Editing Cumbria (section)

===Football codes===
{{Main|Uppies and Downies}}
[[Workington]] is home to the [[ball game]] known as Uppies and Downies,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uppiesanddownies.info/Field_text=Uppies+and+Downies&x=165&y=55/ |title=Uppies and Downies website |access-date=25 June 2009}} {{Dead link |date=September 2010 |bot=H3llBot}}</ref> a traditional version of football, with its origins in [[medieval football]] or an even earlier form.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=91xjXRYPyKYC&q=mass+ball+game&pg=PA60 |title=Origins of Mass ball Games |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102115721/https://books.google.com/books?id=91xjXRYPyKYC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=mass+ball+game&source=bl&ots=Sw7ynAMw8j&sig=Lq6XpojKfzD8WwPUTNtoNhiaqBk&hl=en&ei=B4JESub2DsKgjAe1u-Ri&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2 |archive-date=2 January 2016 |url-status=live  |isbn=9780313274534 |last1=Henricks |first1=Thomas S. |year=1991 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}</ref> Players from outside Workington also take part, especially fellow West Cumbrians from [[Whitehaven]] and [[Maryport]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesandstar.co.uk/home/search_results_page_2_1681?Field_text=Uppies+and+Downies&x=165&y=55/ | title=Times and Star | access-date=25 June 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831050340/http://timesandstar.co.uk/home/search_results_page_2_1681?Field_text=Uppies+and+Downies&x=165&y=55%2F | archive-date=31 August 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Cumbria formerly had minor American football clubs, the Furness Phantoms (the club is now defunct, its last name was [[Morecambe Bay Storm]]) and the Carlisle Kestrels.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 January 2020 |title=Carlisle Kestrels American Football team hoping to soar again |work=News & Star |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/18168874.carlisle-kestrels-american-football-team-hoping-soar/ |access-date=27 November 2021 |archive-date=27 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127161630/https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/18168874.carlisle-kestrels-american-football-team-hoping-soar/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Association====
[[File:Brunton Park Welcome.jpg|thumb|right|[[Brunton Park]], the home of Carlisle United]]
[[Barrow A.F.C.|Barrow]] and [[Carlisle United]] are the only professional football teams in Cumbria.  Carlisle United attract support from across Cumbria and beyond, with many Cumbrian "ex-pats" travelling to see their games, both home and away.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

[[Workington A.F.C.|Workington]]—who are always known locally as "the reds"—are a well-supported non-league team,{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} having been relegated from the Football League in the 1970s. Workington made a rapid rise up the non league ladder and in 2007/08 competed with Barrow in the [[Conference North]]. Barrow were then promoted to the [[Conference Premier]] in 2007/08. In 2020, Barrow were promoted to the [[Football League]] as a result of winning the [[2019–20 National League|National League]].

====Rugby codes====
[[Rugby union]] is popular in the county's north and east with teams such as Furness RUFC & Hawcoat Park RUFC (South Cumbria), Workington RUFC (Workington Zebras), Whitehaven RUFC, Carlisle RUFC, Creighton RUFC, [[Aspatria RUFC]], Wigton RUFC, [[Kendal RUFC]], Kirkby Lonsdale RUFC, Keswick RUFC, Cockermouth RUFC, Upper Eden RUFC and [[Penrith RUFC]].
[[File:Craven Park, Barrow.jpg|thumb|right|[[Craven Park (Barrow)|Craven Park]], home of Barrow Raiders]]
[[Rugby league]] is a very popular sport in south and West Cumbria. [[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]], [[Whitehaven R.L.F.C.|Whitehaven]] and [[Workington Town|Workington]] play in the [[RFL League 1|Rugby League Championships]]. [[British Amateur Rugby League Association|Amateur]] teams; Wath Brow Hornets, [[Askam and Ireleth#Sport|Askam]], [[Egremont Rangers]], [[Kells A.R.L.F.C.|Kells]], Barrow Island, Hensingham and [[Millom RLFC|Millom]] play in the [[National Conference League|National Conference]].