Lincoln - Facts.

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:55 pm

The 16th president of the United States of America was called Abraham Lincoln.

Paulclaret · Post by **Paulclaret** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:58 pm

Lincoln cathedral was the tallest building in the world for 238 years!

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:58 pm

They are a type of biscuit

StuffyClaret · Post by **StuffyClaret** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:58 pm

They went out of the league when we didn't

dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:58 pm

When we beat orient. Lincoln got relegated

AshevilleNCClaret · Post by **AshevilleNCClaret** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:59 pm

It is also the capital of Nebraska

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:00 pm

Robin Hood used to dress in Lincoln green. Allegedly

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:00 pm

we play them in the FA Cup 5th round

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:02 pm

I went when we played them in the cup at Sincel Bank 1 1 and we won thr replay 2 0.

Longsider · Post by **Longsider** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:02 pm

Have a club called district where good tech house music can be heard.

A.Claret.Fan · Post by **A.Claret.Fan** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:03 pm

winsomeyen wrote:Robin Hood used to dress in Lincoln green. Allegedly

...and tights

Saxoman · Post by **Saxoman** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:04 pm

StuffyClaret wrote:They went out of the league when we didn't

Yet still exist.. Why do folk think Burnley would have gone to the wall? Drama queenery..

Marlonspants · Post by **Marlonspants** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:04 pm

Nobody from Lincoln has ever committed murder.

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:05 pm

Footy club nicknamed The Imps after a stone sculpture of one such on the cathedral. Legend is that a real imp was sent to Lincoln to do mischief but was turned into stone by an angel.
Seems a plausible story- I'm sure Lincolnshire was full of imps and angels back in times of yore.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:05 pm

Some of their fans are going to become so far removed from reality we may need to send out search parties wearing surgical gloves.

Deardeary · Post by **Deardeary** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:05 pm

Lincoln Park have sold a lot of albums

kentonclaret · Post by **kentonclaret** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:06 pm

Lincoln is a division of the Ford Motor Company making luxury cars.

Deardeary · Post by **Deardeary** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:09 pm

They also have a 's Inn somewhere in the big smoke

Longsider · Post by **Longsider** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:10 pm

When I last went to thier ground they had a Muppet who would sound an air raid siren every time they got a free kick or corner. I bet he has progressed to a drum.

StuffyClaret · Post by **StuffyClaret** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:10 pm

Lincoln United play in the Northern Premier League Division One South

Garnerssoap · Post by **Garnerssoap** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:18 pm

Winston white scored a hattrick there

MrTopTier · Post by **MrTopTier** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:19 pm

The first barcode was scanned in Lincoln.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:20 pm

They're absolutely sh*t and we're going to walk through the tinpot minnows, there's a FACT for you.

Garnerssoap · Post by **Garnerssoap** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:20 pm

We were top a couple of years after the orient game (early in season) . They turned up and smashed us 1 - 4

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:21 pm

Lincoln College is in Oxford

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:23 pm

94% of the female population doesn't have a clue where the place is.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:24 pm

Lincoln was broken out of Fox River prison by his brother Michael

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:25 pm

Lincoln once had a player named Willie Gamble, who came on as sub in a 4th division game at the Turf when they pasted us 4-1(?). B****rds! Willie got a massive cheer from the Clarets fans when his name was announced. Think it was around 1989?

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:25 pm

My father in law's middle name is Lincoln.

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:26 pm

We played them in the cup in 1959/60. Hope we doas well in the league this time around

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:29 pm

There is a silent "L" in Lincoln, and therefore it should be pronounced Incoln.

Marney&Mee · Post by **Marney&Mee** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:31 pm

Lincoln is home to both the World See-Saw Champion and the One Legged Arse Kicking Number 1..

CrispyClaret · Post by **CrispyClaret** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:32 pm

Superb tea rooms on the steep hill, Buntys, I highly recommend it, stunning cakes and staff

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:35 pm

I used to live there. Twice.

Man of Kent · Post by **Man of Kent** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:35 pm

It's a networking tool to find connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts and business partners.

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:36 pm

Additionally, Steep Hill is very steep.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:36 pm

Lincoln is a prick

Siddo · Post by **Siddo** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:37 pm

We played them away in the mid 70's , might have been a cup game. One of their guys fought one of our top guys and wiped the floor with him on a village green outside a pub. Afterwards, he thanked our prostrate hero, as he told us that no one else down there would fight him!

Another of our supporters who was never involved in any trouble was hospitalised after the game when around 10 of theirs jumped him.

We aren't looking for revenge now we are all in our sixties!

Chester Perry · Post by **Chester Perry** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:37 pm

Deardeary wrote:They also have a 's Inn somewhere in the big smoke

With its own fields for playing footy on

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:38 pm

AshevilleNCClaret wrote:It is also the capital of Nebraska

Yes one of three state capitals named after former presidents.

turbo5 · Post by **turbo5** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:38 pm

A lot of them work in the potatoooooo industry

Deardeary · Post by **Deardeary** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:41 pm

Lincoln was formed after invading hordes from the North en route to a race meet at Market Rasen stopped for a pint in the locality. After becoming disorientated due to the lack of a hill of any note they decided to return home, but not before naming the place after their home town "Colne"

CleggHall · Post by **CleggHall** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:41 pm

1960 FA Cup tie v us had a famousish player Andy Graver?

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:43 pm

Lincoln used to play in green but Robin Hood and his Merry Men stole that colour and they had to switch to red stripes.

holycustard · Post by **holycustard** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:45 pm

Lincoln is spelt differntly to Burnley AND I CANT SPELL differently

FulledgeClaret · Post by **FulledgeClaret** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:45 pm

Stayingup wrote:Yes one of three state capitals named after former presidents.

There are 4 Jackson Mississippi, Jefferson city Missouri, Lincoln Nebraska, Madison Wisconsin

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:47 pm

Fittingly for a city which started out as a fortress, Lincoln’s contribution to modern warfare was the invention of the tank. Built by William Foster & Co during World War One, the very first tanks were tested on the area now occupied by Tritton Road.

MrHungry · Post by **MrHungry** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:48 pm

The first 'classic' flat race of the horse racing season!

Marney&Mee · Post by **Marney&Mee** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:50 pm

They were one of the first teams to buy players from abroad. In the 1930's their midfield boasted;
Rich Beef Stew (American box to boxer)
Fanny Pantilinenen
Heinz Big Soup (German enforcer)
Gay Abandon

kentonclaret · Post by **kentonclaret** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:51 pm

The first police woman in Britain to be given powers of arrest was Edith Smith who patrolled the streets of Grantham over 100 years ago.