page_title: Lincoln City F.C.
section_title: Rivals
hierarchical_section_title: Lincoln City F.C. / Rivals
caption_attribution_description: English: Sincil Bank Stadium, Lincoln. Taken before kickoff at the local derby between Lincoln City F.C and Boston United F.C.
context_page_description: Lincoln City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the "Imps" after the legend of the Lincoln Imp, they have played at 10,120-capacity Sincil Bank since their move from John O'Gaunts in 1895. For sponsorship reasons the ground was re-branded as LNER Stadium in late 2019 on a three-year contract, with previous renamings in 2012 and 2013.
  Traditionally they play in red and white striped shirts with black shorts and red and white socks. They have long-standing rivalries with other Lincolnshire-based football clubs, particularly Football League sides Scunthorpe United and Grimsby Town and non-League side Boston United.
context_section_description: Lincoln City is one of three professional football clubs in Lincolnshire.  Lincoln City's main rivals are Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United, which at various points fans have considered one bigger than the other.  Other prominent Lincolnshire rivals of the past include Gainsborough Trinity and Boston United, however meetings are nowadays limited between the clubs.
  Nottinghamshire clubs Mansfield Town and Notts County are also considered rivals, and Peterborough United, Hull City and York City are clubs that have had some sort of rivalry with The Imps in the past.  Lincoln United, the other football club based in Lincoln, are further down the footballing pyramid and are not a considered rival.
caption: The Lincolnshire derby, between Lincoln City and local rivals Boston United, being played at Sincil Bank
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