LNER Stadium — Attraction in Lincoln

New Year's Day... Most right minded Championship fans would be sleeping off their hangovers, but not these two... Hindsight records that we rightly identified Lincoln City as the Football League's next new arrivals, and so two of us set off cross country, via Thetford, and Kings Lynn, to one of football's hidden gems... No supermarkets, no service station Ginsters, nothing until we reached Lincoln, and sampled a chip shop, in someone's front room... Heaven! Greasy chunky chips, hit the spot every time. The photos might show, that I was unsuccessful, cleaning my fingers and my screen, before buying the latest edition of the Demented Ferret... Got to love an old school ground, with an old school fanzine. Paid at the turnstile, and received two raffle tickets for different parts of the Main Stand, and ignored these, and just found the two best seats, together, which worked fine until about two minutes before kick off, when we were told that season tickets are marked with a sticker on the seats... Who knew? The bloke was fine, and let us sit together, rather than him sit between us, and talked to us for the next two hours, once he was satisfied that we weren't McCarthy spies, scouting for Ipswich's cup tie... We weren't, but if we had been, we didn't do a good job! Between us, we covered nearly forty years, and I've got to say, the time flew by, same as they goals flew into the Guisely net... Hope to renew old acquaintances next season... If you've not been, then you should, before they move, and ruin things... Love that air...

Bit of an odd shaped stadium with the small stand on one side of the pitch but plenty of character.

Away fans are sited in the stand behind the goal which is essentially just an old terrace with seats placed on it which means it's a little awkward for walking on. The stand generates a good atmosphere and is helped by the fact that Lincoln's vocal section is located at the nearest end of the stand to the right.

All the bar staff and stewards we encountered were incredibly friendly and helpful.

The bar is located just outside the turnstiles and serves a reasonable choice of drinks (1 cider, 2 or 3 lagers, 1 bitter/craft ale and a wine). Inside the ground are two stalls selling burgers, hot dogs, chips etc which...

After moving to Newark in January I wanted a local team to be able to go to. Instantly loved this place and the team. Been used to top division football all my life and I can honestly say, this is proper football now. Real fans, salt of the earth people. Lovely city of Lincoln in the back drop and a place not only that I take my kids but even happy there by myself watching the game. Love the stadium and the uniqueness of it and seeing proper footballers who are there to put it in and play for their pay cheques instead of absolute money stealing ponies on £300k a week moaning that they have to play twice a week! Love this club already. Wish I'd been here...