Founded | 2008 |
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Region | The FA (England) |
Number of teams | 2 |
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]
Year | Winners | Score | Runners up | Ref |
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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 | 1–1 | Trophy Shared | [11] |
2020 | ||||
2021 | Gainsborough Trinity | 2–1 | Lincoln City | [12] |
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