Reeco Hackett

Left Midfielder - Lincoln City
31 Jan 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Reeco Hackett

15 Edition

The Lincoln City Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

113 days out for Hansel Zapata after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Lincoln City will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match

7 unbeaten for Lincoln City

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Lincoln City did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Lamare Bogarde in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Lincoln City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Harrison Armstrong beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The terraces

One of their own: Harrison Armstrong

He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match

Lincoln City get the job done against Mansfield Town

A 1‑0 win over Mansfield Town, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

Jack Moylan was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.23. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Federico Ortiz

“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.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Joshua Roberts, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief

Back issues
11 Edition

The Lincoln City Post

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Hansel Zapata breaks a bone — 143 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 143 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Deji Elerewe is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad

Reeco Hackett signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Reeco Hackett and Lincoln City agree another 3 years.

The dugout

Adam Jackson gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Looking ahead

Tanto Olaofe faces his old club

Stockport County next, and one man in the Lincoln City dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

The dugout

Conor McGrandles has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Lincoln City will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

The manager makes Cristhian Medina a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Lincoln City. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

The dugout

Joe Gauci knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Lincoln City, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

George Wickens wants to know why he earns less

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Lincoln City have no good answer.

In brief

10 Edition

The Lincoln City Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

A defender's goal wins it for Lincoln City — 7.27

1 for Dom Jefferies, marked 7.27, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Match

Lincoln City rescue it on 89 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 89. Wycombe Wanderers had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Lincoln City

11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad

A place in the month's best eleven for Hansel Zapata

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Hansel Zapata has come out of that comparison in the side, and Lincoln City have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

Match

Lincoln City share the spoils with Wycombe Wanderers

A 1‑1 draw with Wycombe Wanderers leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

The dugout

Joshua Roberts: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Player ratings

Harrison Armstrong runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of James Collins

“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.

Squad

Yunus Emre Konak, 20, is the weekend’s best young player

Measured against every other kid in the division and first among them. The senior award is where Lincoln City would like this to lead.

In brief

8 Edition

The Lincoln City Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Reeco Hackett sends Lincoln City through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Reeco Hackett obliged against AFC Wimbledon. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Lincoln City.

Player ratings

Andrei Coubiş goes up and wins it — 7.39

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.39 for the rest of it.

Squad

Tempers go at Lincoln City

Lamare Bogarde was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Reeco Hackett has a hand in both — 7.87

One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.87, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.

Match

6 goals as Lincoln City and Cardiff City go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Lincoln City and Cardiff City, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

The terraces

One of their own: Ivan Varfolomeev

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Player ratings

Jack Moylan in the eights

A performance of 8.14 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Ivan Varfolomeev was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.06. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Match

Jack Moylan rescues a point for Lincoln City

It needed Jack Moylan to find the net to bring anything home at all: 3‑3 against Cardiff City, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

In brief