Lincoln

Founded in 1884, Lincoln City are the professional football club of the city of Lincoln and have played at Sincil Bank, known to fans as "The Bank", since 1895; since 2026 the ground has carried the sponsored name ProAmpac Stadium. Their nickname, the Imps, comes from the legend of the Lincoln Imp, and the team traditionally wear red-and-white striped shirts with black shorts.

Lincoln were founder members of the Football League Second Division in 1892 and have won the third tier four times: the Third Division North in 1931-32, 1947-48 and 1951-52, and League One in 2025-26 with a club-record 103 points. They also won the Fourth Division under Graham Taylor in 1975-76, League Two in 2018-19 and the EFL Trophy in 2018. In 1987 they became the first club to suffer automatic relegation from the Football League, but returned as Conference champions at the first attempt.