# 2009–10 Lincoln City F.C. season

The 2009–10 season saw Lincoln City compete in Football League Two where they finished in 20th position with 50 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 68 | 73 | −5 | 55 |
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 54 |
| 20 | Lincoln City | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 50 |
| 21 | Barnet | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 48 |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 48 |

## Results

Lincoln City's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Two

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 8 August 2009 | Barnet | H | 1–0 | 3,753 | Kovács |
| 2 | 15 August 2009 | Accrington Stanley | A | 0–1 | 1,498 | |
| 3 | 18 August 2009 | Bradford City | A | 2–0 | 11,242 | Howe, Fagan |
| 4 | 22 August 2009 | Burton Albion | H | 0–2 | 3,590 | |
| 5 | 29 August 2009 | Dagenham & Redbridge | A | 0–3 | 1,810 | |
| 6 | 5 September 2009 | Darlington | H | 3–0 | 3,005 | Howe (2), Fagan |
| 7 | 12 September 2009 | AFC Bournemouth | A | 1–3 | 3,785 | Fagan |
| 8 | 19 September 2009 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 0–2 | 3,234 | |
| 9 | 26 September 2009 | Bury | A | 0–2 | 2,554 | |
| 10 | 29 September 2009 | Notts County | H | 0–3 | 5,527 | |
| 11 | 3 October 2009 | Aldershot Town | H | 1–0 | 4,131 | Torres |
| 12 | 10 October 2009 | Macclesfield Town | A | 1–0 | 2,006 | Howe |
| 13 | 17 October 2009 | Northampton Town | A | 0–1 | 4,341 | |
| 14 | 24 October 2009 | Torquay United | H | 0–0 | 3,604 | |
| 15 | 31 October 2009 | Morecambe | A | 1–3 | 1,701 | Howe |
| 16 | 14 November 2009 | Cheltenham Town | H | 1–1 | 3,008 | Clarke |
| 17 | 21 November 2009 | Grimsby Town | H | 0–0 | 4,981 | |
| 18 | 24 November 2009 | Rotherham United | A | 0–2 | 2,901 | |
| 19 | 1 December 2009 | Port Vale | H | 1–2 | 2,569 | Martin (o.g.) |
| 20 | 5 December 2009 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–0 | 3,623 | |
| 21 | 12 December 2009 | Rochdale | H | 1–3 | 3,293 | Herd |
| 22 | 26 December 2009 | Chesterfield | H | 2–1 | 4,604 | Hughton, Facey |
| 23 | 16 January 2010 | Barnet | A | 2–1 | 1,810 | Hughton, John-Lewis |
| 24 | 23 January 2010 | Bradford City | H | 2–1 | 3,803 | Herd, Gilmour |
| 25 | 27 January 2010 | Burton Albion | A | 0–1 | 2,109 | |
| 26 | 2 February 2010 | Hereford United | A | 0–2 | 1,429 | |
| 27 | 6 February 2010 | Chesterfield | A | 1–2 | 3,573 | Swaibu |
| 28 | 9 February 2010 | Darlington | A | 1–1 | 1,697 | Hone |
| 29 | 13 February 2010 | Rotherham United | H | 1–2 | 4,152 | Lennon |
| 30 | 16 February 2010 | Accrington Stanley | H | 2–1 | 2,779 | Lennon, Kempson (o.g.) |
| 31 | 20 February 2010 | Grimsby Town | A | 2–2 | 6,395 | Herd, Gilmour |
| 32 | 23 February 2010 | Port Vale | A | 0–4 | 3,231 | |
| 33 | 27 February 2010 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 1–1 | 3,110 | Somma |
| 34 | 6 March 2010 | Rochdale | A | 1–1 | 3,453 | Herd |
| 35 | 12 March 2010 | Hereford United | H | 3–1 | 6,012 | Somma, Saunders (2) |
| 36 | 16 March 2010 | Dagenham & Redbridge | H | 1–1 | 2,457 | Somma |
| 37 | 20 March 2010 | Torquay United | A | 3–2 | 2,547 | Somma (2), Hughton |
| 38 | 27 March 2010 | Northampton Town | H | 1–1 | 3,964 | Saunders |
| 39 | 3 April 2010 | Cheltenham Town | A | 0–1 | 3,708 | |
| 40 | 5 April 2010 | Morecambe | H | 1–3 | 3,109 | Hughton |
| 41 | 10 April 2010 | AFC Bournemouth | H | 2–1 | 3,040 | Somma (2) |
| 42 | 13 April 2010 | Notts County | A | 1–3 | 7,501 | Lennon |
| 43 | 17 April 2010 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 0–1 | 4,932 | |
| 44 | 24 April 2010 | Bury | H | 1–0 | 3,403 | Somma |
| 45 | 1 May 2010 | Aldershot Town | A | 1–3 | 4,506 | Somma |
| 46 | 8 May 2010 | Macclesfield Town | H | 0–0 | 3,291 | |

### FA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 7 November 2009 | AFC Telford United | A | 3–1 | 2,809 | Torres, Clarke, Brown |
| R2 | 28 November 2009 | Northwich Victoria | A | 3–1 | 3,000 | Fagan, Clarke (2) |
| R3 | 2 January 2010 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0–4 | 11,193 | |

### Football League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 11 August 2009 | Barnsley | H | 0–1 | 3,653 | |

### Football League Trophy

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 1 September 2009 | Darlington | A | 0–1 | 828 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Rob Burch | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Paul Green | 13(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(2) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Aaron Brown | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | János Kovács | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Moses Swaibu | 29(5) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32(5) | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Danny Hone | 16(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17(1) | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Stefan Oakes | 11(5) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(5) | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Richard Butcher | 10(5) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(5) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Paul Connor | 8(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10(7) | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Chris Fagan | 10(3) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 12(5) | 3 |
| 11 | MF | Scott Kerr | 36(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39(3) | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Ian Pearce | 5(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(6) | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Lenell John-Lewis | 7(17) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 8(19) | 1 |
| 15 | DF | David Stephens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Jamie Clarke | 14(6) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(6) | 4 |
| 15 | FW | Drewe Broughton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Steven Lennon | 15(4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15(4) | 3 |
| 16 | DF | Joe Heath | 3(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Sam Clucas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Davide Somma | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 |
| 18 | FW | Rene Howe | 14(3) | 5 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17(4) | 5 |
| 19 | MF | Shane Clarke | 21(8) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25(8) | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Paul Musselwhite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | James Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Sergio Torres | 7(1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(1) | 2 |
| 22 | DF | Adam Watts | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Clark Keltie | 9(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(2) | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Anthony Pulis | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Nathan Adams | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Cian Hughton | 41 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 4 |
| 26 | FW | Andy Hutchinson | 0(10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(10) | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Khano Smith | 4(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Eric Lichaj | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Kern Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Luca Coleman-Carr | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Michael Gordon | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Lee Bennett | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Nathan Baker | 17(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(1) | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Chris Herd | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 35 | MF | Brian Gilmour | 14(2) | 2 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15(3) | 2 |
| 36 | FW | Delroy Facey | 9(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(1) | 1 |
| 37 | FW | Michael Uwezu | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Joe Anderson | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Matthew Saunders | 17(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(1) | 3 |