Bedford-born Alan Marriott, who started his career as a youngster with Tottenham Hotspur, is the Club's current longest-serving player, having joined City in the summer of 1999 following his release by the Premiership outfit.

On arriving at Sincil Bank, Marriott was forced to wait six months before being handed his Football League debut although he was a regular on the substitute's bench behind fellow custodians John Vaughan and Barry Richardson.

But since then, apart from a spell on the sidelines due to a knee injury midway through the 2000/01 season, Marriott has been a regular feature in the City team and notched up his 300th first team appearances for the Imps in April 2006.

Marriott, a firm favourite amongst the City supporters and arguably one of the best stoppers in the lower leagues, put pen-to-paper on a new three-year deal in July 2005, quashing rumours that he would be departing Lincoln for pastures new following the Imps' third successive loss in the end-of-season play-offs.

His 'clean sheet' against Torquay United on February 10th 2007 saw Marriott break a long-standing club record with the shutout against the Gulls being his 100th for the Club in League and cup competitions. This saw him break the record which was held by Dan McPhail, a regular in the 1930s.