City were then drawn away to Crystal Palace in the third round, and went down 5-1 to a side that had not scored for seven matches. That game was also notorious for its Sunday 12-noon kick-off, which undoubtedly prevented more Imps from travelling to the game.
If you haven’t already had a go at the quizzes, they can be found here: Quiz No.1, Quiz No.2, Quiz No.3, Quiz No.4, Quiz No.5, Quiz No.6, Quiz No.7, Quiz No.8, Quiz No.9, Quiz No.10, Quiz No.11, Quiz No.12 and Quiz No.13.
I know the answers for Quiz No.9 are available below, but if you haven’t had a go, don’t read the answers and give it a go along with the other quizzes!
Where might you have found John Holliday during the 1970s and 1980s?
a) In the groundsman’s shed
b) In the boardroom
c) In the press box
d) In the dressing room
Holliday covered the Imps for the Lincolnshire Chronicle and had a page in the match programme in which he discussed local football matters.
What was remarkable about City’s three opponents in the FA Cup in season 1994-95?
a) They all began with the letter ‘C’
b) They were all drawn against Lincoln in another cup competition that same season
c) They each won their respective divisional championship that season
d) They were all past winners of the FA Cup
In the first round they were drawn away to Hull City, whom they had also met in the first round of the Auto Windscreens Shield just four days earlier. City won both games 1-0.
Huddersfield Town were the visitors to SB in the second round, and were also beaten 1-0. City had also met Huddersfield in the second round of the Auto Windscreen Shield three days earlier, a game in which City (of course) became the first team in Britain to lose a cup tie to a golden goal, scored by striker Iain Dunn.
City were then drawn away to Crystal Palace in the third round, and went down 5-1 to a side that had not scored for seven matches. That game was also notorious for its Sunday 12-noon kick-off, which undoubtedly prevented more Imps from travelling to the game. City had also met Palace in the Coca-Cola (League) Cup, and took a well-deserved 1-0 first leg win to Selhurst. A battling rearguard action saw the score at 0-0 at the end of 90 minutes; for some unknown reason, referee Gary Willard decided to keep playing until Palace scored, which they did many minutes later. They went on to win 3-0 on the night, 3-1 on aggregate. Interestingly, Palace went on to reach the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and League Cup despite being relegated from the Premier League.
Grant Brown (469) and Tony Emery (424) have made the most appearances for the Imps, but which player is third on 420?
a) Dave Smith
b) Alan Marriott
c) Gordon Hobson
d) Dan McPhail
Winger Dave Smith, who appeared for the Imps between 1968 and 1978 and became a Fourth Division record-breaker along the way. At the time he made his final appearance for the club in a 3-0 defeat at Exeter on 11 March 1978, he needed just five more appearances to overtake Emery and set a new club record. It didn’t happen, and he was sold to Rotherham during the 1978 close season.
His 59 goals also place him 14th in City’s all-time goalscoring list.
Who was the famous father-in-law of City’s 1931-32 championship-winning captain Charlie Pringle?
a) Future Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
b) Welsh football legend Billy Meredith
c) Former England cricket captain WG Grace
d) World land speed record holder Malcolm Campbell
Pringle was married to Meredith’s daughter Lily.
He played alongside his father-in-law for Manchester City in the 1920s despite a 20-year age gap, and also played under him in 1928-29 for mushroom club Manchester Central, where Meredith was coach.
Goalkeeper Carl Dawson became the youngest player in City’s history at 16 years 301 days when he appeared against Barrow on 21 April 1951; what was ironic about that?
a) He was actually a striker
b) He was born in Barrow
c) He only held the record for one match
d) He never appeared in the Football League again for any club
City were beaten 3-1 by struggling Barrow, after which Dawson never appeared again for Lincoln or any other Football League side. He was released a few weeks later and moved to Midland League side Grantham.
Imphistorian reports that Dawson suffered a serious head injury playing for Grantham, which may have affected any potential return to League football.
He later settled in Nottingham, where he died on 24 May 1991 at the age of 56.
Which team provided the opposition for City’s 1976 championship celebration match?
a) Ipswich Town
b) Coventry City
c) Chelsea
d) Nottingham Forest
Coventry City visited Sincil Bank on 28 April 1976 as City were officially presented with the Fourth Division Trophy. For the record, the match finished 2-2.
