Lincolnshire derby

The Lincolnshire Derby, also known as the Lincs Derby, is the footballing rivalry between the teams in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England: Lincoln City, Boston United, Gainsborough Trinity, Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United.

This article is about the football rivalry in Lincolnshire. For the Lincolnshire-based pre-season football tournament, see Lincolnshire Senior Cup.

Lincolnshire Derby

Lincolnshire flag
Other names	Lincs Derby
Locale	Lincolnshire
Teams	Boston United, Gainsborough Trinity, Grimsby Town, Lincoln City, Scunthorpe United
First meeting	3 January 1884 Grimsby Town vs. Lincoln City[1] 11 December 1886 Lincoln City vs. Gainsborough Trinity[2] 25 December 1951 Grimsby Town vs. Scunthorpe United[3] 23 August 1950 Lincoln City v Scunthorpe United[4] 27 December 1993 Boston United v Gainsborough Trinity[5] 10 August 2004 Grimsby Town v Boston United[6] 5 September 1896 Grimsby Town v Gainsborough Trinity[7] 29 November 1930 Gainsborough Trinity v Scunthorpe United[8] 22 November 1975 Lincoln City v Boston United[9] 21 November 1953 Scunthorpe United v Boston United[10]
Latest meeting	19 January 2019 Lincoln City 1–0 Grimsby Town
Statistics
Most wins	Grimsby Town (85)
Largest victory	21 November 1953[11] Scunthorpe United 9–0 Boston United

History

Blundell Park,
Home of Grimsby Town since 1898.

Sincil Bank,
Home of Lincoln City since 1895.

Glanford Park,
Home of Scunthorpe Utd since 1988

York Street,
Home of Boston United since 1933.

The Northolme,
Home of Gainsborough Trinity since 1873.

The derby was contested on 3 January 1884 when Grimsby Town played Lincoln City[12] at Clee Park in Grimsby. Grimsby won the game 1–0. Scunthorpe United's first game was a 1–0 away defeat to Gainsborough Trinity in 1930. Trinity debuted themselves in 1886 against Lincoln City in a 2–2 draw in the FA Cup. Boston United debuted in 1953 with a 9–0 defeat against Scunthorpe United, which is the record score from a Lincolnshire derby.

In recent years the derby has tended to be between Grimsby Town and Lincoln City, due to them both playing in Football League Two and the Conference National and Gainsborough Trinity versus Boston United in the Conference North. Grimsby and Lincoln have faced each other in tiers 2 to 5 of the English football league system, making this rivalry the most enduring.

Games between Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United are also called and noted as the Humber Derby, which is a separate local rivalry shared between themselves and Hull City from the north bank of the Humber Estuary. Other Lincolnshire clubs also have minor derbys which are contested between the likes of Grantham Town, Spalding United, Lincoln United, Sleaford Town, Holbeach United, Boston Town, Stamford, Grimsby Borough, Louth Town, Bourne Town, Lincoln Moorlands Railway, Skegness Town, Cleethorpes Town and Nettleham, but all clubs play in divisions lower than the 6th tier of English football. In addition the five original teams are the only teams from the county who have ever played in the Football League.

Games played in the pre-season tournament the Lincolnshire Senior Cup do not count as Lincs derby as games in the competition are not viewed as competitive fixtures.

The most recent derby took place on 1 January 2018 with Gainsborough Trinity holding Boston United to a 1–1 draw at The Northolme, Gainsborough.[13]

