Editing Hereford (section)

==Sport==
[[File:Hufc-lwme.jpg|thumb|right|Hereford United's Edgar Street ground]]

Hereford is the home of the [[association football|football]] club [[Hereford F.C.|Hereford FC]], who play at [[Edgar Street]] in the [[National League North]]. They are a phoenix club that was set up in the wake of the demise of [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United Football Club]] in 2014. United were best known for beating [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle]] 2–1 in an [[FA Cup]] replay in January 1972, when they were still a non-league side and Newcastle were in the top division of English football. Other city clubs include [[Westfields F.C.|Westfields]], [[Hereford Pegasus F.C.|Hereford Pegasus]] and [[Hereford Lads Club F.C.|Hereford Lads Club]], all of whom play in the [[Hellenic Football League]].

[[Hereford Rugby Club]] announced plans in 2012 for a £6 million move to a new home.<ref>{{cite web |last=Woodman |first=Ian |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/herefordrfc/news/outline-planning-permission-gr-368789.html |title=Planning permission for new club |publisher=Pitchero.com |date=1 September 2011 |access-date=28 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022061704/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/herefordrfc/news/outline-planning-permission-gr-368789.html |archive-date=22 October 2012 }}</ref> Also based at the Rugby club are Hereford Stampede, who are an [[American football]] team who play in the [[BAFA National Leagues]] and made their full League debut in 2021.

Hereford Hockey Club is based at the Hereford City Sports Club, with teams entered into leagues in the [[West Hockey Association (field hockey)|West Hockey Association]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/herefordhockeyclub/ |title=Hereford Hockey Club |publisher=Pitchero.com |date=13 October 2014 |access-date=13 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017065218/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/herefordhockeyclub/ |archive-date=17 October 2014 }}</ref>

The city is home to [[Hereford Racecourse]], a traditional [[National Hunt]] course to the north of the city centre which hosted around twenty meetings a year. The company who leased the site decided in 2012 that the site was not viable. What many thought to be the last meeting was held on 16 December 2012, however the course reopened for racing in October 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hereford: Horse racing returns after four-year absence following closure|work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/37573642|access-date=6 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010164308/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/37573642|archive-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>

===Public leisure===
Hereford's public leisure facilities are managed by the not-for-profit trust HALO Leisure, which runs the Hereford [[Leisure Centre]] (which includes sports halls, [[gym]]nasium, squash courts, golf course and an outdoor [[sport|athletics]] facility), and the Hereford [[Human swimming|Leisure Pool]] (which includes a gymnasium, full size swimming pool, leisure pool, diving pool, and learners' pool).

===Clubs and societies===
The Hereford Rowing Club (along with the Kayak Club) uses the [[River Wye]]. The stretch of river is also used for other water sports.
Hereford has a nine pin [[Skittles (sport)|skittle]] league, formed on 24 October 1902, and today consists of five divisions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.herefordskittles.org/public_html/pages/history.htm |title=Hereford Skittles Club |publisher=Herefordskittles.org |access-date=28 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316101450/http://www.herefordskittles.org/public_html/pages/history.htm |archive-date=16 March 2012 }}</ref>