Mark Evans

Central Defender - Lincoln City U18
12 Feb 2028
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The Lincoln City Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets

Lincoln City rebuffed over Jayden Danns

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Liverpool have kept their man, and Lincoln City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Boardroom

Lincoln City go back to the board over Riquelme Thompson-Jones

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $161.0K — a club that wants Riquelme Thompson-Jones enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets

Jayden Danns will not be coming to Lincoln City

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Liverpool is saying, and nobody at Lincoln City is enjoying the guessing.

Boardroom

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Lincoln City

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Player ratings

Chiedozie Ogbene beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

Plymouth Argyle take the points off Lincoln City

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

No hiding place for Tanto Olaofe

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tanto Olaofe, and the manager let it.

Market

Lincoln City promote Luke Hunter from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luke Hunter has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Luke Allen steps up from the Lincoln City academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luke Allen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief