Editing Brighton (section)

==Sport==
===Football===
[[File:Amex Stadium Pitch panorama - geograph.org.uk - 2859086.jpg|thumb|Falmer Stadium, home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club]]
[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club]] is the city's professional association football team. After playing at the [[Goldstone Ground]] for 95 years, the club spent 2 years ground-sharing 70 miles away at [[Gillingham F.C.]] before returning to the town as tenants of the [[Withdean Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Withdean years |url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/club/history/club-history/the-withdean-years |website=www.brightonandhovealbion.com |publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion |access-date=5 June 2020 |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604224332/https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/club/history/club-history/the-withdean-years |url-status=live}}</ref> At the start of the 2011–12 season the club moved permanently to Falmer Stadium, a Premier League level stadium colloquially known as [[Falmer Stadium|'the Amex']]. Notable achievements include winning promotion to the [[Football League First Division]] in 1979 and staying there for four seasons. They reached the [[1983 FA Cup Final]] drawing 2–2 with [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] before losing in the replay 5 days later. The [[2017–18 Premier League|2017–18 football season]] saw Brighton's debut in the Premier League after a win against [[Wigan Athletic]] guaranteed automatic promotion to the top flight.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39549523 |title=Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Wigan Athletic |date=17 April 2017 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-date=18 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518152541/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39549523 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Whitehawk F.C.|Whitehawk Football Club]] is a semi-professional association football club based in [[Whitehawk|a suburb in east Brighton]].<ref name="Whiehawk">{{cite news |title=Whitehawk abandon Brighton City name change after fan opposition |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35400360 |access-date=5 June 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=25 January 2016 |language=en-gb |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604224123/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35400360 |url-status=live}}</ref> They play in the [[Isthmian League]] Premier Division.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Games are played at [[The Enclosed Ground]],<ref name="Whiehawk" /> which is set into the South Downs close to [[Brighton Marina]].

===Rugby===
[[Brighton Football Club (RFU)]] is one of the oldest [[Rugby union|rugby]] clubs in England, founded in 1868 before the RFU. They currently play in the Premier division of London and South-East RFU League.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brightonrugby.org.uk |title=Brighton Rugby Club – Sussex, south of England |access-date=11 April 2007 |archive-date=16 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416124844/http://www.brightonrugby.org.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Brighton was chosen as one of the 13 [[2015 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup 2015]] host cities,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11082182/Rugby-World-Cup-2015-venues.html |title=Rugby World Cup 2015 venues |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=3 June 2015 |access-date=9 June 2016 |archive-date=23 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423230611/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11082182/Rugby-World-Cup-2015-venues.html |url-status=live}}</ref> with two games being played at the 30,750 capacity [[Falmer Stadium]] (although it was named the "Brighton Community Stadium" throughout the tournament for sponsorship reasons). One of the two games played was one of the biggest shocks in the history of Rugby Union,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/19/south-africa-japan-rugby-world-cup-2015-match-report |title=Japan beat South Africa in greatest Rugby World Cup shock ever |last=Kitson |first=Robert |date=19 September 2015 |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 June 2016 |archive-date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122105436/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/19/south-africa-japan-rugby-world-cup-2015-match-report |url-status=live}}</ref> with [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]] defeating [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] 34 points to 32, with a try in the dying minutes of the game. The other game was between [[Samoa national rugby union team|Samoa]] and the [[United States national rugby union team|United States.]]

