1892–93 Lincoln City F.C. season

Lincoln City F.C.

1892–93 season

Honorary Secretary

Jack Strawson

Ground

John O'Gaunts

Football League Second Division

9th

FA Cup

Fourth round qualifier
(eliminated by Grimsby)

Lincolnshire Senior Cup

Final
(eliminated by Gainsborough Trinity)

Top goalscorer

League: Frank Smallman (17)
All: Frank Smallman (19)

Home colours

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The 1892–93 season was the ninth season of competitive association football played by Lincoln City F.C. After finishing in ninth position in the Football Alliance in 1891–92, Lincoln City was one of 12 clubs elected to the newly formed Second Division for the 1892–93 Football League season.

During the season, City coped well at home winning six of there 11 matches, but all season they constantly struggled only winning once at Burslem Port Vale, in the second half of the season Lincoln did score five goals in three home matches with Frank Smallman becoming the first Lincoln City player to score a hat-trick in the football league when he netted four against Burton Swifts in February. At the end of the season Lincoln finished 9th in the league and had to apply for re-election which was successful as the division was to be expanded to 16 teams.

In the 1892-93 FA Cup Lincoln entered at the first qualifying round and after beating Newark Town, Greenhalgh's and Rotherham Town, they succumbed to a heavy 0-5 defeat away at local rivals Grimsby Town.

In all competitive league and cup matches Lincoln used 20 players and had 10 different goalscorers, William Gresham, Quentin Neill, Frank Smallman and James Gresham played in all 22 league games and the six cup matches, Frank Smallman scored 19 goals in total while no other player reached double figures.

Background

Although Lincoln City struggled in the 1891-92 season in the Football Alliance finishing in 9th place and with debts of £110, the committee decided to spend a sizeable sum over the close season on summer wages and signing-on fees,^[1] the new recruits were goalkeeper William Gresham from Gainsborough Trinity, back Charles Coulton from Birmingham St George's and forwards James Kelly from Renton F.C. and finally Robert Cameron from Clydebank F.C..^[2]

Review

September

Lincoln City started their campaign at Bramall Lane against Sheffield Utd, the start was delayed by 35 minutes due to Lincoln turning up late and then they were a goal behind within 10 minutes, Robert Cameron scored Lincoln City's first ever football league goal before Sheffield regained the lead before half time, the game ended 2-4 in favour of the home side with Irving scoring the other Lincoln goal.^[3]

The "Cits" had to wait three weeks before there next league game when they played away against Small Heath, but had no joy again as they found themselves four goals behind by the interval, they did manage to gain a consolation goal in the second half.^[4]

October

Lincoln's first home game was the reverse against Sheffield Utd, Mick Richardson came into the side for his debut, there was no goals in the first half, but a goal by Cameron secured Lincoln's first win and points of the season.^[5]

After their first win they travelled to meet Walsall Town Swifts who had yet to win in the league, the game started in a rain storm and the first half ended goalless, but not long after the break Lincoln scored the first goal, "this roused Walsall" who then equalised and carried on pressing, then with five minutes to go Walsall scored the winner and secured there first win of the season.^[6]

Lincoln entered the FA Cup at the 1st qualifying stage and were drawn at home against Newark, wet weather prevailed and was played under protest, Lincoln went one nil up after 10 minutes but Newark levelled just before half-time, Shaw got injured and had to retire, Lincoln had the better of the second half and finished winners by 3-1.^[7] Newark protested to the FA due to the bad state of the pitch so the match was ordered to be replayed at Newark.^[8]

Before the replay Lincoln played host to Burslem Port Vale, and it wasn't long before the visitors were 2-0 up, before half-time Smallman scored out of a scrimmage, in the second half the home side pressed forward and Gresham levelled, then the visitors put on the pressure and scored twice in four minutes before Smallman scored a late goal, thus ending the match 3-4 to the visitors.^[9]

In the replayed FA Cup match at Newark the home side went one up within the first five minutes before Kelly and Irving (2) scored for Lincoln, the home side came back with two goals of their own before a goal from a scrimmage put Lincoln through to the next round.^[10]

Just two days later Lincoln travelled to Greenhalgh's F.C. for the 2nd round qualifying tie in the FA Cup, a big crowd gathered due to the home team's good form, not long after the start Moore scored for Lincoln, it stayed like that till the second half when Lincoln scored two more goals, according to the Nottingham Evening Post both goalkeepers made "splendid" and "capital" saves, and in the end Lincoln won 3-0.^[11]

November

There next fixture was an away friendly fixture against Woolwich Arsenal, although Lincoln lost 0-4, it was noted for the appearance of Welsh International Bob Roberts playing in Lincoln colours having signed from Preston North End F.C^[12]

Roberts made his official debut a week later in the home league match against second place Darwen F.C., with Lincoln lying bottom of the league with two points, Lincolnshire Chronicle reported of the home fans "sanguine anticipation", and Lincoln didn't let there fans down, Smallman gave them a first half lead, in the second half Lincoln had there chances to improve the scoreline but it was Darwin who pressed near the end and after striking the crossbar they eventually grabbed a leveller.^[13]

