Signed From : Free Transfer

Debut : Rotherham United 1 Lincoln City 0 : 9th August 2008

Rob Burch was a mighty sought after goalkeeper when he left Sheffield Wednesday. The former Spurs keeper alledgely rejected several offers from sides higher up the divisions for first team football at Sincil Bank. He, much like his predocessor Alan Marriott, began his career at the Tottenham Hotpsur training academy.

Burch made himself noticed almost instanteously with an impressive string of saves in his opening two games, that despite the Imps losing both of those matches. The Carling Cup First Round at Derby in particular was a great performance from Burch, keeping the Imps in the tie for long periods before City eventually fell to three well worked goals.

However, Burch has also shown that he is capable of some terrible mistakes, gifting three points to a very poor Dagenham side. His inability to catch crosses at the time proved his downfall. He has also been beaten from long range on a number of occasions, although some of those efforts were unstoppable and would have been the vast majority of goalkeepers.

Burch showed in his opening appearances for the Imps that he is capable of becoming a highly skilled goalkeeper at this level, keeping his first clean sheet for the club in his sixth game, a 2-0 win over Barnet (although Barnet failed to have a single shot).

The former Spurs goalkeeper has established himself in between the sticks for the Imps since his arrival, only missing out on a small handful of games due to an injury picked up in a game at Brentford. However, the signs are promising that Burch could go on to become a great keeper for City.

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