Statistics and facts

Facts

• Most successful team in a Lincolnshire derby: Grimsby Town (85 wins)
• Most goals scored in Lincolnshire derbys: Grimsby Town (325 goals)
• Most goals conceded in Lincolnshire derbys: Lincoln City (350 goals)
• Most successful team from Lincolnshire: Grimsby Town (7 league titles, 1 domestic cup victory, 39 pre-season cup victories)
• Largest victory in a Lincolnshire derby: Scunthorpe United 9–0 Boston United (21 November 1953)
• Oldest team in Lincolnshire: Gainsborough Trinity (1873)
• Least successful team in a Lincolnshire derby: Boston United (15 wins)
• Club with most time spent in top tier of English football: Grimsby Town (12 seasons)
• Club with most time spent in second tier of English football: Grimsby Town (49 seasons)
• First club to play at Wembley Stadium: Brigg Town (1985)
• Team with most appearances at Wembley Stadium: Grimsby Town (7 times)
• Team with most appearances at the Millennium Stadium: Lincoln City (2 times)
• Largest attendance in Lincolnshire: 31,651, Grimsby Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers (FA Cup, 20 February 1937)
• Most successful team in the FA Cup: Grimsby Town (two semi-final appearances)
• Most successful team in the League Cup: Grimsby Town (Round 6)
• Most successful team in the Football League Trophy: Grimsby Town (winners, once in 1998) And Lincoln City (winners, once in 2018)
• Most successful team in the Lincolnshire Senior Cup: Grimsby Town and Lincoln City (winners, 38 times)

Goals scored

Statistics up-to-date as of 19 January 2019

Position	Club	Goals
1	Grimsby Town	339
2	Lincoln City	330
3	Scunthorpe United	174
4	Gainsborough Trinity	122
5	Boston United	74

Goals conceded

Statistics up-to-date as of 19 January 2019

Position	Club	Goals
1	Lincoln City	361
2	Grimsby Town	260
3	Scunthorpe United	199
4	Gainsborough Trinity	142
5	Boston United	69

Total results

Statistics up-to-date as of 21 December 2019

Grimsby Town vs. Lincoln City

Competition	Grimsby Town wins	Draws	Lincoln City wins
League & Cup	49	33	32

Grimsby Town vs. Scunthorpe United

Competition	Grimsby Town wins	Draws	Scunthorpe United wins
League & Cup	25	17	16

Lincoln City vs. Scunthorpe United

Competition	Lincoln City wins	Draws	Scunthorpe Utd wins
League & Cup	29	19	25

Boston United vs. Gainsborough Trinity

Competition	Boston United wins	Draws	Gainsborough Trinity wins
League & Cup	10	6	5

Lincoln City vs. Gainsborough Trinity

Competition	Lincoln City wins	Draws	Gainsborough Trinity wins
League & Cup	16	8	10

Grimsby Town vs. Gainsborough Trinity

Competition	Grimsby Town wins	Draws	Gainsborough Trinity wins
League & Cup	10	6	10

Scunthorpe United vs. Gainsborough Trinity

Competition	Scunthorpe United wins	Draws	Gainsborough Trinity wins
League & Cup	0	0	1

Boston United vs. Lincoln City

Competition	Boston United wins	Draws	Lincoln City wins
League & Cup	3	4	4

Scunthorpe United vs. Boston United

Competition	Scunthorpe United wins	Draws	Boston United wins
League & Cup	2	2	3

Boston United vs. Grimsby Town

Competition	Boston United wins	Draws	Grimsby Town wins
League & Cup	0	3	3

Club ladder

Below is a list of all notable football clubs in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire. The ladder is in order of what division clubs are in to what level. The current tier indicates what level the club compete at in the English football league system, the Highest tier box represents the highest tier that club has played their football at. The list also includes defunct clubs.

