Editing Suffolk (section)

===Sport===
====Football====
The county's sole professional [[Association football|football]] club is [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]. Formed in 1878, the club were [[Football League First Division]] champions in [[1962 in association football|1961–62]], [[FA Cup]] winners in [[1978 in association football|1977–78]] and [[UEFA Cup]] winners in [[1981 in association football|1980–81]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,10272~347323,00.html |title=Club honours |access-date=14 April 2008 |publisher=Ipswich Town F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051213211801/http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0%2C%2C10272~347323%2C00.html |archive-date=13 December 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> as of the [[2024–25 in English football|2024–25 season]], Ipswich Town play in the [[Premier League]], the top tier of English football. The club has as part of its [[Crest (sports)|crest]] the [[Suffolk Punch]], a now endangered breed of [[draught horse]] native to the county. The next highest ranked team in Suffolk is [[Needham Market F.C.|Needham Market]], who participate in the National League North, the sixth tier of English football.

====Horse racing====
Newmarket is the headquarters of [[Horseracing in Great Britain|British horseracing]] – home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations including the [[National Stud]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.suffolktouristguide.com/ |title=Suffolk Tourism |publisher=suffolktouristguide.com |access-date=2 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129081827/http://suffolktouristguide.com/ |archive-date=29 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Newmarket Racecourse]]. [[Tattersalls]] bloodstock auctioneers and the [[National Horseracing Museum]] are also in the town.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tattersalls |url=http://www.tattersalls.com/ |website=tattersalls.com |publisher=Tattersalls Ltd. |access-date=21 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026075945/http://www.tattersalls.com/ |archive-date=26 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Horseracing Museum |url=http://www.nhrm.co.uk/website=nhrm.com |publisher=National Horseracing Museum |access-date=21 October 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Point to point (steeplechase)|Point to point racing]] takes place at [[Higham, Babergh|Higham]] and [[Ampton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pointingea.com/courses/courses.htm |title=Courses |publisher=pointingea.com |access-date=14 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508004818/http://www.pointingea.com/courses/courses.htm |archive-date=8 May 2008}}</ref>

====Speedway====
[[Motorcycle speedway]] racing has been staged in Suffolk since at least the 1950s, following the construction of the [[Foxhall Stadium]], just outside Ipswich, home of the [[Ipswich Witches]]. The Witches are currently members of the [[Premier League (speedway)|Premier League]], the UK's first division.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ipswich Speedway Official Website |url=http://www.ipswichwitches.co/ |website=ipswichwitches.co |publisher=Ipswich Speedway |access-date=21 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101134325/http://www.ipswichwitches.co/ |archive-date=1 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[National League (speedway)|National League]] team [[Mildenhall Fen Tigers]] are also from Suffolk.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mildenhall Fen Tigers |url=http://www.mildenhallfentigers.co/ |website=mildenhallfentigers.co |publisher=Mildenhall Speedway |access-date=21 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101134325/http://www.mildenhallfentigers.co/ |archive-date=1 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Cricket====
[[Suffolk County Cricket Club]] compete in the Eastern Division of the [[Minor Counties Cricket Championship|Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ENG/MINOR/MCCA/ |title=Minor Counties Cricket Association |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823185550/http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ENG/MINOR/MCCA/ |archive-date=23 August 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> The club has won the championship three times outright and has shared the title one other time as well as winning the [[MCCA Knockout Trophy]] once.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/non-first-class/minor-counties/minor-counties-roll-of-honour,1480,BP.html |title=Minor Counties Roll of Honour |publisher=ecb.co.uk |access-date=27 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911143233/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/non-first-class/minor-counties/minor-counties-roll-of-honour%2C1480%2CBP.html |archive-date=11 September 2011}}</ref> Home games are played in Bury St Edmunds, [[Copdock]], [[Exning]], [[Framlingham]], Ipswich and Mildenhall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/ENG/MINOR/MCCA/GROUNDS.html |title=Minor County Grounds |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724041225/http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/ENG/MINOR/MCCA/GROUNDS.html |archive-date=24 July 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>