Tag: Lincoln

Five things in EFL: West Ham, Lincoln, Blackburn, Bromley, York City
21 August 2026 Off

Five things in EFL: West Ham, Lincoln, Blackburn, Bromley, York City

By Total Football News

Having just been promoted from the National League South, Bromley finished 14th in the National League in the 2015-16 season.

That same year, Leicester City were upsetting the odds with their famous Premier League title win.

Such has been the rise of Andy Woodman’s Bromley, they can expect plenty more comparisons like that this season and, such has been the Foxes’ fall from grace, they will get similar.

While the

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Middlesbrough vs Lincoln City: Championship stats & head-to-head
15 August 2026 Off

Middlesbrough vs Lincoln City: Championship stats & head-to-head

By Total Football News

The comeback victory for last season’s beaten Championship play-off finalists consigned the 2025-26 third-tier title winners to their first league defeat since 22 November – with their incredible 29-game unbeaten run taking the Imps to promotion with a 103-point haul.

Lincoln’s Championship season-opening showing was all the more impressive for coming under the guidance of Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw, who stepped up together as a head coaching double act

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Lincoln City: Imps appoint Bobby Copping and Dan Seaborne to board
13 August 2026 Off

Lincoln City: Imps appoint Bobby Copping and Dan Seaborne to board

By Total Football News

Lincoln City have appointed Bobby Copping as the club’s new chief commercial officer and Dan Seaborne as chief operating officer.

Copping, 24, began a playing career in the Norwich City youth academy but was forced to retire at the age of 19 after suffering a mini-seizure during a training game while in action for Peterborough United in July 2020.

He has been with the club since last July when he

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Jack Moylan: Cardiff City set to sign Lincoln City midfielder
5 August 2026 Off

Jack Moylan: Cardiff City set to sign Lincoln City midfielder

By Total Football News

Cardiff City are set to sign midfielder Jack Moylan from Championship rivals Lincoln City.

The 24-year-old was a key figure in the Imps’ promotion to the Championship, scoring 11 goals and made providing six assists as they beat the Bluebirds to the League One title.

Moylan’s impressive campaign led to a first call up to the Republic of Ireland national team, in which he scored a hat-trick on debut in

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Jamie Pardington: Lincoln City goalkeeper signs new deal
18 June 2026 Off

Jamie Pardington: Lincoln City goalkeeper signs new deal

By Total Football News

Lincoln City goalkeeper Jamie Pardington has signed a new two-year deal with the Championship club.

The 25-year-old was coming to the end of his previous deal, having joined the Imps on a two-year contract after leaving Cheltenham Town in 2024.

Pardington, who has had loan spells with non-league sides Peterborough Sports, Telford United, Oxford City and Kidderminster in the past two seasons, has made two first-team appearances for Lincoln –

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Can Lincoln City succeed where Liverpool experiment of joint-bosses failed?
3 June 2026 Off

Can Lincoln City succeed where Liverpool experiment of joint-bosses failed?

By Total Football News

While Shaw has previous experience as a first-team boss, having had a spell as manager of non-league side Gainsborough Trinity, Cohen has spent his senior coaching career to date as an assistant at Luton Town, Southampton and Stoke City.

Before that, Cohen’s coaching career started with a stint as the under-23s manager at Nottingham Forest, the club where he retired as a player in 2018.

It is the years of

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Lincoln City name Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw as joint head coaches
2 June 2026 Off

Lincoln City name Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw as joint head coaches

By Total Football News

Lincoln have swiftly appointed Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw as joint head coaches in the wake of Michael Skubala’s departure to Bristol City.

Cohen and Shaw, both 39, had been working together under Skubala as assistant coaches as the Red Imps stormed to the League One title last season to reach the second tier of English football for the first time in 65 years.

Lincoln sporting director Jez George

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Bristol City: Robins edging towards appointing Lincoln boss Michael Skubala
29 May 2026 Off

Bristol City: Robins edging towards appointing Lincoln boss Michael Skubala

By Total Football News

Bristol City are close to appointing Lincoln boss Michael Skubala as their new manager.

The Robins have moved quickly for the 43-year-old after failing to convince Bournemouth assistant Tommy Elphick to join.

Nothing has been signed yet but it is now expected Skubala will move to the Championship side.

It will cost Bristol City over £1m in compensation with Skubala understood to have signed a new contract at Sincil Bank

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Chris Cohen: Stoke City appoint Lincoln assistant as first-team coach
14 June 2024 Off

Chris Cohen: Stoke City appoint Lincoln assistant as first-team coach

By Total Football News

Stoke City have appointed Lincoln City’s assistant head coach Chris Cohen as their new first-team coach.

The 37-year-old former Nottingham Forest midfielder worked under Imps boss Michael Skubala for six months.

He was previously assistant to Nathan Jones at Luton Town and Southampton.

“He has an excellent reputation within the game and his work is highly regarded by coaches, players and club owners alike,” said Stoke’s sporting director

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