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In my time following the Imps I have always liked Mickey Brown, probably because of what he did in that League Cup game against Derby County and their England Centre Forward Kevin Hector! He was also a very good right back.

It was some 36 or 37 years later that we signed the guy who I now believe to have been City's best ever No. 2...

Interestingly, he has the same initials...


Mark Bailey


Great player, great character, great clubman and great goal at Carlisle!!!


What do you all think?

We've got (another) new manager. Will he be a very good manager? I do hope so.

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Ghost Of Bob Cumming

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Nov 14 08 10:56 AM

My memory is failing me because I want to say Paul 'Sugar' Smith, but I'm suddenly uncertain that he was a right-back??

Why was he converted from a striker in the first place?

(Apologies, Posh, this hardly helps the spirit of the thread, I know)

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Nov 14 08 11:11 AM

Mark Bailey was good for a couple of years but Ian Branfoot was the classiest full back we have had in my time.

Honourable mentions to Paul Smith (Conference one), Jason Barnett and David Carr. Paul Green has the potential to be one of the best.

Branfoot for me.

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Nov 14 08 6:16 PM

The Greatest Dancer wrote:
Mark Bailey was good for a couple of years but Ian Branfoot was the classiest full back we have had in my time.

Honourable mentions to Paul Smith (Conference one), Jason Barnett and David Carr. Paul Green has the potential to be one of the best.

Branfoot for me.


Didn't Paul Casey play at right-back for us in the Conference? Signed from Boston, if I am not mistaken.

Fair point about Branfoot, though.

We've got (another) new manager. Will he be a very good manager? I do hope so.

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Nov 14 08 6:17 PM

Ghost Of Bob Cumming wrote:
My memory is failing me because I want to say Paul 'Sugar' Smith, but I'm suddenly uncertain that he was a right-back??

Why was he converted from a striker in the first place?

(Apologies, Posh, this hardly helps the spirit of the thread, I know)


We have had two Paul Smiths, haven't we? One a forward and one a full-back.

We've got (another) new manager. Will he be a very good manager? I do hope so.

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Nov 14 08 6:25 PM

Can only remember one Paul Smith and he was a striker who scored a few goals under Allan Clarke but made most of his appearances at right back.
Did he not sign for about 48 grand from Vale and represent us in the Rumbelows sprint challenge?
Steve Stoutt was also a rb brought in by Murph - always thought he was poor but mostly seemed to play mid.
Anyway remember Neil Smith - centre mid signed by Murph but never played.

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Nov 14 08 6:30 PM

Ghost Of Bob Cumming wrote:
My memory is failing me because I want to say Paul 'Sugar' Smith, but I'm suddenly uncertain that he was a right-back?? Why was he converted from a striker in the first place?


Paul 'Sugar' Smith converted to right back towards the end of 1989/90 season according to his legends profile but I can't remember why other that a lack of any other option (Paul Casey injured, Steve Stoutt less than impressive...?) The later Paul Smith, did he have the odd game as a wing-back?

For some reason I always thought Simeon Hodson was a classy fullback but I may be in the minority here.

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Nov 14 08 6:33 PM

jonderby wrote:
Did he not sign for about 48 grand from Vale and represent us in the Rumbelows sprint challenge?


Gosh, I remember that sprint challenge being on Saint and Greavsie. I true Lincoln tradition, he was knocked out in the first round.

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Nov 15 08 8:17 AM

Re: Lincoln City's best ever Right Back...

Posh Imp wrote:
In my time following the Imps I have always liked Mickey Brown, probably because of what he did in that League Cup game against Derby County and their England Centre Forward Kevin Hector! He was also a very good right back.

It was some 36 or 37 years later that we signed the guy who I now believe to have been City's best ever No. 2...

Interestingly, he has the same initials...


Mark Bailey


Great player, great character, great clubman and great goal at Carlisle!!!


What do you all think?

Didn't have you down as a person who liked violence on the pitch!wasn't it the same Mick Brown who was one of Tommy Doc's coaches at Manure.Was it his wife he left because of.
Mick Bloor who played in Taylor's team.

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Nov 15 08 8:57 AM

Re: Lincoln City's best ever Right Back...

spimps wrote:
Posh Imp wrote:
In my time following the Imps I have always liked Mickey Brown, probably because of what he did in that League Cup game against Derby County and their England Centre Forward Kevin Hector! He was also a very good right back.

It was some 36 or 37 years later that we signed the guy who I now believe to have been City's best ever No. 2...

Interestingly, he has the same initials...


Mark Bailey


Great player, great character, great clubman and great goal at Carlisle!!!


