Club News
City release inclusion report
City have released their annual report on equality, diversity and inclusion.
The report follows the creation of an external advisory group which looks to help the club engage further in the community.
With February a month to highlight diversity initiatives, the first-team will wear a rainbow captain’s armband for every game and use rainbow corner flags for all home fixtures. Coaching staff will also wear pin badges at every fixture.
The club will have a number of match themes focused on EDI matters before the end of the season.
The Lincolnshire Football Association are hosting a Football v Homophobia Festival at the LNER Stadium on Sunday. The tournament is now full, but spaces can be booked on their free question and answer session which runs from 3.30-6.30pm (click here to book).
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Lincoln City: Imps will look to overseas market in summer, says director of football Jez George
Lincoln City director of football Jez George says the club plans to exploit the overseas market in future to close the gap on teams with bigger budgets.
The Imps, who are 12th in League One, want to move away from being reliant on loan signings in transfer windows.
They want to bring in more players on permanent deals – but with the potential to be sold on in due course.
“We’ve done a lot of work, data-led, on every league across the world,” George told BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
“We actually got quite close to doing something in January.
“We identified a player who was potentially available and then it looked like it would be better for us to revisit it in the summer – a new financial year and we have a bit more flexibility over how we can spend budget.
“We’ve definitely got targets – there’s some random ones in terms of countries and nationalities but it’s an area where we’ve got to find an edge.”
- Listen to full Jez George interview on BBC Radio Lincolnshire’s Hope and Glory podcast
George added, however, that in any deal, the Imps had to aim to hit the “sweet spot” in terms of immediate impact and future development.
“We cannot bring a player in from somewhere across the world and they’re not ready to play in our first team,” he said.
“Equally, if we’re going to take that risk of relocating someone, we want to minimise the risk by there being a high reward – so we want it to be a player that we think can play (at a) higher (level) as well.
“We’ve got to spot them before everybody else or spot them in a pond in which not so many other people are fishing.
“Global recruitment gives us the opportunity to maybe find an edge against our competitors. We’re just trying to close that gap on those with more budget above us.”
George cited midfielder Ethan Erhahon, who was signed from Scottish club St Mirren for an undisclosed fee in January 2023, as the type of player who perfectly fitted their model.
