Lincoln City 2016/17

Instead of redesigning the old website, joining twitter or at least getting drunk, I've decided to analyze twenty FA Trophy games for the Skeeve Picks service's 10th birthday yesterday, so I thought I'd take a break from that and share a sample of my work in the form of everything there is to know about the only National League team that wasn't in FA Trophy action this weekend (their match away at Shaw Lane was postponed after the Northern Premier League Division One South - which is three tiers down the pyramid - outfit allegedly fielded a suspended player in the last (qualifying) round of the competition, which was followed by an FA investigation), Lincoln City. Here's to the next ten! :)

LINCOLN CITY 2016/17

Farman/Walton
Wood/Beevers – Raggett/McCombe/Fixter – Waterfall/Howe/Weatherell – Habergham
Hawkridge/Anderson – Power/Whitehouse/Everington – Woodyard/Miles/Wright – Arnold/Muldoon/Hodge
Robinson/McMenemy/Acar – Rhead/Marriott/Simmons

Latest managerial changes:
1/5/2016 Moyses out
14/5/2016 Cowley in

Currently injured:
Beevers (right-back, long-term)

Currently suspended: 
Raggett (centre-back, two more games)

Transfers in: 
11/6 Woodyard (mid, Braintree)
21/6 Miles (mid, Braintree)
23/6 Habergham (left-back, Braintree)
27/6 Marriott (striker, Stevenage)
20/7 Margetts (striker, Tranmere) 
27/7 Arnold (winger, Grimsby)
3/8 Raggett (centre back, Dover) 
15/8 Anderson (winger, Peterborough, loan until Jan 1) 
1/9 Bonne (striker, Colchester, loan until Oct 26, recalled early on Oct 13) 
13/9 Champion (mid, Barnet, loan until Dec 14, recalled early on Oct 19) 
8/10 Robinson (striker, Port Vale)
21/10 Whitehouse (mid, Nuneaton)

Transfers out: 
23/5 Brown (def, Boston)
23/5 Diagne (def, Hemel Hempstead) 
23/5 Grant (keeper, Corby)
23/5 Sparrow (mid, Sorrento) 
23/5 Hearn (striker, Alfreton) 
9/6 Tempest (mid, Nuneaton) 
15/6 C.Robinson (striker, North Ferriby) 
26/6 Bush (def, Chelmsford)
31/8 Margetts (striker, joint top scorer, 5 goals, Scunthorpe) 
26/9 Stanley (mid)

Currently out on loan:
Everington (mid, Buxton)
Wright (mid, Grantham)
Acar (striker, Spalding)
Simmons (striker, Halifax)
Miles (mid, Boston Utd)
Hodge (mid, Telford)

Recently returned from loan:
Howe (def, Southport, loan until Nov 25, returned, FA Cup-tied)


Chronology:

14.5. manager Cowley switches from Braintree along with his brother and assistant

23.5. Brown, Diagne, Grant, Sparrow and Hearn are all released / Farman, Beevers, Hawkridge, McCombe, Power, Rhead, Waterfall, Wood, Bush, Muldoon and Stanley are already under contract / Everington, Hodge, Howe, Simmons and Wright are offered new terms / youngsters Acar and Walton are offered their first professional terms / Robinson and Tempest are invited to pre-season training

30.5. top scorer Rhead's transfer request was accepted

11.6. Braintree's midfielder Woodyard signs a one-year deal

21.6. now attacking midfielder Miles also follows Cowley from Braintree and signs a one-year deal

23.6. and now left-back Habergham also follows Cowley and signs a two-year deal

26.6. versatile first-choice centre/right-back Bush leaves to sign for National League South outift Chelmsford

27.6. striker Marriott signs a one-year deal after a season dogged with injuries with Stevenage

20.7. striker Margetts signs a one-year deal after being at rivals Tranmere last season

27.7. winger Arnold signs a two-year deal after leaving League Two newcomers Grimsby

2.8. top scorer Rhead signs a new two-year deal, even though the club initially accepted his transfer request in late May

3.8. centre-back Raggett joins on a two-year deal from rivals Dover

15.8. winger Anderson joins from League One outfit Peterborough on loan until January

31.8. joint top scorer with five goals so far Margetts joins League One outfit Scunthorpe on transfer deadline day

1.9. striker Bonne joins on loan from League Two outfit Colchester until October 26

13.9. experienced midfielder Champion joins on a 93-day loan from League Two outfit Barnet

8.10. former Premier League striker Robinson joins after leaving League One outfit Port Vale in the summer

21.10. midfielder Whitehouse joins from National League North outfit Nuneaton on a deal until the end of next season