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ELO Club History

This page shows the ELO score history of the selected club - mapping their best and worst sides of all time, and their most unlikely victories and defeats based on their ELO score.

Inspired by ClubELO.com, the ELO rating system is a method of calculating and comparing the relative strengths of teams in competition. For every match played, the ELO scores of the two teams are considered, and adjusted for other factors (such as home advantage), to calculate the likelihood of the match result. When the actual result of the game is known, the ELO score is adjusted accordingly, comparing the expected outcome of the game with the actual outcome - so a victory over Manchester United will be worth more points than one over Supermarine. The resulting ELO score can be used to compare the strengths of teams over time, and to project future results based on the current form of all teams.

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Lincoln City

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Lincoln City's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

A list of the top 15 Lincoln City sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year Date Recorded ELO Score
1956 Monday August 27th, 1956 3,857.86
1912 Saturday December 7th, 1912 3,840.18
1902 Saturday October 18th, 1902 3,830.48
1955 Saturday December 24th, 1955 3,829.48
1953 Saturday October 3rd, 1953 3,823.87
1901 Thursday December 26th, 1901 3,819.29
1913 Saturday January 4th, 1913 3,815.51
1952 Saturday September 6th, 1952 3,804.38
1960 Saturday April 23rd, 1960 3,798.26
1982 Saturday November 13th, 1982 3,793.25
1957 Saturday January 5th, 1957 3,779.53
1983 Monday January 3rd, 1983 3,779.00
1903 Saturday January 3rd, 1903 3,777.55
1959 Saturday December 26th, 1959 3,775.23
1932 Saturday December 3rd, 1932 3,772.92

Worst Teams in History

A list of the worst 15 Lincoln City sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year Date Recorded ELO Score
2012 Saturday March 17th, 2012 3,270.71
2013 Saturday March 16th, 2013 3,276.76
1966 Friday March 18th, 1966 3,290.91
2011 Friday October 21st, 2011 3,294.13
2014 Wednesday January 1st, 2014 3,299.05
2016 Saturday April 30th, 2016 3,321.30
2015 Saturday April 25th, 2015 3,324.71
1965 Monday April 19th, 1965 3,342.35

Significant Victories

A list of the twenty most significant victories in Lincoln City history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match Win % Score ELO +/-
Millwall (3,712) vs. Lincoln City (3,175)
Saturday January 8th, 1921 		2.27% 0-3 +34.2
Lincoln City (3,472) vs. Brighton and Hove Albion (4,005)
Saturday January 28th, 2017 		5.41% 3-1 +14.2
Burnley (4,025) vs. Lincoln City (3,497)
Saturday February 18th, 2017 		3.74% 0-1 +14.4
Lincoln City (3,417) vs. Newcastle United (3,910)
Wednesday September 13th, 1967 		9.67% 2-1 +18.1
Lincoln City (3,431) vs. Crystal Palace (3,908)
Tuesday September 20th, 1994 		8.77% 1-0 +9.1
Lincoln City (3,421) vs. Manchester City (3,890)
Tuesday September 17th, 1996 		8.92% 4-1 +15.9
Lincoln City (3,394) vs. Hull City (3,857)
Wednesday August 24th, 1966 		11.20% 1-0 +17.8
Manchester City (3,880) vs. Lincoln City (3,431)
Tuesday September 24th, 1996 		4.91% 0-1 +9.5
Lincoln City (3,401) vs. Huddersfield Town (3,846)
Wednesday September 14th, 1966 		12.29% 2-1 +17.5
Lincoln City (3,568) vs. Stoke City (4,002)
Wednesday September 10th, 1975 		12.93% 2-1 +17.4
Lincoln City (3,670) vs. Tottenham Hotspur (4,060)
Wednesday October 26th, 1983 		15.26% 2-1 +16.9
Lincoln City (3,472) vs. Ipswich Town (3,813)
Tuesday January 17th, 2017 		14.71% 1-0 +8.5
Lincoln City (3,524) vs. Newton Heath (3,858)
Saturday November 6th, 1897 		23.77% 1-0 +15.2
Lincoln City (3,544) vs. Manchester City (3,861)
Saturday March 19th, 1898 		25.52% 2-1 +14.9
Lincoln City (3,599) vs. Derby County (3,904)
Friday April 17th, 1908 		26.37% 1-0 +14.7
Lincoln City (3,719) vs. Manchester United (4,020)
Saturday February 11th, 1905 		27.61% 3-0 +25.3
Lincoln City (3,480) vs. Sheffield United (3,770)
Tuesday September 5th, 2000 		21.70% 1-0 +7.8
Lincoln City (3,541) vs. Sunderland (3,824)
Wednesday September 9th, 1970 		26.36% 2-1 +14.7
Lincoln City (3,494) vs. Manchester City (3,776)
Tuesday October 20th, 1998 		22.49% 2-1 +15.5
Lincoln City (3,430) vs. Torquay United (3,709)
Wednesday October 11th, 1967 		26.82% 4-2 +22.0

