Ex-Imps' News Round-up (5/8/06)

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5th August 2006

A number of former Lincoln City FC players have found themselves new clubs just hours before the 2006/07 season commences.

First on the list is Lee Crooks, who has signed a one-year contract at Rochdale. Crooks spent the majority of summer 2006 on trial at Lincoln City, although he bizarrely failed to make many appearances during Lincoln's friendly matches.

A more familiar name linked to Lincoln City's past is right-back Mark Bailey. As we predicted in June, Bailey has indeed rejoined his former Imps' manager Keith Alexander at Peterborough United.

Striker Derek Asamoah, who was released by The Imps in June 2006, has surprisingly joined League Two club Shrewsbury Town. It is a surprising transfer as League One club Scunthorpe United had also offered Asamoah a contract, but he rejected this in favour of Shrewsbury.

Shrewsbury manager Gary Peters enthused: "Derek has all the attributes to do well for us this season. He's just 25 and knows where the goal is. He's played a lot of his career as a right winger, but we see him as a centre-forward".

The final player on the move is ex-Imps loanee Maheta Molango, who endured a difficult loan spell at Lincoln City last season. Originally, the loan had been for the entire season but was terminated six months early in January 2006. Molango has joined League One club Oldham Athletic on a month's loan.