Lincoln City F.C.

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association football club

Lincoln City F.C. is an English professional football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, known for its long history in the lower tiers of the Football League and its passionate local support.

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Label	Occurrences
Lincoln City F.C. canonical	10

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6077929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lincoln City F.C.
Context triple: [Mansfield Town F.C., rival, Lincoln City F.C.]

A. Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth F.C. is a professional English football club based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, known for its passionate fanbase and history that includes multiple FA Cup victories and spells in the Premier League.
B. Boston United F.C.
Boston United F.C. is an English football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, known for its long history in the lower tiers of the English football league system.
C. Aldershot Town F.C.
Aldershot Town F.C. is an English professional football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, known for its passionate fanbase and history in the lower tiers of the English football league system.
D. Chester City F.C.
Chester City F.C. was an English professional football club based in Chester, known for competing in the lower tiers of the Football League and for its intense local derbies against nearby clubs.
E. Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is a professional English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, known for competing in the lower tiers of the English Football League.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lincoln City F.C.
Target entity description: Lincoln City F.C. is an English professional football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, known for its long history in the lower tiers of the Football League and its passionate local support.

A. Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth F.C. is a professional English football club based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, known for its passionate fanbase and history that includes multiple FA Cup victories and spells in the Premier League.
B. Boston United F.C.
Boston United F.C. is an English football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, known for its long history in the lower tiers of the English football league system.
C. Aldershot Town F.C.
Aldershot Town F.C. is an English professional football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, known for its passionate fanbase and history in the lower tiers of the English football league system.
D. Chester City F.C.
Chester City F.C. was an English professional football club based in Chester, known for competing in the lower tiers of the Football League and for its intense local derbies against nearby clubs.
E. Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is a professional English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, known for competing in the lower tiers of the English Football League.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	association football club ⓘ
chairman	Clive Nates NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
county	Lincolnshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
crestFeature	an imp ⓘ
formerLeague	National League NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerManager	Colin Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Cowley NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicky Cowley NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded	1884 ⓘ
fullName	Lincoln City Football Club NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	The Football Association ⓘ
hasMascot	Poacher the Imp NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalLevel	primarily lower tiers of the English Football League ⓘ
homeCity	Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
homePitchSurface	grass ⓘ
homeStadium	LNER Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ Sincil Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ
honour	Football League Two champions 2018–19 ⓘ
league	EFL League One NERFINISHED ⓘ English Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ
manager	Michael Skubala NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	The Imps NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	first non-league club in over 100 years to reach FA Cup quarter-finals in 2016–17 ⓘ reached the quarter-finals of the 2016–17 FA Cup ⓘ won the 2016–17 National League title ⓘ
ownershipModel	supporter-influenced ownership structure ⓘ
promotion	promoted to EFL League Two for 2017–18 season ⓘ
region	East Midlands ⓘ
rival	Grimsby Town F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Mansfield Town F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Scunthorpe United F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
rivalryName	Lincolnshire derby NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	Lincoln City NERFINISHED ⓘ
sport	football ⓘ
supportBase	local supporters from Lincoln and surrounding Lincolnshire area ⓘ
teamColor	red ⓘ white ⓘ
traditionalHomeKit	black shorts ⓘ red and white socks ⓘ red and white striped shirts ⓘ
trainingGround	Riseholme College training facilities NERFINISHED ⓘ
website	https://www.weareimps.com/ ⓘ
womenTeam	Lincoln City Women F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mansfield Town F.C. → rival → Lincoln City F.C. ⓘ

Scunthorpe United F.C. → rival → Lincoln City F.C. ⓘ

Scunthorpe United F.C. → derbyOpponent → Lincoln City F.C. ⓘ

Grimsby Town → rival → Lincoln City F.C. ⓘ

subject surface form: Grimsby Town F.C.

Jim Smith → playedFor → Lincoln City F.C. ⓘ

Graham Taylor → managedClub → Lincoln City F.C. ⓘ

Graham Taylor → playedFor → Lincoln City F.C. ⓘ

Albert Scanlon → memberOfSportsTeam → Lincoln City F.C. ⓘ

Bradford City stadium fire → awayTeam → Lincoln City F.C. ⓘ

Boston United F.C. → hasRival → Lincoln City F.C. ⓘ

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