The Lincoln City Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
Muller Fernandes breaks a bone — 121 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 121 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Yunus Emre Konak at 20 — 7.99
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Yunus Emre Konak did not need any: 7.99, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Lincoln City go back to the board over Ephron Mason-Clark
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $9.7M — a club that wants Ephron Mason-Clark enough to be asked twice.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ephron Mason-Clark
Lincoln City asked and Coventry City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match15 Aug 2026
Lincoln City get the job done against Plymouth Argyle
A 2‑1 win over Plymouth Argyle, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Yunus Emre Konak
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Andrei Coubiş
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jack James steps up from the Lincoln City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jack James 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
- Market One of our own: Steven Murray joins the Lincoln City first team
- Market Lincoln City promote Nicholas Wright from within
- Market Lincoln City promote Samuel Davis from within