Part 2 of the 93

In Part 2 of the 93, we look at a player who's 3 minutes on the pitch was worth £750,000, several players who were never given a chance, a few graduates of the youth system and a midfielder who didn't want to move from the north west, subsequently joining Hull City.

We continue where we left off in Part 1 and alphabetically move onto the D's. Louis Dodds apparantly did enough in his 44 appearances for the Imps that he convinced Peter Jackson to try and bring him in on a more permanent basis. 9 goals certainly helped his cause and although I don't think he was consistant enough, I highly doubt we've seen the last of Dodds in a City shirt.

Ayden Duffy has played four games for City, conceded seven goals and dived for just one of those. The youngster was apparantly nursing a back injury in that time and that might explain why he seemingly refused to make an effort to get to 6 of the shots he conceded.

One of the few players to spend two spells on loan with us during the last 5 years was Nicky Eaden. The loanee from Nottingham Forest played 35 games for the Imps over two loan spells, impressing in neither. He has been promoted with every club he has played for with the exception of City and Forest. He was recently promoted to the Conference with Kettering Town.

From one loanee to another, Kevin Ellison has hardly endeared himself to City fans since leaving. The good memories of his 13 appearances in the 2003/4 season have been quickly wiped out by his actions when facing City in the following 5 years. He also refused to move to Lincoln on a permanent basis, saying that he wasn't interested in leaving his home in the north west.....he signed for Hull City six months later.

As mentioned in Part 1, Keith Alexander usually brought in a player during the pre-season and raved about them...then never played them. One such player was Peter Folkes. The young defender played just 3 times for the Imps before being released.

Jamie Forrester's record of a goal under every three games for the City is one of the best records of any striker in recent years. He has scored 37 goals in 101 appearances over 2 spells with the club. He was offered a new contract at the end of the 2007/8 and it looks exceedingly likely that he will sign it.

Just as Jamie's career at Sincil Bank was starting, Luke Foster's was coming to an end. The youngster was never really given a fair chance by Keith Alexander. He would play 3 or 4 games before then being dropped again, not to be seen again for another few months when he would be given another brief cameo session of games. Foster didn't play under Schofield and Deehan and never got a chance to add to his 1 goal in 17 appearances.

From one promising youngster who was never given a proper chance, to a youngster who capitalised on his. Lee Frecklington has scored 16 goals in his 110 appearances during the last 5 years and you could count his bad games on one hand. It almost looked as though he was never going to be given a proper chance until Gary Simpson left the club. After that there were many players given a new lease of life and Freck was given his chance.

Ben Futcher used to be my favourite player at Sincil Bank. He was one of the under-rated players that helped us to the first Playoff season and it's interesting that his goals are never credited with helping us getting to the Playoffs. Futcher would score just 5 more goals in his 93 appearances during the last 5 years. He left for "footballing reasons" to Boston United and has received a lot of stick from City fans since.

Another one of the squad who left after the second Playoff Final defeat ended up in the bed of Barry Fry. Peter Gain was arguably the most skillful player that has played for the Imps during the 21st century. He was capable of some truly brilliant pieces of skill and only 7 goals in his 93 appearances during the 5 years of this website certainly don't give an indication of how important to the team he was. It's just such a shame that events outside of football mean that he will almost certainly never return as a player for the Imps.

Francis Green joined the Imps permanently less than 24 hours after joining on loan from Peterborough United. He went on to score 19 goals in 116 appearances before leaving for Boston. He was soon begging to come back (literally) when the financial troubles at Boston started to kick in. Francis was another player capable of high levels of skill but he was never really good enough to be a constant first teamer at Sincil Bank.

Paul Green has shown in 58 appearances that he has the potential to play at a higher level than League 2. The most recent winner of Player of the Season and the only player who performed generally well from start to finish in 2007/8.

He has scored just one less goal than Martin Gritton did in 58 appearances. Gritton just never really fit in at Sincil Bank. He was given a fair shot at it but wasn't a consistant scorer whether we played football or hoofball and it came as little surprise when he left last summer.

From a striker who couldn't score to a midfielder who can't pass, shoot or look professional when he's not picked. Jamie Hand is quite frankly one of the worst players I've seen at Sincil Bank (for either Lincoln or any other team). 26 appearances in a City shirt was 26 too many and there's only one player who I've seen who's as crap as him....and he will appear later on in this 93.

Ritchie Hanlon will be remembered for that goal at Boston United. 12 appearances during the 2004/5 season only really had one highlight, but I still thought he was fairly decent and he went on to play for Weymouth and Cambridge after leaving Sincil Bank. He had to retire from injury at the age of 28 and then became manager of St Albans.

Before January 15th 2005, virtually no-one had heard of Jack Hobbs. Then a 3 minute appearance in a 1-1 draw with Bristol Rovers proved to be worth a reported £750,000 as he was transfered to Liverpool...not too shabby.

Whenever I say that name Peter Holmes to anyone, they always reply "WHO?" That says it all about the 5 appearances he made on loan from Luton Town in the 2006/7 season.

Danny Hone might not be at Sincil Bank much longer. The young defender has been linked with moves to Aston Villa or Charlton Athletic and the 25 appearances he has made for the club might be all he ever makes. He also scored the winning goal against a Rochdale side who hadn't lost on the road at that point up until 7 months earlier.

The final player in this round up is Jeff Hughes. The Irish midfielder barely played at first under Keith Alexander but when he did, he turned out to be a very decent player, impressing many in his first season. However, his second season was far between and he only seemed to perform well when Sky were around. 11 goals in 68 appearances isn't bad though considering he came to us as a left back.