Adam Jackson Leaves Lincoln City After Six Years

Adam Jackson’s six-year Lincoln City spell has come to an understated, respectful close.

The 32-year-old defender has had his contract terminated by mutual consent, yet will remain a familiar face at the club’s training ground as he searches for a new team. Lincoln, now operating at Championship level, have agreed he can continue to train with the squad despite no longer being part of the official set-up.

Jackson was informed earlier in the summer he would not be named in the Imps’ 25-man squad for this season. A move away was expected, but the transfer window shut without a deal, leaving both player and club to find another solution.

This is it.

Jackson departs as one of the club’s longest-serving modern players. Across six years at Lincoln, he pulled on the shirt 179 times in all competitions, a steady, often understated presence at the back. This campaign, though, he has featured just once – in the Carabao Cup win at Blackpool in late August.

Lincoln’s sporting director Jez George underlined the nature of the parting, stressing that the door to the training ground remains open for “Jacko”.

He said the club “will do anything to help Jacko with what comes next in his career”, adding that the arrangement “shows the respect both parties have for each other”.

A contract ends, but the relationship, clearly, does not.