By Nathan Jackson
July 2 2010

Gavin McCallum is probably the finest example in recent times of a player earning a move to the Imps after a brilliant performance against them. McCallum scored twice against the Imps in February 2010, a performance that saw him signed up to Chris Sutton's Imps just months later.

Signed From : Hereford United

Debut : 7th August 2010 vs Rotherham United

Final Game : 1st November 2011 vs Alfreton Town

Before he signed for Lincoln only 100 Imps fans had seen McCallum perform to his potential. Those 100 fans made the trip down to Edgar Street on a very cold Tuesday evening in February 2010 and despite a relatively even game, McCallum's brilliance produced the win for the hosts, scoring two good goals.

Born in Canada, McCallum has been playing football in England since 2005 when he was snapped up by Yeovil Town. He spent spells on loan at Tamworth, Crawley and Dorchester Town before being released and signed up by Weymouth. Moves to Havant and then Sutton followed before he was given a chance at League football again with Hereford.

McCallum made 27 appearances for Hereford, scoring 8 times from midfield and this level of goalscoring saw him called up to the Canadian international side against Venezuela. McCallum marked the call up with a debut goal for this country.

Such was the level of impact by McCallum in the game at Edgar Street, Sutton signed him up at the end of the 2010 season, much to the ire of Hereford who were desperate to keep him.

McCallum failed to really impress at Sincil Bank with countles lackluster performances, but when he did put in effort he was actually quite good and he scored some stunning goals whilst in the Imps shirt, however, his effort in general rarely saw him break into a sweat. He became one of several players to leave the club after the FA Cup exit to Alfreton in 2011/12.

Striker : Gavin McCallum

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