===Hockey===
[[Brighton & Hove Hockey Club]] is a large [[Field hockey|hockey]] club that train and play their matches at [[Blatchington Mill School]]. The men's 1XI gained promotion in 2013 to the [[Men's England Hockey League|England Hockey League]] system, Conference East.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brightonandhovehockeyclub.net/ |title=B&H Hockey Club |publisher=Brightonandhovehockeyclub.net |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-date=21 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521024927/http://brightonandhovehockeyclub.net/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cricket===
[[Sussex County Cricket Club]] play at [[County Cricket Ground, Hove|County Cricket Ground]] in Hove. The ground has hosted one men's [[One Day International]];<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56825.html|title= County Ground|publisher= ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref> the match was part of the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]], and was a Group A match between South Africa and India, which South Africa won by 4 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/engine/match/65194.html|title= ICC World Cup, 2nd Match: India v South Africa at Hove, May 15, 1999|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref> The County Ground has also hosted 2 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] in [[The Women's Ashes]] in 1987 and 2005;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/346_wt.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|publisher=cricketarchive.com}}</ref> in addition, the ground hosted two [[One Day International]]s in the [[2013 Women's Ashes]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/womens/2013-womens-ashes-series-format|title=2013 Women's Ashes Series – Format|publisher=ecb.co.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807031018/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/womens/2013-womens-ashes-series-format|archive-date=7 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and, as of 2017, 5 Women's [[One Day International|ODIs]] and 4 Women's [[Twenty20 International|T20Is]] have been hosted at the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/346_wo.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|publisher=cricketarchive.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/346_witt.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|publisher=cricketarchive.com}}</ref>

===Other sports===
[[File:Brighton Marina - geograph.org.uk - 1413071.jpg|thumb|Brighton Marina]]
Motoring events take place on Madeira Drive, a piece of roadway on Brighton's seafront, throughout the year. It was originally constructed to host what is commonly held to be the world's oldest motor race, the [[Brighton Speed Trials]], which has been running since 1905.<ref>[http://www.brightonandhovemotorclub.co.uk Brighton and Hove Motor Club]</ref> The event is organised by the [[Brighton and Hove Motor Club]] and normally takes place on the second Saturday in September each year.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Brighton has a [[horse racing]] course, [[Brighton Racecourse]], with the unusual feature that when the full length of the course is to be used, some of the grass turf of the track has to be laid over the tarmac at the top of Wilson Avenue, a public road, which therefore has to be closed for the races. A [[greyhound racing]] circuit – the [[Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium]] – in Hove is run by [[Gala Coral Group|Coral]], at which [[motorcycle speedway]] racing was staged in 1928.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

[[Brighton Sailing Club]] has been operating since the 1870s.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

The Brighton and Hove [[Pétanque]] Club runs an annual triples, doubles and singles competition, informal KOs, winter and summer league, plus Open competitions with other clubs. The club is affiliated to Sussex Pétanque, the local region of the English Pétanque Association, so they can also play at a Regional and National level. The Peace Statue terrain is the official [[pétanque]] terrain situated on the seafront near the West Pier.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhpetanque.org/ |title=Brighton and Hove Pétanque Club |access-date=20 December 2008 |archive-date=5 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205194516/http://www.bhpetanque.org/ |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Brighton has two competitive swimming clubs: Brighton SC,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brightonsc.co.uk/ |title=Brighton Swimming Club |access-date=3 November 2008 |archive-date=22 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022221749/http://www.brightonsc.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> formed in 1860, claims to be the oldest swimming club in England; and Brighton Dolphin SC<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bdsc.co.uk/ |title=Brighton Dolphin Swimming Club |access-date=3 November 2008 |archive-date=27 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227224341/http://www.bdsc.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> was formed in 1891 as Brighton Ladies Swimming. Casual sea swimming is also a popular activity in Brighton, rising in popularity since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amateur track cycling is held at the [[Preston Park Velodrome]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Cycling at Preston Park Velodrome |url=https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/leisure-and-libraries/parks-and-green-spaces/cycling-preston-park-velodrome |website=www.brighton-hove.gov.uk |publisher=Brighton and Hove City Council |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727035642/https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/leisure-and-libraries/parks-and-green-spaces/cycling-preston-park-velodrome |url-status=live}}</ref> the oldest velodrome in the UK, built in 1877.

There are three recognised surfing breaks close to Brighton, including East of the Marina, by the West Pier and at Shoreham harbour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 December 2016 |title=Brighton as a surfing destination |url=https://www.thisisbrighton.co.uk/brighton-surfing-destination/ |access-date=9 January 2022 |website=This Is Brighton |language=en-GB}}</ref>