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Striker : Ben Wright
By Nathan Jackson
February 26 2008
Lincoln City stole the services from under the nose of Barnet. The striker was set to join the London based club before Schofield and Deehan offered him a contract first. This website was the first to point out that we were trying to sign him and it wasn't long after that he did sign for us, but it turned out that he would be far from a regular under Schofield and Deehan.

Signed From : Free Transfer

Debut : Doncaster Rovers 4 Lincoln City 1 (Carling Cup - 14/8/2007)

In City's Lincolnshire Senior Cup Final game against Scunthorpe United in the summer of 2007, John Deehan walked onto the pitch with someone unfamiliar, it turned out to be Ben Wright, a striker who had spent several years in the Norwegian leagues. It came as a shock to Barnet as he had been offered a contract by them just hours earlier following a trial.

He made his debut in the Carling Cup but it would be a further 2 months before he made his league debut for City. It seemed strange that Deehan and Schofield had been so eager to sign him, but then so reluctant to play him. He scored on his League debut and has generally had a good scoring record since.

Ben Wright was nicknamed "Violence" due his apparantly soft nature and it took over 18 months to gain his first yellow card.

An injury plagued 2008/9 season restricted his chances and as a result, the goals dried up.

Ben Wright's Goals for Lincoln 

SEASON

TEAMS SCORED AGAINST 

2007/8

Peterborough United (one), Notts County (one), Stockport (two), Barnet (four), Dagenham (one), Accrington (one), Rotherham (one), Chesterfield (one), MK Dons (one), Morecambe (one), Wrexham (one)

 2008/9

Derby County (one), Accrington Stanley (one), Bury (one)

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