Greg Lincoln

Greg Lincoln (born 23 March 1980) is an English professional football coach and a former professional footballer. He represented England at Under-20 level. He was in the Arsenal First Team squad under Arsene Wenger. Involved in the squad beating Panathinaikos away 3-1 in the Champions League, with a young Nicolas Anelka on the score sheet. Greg Lincoln spent several years in the Arsenal Youth team under the stewardship of coaches Don Howe, Pat Rice and George Armstrong. He returned to Arsenal in a coaching capacity after an invite from Liam Brady, Greg's former Head of Youth Development and an Arsenal, Juventus and Republic of Ireland legend. He first joined the Arsenal under 14's at Hale End, where he helped to bring through the likes of Bakayo Saka, Emile Smith-Rowe, Chris Willock, Joe Willock, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Eddie Nketiah. Lincoln's contributions led to a promotion by Per Mertesacker, enabling him to develop this same group of players 4 years later in the Arsenal under 18 squad at the Sobha Realty Training Centre. Greg would work with this group until they were integrated into the first team by Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta. Greg Lincoln was then approached by the England Youth set up, where he would oversee the progress of young England U16s potential, such as Ethan Nwaneri, Chris Rigg and Mikey Moore. He was recently at St. George's Park as the Head Coach of England U16s. He led the Under 16 squad onto win the prestigious Montaigu Mondial tournament in what was the 50th year anniversary of the competition in 2025.