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| Full name | Lincoln United Football Club | ||
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| Nicknames | The Whites, The Amateurs | ||
| Founded | 1938 (as Lincoln Amateurs) | ||
| Ground | Ashby Avenue,Lincoln | ||
| Capacity | 2,714 (400 seated)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Stuart Reddington | ||
| Manager | Vacant | ||
| League | Northern Premier League Division One East | ||
| 2024–25 | United Counties League Premier Division North, 1st of 20 (promoted) | ||
Lincoln United Football Club is afootball club based inLincoln, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of theNorthern Premier League Division One East and play atAshby Avenue. Nicknamed the Whites after their home kit colours, they have played atAshby Avenue since their foundation in 1938.
The club was established in 1938 as Lincoln Amateurs, butWorld War II prevented them from joining a league until 1945, when they became members of theLincolnshire League.[1] The following season saw them transfer to the Lincoln League, and in 1954 the club were renamed Lincoln United after taking on a paid player, Ray Bean.[2] In 1960 they rejoined the Lincolnshire League and went on to win the league title in 1963–64.[3] The club moved up to Division Two of theYorkshire League in 1967 and won the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One.[4]
Lincoln United were Division One champions in 1970–71 and again in 1973–74.[4] However, after finishing bottom of the division in 1978–79, the club were relegated to Division Two. A third-place finish in Division Two in 1980–81 saw them promoted back to Division One. In 1981 the Yorkshire League merged with theMidland League to form theNorthern Counties East League, with Lincoln placed in Division One South. Although they won the division in the league'sinaugural season, the club were not promoted.[4] League reorganisation in 1985 led to Lincoln being placed in Division Two. Although they won the division at thefirst attempt, the club left the league to join the newly formed Supreme Division of theCentral Midlands League.[4]
The1991–92 season saw Lincoln United reach the first round of theFA Cup for the first time, losing 7–0 atHuddersfield Town; this was the first (and still the only) time a club from the Central Midlands League reached the FA Cup first round.[5] They went on to win the Supreme Division at the end of the season and moved back up to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. Thefollowing season saw the club win the Division One title, securing promotion to the Premier Division. They went on to win the Premier Division in1994–95 and were promoted to Division One of theNorthern Premier League.[4]
The next two seasons saw Lincoln finish third in Division One, narrowly missing out on the two promotion places. In1997–98 they reached the FA Cup first round again, losing 2–0 atWalsall.[4] A fourth-place finish in2003–04 was enough for promotion to the Premier Division, with the creation of theConference North andSouth seeing numerous clubs promoted to fill the new divisions. However, the club were relegated in2007–08 after finishing bottom of the Premier Division, dropping into Division One South. In2015–16 they finished fifth in the division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs for the first time. In the play-offs the club were beaten 3–2 in the semi-finals byShaw Lane.[4] The following season the club won theLincolnshire Senior Cup for the first time, beatingStamford 3–2 in the final.[6]
In2022–23 Lincoln finished third-from-bottom of Division One East of the Northern Premier League, resulting in them facing an inter-step play-off with a club from the division below. After being beaten 2–1 byAvro they were relegated to the Premier Division North of theUnited Counties League. They were runners-up in the division thefollowing season, subsequently losing 3–1 toSkegness Town in the play-off semi-finals. In2024–25 the club were Premier Division North champions, earning promotion back to Division One East of the Northern Premier League.
Originally founded in 2017 as Hykeham Town Ladies, the club was renamed Lincoln United Women in 2020 when the club amalgamated with Lincoln United. The club were then members of theEast Midlands Regional Women's League Premier Division, having been promoted from Division One North following the curtailed 2019–20 season. In 2022–23 the team won the Lincolnshire FA County Women's Cup for the first time, defeatingLincoln City Women 2–0 in the final. In 2023–24 the team completed a treble, winning all 18 league games to secure the league title and earn promotion to Division One Midlands of theFA Women's National League, as well as winning the League Cup and the Lincolnshire FA County Women's Cup.
| Position | Incumbent |
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| Manager | |
| Assistant Manager | |
| Coach | |
| Goalkeeper Coach | James Morgan |
| Physio | Tom Philips |
