Last day derby dedicated to RAF

Lincoln United and Spalding United are getting ready to celebrate the centenary of the Royal Air Force when they meet on the final day of the EVO-STIK League's fiftieth anniversary 2017-18 season.

A spectacular parachute display is kicking off the celebrations at the Ashby Avenue home of the Whites on Saturday 28 April with the match ball and RAF100 baton delivered by the RAF's Wings and Hawks parachute display teams.

Re-designated this season as the Bomber County derby to mark the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service on April 1 1918 to found the RAF, hot food, a beer tent and other attractions are also being laid of fans at the EVO-STIK League South clash including entertainment by the RAF Band at half-time.

* The Whites are hosting a charity match on behalf of Gary Burr and the British Heart Foundation at on Friday night (April 6) with a British Heart Foundation XI taking on a Social Football Club XI from the University of Lincoln. Entry to the 7.15pm kick-off and post-match charity auction at the Sunhat Villas and Resorts Stadium is free with fans instead offered the chance to make a donation.

For more information on the appeal by Burr for the charity fighting the UK's biggest killer visit: http://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/gary-burr3.

Images courtesy of the Ministry of Defence & @LincolnUnited/Twitter

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