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Chris Dunlavy: Sad all Dover, but now Lincoln City feel on top of the world

Ten years ago last weekend, 743 people watched Lincoln City get annihilated 4-1 by Dover Athletic in a National League game at the Crabble.

Lincoln City defender Tendayi Darikwa

 

Ten years ago last weekend, 743 people watched Lincoln City get annihilated 4-1 by Dover Athletic in a National League game at the Crabble.
By then, Imps supporters were inured to disappointment and humiliation.
Five straight seasons in the fifth tier of English football hadn’t yielded a single top-half finish, let alone any prospect of promotion.
There were spankings at Welling, Halifax and Tamworth. FA Trophy exits to Carshalton Athletic, North Ferriby United and Bradford Park Avenue. The halcyon days of Graham Taylor and Percy Freeman felt like a mirage.
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Money was scarce, too...

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