Board gives Lincoln City its biggest cash injection ever Clive Nates and the board safeguard the Imps Lincoln City Chairman Clive Nates. Photo: Lincoln City Football Club Lincoln City have been given a cash injection of £800,000 by the board, the single most ever for the football club, to protect it from COVID-19 lockdown effects. The Imps’ board of directors invested the large sum in order to safeguard the club from any potential financial downfall as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It comes after a fairly busy January transfer window for Lincoln, as the club signed the likes of Regan Poole, Cohen Bramall and Max Sanders on undisclosed fees.