The match programme is interesting for a number of reasons, partly because my copy has Tommy Hutchison’s autograph on it. It is easy to forget what a big club Coventry was at that time. They had just finished in mid-table in their ninth season in the First Division, and included the likes of Mick Ferguson, Tommy Hutchison, Larry Lloyd, Jim Brogan and David Cross, who had scored a First Division hat-trick against Wolves four days earlier. Jimmy Hill was their managing director and the great Joe Mercer was a director. Mercer wrote a very complimentary piece in the programme about Lincoln and teams that like to attack.
Who scored the two goals against Macclesfield on 22 April 2017 that won the National League title?
a) Nathan Arnold
b) Harry Anderson
c) Matt Rhead
d) Terry Hawkridge
The underrated Terry Hawkridge, who created the winning goal out of thin air. Now surprisingly back in the National League with Solihull Moors after a disastrous spell with home town club Notts County.
When Jimmy Bauchop scored in a 2-1 defeat at Wrexham on 12 March 1924, which club record did he set that still stands today?
a) Most penalties scored in a season
b) Most successive league matches scored in
c) City’s oldest goalscorer
d) City’s youngest goalscorer
Yet another Scottish striker to make his mark at Lincoln City, Jimmy Bauchop became City’s oldest goalscorer at 37 years 295 days with that goal against Wrexham. To put that into perspective, he had won the Scottish First Division championship with Celtic on two occasions almost twenty years earlier.
There is an interesting footnote to his Imps career. Exactly a month later, Bauchop was carried off after being knocked unconscious against champions-elect Wolves at Sincil Bank, and received a standing ovation from the 7,000 crowd when he returned.
He featured just three more times before being released at the end of the season. Unfortunately, his solitary season at Sincil Bank produced the lowest league finish in the club’s history at that time (19th in Division Three North).
Wishing to play on even at the age of 38, he placed an advertisement in Athletic News announcing his availability. Unfortunately, there were no takers, and he retired from playing. Therefore, that landmark goal against Wrexham proved to be the last goal of a fine career that saw him play over 400 times for Alloa, Celtic, Norwich, Crystal Palace, Derby, Spurs, Bradford Park Avenue (where he scored twice on his debut against Lincoln), Doncaster and finally Lincoln. He scored over 200 goals in that time, and apparently scored on his debut for all of them bar Doncaster.
Which Lincoln City reject became and remains the record goalscorer for Burnley?
a) George Beel
b) Harry Havelock
c) Andrew Lincoln
d) Fred Panther
Despite scoring on his debut in a 5-3 Second Division defeat at Barnsley on 18 October 1919, Lincoln-born teenager George Beel found goals hard to come by during his solitary season at Sincil Bank. Playing in a poor side, he finished the season with 6 goals from 24 appearances. Unfortunately, the season was notable for two reasons: firstly, it was the first season of organised football after the First World War, and secondly Lincoln were relegated to the Midland League after finishing second from bottom of the Second Division.
Beel was released in the summer, and signed for Football League newcomers Merthyr Town with Imps teammate Billy Chesser (who incidentally scored the winning goal in Merthyr’s first ever Football League win, over Crystal Palace on 28 August 1920). Beel’s 22 goals for Merthyr in two seasons earned him a move back north with Chesterfield, for whom he added 23 more in 1922-23. In April 1923 he signed for top club Burnley and set two records that still stand today: his 187 goals from 337 appearances (including 11 hat-tricks) made him the highest aggregate scorer in the club’s history, and his 35 goals from 39 First Division matches in 1927-28 remains the highest in a season by any Burnley player. Remarkably, Burnley only avoided relegation by a single point that season. He also holds second place, with 30 in 1928-29.
Finally losing his place in the Burnley side after nine years, he returned to Lincoln in February 1932 and also scored on his second debut for the club in a 3-1 win over Barrow. He scored a total of 6 goals in 9 appearances as the Imps secured the Third Division North title, thereby achieving a relegation from the Second Division in his first season for the club and a promotion back to it in his second season, some twelve years apart. However, at 32 he was considered too old for the Second Division and joined Rochdale during the summer of 1932.
And a quirky one to finish with. What strange habit did City winger Josiah ‘Joe’ Barratt acquire while playing for former club Southampton?
a) He played with no laces in his boots
b) He played with a piece of straw in his mouth
c) He played in a flat cap
d) He played with his pipe in his hand
He played with a piece of straw in his mouth. There’s not a lot more to say about that.
Writer: Scotimp
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