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 Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 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 Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 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 Nationality Name From End date Ref. 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 Nationality Name To End date Ref. 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 Nationality Name Length Expiry Ref. 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
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
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.
Squad statistics
Appearances
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