[Lord Snooty]

July 8:

Tommy Smith had gone to Stoke. Flo Hadergjonaj was on big money and so would be going soon. Only Demeaco Duhaney would be left as a recognised right back if Head Coach Jan Siewert didn't act fast to fill this problem position. And so it came to pass that on this date in 2019, all our prayers were answered when in through Canalside's door walked, errm........

Herbert Bockhorn!

Jan signed him from his old Borussia Dortmund reserves team and by the glowing report he was given it sounded like we should've took him on in the Premier League and maybe we could still be in there.

His first job was to get on the plane with his new team mates and jet out to Austria for the pre season training camp, where he was straight into the action in a game against Greuther Fürth. Not one, but two games against the same opposition on the same day as Town drew 1-1 and then won 1-0 with Karlan Grant getting both goals. But the obvious presence of Herbie in the side must've been what swung the matches back in our favour.

Herb played the second half of the next game as part of a strong defensive unit that kept a clean sheet against Hamburger SV, with him beefing up the right hand side, as Town won 1-0 with an Adama Diakhaby goal. Really?

So back home then and Herbert played the full 90 minutes of the friendly with French First Division side Montpellier HSC, setting Flo up for a late winner, which he fluffed and the game ended 1-1 with Karlan scoring again.

And so the new season started, our first back in the Championship after two years at the top. The first two games, home to Derby and QPR away, disappointingly had Flo in at right back and Herbie only as a non playing sub. Come on, Jan. We want to see Bockers!

Fair enough, we didn't have long to wait. The following Tuesday, Danny Cowley was bringing his Lincoln City side to the John Smith's for a League Cup tie and the buzz soon went around the town as the team news was announced and the name of Herbert Bockhorn was there.

What the actual feck was that?!        

It was a poor team performance but who the bloody hell was that at right back?

Jan didn't last much longer after the team were booed off, with reports later saying he was sacked on this night, but he was definitely sacked after the home defeat to Fulham on the Friday night. Sadly for poor Herbert, the bloke to replace Jan was the Lincoln boss who had just witnessed one of the worst performances in blue n white history, so we never saw his face again.

What do you think then? Should he have had another chance? Was he the worst ever one game only player for the club? I can think of a couple possibly worse, which names can you come up with?