Significant Defeats

A list of the twenty most significant defeats in Lincoln City history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match Win % Score ELO +/-
Chippenham Town (3,153) vs. Lincoln City (3,661)
Saturday November 5th, 2022 		93.76% 1-0 -9.4
Scarborough (3,209) vs. Lincoln City (3,711)
Saturday December 13th, 1930 		89.48% 6-4 -26.8
Lincoln City (3,780) vs. Peterborough United (3,308)
Wednesday January 9th, 1957 		96.55% 4-5 -19.3
New Brighton (3,399) vs. Lincoln City (3,768)
Saturday February 6th, 1932 		79.81% 2-1 -16.0
Hartlepool United (3,437) vs. Lincoln City (3,793)
Saturday November 20th, 1982 		82.13% 3-0 -28.7
York City (3,399) vs. Lincoln City (3,735)
Tuesday August 31st, 1982 		80.28% 2-1 -16.1
Yorkshire Amateur (3,168) vs. Lincoln City (3,485)
Saturday November 17th, 1945 		74.84% 1-0 -15.0
Lincoln City (3,580) vs. Workington (3,269)
Saturday November 29th, 1947 		91.92% 0-2 -27.6
Telford United (3,336) vs. Lincoln City (3,613)
Tuesday November 20th, 1984 		74.20% 2-1 -14.8
Wrexham (3,460) vs. Lincoln City (3,726)
Tuesday December 25th, 1951 		72.67% 4-2 -21.8
Barrow (3,464) vs. Lincoln City (3,730)
Saturday February 7th, 1931 		68.54% 3-2 -13.7
Lincoln City (3,751) vs. Harrogate Town (3,487)
Tuesday August 13th, 2024 		85.00% 1-2 -8.5
Crewe Alexandra (3,466) vs. Lincoln City (3,729)
Saturday March 14th, 1931 		68.17% 2-0 -20.5
Halifax Town (3,464) vs. Lincoln City (3,725)
Monday April 6th, 1931 		68.10% 3-2 -13.6
Hartlepools United (3,437) vs. Lincoln City (3,698)
Tuesday December 25th, 1928 		68.14% 3-2 -13.6
Barrow (3,381) vs. Lincoln City (3,637)
Saturday December 7th, 1929 		67.38% 2-1 -13.5
Lincoln City (3,695) vs. Wigan Borough (3,444)
Saturday August 25th, 1928 		89.90% 1-3 -27.0
Rochdale (3,376) vs. Lincoln City (3,626)
Tuesday November 4th, 1980 		70.41% 1-0 -14.1
Rochdale (3,378) vs. Lincoln City (3,624)
Saturday December 29th, 1934 		65.92% 2-0 -19.8
Hartlepools United (3,499) vs. Lincoln City (3,745)
Saturday May 7th, 1932 		66.04% 4-3 -13.2

Opponents

A complete listing of Lincoln City's fortunes against all opponents that they have played ten or more matches against - ranked from most to least successful, based on the average ELO points gained or lost in each match.

