140th season in existence of Lincoln City FC
Lincoln City 2024–25 football season
The 2024–25 season is the 141st season in the history of Lincoln City and their sixth consecutive season in League One . The club are participating in League One , the FA Cup , the EFL Cup , and the 2024–25 EFL Trophy .
Season overview
June
On 3 June, Sean Roughan was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 squad.[ 1]
On 6 June, the club launched their new home and away strip for the season.[ 2] [ 3]
On 6 June, Lincoln confirmed that Branston would remain their front of shirt sponsor for their home kit for the upcoming season.[ 4]
On 7 June, CEO Liam Scully was elected to the EFL board as a League One representative.[ 5]
On 14 June, assistant manager Chris Cohen joins Stoke City as assistant head coach.[ 6]
On 28 June, the players reported back for pre-season training.[ 7]
August
On 2 August, Lincoln confirmed David Bridges would return as the new assistant manager, Josh Snowden as the new head of sports science, Jack Coles as the head of recruitment and George Bush as first-team performance analyst, whilst Marc Tracy takes on the role of loans manager.[ 8]
On 5 August, the club confirmed its squad numbers for the season.[ 9]
On 6 August, the stadium naming rights with LNER were extended until the end of the 2025/26 season.[ 10]
On 9 August, the club launched their third strip for the season.[ 11]
On 9 August, head coach Michael Skubala signed a new contract until the end of the 2027/28 season.[ 12]
On 22 August, JJ McKiernan was called up to the Northern Ireland U21 squad.[ 13]
On 28 August, the match against Northampton Town was postponed due to international call ups.[ 14]
On 29 August, Sean Roughan was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 squad.[ 15]
October
On 1 October, the match against Wrexham was postponed due to international call ups.[ 16]
On 2 October, Pablo Webster was replaced by Nick Ragland on the clubs board.[ 17]
On 2 October, JJ McKiernan was called up to the Northern Ireland U21 squad.[ 18]
On 3 October, Sean Roughan was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 squad.[ 19]
November
On 4 November, Chris Cohen returned to the clubs coaching team.[ 20]
On 21 November, David Bridges left his role as assistant head coach.[ 21]
December
On 20 December, Academy Technical Director Jonathan Pepper, left the club to join Sheffield Wednesday as their new Academy Manager.[ 22]
Current squad
As of 20 January 2025
Pre-season and friendlies
On 8 May, the club announced they would once again return to Spain for a week's training camp in Murcia , with a friendly against Preston North End .[ 23] Harrogate Town and Oldham Athletic were added on 16 May.[ 24] Arsenal U21 as well as some unknown behind-closed-door friendlies.[ 25]
Competitions
League One
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2025. Source:
EFL Official Website Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences
[ 26]
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26
9
8
9
29
30
−1
35
5
3
4
16
13
+3
4
5
5
13
17
−4
Last updated: 18 January 2025.Soccerway
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 51 15 16 17 112 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 263 Ground A H H A A H A A H H A H H A A H A A H A H A A H H A H H A H A A Result W L W W D D W D W L L W W D D L L L D D W L L L D W Position 3 12 6 4 6 5 3 4 4 7 10 8 5 5 6 7 9 9 9 9 6 9 12 12 12 11 Points 3 3 6 9 10 11 14 15 18 18 18 21 24 25 26 26 26 26 27 28 31 31 31 31 32 35
Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2025. Source: [ Soccerway]
A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss;
P = PostponedNotes:
1 Northampton Town ) was postponed due to international call-ups.2 Wrexham ) was postponed due to international call-ups.3 Mansfield Town ) was postponed due to both teams participation in the FA Cup.
Matches
On Wednesday, 26 June 2024, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.[ 27]
FA Cup
Lincoln City were drawn away against Chesham United in the first round[ 33] [ 34] Crawley Town in the second round[ 35] [ 36] Birmingham City in the third round.[ 37] [ 38]
EFL Cup
Lincoln City were drawn against Harrogate Town in the first round on 27 June 2024.[ 39]
EFL Trophy
The Imps were drawn into Group G of the Northern section alongside Chesterfield , Grimsby Town and Manchester City U21 .[ 40] [ 41] Morecambe .[ 42] [ 43] Bolton Wanderers .[ 44] [ 45]
Group stage
Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source:
EFL
Knockout stages
In
^ The transfer was announced on 21 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Shrewsbury Town contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Cheltenham Town contract expired
Out
Loaned in
^ Saxon Earley was recalled from his loan on 14 January 2025[ 66]
Loaned out
^ Oisin Gallagher was recalled from his loan on 9 January 2025[ 71]
Contracts
Squad statistics
Appearances
As of 18 January 2025
Goalscorers
As of 18 January 2025
Assists
As of 18 January 2025
Disciplinary record
As of 18 January 2025
Clean sheets
As of 18 January 2025
Awards
Sky Bet League One Manager of the Month
References
National teams
League
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier North , Premier South , One ) Eastern Counties League (Premier , One North , One South ) Essex Senior League (level 9 only)Hellenic League (Premier , One ) Midland League (Premier , One ) Northern Counties East League (Premier , One ) Northern League (One , Two ) North West Counties League (Premier , One North , One South ) Southern Combination League (Premier , One ) Southern Counties East League (Premier , One ) South West Peninsula League (Premier East , Premier West - level 10 only )Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One ) United Counties League (Premier North , Premier South , One ) Wessex League (Premier , One ) Western League (Premier , One )
Cup
Youth
