Lincoln City's pre-season got under way last week when the squad travelled over to Germany and the plan was to play two fixtures. The first against an army team was called off after the Lincoln City management thought the pitch was a bit on the dangerous side. The second match arranged was against lower league German team TuS Celle FC. Although the Imps lost 1-0 it was a solid workout for them with all players given a run out. Rob Burch save a first half penalty and although Lincoln dominated they failed to score. They were undone in the 37th minute through a deflected effort.
Lincoln's first home friendly of the season on the 8th July also has a European flavour about it when they play former Hungarian champions Ferencváros who have just been promoted back to the top flight. Ferencváros is presently owned by Sheffield United chairman Kevin McCabe and last night won 5-1 at Sheffield FC, the oldest club in the world. They finish their mini tour with a visit to Barnsley on Saturday 11th July. Ferencváros is the most famous football team to come out of Hungary. They have a great pedigree having won 28 championships, the Hungarian Cup 26 times and appeared in numerous European club tournaments. Quite simply put, they are the Manchester United or Liverpool of Hungary!
Other pre-season friendly fixtures involving Lincoln City's first team:
15th July - (A) Boston United (7.30pm)
20th July - (H) Arsenal XI (7.30pm)
28th July - (H) Sheffield United (7.30pm)
30th July - (H) Grimsby Town or Scunthorpe Utd, Lincs Cup Final (7.30pm)
1st August - (A) Goole Town (3pm)
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Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Will Jacko sign a new contract with The Imps?
At the end of September of this year Lincoln City manager Peter Jackson agreed to an extension of his current managerial contract. The Imps had had an indifferent start to the season and were languishing near the bottom of League Two at the time Jackson was offered the new contract by the Imps board.
What was bizarre about this situation was Jacko himself allegedly stated that he'd only sign the contract when Lincoln started picking up League Two points. On the 6th November it was announced that Jackson had been named League Two Manager of the Month for October for a fine run of results, so it was assumed that Jackson would sign his new contract. Well, it's now December 10th and Jackson still hasn't signed the contract. However, since winning the Manager of the Month award, Lincoln have gone on a terrible run of form, being knocked out of the FA Cup by non-league Kettering Town and also not winning a single league game. Apparently he was due to sign the contract the day after we got knocked out of the FA Cup but this was postponed because of the timing.
Will Jackson sign or won't he? There are rumours that he may go back to Huddersfield - this I don't believe, because at the moment he is struggling with a team in League Two. Jackson is out of contract with Lincoln City at the end of the season. He has publically stated he is very happy at Lincoln, but nothing lasts forever and the word loyalty does not seem to exist in the world of football anymore.
Some fans are starting to question Jackson's ability and his man-management skills but a manager is only as good as the set of players he has at his disposal. Lincoln City still have a very average League Two squad. In my opinion only a couple of players could make a name for themselves in a higher division at the moment. They are Danny Hone and Lee Frecklington. Jackson did bring in eight new players in the summer and of these, only Rob Burch appears to be earning his wages.
Whatever Jackson decides to do, it is going to be a long hard winter for Imps fans!
What was bizarre about this situation was Jacko himself allegedly stated that he'd only sign the contract when Lincoln started picking up League Two points. On the 6th November it was announced that Jackson had been named League Two Manager of the Month for October for a fine run of results, so it was assumed that Jackson would sign his new contract. Well, it's now December 10th and Jackson still hasn't signed the contract. However, since winning the Manager of the Month award, Lincoln have gone on a terrible run of form, being knocked out of the FA Cup by non-league Kettering Town and also not winning a single league game. Apparently he was due to sign the contract the day after we got knocked out of the FA Cup but this was postponed because of the timing.
Will Jackson sign or won't he? There are rumours that he may go back to Huddersfield - this I don't believe, because at the moment he is struggling with a team in League Two. Jackson is out of contract with Lincoln City at the end of the season. He has publically stated he is very happy at Lincoln, but nothing lasts forever and the word loyalty does not seem to exist in the world of football anymore.
Some fans are starting to question Jackson's ability and his man-management skills but a manager is only as good as the set of players he has at his disposal. Lincoln City still have a very average League Two squad. In my opinion only a couple of players could make a name for themselves in a higher division at the moment. They are Danny Hone and Lee Frecklington. Jackson did bring in eight new players in the summer and of these, only Rob Burch appears to be earning his wages.
Whatever Jackson decides to do, it is going to be a long hard winter for Imps fans!
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