Lincoln City Football Club (LCFC) has officially unveiled a new 3G artificial pitch at Sincil Bank, which aims to provide facilities for the local community and Sincil School Sports College.

The new surface was part-funded by the npower League Two club and the school, which will use the all-weather training facility during term time and will also provide a space for LCFC's Centre of Excellence players to train. LCFC chief executive Dave Roberts said: "The facility will provide a top class surface for the local community to make use of and it will also provide state of the art facilities for our Centre of Excellence players to train on during the week, helping to produce talent for the first team in the future."