2018–19 Lincoln City F.C. season
# 2018–19 Lincoln City F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Lincoln City's 135th season in their history and their second season back in League Two after missing out on the League Two playoff final in the 2017/2018 season. Along with League Two, the club also participates in the FA Cup, and has been eliminated from the EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Transfers & Contracts

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2018 | SS | Bruno Andrade | Boreham Wood | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Michael O’Connor | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Grant Smith | Boreham Wood | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Harry Toffolo | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2018 | CF | John Akinde | Barnet | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2018 | AM | Joan Luque | Heybridge Swifts | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2018 | CB | Jason Shackell | Derby County | Free transfer |
| 17 January 2019 | CB | Cian Bolger | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | GK | Matt Gilks | Scunthorpe United | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Nathan Arnold | Boston United | Mutual Consent |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Paul Farman | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Billy Knott | Concord Rangers | Released |
| 1 July 3018 | FB | Sean Long | Cheltenham Town | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Ollie Palmer | Crawley Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Cameron Stewart | Free agent | Mutual Consent |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Elliott Whitehouse | Grimsby Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Alex Woodyard | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2018 | GK | Richard Walton | Matlock Town | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2018 | CB | Luke Waterfall | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 20 December 2018 | CF | Matt Green | Salford City | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2019 | AM | Joan Luque | Concord Rangers | Released |
| 29 June 2019 | CB | James Wilson | Ipswich Town | Mutual consent |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 July 2018 | CB | Scott Wharton | Blackburn Rovers | 23 January 2019 |
| 24 July 2018 | SS | Shay McCartan | Bradford City | 31 May 2019 |
| 2 August 2018 | RB | Adam Crookes | Nottingham Forest | 14 January 2019 |
| 21 August 2018 | GK | Sam Slocombe | Bristol Rovers | 9 January 2019 |
| 28 August 2018 | DF | Kellan Gordon | Derby County | 21 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | FW | Bernard Mensah | Bristol Rovers | 21 January 2019 |
| 17 January 2019 | DF | James Brown | Millwall | 31 May 2019 |
| 17 January 2019 | LW | Danny Rowe | Ipswich Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 23 January 2019 | MF | Jordan Roberts | Ipswich Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 24 January 2019 | MF | Mark O'Hara | Peterborough United | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | FW | Lee Angol | Shrewsbury Town | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 September 2018 | AM | Joan Luque | Bromley | 4 December 2018 |
| 29 October 2018 | GK | Grant Smith | Maidstone United | 4 December 2018 |
| 7 February 2019 | MF | Ellis Chapman | Chesterfield | 31 May 2019 |
| 10 February 2019 | MF | Jordan Adebayo-Smith | Grantham Town | Work Experience Loan |

### New contracts

| Date from | Position | Name | Length | Expiry |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 April 2019 | CB | Jason Shackell | 1 years | June 2020 |
| 24 April 2019 | GK | Josh Vickers | 1 years | June 2020 |
| 24 April 2019 | FW | Matt Rhead | 1 years | June 2020 |
| 19 May 2019 | MF | Michael O’Connor | — | — |
| 29 June 2019 | MF | Jordan Adebayo-Smith | 2 years | 2021 |

## Competitions

### Friendlies

As of 7 June 2018, Lincoln City have announced six pre-season friendlies against Blackburn Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday, Lincoln United Boston United, Norwich City and Scunthorpe United

### League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lincoln City (C, P) | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 85 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 2 | Bury (P) | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 82 | 56 | +26 | 79 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons (P) | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 79 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 76 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 74 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |

* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 4 May 2019. 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 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November. The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam. The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.

| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L2 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Lincoln City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Scunthorpe United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |

## Squad statistics

### Appearances

    As of 4 May 2019

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League 2 | League 2 | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Josh Vickers | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | NIR | Michael O’Connor | 44 | 3 | 31+7 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jason Shackell | 40 | 5 | 33+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Mark O'Hara | 17 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Tom Pett | 51 | 4 | 33+11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | EIR | Lee Frecklington | 29 | 4 | 23+3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Matt Rhead | 43 | 3 | 12+22 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Lee Angol | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | POR | Bruno Andrade | 50 | 11 | 39+3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Ellis Chapman | 12 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Harry Toffolo | 52 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | WAL | James Wilson | 15 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Michael Bostwick | 49 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NIR | Shay McCartan | 43 | 7 | 23+15 | 7 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | ENG | Matt Gilks | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Danny Rowe | 17 | 4 | 12+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Grant Smith | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | WAL | Neal Eardley | 47 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | EIR | Cian Bolger | 17 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Jordan Roberts | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Harry Anderson | 51 | 7 | 39+4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Jamie McCombe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Tom Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | John Akinde | 52 | 17 | 41+4 | 15 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | USA | Jordan Adebayo-Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kellan Gordon | 10 | 2 | 0+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Luke Waterfall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Scott Wharton | 15 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Matt Green | 25 | 6 | 2+16 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Bernard Mensah | 8 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Joan Luque | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Adam Crookes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Sam Slocombe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
