Lincoln City season by season

Every Lincoln City season on record, from 1884–85 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

130seasons
5,249matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1884–85		2	1	0	1	5	2
1885–86		1	0	0	1	0	2
1886–87		5	2	2	1	6	6
1887–88		3	2	0	1	6	4
1889–90		2	1	0	1	2	4	1	Frank Smallman (17)
1890–91		1	0	0	1	0	1	3	Isaac Moore (16)
1892–93	Second Division	27	11	3	13	57	60	9	Frank Smallman (19)
1893–94	Second Division	28	11	6	11	59	58	8	Don Lees (17)
1894–95	Second Division	30	10	0	20	52	92	13	Albert Flewitt (13)
1895–96	Second Division	30	9	4	17	53	75	13	Billie Gillespie (15)
1896–97	Second Division	30	5	2	23	27	85	16	Billie Gillespie (10)
1897–98	Second Division	30	6	5	19	43	82	14	Hugh Robertson (17)
1898–99	Second Division	34	12	7	15	51	56	12	Hugh Robertson (22)
1899–00	Second Division	34	14	8	12	46	43	9	Jimmy Hartley (16)
1900–01	Second Division	34	13	7	14	43	39	8	Jimmy Hartley (11)
1901–02	Second Division	37	15	14	8	50	38	5	Tom McInnes (14)
1902–03	Second Division	35	12	6	17	46	55	10	Jimmy Hartley (12)
1903–04	Second Division	34	11	8	15	41	58	12	Freddy Simpson (11)
1904–05	Second Division	35	12	7	16	43	42	9	Dennis O'Donnell (15)
1905–06	Second Division	40	13	6	21	73	77	13	Jack Martin (20)
1906–07	Second Division	41	13	5	23	49	76	19	William Watson (11)
1907–08	Second Division	39	9	3	27	46	88	20	Billy Langham (13)
1908–09		1	0	0	1	1	5	1	Billy Langham (22)
1909–10	Second Division	38	10	11	17	42	69	15	William Hunter (8)
1910–11	Second Division	38	7	10	21	28	72	20	Fred Haycock (6)
1911–12		2	1	0	1	3	2	1	Walter Miller (21)
1912–13	Second Division	38	15	10	13	50	52	8	Tosh Barrell (13)
1913–14	Second Division	39	10	6	23	37	70	19	Billy Egerton (7)
1914–15	Second Division	39	11	9	19	47	67	16	Billy Egerton (14)
1919–20	Second Division	43	9	9	25	45	105	21	Billy Chesser (8)
1920–21		3	1	1	1	3	1	1	Pip Rippon (27)
1921–22	Third Division North	38	14	6	18	48	59	14	Bob Chambers (12)
1922–23	Third Division North	38	13	10	15	39	55	13
1923–24	Third Division North	42	10	12	20	48	59	19
1924–25	Third Division North	42	18	8	16	53	58	8	Harry Pringle (15)
1925–26	Third Division North	45	17	7	21	70	87	15	Harry Havelock (18)
1926–27	Third Division North	46	17	13	16	97	84	11	Billy Dinsdale (25)
1927–28	Third Division North	45	26	7	12	100	70	2	Billy Dinsdale (29)
1928–29	Third Division North	45	23	6	16	95	69	6	Billy Dinsdale (24)
1929–30	Third Division North	44	18	14	12	87	64	5	Harry Roberts (21)
1930–31	Third Division North	44	26	7	11	114	68	2	Billy Dinsdale (25)
1931–32	Third Division North	45	29	6	10	118	53	1	Allan Hall
1932–33	Second Division	43	12	13	18	73	92	18	Allan Hall (23)
1933–34	Second Division	43	9	8	26	44	78	22	Chick Reed (7)
1934–35	Third Division North	45	23	8	14	96	64	4	Johnny Campbell (18)
1935–36	Third Division North	43	22	9	12	91	53	4	Johnny Campbell (30)
1936–37	Third Division North	45	26	8	11	109	63	2	Johnny Campbell (36)
1937–38	Third Division North	45	20	9	16	70	53	7	Johnny Campbell (14)
1938–39	Third Division North	45	14	9	22	78	98	17	Walter Ponting (19)
1945–46		4	1	1	2	7	5
1946–47	Third Division North	47	19	7	21	96	95	12	Tommy Cheetham (30)
1947–48	Third Division North	43	26	8	9	81	42	1	{{nowrap\|Jimmy Hutchinson }}
1948–49	Second Division	43	8	12	23	53	92	22	Jock Dodds (13)
1949–50	Third Division North	43	21	9	13	60	40	4	Jock Dodds (21)
1950–51	Third Division North	48	25	9	14	92	62	5	Johnny Garvie (21)
1951–52	Third Division North	49	32	9	8	128	59	1	Andy Graver
1952–53	Second Division	44	11	18	15	66	74	15	Andy Graver (18)
1953–54	Second Division	46	15	11	20	69	88	16	Andy Graver (25)
1954–55	Second Division	44	13	11	20	69	81	16	Johnny Garvie (13)
