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O’S FANS MUST KEEP FAITH…

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 May 2017

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THIRTY YEARS ago this coming August, Lincoln City played their first game in the old Conference and were beaten 4-2 at Bar net in a serious shock to their systems. I know because I was there.
It all kicked off in Underhill’s main stand, one Imps fan hissing at the press box: “Well, they shouldn’t have put us in this f*****g league then, should they?” Four days later, it would get worse for the first club to be relegated automatically from the Football League under a new system when they lost 3-0 at Weymouth.
They must have seemed the darkest days in the club’s ...

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