THE IREMONGER TRIO

After Lincoln City's FA Cup run last season, which doesn't seem very long ago, the Imps are at it again and travel to AFC Wimbledon next week in the First Round Proper. Possibly beginning another charge through the financially valuable Emirates Cup.

Coincidentally, the Wombles' close rivals MK Dons are drawn away at Hyde United, both matches will be a challenge to the Wimbledon "relations".

So I got interested in Lincoln City once again and discovered one of their long serving players, Albert Iremonger, a goalkeeper standing at 6'5", who played 35 times for Lincoln but prior to this, he made his name with Notts County making 564 appearances. He earned one Football League cap in 1912 but of course it was the First World War that interfered with Albert's career. He is regarded by many as the best goalkeeper never to have played for England.

Born in 1884 Albert lived on to March 1958, had a road near the ground named after him and was the oldest player to turn out for Lincoln at 42 years 312 days old in 1926-7 season. He ended his career running pubs, The Cremone in the Meadows, Nottingham and later the Ferry Inn, Wilford. Below he is presented to HRH Prince of Wales.
https://prideofnottingham.co.uk/home/media/notts-alumni-albert-iremonger-r1560/  Nice link to more about Albert.

Albert played cricket for Nottinghamshire although brother James was more prolific appearing in the Ashes Tour of 1910/11 and being named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1903. He scored 334 first class runs at 35.06 and took 619 wickets at 22.98. James made his debut at full back for Nottingham Forest in 1896 v Stoke City and won 3 caps for England.

The other Iremonger was Harry who was a Nottingham Forest goalkeeper, playing 11 times between 1913-15, soon to be called to war.