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GRAHAM LEWIS
Graham Lewis - formerly of Lincoln City FCBorn: 15th February 1982 in Reading.

Lincoln City career: 3+(5) appearances between August 1999 - September 2000.

Football League career: 5+(6) appearances and 1 goal.

Previous Clubs: Lincoln City, Frickley Athletic, Northwich Vics and Lincoln United.

Present club: Bracknell Town.

Graham Lewis was a product of The Lincoln City Football Club youth scheme.

He made his City debut against Torquay in September 1999 but injury ruled him out soon afterwards. However with Lincoln's then other strikers in poor form he was given another chance towards the end of that season. Impressive displays in both reserve and pre-1999/2000 season friendlies were thought to indicate that Lewis was one for the future. With that in mind Lincoln offered him a contract until September 2000 saying that if he continued to improve and if finances allowed, then a longer deal would be offered.

Due to financial constraints he was not offered a new contract when his old one expired in October 2000. He had a trial at Brentford before joining former Imps' manager Keith Alexander at Northwich Victoria. During his time at Northwich, he had a short spell on loan at Frickley Athletic before signing on a permanent basis. He later played for Lincoln United, but never reached the Football League level again.

Lewis re-emerged in June 2006 when he joined Bracknell Town.

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MARCUS STERGIOPOULOS
Born: 12th June 1974 in Melbourne, Australia.

Lincoln City career: 3+(5) appearances and 1 goal between August - November 2000.

Football League career: 3+(5) appearances and 1 goal.

Clubs: Bradford City, Gipplsland Falcons, Carlton Blues, Auckland Kingz, Lincoln City and Columbus Crew(USA).

Marcus Stergiopoulos could have been one of the major names in the history of Lincoln City had the talent that he showed in trial matches been harvested for the league. Stergiopoulos, having played for several clubs in the Southern Hemisphere, decided in summer 2000 to try his luck in England, firstly on a month's trial at Wimbledon. The Wimbledon players were impressed by him, especially Robbie Earle, but unfortunately the club could not offer him a deal at the current time. This lead to trials at Walsall, Notts County before finally arriving at Lincoln ending then manager Phil Stant's chase.

After scoring two goals in two trials matches, Lincoln offered him a three month deal that Stergiopoulos initially rejected - in fact the deal looked off completely. Then in a surprise U-turn, he accepted the short term contract after Lincoln agreed to higher wages. However, Stergiopoulos was released in November 2000 after just 8 appearances.

This was not his first crack at the Football League, having begun his career at Bradford City.

Trivia - he likes jet skiing and says he would most like to meet Pamela Anderson, though there never much chance of that happening on Lincoln High Street.

After his release, he spent time in the USA Major League Soccer with Columbus Crew. He later had a trial at St. Johnstone. He has now returned to Australia where he works as a "National Advertising Executive for one of Australia's biggest sporting publishing companies".

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ADIE MIKE
Born 16th November 1973 in Manchester.

Position: striker.

Lincoln City career: 7+(14) appearances and 3 goals between July 2002 - May 2003.

Clubs: Man City, Bury, Linkoping, Stockport, Hartlepool, Doncaster, Leek, Hednesford, Southport, Northwich, Stalybridge, Lincoln City, Gainsborough and Cliftonville.

Adie Mike began his career at Manchester City in 1992, as a trainee but his promising career came to a halt following a £60,000 move to Stockport County.

After two years at Stockport, interspersed with loan spells at Hartlepool and Doncaster, he left in 1997 on a free transfer to join Doncaster permanently. However, before he signed for Doncaster, he was given a trial by then Imps' manager John Beck but he was not offered a contract.

By the end of the 1997/98 season, troubled Doncaster were relegated from the Football League and Mike left for Leek Town. He is now well travelled around the Conference clubs, having played for Hednesford, Southport and Northwich Victoria after departing Leek.

His former manager at Northwich was Keith Alexander, and he was a regular in Alexander's first team squad. He left Northwich in February 2002 in a £3,500 move to Stalybridge Celtic, however he made just two starts for Stalybridge and following their relegation from the Conference, they had a huge clear-out of players.

Mike was released on a free transfer from Stalybridge in May 2002, linking up with Lincoln for a trial in July 2002, where he featured in Lincoln's 3-1 Lincolnshire Senior Cup defeat at home to non-league Grantham Town.

He stayed at Lincoln for a year, scoring 3 goals in 21 appearances. However, he spent the majority of the 2002/03 season on loan at Gainsborough Trinity and then at Irish League club Cliftonville.

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