- John Reames
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playername = John Reames
fullname = Keith John Reames
dateofbirth = birth date|1942|2|19|df=y
cityofbirth = Lincoln
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|2008|5|6|1942|2|19|df=y
cityofdeath = Lincoln
countryofdeath =England
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manageryears = 1998–2000
managerclubs = Lincoln CityKeith John Reames (
19 February 1942 –6 May 2008 ) was an English football manager and administrator who was chairman of Lincoln City from 1985 to 2000, and remains to date their longest serving chairman; he also managed the club from 1998 to 2000. He died on6 May 2008 from cancer. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/7389865.stm|title=Ex-Lincoln chairman Reames dies|accessdate=2008-05-08|date=2008-05-08|publisher=BBC] [cite web|url=http://www.redimps.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~1308058,00.html|title=John Reames|accessdate=2008-05-14|date=2008-05-08|publisher=Lincoln City F.C.] [cite web|url=http://www.sportsecho.co.uk/football/lincoln_city/news/displayarticle.php?ID=3729|title=Latest news: Former Imps chairman dies|accessdate=2008-05-14|date=2008-05-08|publisher=Lincolnshire Echo] [cite web|url=http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/reames/2812720|title=Tribute to...John Reames|accessdate=2008-05-14|publisher=LastingTribute.co.uk]Reames also held high positions within the FA and
Football League during the 1990s (Chairman of the Referees Committee and Director of the Football League).His achievements include winning the October 1999 Manager of the Month Award, the Conference and Third Division Championship, the complete rebuilding of
Sincil Bank , and securing ownership of the ground from Lincoln City Council to ensure the existence and continuity of Lincoln City as a viable professional football club and business. [cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/lincoln-look-to-supporters-for-survival-624719.html|title=Lincoln look to supporters for survival|accessdate=2008-05-14|date=2000-11-30|author=David Conn|publisher=The Independent] [cite web|url=http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2002/1/12/292120.html|title=The Reames example|accessdate=2008-05-14|date=2002-01-12|publisher=The York Press]References
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