{"id":540526,"date":"2020-01-15T06:44:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T11:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=540526"},"modified":"2020-01-15T06:44:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T11:44:46","slug":"salford-city-sign-michael-oconnor-from-lincoln-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/01\/15\/salford-city-sign-michael-oconnor-from-lincoln-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Salford City Sign Michael O&#8217;Connor From Lincoln City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salford City have confirmed that they have signed midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/68192fe7\/Michael-OConnor\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael O&#8217;Connor<\/a> from League One side Lincoln City on a deal until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Salford City Sign Michael O&#8217;Connor From Lincoln City<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Midfielder Michael O&#39;Connor has signed for the club from Lincoln City!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5CIwqExPIY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/5CIwqExPIY<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreSalford?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WeAreSalford<\/a> \ud83e\udd81\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cnrubDea4A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cnrubDea4A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salford City FC (@SalfordCityFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SalfordCityFC\/status\/1217387059326980099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Experienced Central Midfielder<\/h3>\n<p>O&#8217;Connor is the second player to make the move between the two clubs, following <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/01\/13\/salford-city-sign-bruno-andrade-from-lincoln-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bruno Andrade&#8217;s<\/a> move to Salford.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old is an experienced central midfielder in the Football League; the Ammies will be O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s seventh club of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Having begun his career with Crewe Alexandra, O&#8217;Connor spent three seasons at Gresty Road before joining Scunthorpe United in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>He then spent another three seasons with Scunthorpe, suffering the heartbreak of relegation before stepping down to League Two to join Rotherham United, where he helped the Millers seal promotion.<\/p>\n<p>After Rotherham, O&#8217;Connor had two-year spells with both Port Vale and Notts County, before making the move to Lincoln City, a club where he had a loan spell earlier in his career.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old then helped the Imps achieve promotion in his first season. So far this season he has made 20 appearances in all competitions, scoring just once.<\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/salfordcityfc.co.uk\/michael-oconnor-signs-for-salford-city-jan20\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salford City website<\/a>, the midfielder said: &#8220;I&#8217;ve come here with the belief that I can help the team push on trying to get to the play-offs this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been around League Two, I&#8217;ve had two promotions from League Two, I know what it takes to get promotion from this league.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to it, it&#8217;s another challenge for me and I look forward to challenges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Salford currently face a difficult ask in reaching the play-offs this year. They sit in 14th place, 12 points off of the play-off places.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Alexander&#8217;s side face Forest Green Rovers in their next game, before hosting local rivals Oldham Athletic in League Two.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <a id=\"26h6P4j4T2Nw0xy0yWQtcg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1190730380\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'26h6P4j4T2Nw0xy0yWQtcg',sig:'R8kA26mTMl0os0qjjKFXjimoa0yDOtQjFuAyZM_WKgo=',w:'594px',h:'315px',items:'1190730380',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salford City have confirmed that they have signed midfielder Michael O&#8217;Connor from League One side Lincoln City on a deal until the end of the season. 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