Position	Club	Current Tier	Highest Tier	Current League Name	District
1	Grimsby Town	4	1	Football League Two	North East Lincolnshire
2	Scunthorpe United	4	2	Football League Two	North Lincolnshire
3	Lincoln City	3	2	Football League One	Lincoln
4	Gainsborough Trinity	6	2	Northern Premier League Premier Division	West Lindsey
5	Boston United	7	4	National League North	Boston
6	Grantham Town	7	6	Northern Premier League Premier Division	South Kesteven
7	Lincoln United	8	7	Northern Premier League Division One East	Lincoln
8	Stamford	8	7	Northern Premier League Division One East	South Kesteven
9	Spalding United	8	7	Northern Premier League Division One East	South Holland
10	Boston Town	9	9	United Counties League Premier Division	Boston
11	Deeping Rangers	9	9	United Counties League Premier Division	South Kesteven
12	Blackstones	9	9	United Counties League Division One	South Kesteven
13	Lincoln Moorlands Railway	9	9	Northern Counties East League Premier Division	Lincoln
14	Sleaford Town	9	9	United Counties League Premier Division	North Kesteven
15	Winterton Rangers	9	9	Northern Counties East League Premier Division	North Lincolnshire
16	Barton Town Old Boys	9	9	Northern Counties East League Premier Division	North Lincolnshire
17	Holbeach United	9	9	United Counties League Premier Division	South Holland
18	Louth Town	10	10	Northern Counties East League Division One	East Lindsey
19	Grimsby Borough	10	10	Northern Counties East League Division One	North East Lincolnshire
20	Bourne Town	10	8	United Counties League Division One	South Kesteven
21	Appleby Frodingham	10	10	Northern Counties East League Division One	North Lincolnshire
22	Harrowby United	10	10	United Counties League Division One	South Kesteven
23	Bottesford Town	10	10	Northern Counties East League Division One	North Lincolnshire
24	Cleethorpes Town	10	10	Northern Counties East League Premier Division	North East Lincolnshire
25	Brigg Town	12	7	Lincolnshire League	North Lincolnshire
26	Long Sutton Athletic	12	10	Peterborough & District Football League Division One	South Holland
27	Nettleham	12	10	Lincolnshire League	West Lindsey
28	Skegness Town	12	10	Lincolnshire League	East Lindsey
29	Louth United	–	10	club is now defunct	East Lindsey

Last 20 meetings

Season	Competition	Venue	Game	Date	Home Scorers	Away Scorers
2018–19	Football League Two	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City 1–0 Grimsby Town	19 January 2019	Toffolo
2018–19	Football League Two	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town 1–1 Lincoln City	18 August 2018	Woolford	Akinde
2017–18	Football League Two	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City 3–1 Grimsby Town	17 March 2018	Frecklington, Green, Wharton	Davies
2017–18	Conference North	The Northolme	Gainsborough Trinity 1–1 Boston United	1 January 2018	Worsfold	Thompson
2017–18	Conference North	York Street	Boston United 2–0 Gainsborough Trinity	26 December 2017	Rollins, Abbott
2017–18	Football League Trophy	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United 2–1 Grimsby Town	3 October 2017	Hopper (2)	Jaiyesimi
2017–18	Football League Two	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town 0–0 Lincoln City	30 September 2017
2016–17	Conference North	The Northolme	Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 Boston United	1 January 2017	Reid	Rollins, Robinson
2016–17	Conference North	York Street	Boston United 1–1 Gainsborough Trinity	26 December 2016	Robinson	Evans
2015–16	Conference National	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town 2–0 Lincoln City	28 December 2015	Amond, Arnold
2015–16	Conference North	York Street	Boston United 1–0 Gainsborough Trinity	28 December 2015	Mills
2015–16	Conference National	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City 1–1 Grimsby Town	29 August 2015	Rhead	Bogle
2015–16	Conference North	The Northolme	Gainsborough Trinity 1–0 Boston United	29 August 2015	Bignall
2014–15	Conference North	York Street	Boston United 2–1 Gainsborough Trinity	21 March 2015	Jones, Southwell	Davis
2014–15	Conference National	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town 1–3 Lincoln City	28 December 2014	Disley	Adams, Power, Marshall
2014–15	Conference North	The Northolme	Gainsborough Trinity 1–1 Boston United	18 November 2014	Picton	Garner
2014–15	Conference National	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City 3–2 Grimsby Town	9 September 2014	Burrow, Newton, Bencherif	Disley, Pittman
2013–14	Conference North	York Street	Boston United 6–0 Gainsborough Trinity	1 February 2014	Newsham (3), Miller, Semple, Garner
2013–14	Conference National	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town 1–1 Lincoln City	1 January 2014	Thomas (OG)	Disley
2013–14	Conference National	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City 0–2 Grimsby Town	26 December 2013		Hannah, Disley

Crossing the divide

The following lists include players who have made appearances for both Lincolnshire sides. If a player has been signed for both clubs but failed to play for both as in the case of Joby Gowshall[14] or Andy Smith[15] for Lincoln City and Grimsby Town then they are not included. If a player has played for one, but failed to make an appearance for the other, then he is included. Players do not necessarily have to have played in a Lincolnshire derby to be included in this section.

