The FPA guests for Saturday’s game against Peterborough United are Peter Costello, Andy Hutchinson and Trevor Swinburne.
Peter Costello
Peter Costello was an attacking player who appeared for both Peterborough United and the Imps during his career. He started out with Bradford City and then played for Rochdale before joining Posh in March 1991. Peter was loaned to the Imps six months later but returned to London Road after making three appearances. In September 1992 he arrived at Sincil Bank on a permanent transfer and appeared regularly in his first season at City, mainly in the number 10 shirt. He later played non-league football in Hong Kong before assisting Boston United when they won promotion into the Football League.
Debut v Carlisle United. away 14 September 1991
Lincoln City record
Football League: 31 appearances plus 10 as substitute, seven goals
FA Cup: two appearances, one goal
Football League Cup: two appearances, plus two as substitute
Other: four appearances, one goal
Andy Hutchinson
Andy Hutchinson was a local born striker who was a trainee with City and broke into the first-team at the end of the 2008/09 season. He was a teenager when he made his senior debut as a substitute against Luton Town and made his first start in the following game at Bradford City. He scored City’s only goal in a 2-1 defeat making a piece of history as he was just 17 years and 34 days old, making him the youngest player to score for City in a Football League game. Andy made further first-team appearances over the following two seasons before moving on and playing for Lincoln United.
Debut vs Luton Town, home 11 April 2009
Lincoln City record:
Football League: three appearances plus 16 as substitute, one goal
Football League Cup: one appearance as a substitute
Other: two appearances
Trevor Swinburne
Trevor Swinburne began his long goalkeeping career as an apprentice with Sunderland in the late 1960s and finished it with the Imps 20 years later. He was in the Sunderland team which won the FA Youth Cup in 1968/69 when they defeated West Bromwich Albion, despite losing the first leg 3-0. The Black Cats won the second leg 6-0 in a remarkable turnaround. During his time at Sunderland, he was under study to the great Jim Montgomery whose form restricted Trevor's first-team appearances. He then played for Brentford and Leeds United before signing for City in February 1986 as a replacement for Stuart Naylor. Trevor made regular appearances for the Imps until retiring in the summer of 1987. He was the first chairman of the Lincoln City Former Players Association when it was formed in 2017 and was the driving force in developing the organisation before stepping down from his role.
Lincoln City record:
Football League: 34 appearances
Football League Cup: three appearances
Football League Trophy: three appearances
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