Editing Castleford (section)

==Sport==

===Rugby League===
[[File:The Jungle Castleford Tigers Rugby league Ground (geograph 5648191).jpg|thumb|left|[[The Jungle (Wheldon Road)|Wheldon Road]]]]
Castleford has multiple [[rugby league]] teams. The local team, [[Castleford Tigers]] was formed in 1926, Castleford was one of the twelve founder members of [[Super League]] when the new league format was introduced in 1996. The 'Tigers' nickname and logo were introduced in 1992 and the club's honours include four [[Challenge Cup]] and one Super League Leaders Shield.

The club have been based at [[Wheldon Road]] since 1927. Castleford also has two other lower league rugby league teams, [[Castleford Lock Lane]] and Castleford Panthers. Both Lock Lane and the Panthers play in the fourth tier of British Rugby League, meanwhile [[Castleford Tigers]] have play in the top tier of British Rugby League. [[Castleford Tigers]] have played majority of their Rugby League in the top tier and have done since their promotion in 2008, to present day. 

Rugby league in the town was originally represented by [[Castleford RFC (1896)|Castleford]], unrelated to Castleford RUFC, who did not participate in [[History of rugby league#The schism in England|The schism in English rugby]] and still exist, nor were they predecessors of the current Castleford Tigers who were founded in 1926. The original Castleford rugby league club played in the [[Rugby Football League|Northern Union (Rugby Football League)]] from [[1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1896–97]] to [[1905–06 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1905–06]],<ref name="Records">{{cite book |title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995–1996 |first=Raymond |last=Fletcher |first2=David |last2=Howes|year=1995|publisher=Headline Book Publishing|location=London|isbn=0-7472-7817-2|page=164}}</ref> and it had one player named [[Isaac Cole]] who won a [[Cap (sport)|cap]] for [[England national rugby league team|England]] in 1906 against [[Other Nationalities rugby league team|Other Nationalities]].<ref name="England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/statistics/player_records?search=Cole&submit=Go&c=England|title=England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl|date=31 December 2011|access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref>
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===Motorcycle sport===
From June 1979 to July 1980, Castleford had its own [[Motorcycle speedway|Speedway]] racing team, The Kings, based at the [[Castleford Whitwood Stadium]]. The circuit was 202 yards and the team never entered the league&nbsp;– only challenge matches were staged.

In the 1960s, motorcycle scrambling used to take place on the north side of the hill at Queens Park. This was often featured on the BBC's Grandstand sports programme on Saturday afternoons and was commentated upon by [[Murray Walker]].

===Football===
Glasshoughton Welfare play in the Northern Counties East League, Fryston Colliery Welfare were members of this league until they left in 1991 due to ground grading problems. In the 1920s Castleford Town played in the Midland League alongside clubs such as Doncaster Rovers, Chesterfield, Scunthorpe United, Halifax Town, Leeds United (for 1919–20 season only), Lincoln City and Mansfield Town. This league also contained the reserve sides of Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Nottingham Forest, Grimsby Town and Hull City. In 1920 Castleford reached the 2nd round of the FA Cup, losing 2–3 at Bradford Park Avenue. Castleford played at Wheldon Road&nbsp;– when they shut down the ground was taken over by the rugby league team.

{{Main|Glasshoughton Welfare A.F.C.}}
{{Main|Castleford Town F.C.}}

===Greyhound racing===
Castleford hosted two greyhound tracks both of which are no longer in existence. The first was in Whitwood and held racing from 1939 until 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greyhoundracinghistory.co.uk/englishlicencedtracks.html |title=Licenced Tracks |publisher=Greyhound Racing History |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023722/http://www.greyhoundracinghistory.co.uk/englishlicencedtracks.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The second track was the slightly larger 1,500 capacity [[Castleford Sports Stadium]] located east of Lock Lane sitting on the north bank of the River Aire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greyhoundracinghistory.co.uk/englishindependenttracks.html|title=Independent Tracks|publisher=Greyhound Racing History|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120001106/http://www.greyhoundracinghistory.co.uk/englishindependenttracks.html|archive-date=20 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Main|Castleford Whitwood Stadium}}
{{Main|Castleford Sports Stadium}}