Grimsby Town and Lincoln City

Player	Grimsby Town career			Lincoln City career
	Span	League apps	League goals	Span	League apps	League goals
Keith Alexander	1988–1990	83	26	1990–1994	45	4
Michael Appleton	1997	10	3	1995	4	0
Ian Baraclough	1991–1992	1	0	1992–1994	73	10
Kingsley Black	1996–2001	141	8	2000 2001–2002	5 32	0 5
Matthew Bloomer	1997–2001 2006 2007	12 3 9	0 0 0	2003–2006	89	3
Peter Bore	2006–2011	153	15	2012–	11	2
Adam Buckley	1998–2001	15	0	2001–2003	34	0
John Burridge	1995–1996	0	0	1993–1994	4	0
John Cockerill	1988–1992	107	19	1980 1982	0 0	0 0
Luke Cornwall	2001	10	4	2003	3	0
Gary Croft	1992–1996 2005–2007	172 61	4 0	2007–2008	14	0
Gary Crosby	1993	3	0	1986–1987	7	0
Bobby Cumming	1982–1987	365	58	1987–1988 1990–1991	25 4	12 0
Tony Daws	1993–1994	16	1	1994–1996	51	13
Matt Dickins	1994	0	0	1991–1992 1993	27 0	0 0
Robert Duffy	2011–2012	52	8	2012–	3	0
Anthony Elding	2011–	59	14	2009	15	3
David Felgate	1985–1987	36	0	1980–1985	198	0
Jimmy Fell	1956–1961	166	35	1963–1965	64	10
Terry Fleming	2004–2005	43	2	1995–2000	183	8
Rod Fletcher	1973–1975	12	1	1967–1971	90	29
Steve Foley	1983–1985	34	2	1994–1995	16	0
Jamie Forrester	1995–1997	50	7	2006–2008	90	35
Ben Futcher	2006	22	0	2002–2005	126	14
Scott Garner	2010–2012	31	3	2012–	5	0
Dave Gilbert	1989–1995 1997	259 5	41 0	1981–1982	32	1
Jimmy Gilligan	1985–1986	24	6	1982 1987	3 11	0 1
Martin Gritton	2004–2006	49	6	2006–2007	27	3
Peter Grotier	1985–1986	1	0	1974–1980	263	0
Paul Groves	1992–1996 1997–2004	184 270	38 33	1989	8	1
Ian Hamilton	1999	6	1	2001–2002	26	0
Gordon Hobson	1985–1986	52	18	1977–1985 1988–1990	272 61	73 23
Archie Hubbard	1910–1912			1912–1913
Phil Hubbard	1974–1975			1967–1971
William Jeffrey	1880s			1880s
Jason Lee	1997	7	2	1991–1993	93	21
Gary Lund	1983–1986	60	24	1986–1987	44	13
Junior Mendes	2006	15	0	2007	9	0
Bobby Mitchell	1978–1982			1988–1989
Andy Moore	1983–1987	65	1	1987–1988	35	1
George Moulson	194?–194?			193?–194?
Marc North	1987–1989 1991–1992	67 1	17 0	1984–1985	4	0
Walter Ponting	1930–1936	12	3	1938–1939	23	15
Anthony Pulis	2006–2007	9	0	2009–2010	7	0
Lee Ridley	2010–2011	39	0	2008	15	0
Pip Rippon	1911–1920	121	37	1920–1922	33	10
Jude Stirling	2010	4	0	2006	6	0
Steve Stoutt	1988–1990	3	0	1990–1991	46	1
Graham Taylor	1962–1968	189	2	1968–1972	150	1
Tyrone Thompson	2011	3	1	2002 2011–2012	1 19	0 1
Lee Thorpe	2004	6	0	1997–2002	192	57
Ciaran Toner	2005–2008	94	14	2004–2005	15	2
Ian Turner	1972–1974	26	0	1978	7	0
Phil Turner	1986–1988	62	7	1979–1986	239	18
John Ward	1981–1982	3	0	1970–1979 1982	240 1	91 0
Malcolm White	1958–1963	65	0	1964–1965	25	0

Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United

Player	Grimsby Town career			Scunthorpe United career
	Span	League apps	League goals	Span	League apps	League goals
John Ackroyd	1923			1920–1921
Ian Baraclough	1991–1992	1	0	2004–2008	134	9
Frank Barton	1973–1976	123	15	1964–1968	93	26
Terry Barwick	2005–2006	8	0	2000–2005	46	1
Peter Beagrie	2006	9	0	2001–2006	172	34
Mike Brolly	1976–1982	257	27	1983–1985	95	15
Andy Butler	2006	4	0	2002–2008	134	15
Paris Cowan-Hall	2010	3	0	2010–2011	1	0
Steve Croudson	1998–2003 2010–	6 8	0 0	2001	4	0
Tony Daws	1993–1994	16	0	1987–1993	183	63
Billy Duff	1960	3	0	1958–1960	0	0
Ashley Fickling	1995–1998	39	2	1998–2001	69	1
Rod Fletcher	1973–1975	12	1	1971–1973	98	30
Tony Ford	1975–1986 1991–1994	355 68	55 3	1994–1996	76	9
Jamie Forrester	1995–1997	41	6	1997–1999	101	37
Dave Gilbert	1989–1995 1997	259 5	41 0	1982	1	0
Paul Groves	1992–1996 1997–2004	184 270	38 33	2004	13	3
Ian Hamilton	1999	6	1	1988–1992	145	18
David Harney	1962–1967	60	10	1967–1969	52	8
Paul Harsley	1995–1997	0	0	1997–2001	128	5
Mark Hine	1984–1986	22	1	1991–1992	22	2
Morten Hyldgaard	2001	0	0	1999	5	0
Michael Jeffrey	2000–2002	47	2	2002	6	1
Rob Jones	2004–2006	60	5	2009–2011	42	2
Ian Knight	1989–1992	21	2	1989	2	0
Brian Laws	1994–1996	46	2	1997 1998	18	0
Mike Lester	1977–1979	48	10	1983–1986	106	9
Josh Lillis	2009	4	0	2006–2012	39	0
Shaleum Logan	2007	5	2	2007	4	0
Clint Marcelle	2004	4	0	1999	10	0
Steve Mildenhall	2005–2006	46	0	2012	9	0
Dave Mulligan	2007	6	0	2006–2008	24	1
Jimmy Neil	1994–1997	2	0	1997–1999	7	0
Tom Newey	2005–2009	147	3	2012–	24	0
Marc North	1987–1989 1991–1992	87 1	17 0	1986	5	2
Malcolm Partridge	1974–1979	138	25	1979–1982	97	21
Martin Paterson	2006–2007	15	6	2007–2008	40	13
Andy Pettinger	2002–2004	3	0	1999–2000	0	0
Michael Rankine	2012–	4	0	2004–2005	21	4
Lee Ridley	2010–2011	39	0	2000–2007	100	2
Craig Shakespeare	1993–1997	106	10	1997–1998	4	0
Dave Shearer	1983–1984	4	0	1988	16	7
Bobby Smith	1967–1968	52	1	1965–1967	82	12
Mark Smith	1991–1993	77	4	1985–1986 1993–1995	1 62	0 8
Dick Taylor	1938–1948	36	0	1948–1954	131	2
Robert Taylor	2002 2002–2003	4 1	1 1	2003	9	0
Peter Till	2006–2009	72	4	2005–2006	7	0
Conor Townsend	2011–2012 2015	27 9	1 1	2015 2016–	6 52	0 2
Liam Trotter	2008	15	2	2009	12	1
Jimmy Whitfield	1946–1949	29	7	1949–1951 1952–1955	16 104	6 25
Ron Wigg	1974–1976	63	12	1977–1979	50	7
Peter Winn	2012	10	0	2006–2010	4	0
Neil Woods	1990–1998	228	48	1998	2	0
Andrew Wright	2010 2012	9 4	1 1	2008–2012	87	0

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