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The Cowley Roll Of Honour

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Danny & Nicky Cowley’s achievements in three seasons – you couldn’t make this up:

** The first manager(s) to win three trophies (and obviously in three successive seasons) and the first to win three different titles
** The first manager(s) to take City up two tiers in the club’s history
** The first manager(s) to win the championship of two different divisions
** The first manager(s) to win two promotions without a relegation between
** Points per game currently 1.90
** Win percentage currently 55.2%
** The National League championship (at the first attempt)
** The EFL Trophy (at the first attempt)
** The League Two play-offs at the first attempt
** The League Two championship (after just two seasons back in the League)
** The first Football League title for 43 years
** The first non-league club to reach the quarter-final of the FA Cup for 103 years and the first in the modern age (i.e. since 1925)
** Club record run in the FA Cup
** Club record run in the FA Trophy
** Club record run in the EFL Trophy
** The club’s first ever visit to Wembley
** Club record for Football League games unbeaten (19)
** Club record for points in a season (99)
** Club record for wins in a season (40)
** Club record for away wins in a season (19)
** Club record for points away from home in a season (44)
** Club record for goals scored away from home in a season (51)
** Joint club record for away wins in a season in the league (13)
** Club record for games played in a season (61)
** The first manager(s) to win at least 25 games in each of three successive seasons
** Club record for the most cup ties played in a season (15)
** Club record for the number of FA Cup ties in a season (9)
** Club record for the number of EFL Trophy games played in a season (8)
** Club record for the number of FA Trophy ties in a season (6)
** Club record for the number of matches shown live on television in a season (12)
** Goals scored in 26 successive league games, the best scoring run for 67 years
** Average attendance up from 2,594 to 9,000, the highest since 1959-60
** 57 successive league gates over 5,000 (including Colchester)
** 53 successive league gates over 6,000 (including Colchester)
** 50 successive league gates over 7,000 (including Colchester)
** 6,300 season ticket holders
** The highest following to an away game ever (est.30,000)
** The highest away following to an FA Cup tie in 41 years and possibly ever (8,942)
** The highest away following to a league match this century (5,556)
** The second highest attendance ever to watch a Lincoln City match (59,454)
** The highest attendance at Sincil Bank since conversion to all-seated in 1999 (10,031)

** Potentially the joint club record for fewest away league defeats in a season (4) in a 46-game season: necessary to avoid defeat at Newport.

Writer: Scotimp

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