What do you all think?

Didn't have you down as a person who liked violence on the pitch!wasn't it the same Mick Brown who was one of Tommy Doc's coaches at Manure.Was it his wife he left because of.
Mick Bloor who played in Taylor's team.



Actually, I am not that kind of person, but I was a particularly impressionable 12 year old back then!

I am now beginning to realise that maybe Ian Branfoot was also a cracking right back and scored some super goals!

We've got (another) new manager. Will he be a very good manager? I do hope so.

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Nov 15 08 11:34 AM

Re: Lincoln City's best ever Right Back...

spimps wrote:
Posh Imp wrote:
In my time following the Imps I have always liked Mickey Brown, probably because of what he did in that League Cup game against Derby County and their England Centre Forward Kevin Hector! He was also a very good right back.

It was some 36 or 37 years later that we signed the guy who I now believe to have been City's best ever No. 2...

Interestingly, he has the same initials...


Mark Bailey


Great player, great character, great clubman and great goal at Carlisle!!!


What do you all think?

Didn't have you down as a person who liked violence on the pitch!wasn't it the same Mick Brown who was one of Tommy Doc's coaches at Manure.Was it his wife he left because of.
Mick Bloor who played in Taylor's team.

Cracking glasgow kiss though certainly upset old Cloughie.
23,000+ gate wasn't it?.
Didn't mick Brown beccome Tommy doc's trainer at Manure.

It's all up hill from here !
Le tour grande departe 2014 YORKSHIRE !

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Nov 15 08 1:30 PM

Re: Lincoln City's best ever Right Back...

spimps wrote:
spimps wrote:
Posh Imp wrote:
In my time following the Imps I have always liked Mickey Brown, probably because of what he did in that League Cup game against Derby County and their England Centre Forward Kevin Hector! He was also a very good right back.

It was some 36 or 37 years later that we signed the guy who I now believe to have been City's best ever No. 2...

Interestingly, he has the same initials...


Mark Bailey


Great player, great character, great clubman and great goal at Carlisle!!!


What do you all think?

Didn't have you down as a person who liked violence on the pitch!wasn't it the same Mick Brown who was one of Tommy Doc's coaches at Manure.Was it his wife he left because of.
Mick Bloor who played in Taylor's team.

Cracking glasgow kiss though certainly upset old Cloughie.
23,000+ gate wasn't it?.
Didn't mick Brown beccome Tommy doc's trainer at Manure.



23,147 and it rained! Boy, did it rain! I was under the shelter in the Clanford End. That game was scheduled to have been played the previous Wednesday, but the fog put paid to it, and I reckon we could have won it on that day! Derby went on to play Darlington in the Quarter Final and only beat them 5-4 if my memory serves me correctly. That's the closest we have ever been to a semi-final in a major competition in my lifetime!

We've got (another) new manager. Will he be a very good manager? I do hope so.

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Nov 15 08 4:02 PM

I want to say Ian Branfoot, but if I'm being honest at my age my memories are a bit "distant" and I'm not sure I fully appreciated his quality.

We've had a few good right backs I think but none that stand out - David Carr, Paul Casey, Paul "Sugar" Smith, Mark Bailey...

...I'm going to go with Clive Evans though. Maybe not the "best" but he was everything that we needed as a club during that Conference season. He never did anything outstanding but he made VERY few mistakes. He also scored quite a few times too.

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Nov 15 08 4:10 PM

In my lifetime I'd have to go with Mark Bailey. Cracking player with a great engine on him who much like the majority of the players who played under KA was willing to die for the cause.

A honourable mention to Jason Barnett though who was a cracking servant despite being somewhat limited ability wise in his latter years at the club.

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Nov 16 08 9:55 PM

Paul Casey for me. No mention of Nolan Keeley! I just like the name!

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Nov 17 08 3:48 AM

clan81 wrote:
Paul Casey for me. No mention of Nolan Keeley! I just like the name!


I thought Keeley played mainly at left back - maybe my brain is playing more tricks on me...

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Nov 17 08 9:18 AM

Big Jack McGinley wrote:


I thought Keeley played mainly at left back - maybe my brain is playing more tricks on me...


Definitely a left back. He had one pretty good season for us I seem to remember.

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Nov 17 08 10:33 PM

Brown, Branfoot, Barnett, Bailey,

Fav would have to be Barnett but not sure that he was best, that IMHO would be Branfoot, but not sure how much of that is down to the general performance of the team rather than the individual.

Jason was never the fittest, fastest, but had that something extra for me, not sure if that was loyalty or what, or if it was just that he was a nice bloke off the pitch.

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