# Opponent P W D L Avg ELO +/-
1 Braintree Town Braintree 12 10 1 1 +12.31
2 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 20 10 3 7 +6.86
3 Ashington Ashington 16 11 1 4 +5.47
4 Workington Workington 25 14 8 3 +4.31
5 Sunderland Sunderland 16 6 4 6 +4.01
6 Manchester United Man Utd 28 11 4 13 +3.24
7 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 10 4 1 5 +3.17
8 Hereford Hereford 42 21 11 10 +2.73
9 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 50 19 15 16 +2.72
10 Burton United Burton United 12 7 2 3 +2.50
11 Macclesfield Macclesfield 45 23 12 10 +2.38
12 Newcastle United Newcastle United 11 4 0 7 +1.88
13 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 40 14 11 15 +1.81
14 Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough 34 16 8 10 +1.72
15 Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers 22 8 7 7 +1.63
16 Barnet Barnet 36 17 6 13 +1.59
17 Gateshead AFC Gateshead 31 18 5 8 +1.58
18 Barrow Barrow 68 39 13 16 +1.57
19 Stevenage Stevenage 11 5 3 3 +1.47
20 Forest Green Rovers Forest Green 19 9 4 6 +1.45
21 Carlisle United Carlisle United 74 36 15 23 +1.34
22 Cardiff City Cardiff City 28 11 5 12 +1.33
23 Leicester City Leicester City 58 21 5 32 +1.31
24 Torquay United Torquay United 68 32 13 23 +1.31
25 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 115 48 33 34 +1.22
26 Reading Reading 28 10 11 7 +1.21
27 Southport Southport 79 35 21 23 +1.19
28 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 19 3 8 8 +1.16
29 Burton Swifts Burton Swifts 18 6 6 6 +1.12
30 Fulham Fulham 47 14 9 24 +1.08
31 Manchester City Man City 23 9 0 14 +1.08
32 Liverpool Liverpool 24 5 5 14 +1.04
33 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 23 6 7 10 +0.97
34 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 68 28 18 22 +0.96
35 Gateshead Gateshead 13 4 6 3 +0.87
36 Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town 11 4 4 3 +0.83
37 Accrington Stanley Accrington 64 31 14 19 +0.82
38 Hull City Hull City 81 29 19 33 +0.73
39 Brentford Brentford 47 19 10 18 +0.71
40 Swansea City Swansea City 56 23 12 21 +0.71
41 Chesterfield Chesterfield 104 39 25 40 +0.69
42 Boston United Boston Utd 13 6 4 3 +0.69
43 Wigan Borough Wigan Borough 23 13 3 7 +0.68
44 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 22 7 6 9 +0.67
45 Loughborough Loughborough 10 5 0 5 +0.65
46 Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers 29 10 6 13 +0.65
47 Nelson Nelson 18 9 3 6 +0.62
48 Durham City Durham City 14 8 0 6 +0.55
49 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 53 21 11 21 +0.54
50 New Brighton New Brighton 44 24 4 16 +0.52
51 Arsenal Arsenal 27 6 7 14 +0.49
52 Maidstone United Maidstone United 10 5 2 3 +0.48
53 Millwall Millwall 19 5 4 10 +0.43
54 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 22 5 8 9 +0.30
55 Cambridge United Cambridge United 50 18 18 14 +0.26
56 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 75 29 20 26 +0.17
57 Wrexham Wrexham 99 37 28 34 +0.14
58 Northampton Town Northampton Town 61 19 26 16 +0.12
59 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 23 10 3 10 +0.07
60 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 63 22 18 23 +0.06
61 Port Vale Port Vale 90 35 23 32 +0.02
62 Burnley Burnley 54 17 11 26 +0.02
63 Morecambe Morecambe 18 8 5 5 +0.01
64 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 28 8 5 15 +0.00
65 Exeter City Exeter City 70 28 21 21 +0.00
66 Darlington Darlington 113 44 34 35 -0.01
67 AFC Telford United Telford 11 5 4 2 -0.01
68 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 76 25 22 29 -0.13
69 FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town 87 40 18 29 -0.13
70 Barnsley Barnsley 76 25 16 35 -0.17
71 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 108 43 30 35 -0.23
72 Stockport County Stockport County 112 42 26 44 -0.26
73 Scarborough Athletic Scarborough Ath. 21 6 10 5 -0.34
74 AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon 12 4 4 4 -0.43
75 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 53 19 14 20 -0.44
76 Sheffield United Sheffield United 25 7 4 14 -0.45
77 Walsall Walsall 72 26 19 27 -0.47
78 Leeds United Leeds United 13 3 3 7 -0.49
79 Chester Chester 92 38 22 32 -0.50
80 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic 31 12 5 14 -0.50
81 Darwen Darwen 12 4 2 6 -0.51
82 Bradford City Bradford 83 28 22 33 -0.52
83 Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town 31 11 8 12 -0.58
84 Oxford United Oxford United 40 16 5 19 -0.61
85 Milton Keynes Dons MK Dons 16 4 5 7 -0.62
86 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 112 32 32 48 -0.64
87 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 27 10 7 10 -0.64
88 Rochdale Rochdale 114 42 33 39 -0.65
89 Leeds City Leeds City 16 3 7 6 -0.79
90 Bury Bury 76 21 24 31 -0.86
91 Gillingham Gillingham 52 17 13 22 -0.86
92 Preston North End Preston North End 40 11 9 20 -0.93
93 West Ham United West Ham United 23 6 6 11 -0.94
94 York City York City 88 31 24 33 -0.96
95 Hartlepool United Hartlepool United 107 45 24 38 -1.22
96 Glossop North End Glossop North End 28 10 6 12 -1.23
97 Colchester United Colchester United 42 14 10 18 -1.24
98 Luton Town Luton Town 40 6 13 21 -1.26
99 Newport County Newport County 50 18 14 18 -1.29
100 Southend United Southend United 47 13 14 20 -1.40
101 Stoke City Stoke City 28 6 4 18 -1.49
102 Bristol City Bristol City 37 10 8 19 -1.57
103 Peterborough United Peterborough United 54 14 18 22 -1.60
104 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 51 13 14 24 -1.67
105 Southampton Southampton 17 2 5 10 -1.75
106 Aldershot Town Aldershot 47 14 14 19 -1.77
107 Swindon Town Swindon 22 6 7 9 -1.84
108 Burton Albion Burton Albion 16 7 1 8 -2.01
109 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 28 7 3 18 -2.07
110 Coventry City Coventry City 14 4 2 8 -2.12
111 Notts County Notts County 69 17 17 35 -2.13
112 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 29 5 10 14 -2.28
113 Rotherham United Rotherham United 97 25 22 50 -2.33
114 Derby County Derby County 34 5 7 22 -2.78
115 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 19 3 2 14 -3.07
116 Birmingham City Birmingham 39 4 8 27 -3.18
117 Portsmouth Portsmouth 28 6 7 15 -3.45
118 Blackpool Blackpool 59 12 11 36 -4.13
119 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 40 11 6 23 -4.57
120 Woking Woking 10 2 3 5 -4.62