John Reames Memorial Trophy

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John Reames Memorial Trophy
Founded2008
RegionThe FA (England)
Number of teams2
Current champions Gainsborough Trinity (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Lincoln City (6 titles)

The John Reames Memorial Trophy is an annual one-off contest between Lincoln City and invited opposition at Sincil Bank Stadium (home of the Imps) in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, East Midlands. Since inauguration in 2008, the trophy is named after and played in honour of former long-term Lincoln City chairman John Reames. [1]

YearWinnersScoreRunners upRef
2008 Lincoln City 6–0 Lincoln United [2]
2009
2010 Celtic 4–1 Lincoln City [3]
2011 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Lincoln City [4]
2012
2013 Lincoln City 1–0 Boston United [5]
2014 Lincoln City 2–0 Doncaster Rovers [6]
2015 Lincoln City 1–0 Norwich City [7]
2016 Lincoln City Crewe Alexandra [8]
2017 Peterborough United 3–2 Lincoln City [9]
2018 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Lincoln City [10]
2019 Lincoln City /
Nottingham Forest
1–1Trophy Shared [11]
2020
2021 Gainsborough Trinity 2–1 Lincoln City [12]

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