Next up was the home tie against Rotherham Town in the FA Cup 3rd qualifying round, 3000 spectators watched the match, although a close tie, Smallman and Irving put Lincoln 2 up before half time and the score stayed the same, so Lincoln progressed to the next round.^[14]

Match details

Football League Second Division

Date	League position^[15]	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
3 September 1892	7th	Sheffield Utd	A	L	2–4	Cameron, Irving	4,000
24 September 1892	11th	Small Heath	A	L	1–4	Kelly	3,000
1 October 1892	11th	Sheffield United	H	W	1–0	Cameron	2,000
8 October 1892	11th	Walsall Town Swifts	A	L	1–2	Unknown	1,500
22 October 1892	12th	Burslem Port Vale	H	L	3–4	Smallman 2, J.Gresham	1,500
12 November 1892	12th	Darwen	H	D	1–1	Smallman
3 December 1892	11th	Burslem Port Vale	A	W	2–1	J.Gresham, Cameron
17 December 1892	12th	Burton Swifts	A	L	2–4	Fleming 2
24 December 1892	9th	Ardwick	H	W	2–1	Smallman, Richardson
26 December 1892	8th	Crewe Alexandra	H	D	1–1	Fleming
31 December 1892	10th	Northwich Victoria	A	L	1–2	Moore
7 January 1893	11th	Small Heath	H	L	3–4	J.Gresham, Smallman, Fleming
14 January 1893	11th	Darwen	A	L	1–3	Roberts
28 January 1893	11th	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	1–4	J.Gresham
11 February 1893	10th	Burton Swifts	H	W	5–1	Smallman 4, Irving
18 February 1893	9th	Grimsby Town	A	D	2–2	Smallman 2
25 February 1893	9th	Northwich Victoria	H	W	5–1	Smallman, Richardson, Raby, Fleming, unknown
4 March 1893	9th	Grimsby Town	H	L	1–3	J.Gresham
31 March 1893	9th	Walsall Town Swifts	H	W	3–1	Smallman 3
1 April 1893	8th	Bootle	H	W	5–1	Raby 2, Smallman 2, Roberts
15 April 1893	9th	Bootle	A	L	1–4	Moore
17 April 1893	9th	Ardwick	A	L	1–3	Moore

Squad statistics

This table includes appearances and goals in nationally organised competitions – the Football League and FA Cup – only.

Name	Position	League apps	League goals	FA Cup apps	FA Cup goals	Total apps	Total goals
Gresham, WilliamWilliam Gresham	Goalkeeper	22	0	5	0	27	0
Neill, QuentinQuentin Neill	Full back	22	0	5	0	27	0
Jackson, AA Jackson	Full back	2	0	1	0	3	0
Coulton, CharlesCharles Coulton	Full back	12	0	5	0	17	0
Mettam, EdwardEdward Mettam	Half back	15	0	3	0	18	0
Shaw, GeorgeGeorge Shaw	Half back	4	0	1	0	5	0
Richardson, JohnJohn Richardson	Half back	17	2	3	0	20	2
Buxton, GeorgeGeorge Buxton	Half back	0	0	1	0	1	0
Irving, JohnJohn Irving	Forward	20	2	5	4	25	6
Smallman, FrankFrank Smallman	Forward	22	17	5	2	27	19
Raby, WilliamWilliam Raby	Forward	7	3	0	0	7	3
Kelly, JamesJames Kelly	Forward	8	1	5	2	13	3
Cameron, RobertRobert Cameron	Forward	15	3	5	1	20	4
Moore, IsaacIsaac Moore	Forward	22	3	4	0	26	3
Gresham, JamesJames Gresham	Forward	22	5	5	0	27	5
Roberts, RobertRobert Roberts	Half back	16	2	1	0	17	2
Fleming, JamesJames Fleming	Forward	11	5	0	0	11	5
Brammer, GeorgeGeorge Brammer	Half back	2	0	0	0	2	0
McDermid, RobertRobert McDermid	Half back	2	0	0	0	2	0
Graham, WilliamWilliam Graham	Forward	1	0	0	0	1	0

References

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↑ "Lincoln City Football Club". Stamford Mercury. 1 July 1892. Retrieved 27 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
↑ "Football". Lincolnshire Chronicle. 6 September 1892. Retrieved 3 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
↑ "The Football League". London Evening Standard (26 September 1892). Retrieved 3 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
↑ "Football". Lincolnshire Chronicle. 4 October 1892. Retrieved 3 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
↑ "The League". Nottingham Evening Post. 8 October 1892. Retrieved 9 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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↑ "Football". Manchester Courier. 21 October 1892. Retrieved 9 January 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
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↑ "The English Cup". Derby Daily Telegraph. 28 October 1892 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)). |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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