TL;DR
– In 2016-17, Lincoln City became the first non-league club in 103 years to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.
– Under £15 buys small named things; £15 to £30 buys something worth keeping.
– The Imps won the League One title in 2025-26 with a club-record 103 points, reaching the Championship for the first time in 65 years.
– Every personalised Lincoln City book is hand-illustrated by a real artist, never AI, and built entirely around your child.
A personalised Lincoln City book arrives at a genuinely exciting time for the Imps, on the back of their best season in generations. This guide explains what is inside the book, what it costs, and why the timing makes it a particularly good year to buy one.
A club-record season and a first cup shock
Lincoln City, founded in 1884 and known as the Imps, made headlines in 2016-17 by becoming the first non-league side in 103 years to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.
More recently, Lincoln won the 2025-26 League One title with a club-record 103 points, earning promotion to the Championship for the first time in 65 years, a landmark that has brought plenty of new young Imps to the club.
Long before that recent success, Lincoln became founder members of the Football League’s Second Division in 1892 and won the Third Division North title three separate times, in 1931-32, 1947-48 and 1951-52, showing this is a club with a long habit of winning titles.
What makes a good personalised Lincoln City book?
A good personalised Lincoln City book is built around the child, not the crest. The best version is a personalised book where they wear the red and white and win the day at Sincil Bank, rather than a name added to standard stock.
Their number, their position, the winner they picture: those specifics are what make it unmistakably theirs.
What is a fair option under £15?
Below £15, modest and named is the rule: a bottle, a bag tag, or a pocket history book. Good options include:
- A named drinks bottle matching the team colours
- A personalised keyring or bag tag
- A pocket-sized book of club history
For a child already stocked up, these are nice extras, not the one that stands out.
Does £15 to £30 cover the main present?
Yes. Over £15, look for staying power: a wall print, or a storybook that gets reread for years. Worth considering:
- A storybook where the child becomes the newest club signing
- A framed print built around their name
- A named kit bag for a young footballer
For about the price of a kit, a personalised storybook is read again and again, unlike most gifts at this level.
What is the best age for a personalised Lincoln City book?
Line up the book against the child’s stage as a supporter:
- 5 to 6: too young for chapter books, perfectly ready for a storybook where they are the main character.
- 7 to 9: an age for retelling the story to friends, which a personalised one gives them a reason to do.
- 10 to 12: they want something that could not have been bought for any other fan, and this genuinely cannot.
The difference between branded and genuinely personal
Buying the same gift as everyone else at the club shop is the safe option, not the memorable one. A personalised storybook is the opposite: nobody else’s copy looks or reads the same way, because it is built entirely around one child.
That uniqueness comes from genuine hand illustration, real artists drawing every page, not software generating a template.
That human-made quality is not a small detail either. It is the single biggest thing that separates this kind of gift from the flood of quickly produced personalised products now on the market.
What’s actually inside a personalised Lincoln City book?
A personalised Lincoln City book is a full storybook of around 28 pages, hand-illustrated from cover to cover, with the child’s name, hair colour, skin tone and eye colour all matched to them.
For a young Imp who has just watched the club reach the Championship, the book gives them their own place in a similar story: being scouted, signed and scoring the winner at Sincil Bank, with a message from you printed inside.
Because it follows a full story rather than a set of disconnected images, the book holds up to repeat reading, which matters for a gift meant to last well beyond the day it is opened.
Is a personalised Lincoln City book official?
No. Our storybook is not officially licensed by Lincoln City FC. It is a personalised, football-themed story in the spirit of fan art, so check the product page if a licence matters to you.
Every illustration is hand-drawn by a real artist, never AI, and you set the child’s name, appearance and inside-cover message when you customise their storybook. For another club, the same idea covers our full range of personalised football books.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it a good gift for a girl who supports Lincoln City? Absolutely it does. You control the character’s gender and appearance, so a daughter or niece fits right in.
What is inside the book? About 28 pages of hand-drawn artwork, your child as the main character, a personalised cover, and your own written message.
How far ahead should I order? Get ahead of it. Each copy is produced to your choices and printed in the UK, so allow more time than usual.
Is this book something a young Lincoln City fan will actually keep? Yes. There is no current kit or squad to go out of date here, since the whole story is centred on the child rather than the team as it stands today.
What happens if my child’s favourite player changes before the book arrives? The story is built around the child themselves as the star, not a specific current player, so it stays relevant regardless.
Can I request a different storyline? The story format is fixed across the range, built and tested to work for young readers, so it is not customised beyond the personalisation options offered at checkout.