Editing Arbroath (section)

==Sport==
[[Arbroath F.C.]], nicknamed the ''Red Lichties,'' is a semi-professional football team who play in the [[Scottish Championship]], the second tier of the [[Scottish Professional Football League]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lorimer |first=Scott |date=9 February 2022 |title=Lichties are well up to the job both on and off the park, says Stewart |pages=47 |work=The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee) |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-angus-and-the-mearns-edition/20220209 |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 January 2023 |via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref> The club plays its home matches at [[Gayfield Park]]. The stadium is set right on the North Sea coast, just 5½ yards (5 metres) from the high tide line.<ref name='scotfootiegrnd'>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scottishgroundguide.co.uk/arbroath.htm |title=Arbroath Gayfield Park |access-date=9 January 2007 |publisher=Scottish Football Ground Guide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927130339/http://www.scottishgroundguide.co.uk/arbroath.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Arbroath F.C. holds the world record for the largest winning margin in a senior football match, [[Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord|36–0]], in their Scottish Cup match against [[Bon Accord F.C.|Bon Accord]] (a [[scratch team]] from Aberdeen) on 12 September 1885.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://heritage.scotsman.com/traditions.cfm?id=2372812005 |title=''A day when Scottish football scorched the record books'' |work=The Scotsman|date=9 December 2005 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125173220/http://heritage.scotsman.com/traditions.cfm?id=2372812005 |archive-date=25 November 2007}}</ref> [[Arbroath Victoria F.C.]], a [[Scottish Junior Football Association|junior]] football club, plays its home matches at Olgilvy Park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arbroath Victoria |url=https://www.scottishjuniorfa.com/east-region/east-region-midlands-league/clubs/arbroath-victoria/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Scottish Junior FA |language=en}}</ref>  [[Arbroath Sporting Club|Arbroath SC]], another junior football club folded in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-05-23 |title=Derby win for Arbroath Sporting Club adds bittersweet moment to club's farewell |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Sport/Football/article/14182/derby-win-for-arbroath-sporting-club-adds-bittersweet-moment-to-club-s-farewell.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525074110/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Sport/Football/article/14182/derby-win-for-arbroath-sporting-club-adds-bittersweet-moment-to-club-s-farewell.html |archive-date=25 May 2011 |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=[[The Courier (Dundee)|The Courier]]}}</ref>

Arbroath Lawn Tennis Club's origins date back to 1909. Despite its name the club no longer has grass courts at its home on Arbirlot Road. Blaes (red shale) a type of [[clay court]] surface, was in turn replaced by floodlit, all-weather [[hardcourt]]s following a successful fundraising drive and grant from [[Sportscotland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us   |url=http://www.arbroathltc.co.uk/Pages/AboutUs.asp |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=arbroathltc.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719131215/http://www.arbroathltc.co.uk/Pages/AboutUs.asp |archive-date=19 July 2008|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.tennistayside.org/?p=3798 |title=Arbroath Tennis Club on target for their upgrade! |date=2015-07-23 |work=Tennis Tayside |access-date=2017-07-31 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[2020 Australian Open – Men's doubles|Australian Open 2020 men's doubles]] quarter finalist [[Jonny O'Mara]] is a former club member.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ewan |date=28 June 2021 |title=Angus tennis ace Jonny O'Mara: I'll wear my Arbroath kit with pride at Wimbledon |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/other-sports/2340166/angus-tennis-ace-jonny-omara-ill-wear-my-arbroath-kit-at-wimbledon/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=The Courier |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Arbroath has a [[rugby union]] club, [[Arbroath RFC]], and several [[bowls]] clubs, with former World, British and current Commonwealth Games singles champion [[Darren Burnett]] a native of Arbroath.<ref name="NZher">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10418090 |title=Bowls: Lawson scorches path to last eight |access-date=9 January 2007 |date=8 January 2007 |work=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref>

Arbroath has a successful [[cricket]] club. It won the CSL Eastern Premiership in 2013 and the Scottish Cup in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cricketscotland.com/galleries/arbroath-v-grange-scottish-cup-final-2015.|title = Arbroath v Grange – Scottish Cup Final 2015 – Cricket Scotland}}</ref>

Arbroath is a popular location for angling.