FC United of Manchester

E150480

football club supporter-owned club

FC United of Manchester is an English fan-owned football club founded in 2005 by Manchester United supporters opposed to the Glazer takeover, known for its community focus and non-league presence.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
FC United of Manchester canonical	2
FC United	1
FC United of Manchester Supporters	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1319054 — 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: FC United of Manchester
Context triple: [Salford City F.C., rival, FC United of Manchester]

A. Birmingham Legion FC
Birmingham Legion FC is a professional soccer club based in the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
B. Charlotte FC
Charlotte FC is a professional soccer club based in Charlotte, North Carolina, competing in Major League Soccer.
C. Reading F.C.
Reading F.C. is a professional English football club based in Reading, Berkshire, known for competing in the English Football League and for its long-standing presence in the national game.
D. Valour FC
Valour FC is a professional soccer club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that competes in the Canadian Premier League.
E. Cavalry FC
Cavalry FC is a professional soccer club based in the Calgary area that competes in the Canadian Premier 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: FC United of Manchester
Target entity description: FC United of Manchester is an English fan-owned football club founded in 2005 by Manchester United supporters opposed to the Glazer takeover, known for its community focus and non-league presence.

A. Birmingham Legion FC
Birmingham Legion FC is a professional soccer club based in the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
B. Charlotte FC
Charlotte FC is a professional soccer club based in Charlotte, North Carolina, competing in Major League Soccer.
C. Reading F.C.
Reading F.C. is a professional English football club based in Reading, Berkshire, known for competing in the English Football League and for its long-standing presence in the national game.
D. Valour FC
Valour FC is a professional soccer club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that competes in the Canadian Premier League.
E. Cavalry FC
Cavalry FC is a professional soccer club based in the Calgary area that competes in the Canadian Premier League.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football club ⓘ supporter-owned club ⓘ
basedIn	Greater Manchester ⓘ Manchester ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
emphasis	affordable football ⓘ community focus ⓘ fan participation ⓘ
firstSeason	2005–06 ⓘ
foundationYear	2005 ⓘ
foundedBy	Manchester United supporters ⓘ
foundedFor	opposition to the Glazer takeover of Manchester United ⓘ
fullName	Football Club United of Manchester ⓘ
governance	one-member-one-vote ⓘ
groundOpened	Broadhurst Park ⓘ
hasSupportersTrust	FC United of Manchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: FC United of Manchester Supporters
homeCity	Moston ⓘ
homeStadium	Broadhurst Park ⓘ
initialLeague	North West Counties League ⓘ surface form: North West Counties Football League Division Two
kitColors	black socks ⓘ red shirt ⓘ white shorts ⓘ
leagueLevel	non-league football ⓘ
motto	Our Club, Our Rules ⓘ
notableCompetition	FA Cup ⓘ FA Trophy ⓘ
organisationalForm	community benefit society ⓘ
origin	protest club ⓘ
originReason	commercialisation of Manchester United ⓘ debt-laden Glazer takeover of Manchester United ⓘ
ownershipModel	fan-owned ⓘ
playsIn	English football league system ⓘ
promotion	North West Counties Football League Division One to Northern Premier League Division One North ⓘ North West Counties League ⓘ surface form: North West Counties Football League Division Two to Division One Northern Premier League Premier Division ⓘ surface form: Northern Premier League Division One North to Northern Premier League Premier Division Northern Premier League Premier Division ⓘ surface form: Northern Premier League Premier Division to National League North
region	North West England ⓘ
relegation	from National League North to Northern Premier League Premier Division ⓘ
rival	Ashton United ⓘ Curzon Ashton F.C. ⓘ surface form: Curzon Ashton Stockport County F.C. ⓘ surface form: Stockport County
shortName	FC United of Manchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: FC United
sport	association football ⓘ
supporterCulture	anti-glazer ⓘ anti-modern football ⓘ
supporterOwnershipPercentage	majority fan-owned ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Salford City F.C. → rival → FC United of Manchester ⓘ

FC United of Manchester → shortName → FC United of Manchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: FC United

FC United of Manchester → hasSupportersTrust → FC United of Manchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: FC United of Manchester Supporters

Rhodri Giggs → playedFor → FC United of Manchester ⓘ

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Statements (46)

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Referenced by (4)

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