1955–56	Second Division	43	18	10	15	81	68	8	Tommy Northcott (20)
1956–57	Second Division	44	14	7	23	60	87	18	Tommy Bannan (14)
1957–58	Second Division	43	11	9	23	55	83	20	Jack Grainger (10)
1958–59	Second Division	44	11	8	25	64	96	19	Roy Chapman (15)
1959–60	Second Division	44	16	8	20	76	81	13	John McClelland (18)
1960–61	Second Division	46	9	9	28	54	102	22	Roy Chapman (16)
1961–62	Third Division	49	10	17	22	60	92	22	Brian Punter (8)
1962–63	Fourth Division	54	16	12	26	81	103	22	Brian Punter (17)
1963–64	Fourth Division	54	23	11	20	78	85	11	Alan Morton (21)
1964–65	Fourth Division	52	13	8	31	65	108	22	Bud Houghton (11)
1965–66	Fourth Division	49	13	12	24	61	90	22	Barry Hutchinson (20)
1966–67	Fourth Division	50	11	13	26	64	92	24	Roy Chapman (21)
1967–68	Fourth Division	52	20	10	22	82	80	13	Roger Holmes (17)
1968–69	Fourth Division	52	20	18	14	64	60	8	Dave Smith (11)
1969–70	Fourth Division	49	18	16	15	69	57	8	Rod Fletcher (17)
1970–71	Fourth Division	54	17	15	22	87	87	21	Phil Hubbard (19)
1971–72	Fourth Division	51	23	15	13	85	66	5	Phil Hubbard (19)
1972–73	Fourth Division	49	16	17	16	68	66	10	Dixie McNeil (21)
1973–74	Fourth Division	48	16	12	20	64	70	12	Dixie McNeil (19)
1974–75	Fourth Division	54	23	19	12	87	56	5	Sam Ellis (15)
1975–76	Fourth Division	54	37	10	7	127	52	1	John Ward (29)
1976–77	Third Division	53	21	18	14	89	76	9	John Ward (18)
1977–78	Third Division	50	16	16	18	56	65	16	Peter Graham Mick Harford (9)
1978–79	Third Division	49	7	12	30	43	93	24
1979–80	Fourth Division	49	19	17	13	67	48	7	Mick Harford (16)
1980–81	Fourth Division	52	28	16	8	75	30	2	Gordon Hobson (21)
1981–82	Third Division	55	23	19	13	80	53	4
1982–83	Third Division	53	26	8	19	86	60	6	Derek Bell (29)
1983–84	Third Division	53	20	12	21	67	69	14	Gordon Hobson (11)
1984–85	Third Division	50	11	19	20	53	60	19	Gordon Hobson (11)
1985–86	Third Division	49	10	16	23	57	82	21
1986–87	Fourth Division	51	13	12	26	49	74	24	Gary Lund (16)
1987–88		2	1	0	1	5	5	1
1988–89	Fourth Division	51	19	12	20	71	69	10	Gordon Hobson (15)
1989–90	Fourth Division	50	19	14	17	49	54	10	Gordon Hobson (9)
1990–91	Fourth Division	49	15	17	17	52	67	14	Tony Lormor (13)
1991–92	Fourth Division	45	18	11	16	55	51	10	Tony Lormor (9)
1992–93		48	19	12	17	64	60	8	Jason Lee (12)
1993–94		48	13	13	22	62	76	18	David Johnson (13)
1994–95		49	20	11	18	63	65	12
1995–96		49	13	14	22	57	82	18	Gareth Ainsworth (13)
1996–97		53	21	14	18	83	80	9	Gareth Ainsworth (24)
1997–98		52	21	19	12	71	62	3	Lee Thorpe (14)
1998–99		51	15	8	28	48	78	23
1999–00		51	16	16	19	74	78	15	Lee Thorpe (17)
2000–01		50	14	15	21	64	73	18	Lee Thorpe (13)
2001–02		50	10	18	22	48	68	22	Lee Thorpe (13)
2002–03		51	20	16	15	56	50	6	Ben Futcher (11)
2003–04		51	20	18	13	74	56	7	Gary Taylor-Fletcher (19)
2004–05		52	22	13	17	70	57	6	Simon Yeo (23)
2005–06		52	16	22	14	77	65	7	Marvin Robinson (11)
2006–07		50	21	11	18	78	72	5	Jamie Forrester (18)
2007–08		49	18	5	26	64	85	15	Ben Wright (15)
2008–09		50	14	20	16	56	56	13	Adrian Pătulea (11)
2009–10		51	15	11	25	48	73	20	Davide Somma
2010–11		50	14	9	27	51	91	23	Ashley Grimes (17)
2012–13		4	1	2	1	8	8	16	Jamie Taylor (16)
2013–14		2	0	1	1	0	5	14	Ben Tomlinson (20)
2014–15		1	0	0	1	1	2	15	Ben Tomlinson (14)
2015–16		1	0	0	1	3	5	13	Matt Rhead (23)
2016–17		7	5	1	1	12	11	1	Matt Rhead (15)
2017–18		58	27	17	14	83	62	7	Matt Green (17)
2018–19		55	26	19	10	90	58	1	John Akinde (17)
2019–20		42	14	7	21	52	56	16	Tyler Walker (16)
2020–21		61	29	15	17	103	72	5
2021–22		53	17	12	24	66	71	17	Anthony Scully (15)
2022–23		57	19	23	15	69	60	11	Ben House (13)
2023–24		54	23	15	16	72	46	7	Joe Taylor (13)
2024–25		55	21	13	21	82	66	11	Jovon Makama (11)
2025–26		54	36	11	7	103	47	1
2026–27		5	3	0	2	9	7