sheehan	Unattached	Free transfer	[31]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	MF		Tim Akinola	Huddersfield Town	Compensation	[32]
25 July 2019	FW		Matt Rhead	Billericay Town	Undisclosed	[33]
1 August 2019	GK		Matt Gilks	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	[34]
13 January 2020	FW		Bruno Andrade	Salford City	Undisclosed	[35]
15 January 2020	MF		Michael O'Connor	Salford City	Undisclosed	[36]
17 January 2020	LB		Harry Toffolo	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	[37]
24 January 2020	FW		John Akinde	Gillingham	Undisclosed	[38]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	CM		Joe Morrell	Bristol City	30 June 2020	[39]
2 August 2019	CF		Tyler Walker	Nottingham Forest	30 January 2020	[40][41]
29 August 2019	DM		Callum Connolly	Everton	6 January 2020	[42][43]
2 September 2019	AM		Jake Hesketh	Southampton	30 June 2020	[44]
2 September 2019	LB		Max Melbourne	West Bromwich Albion	6 January 2020	[45]
10 January 2020	CF		Tyreece John-Jules	Arsenal	30 June 2020	[26]
10 January 2020	MF		Conor Coventry	West Ham United	30 June 2020	[26]
30 January 2020	CB		Timothy Eyoma	Tottenham Hotspur	30 June 2020	[46]
31 January 2020	DM		Liam Bridcutt	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2020	[47]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
24 August 2019	CM		Alex Bradley	Harrogate Town	31 July 2020	[48][49]
24 August 2019	FW		Jordan Adebayo-Smith	Boston United	1 January 2020	[50]
1 January 2020	FW		Jordan Adebayo-Smith	Gainsborough Trinity	30 June 2020	[51]
31 January 2020	GK		Grant Smith	Boreham Wood	30 June 2020	[52]
31 January 2020	LB		Ben Coker	Cambridge United	30 June 2020	[53]

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 10 March 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League 1		FA Cup		League Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Josh Vickers	37	0	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF		Liam Bridcutt	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Jason Shackell	29	2	26	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF		Cian Bolger	33	0	25+3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
7	MF		Tom Pett	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Lee Frecklington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Tyreece John-Jules	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Jack Payne	30	2	18+5	2	1+1	0	2	0	1+2	0
11	FW		Tom Hopper	8	2	5+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Ellis Chapman	17	0	5+6	0	1+1	0	1	0	3	0
16	MF		Michael Bostwick	21	1	16+2	1	0	0	1+1	0	1	0
17	FW		Anthony Scully	5	2	3+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Jorge Grant	38	2	29+3	2	1+1	0	0+1	0	3	0
19	MF		Joe Morrell	32	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
20	MF		Conor Coventry	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK		Grant Smith	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
22	DF		Aaron Lewis	5	1	1+1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
23	DF		Neal Eardley	39	0	35	0	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
24	DF		Max Melbourne	11	0	6+2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25	MF		Zack Elbouzedi	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Harry Anderson	37	7	24+6	5	1+1	0	2	2	3	0
28	MF		Jake Hesketh	24	1	14+6	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
33	DF		Ben Coker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	DF		Tayo Edun	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Alan Sheehan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club
3	DF		Harry Toffolo	33	1	26	1	2	0	2	0	1+2	0
4	MF		Michael O’Connor	22	1	14+3	1	1	0	1+1	0	2	0
11	FW		Bruno Andrade	23	2	11+6	1	2	0	2	1	1+1	0
17	FW		Tyler Walker	34	16	26+3	14	1+1	1	0+1	0	0+2	1
20	MF		Callum Connolly	15	0	9+2	0	1	0	0	0	2+1	0
29	FW		John Akinde	29	8	3+20	5	1	0	2	0	3	3

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