Editing Huddersfield (section)

==Sport==
[[File:Huddersfield 002.jpg|thumb|right|[[John Smith's Stadium]], also known as the Kirklees Stadium and the Huddersfield Giants' Stadium]]
[[Association football|Association]] and [[rugby league]] football codes are the main spectator sports in Huddersfield. The [[John Smith's Stadium]] is home to both professional clubs in the town. The [[Huddersfield Giants|rugby club]] left its [[Fartown Ground|Fartown]] home to share the association football club's ground at [[Leeds Road, Huddersfield|Leeds Road]], both clubs then left Leeds Road in 1994 to share the stadium. The town also has [[Rugby Union]] clubs and the [[Huddersfield Rams Aussie Rules]] club. In May 2022 the town made national and world headlines when its 2 professional sports teams both played in finals in London on the same weekend on the 28/29 May<ref>{{cite web | url=https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/believe-its-huddersfields-big-weekend-in-london-as-huddersfield-giants-and-huddersfield-town-go-for-glory-in-the-capital/ | title=Believe! It's Huddersfield's big weekend in London as Huddersfield Giants and Huddersfield Town go for glory in the capital | date=27 May 2022 }}</ref> unfortunately both clubs lost their respective finals, The Giants narrowly losing the [[2022 Challenge Cup Final|rugby league challenge cup final]] to Wigan, while the Terriers also lost narrowly to Nottingham Forest in the [[2022 EFL Championship play-off Final|football play off promotion final]].

=== Association Football ===
[[File:Chelsea 1 Huddersfield 1 (42045745051).jpg|thumb|[[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield]] away at [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] in the [[2017–18 Premier League|Premier League (2018)]]]]
Its professional association football team, [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] is the town's senior association football team, founded in 1908, and most seasons play in the [[Football League Championship|Championship]], the second highest league of the sport nationally. In 1926, the club became the first in England to win three successive league titles, a feat only four other clubs have matched.

In 1921–22 Huddersfield won the [[FA Cup]] and between 1923 and 1926 became the first club to win the [[Football League First Division|League Championship]] three times in a row, an achievement matched only by four other teams. After several decades in lower divisions, Huddersfield Town FC returned to top flight football in 2017 when the club entered the Premier League for the first time.

Notable ex-players include Scottish international [[Denis Law]], [[Ray Wilson (English footballer)|Ray Wilson]], a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] winner with [[England national football team|England]] in 1966 and [[Trevor Cherry]], England international.
[[Herbert Chapman]], [[Bill Shankly]], [[Neil Warnock]] and [[Steve Bruce]] are notable former Huddersfield Town managers.

[[File:Emleyafc.jpg|thumb|[[Emley A.F.C.]] play at the Welfare Ground]]
Also within the town boundaries is [[Emley A.F.C.]] who were formed when the original [[Wakefield FC|Emley FC]] left for Wakefield who play in the [[Northern Counties East Football League]] and [[Golcar United F.C.|Golcar Utd]] who also compete in the NCEL league and share the "HD derby" with Emley. [[Shelley Community F.C.|Shelley]] are also within the town's boundaries and most recently played in the [[West Yorkshire Association Football League]] having previously played alongside Emley and Golcar in the [[North West Counties Football League]] Division 1 North.

=== Rugby ===
Rugby was first played in the town in 1848 and the Huddersfield Athletic Club, formed in 1864 and played its first rugby game in 1866. The town was the birthplace of rugby league. On 29 August 1895, 22 northern clubs met in the [[George Hotel, Huddersfield|George Hotel]] and voted to [[Secession|secede]] from the [[Rugby Football Union]] and set up the 'Northern Rugby Football Union' which became the [[Rugby Football League]] in 1922. The [[Rugby League Heritage Centre]] was in the George Hotel's basement before the hotel closed in 2013.

==== League ====
Following the split of 1895, Huddersfield became a focus for rugby league.  HAC's direct successors, the [[Huddersfield Giants]], who played the famous [[Fartown Ground]] until 1992 before sharing with the Football club,  play in the [[Super League]]. It is the top division in Europe. [[Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club]] play in [[National Division Three North]] and [[Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. RUFC]] play in [[North 1 East]]. [[Huddersfield Giants]], the town's rugby league club, has won the [[Rugby Football League Championship]] seven times, most recently in 1961–62, and the [[Challenge Cup]] six times, the last time in 1952–53.

The town is also home to the [[Huddersfield Underbank Rangers]], who play in the Rugby League Conference. The club is based in [[Holmfirth]] and formed in 1884. It has launched the careers of many professional players including [[Harold Wagstaff]], [[Paul Dixon (rugby league)|Paul Dixon]] and [[Eorl Crabtree]].

==== Union ====
[[File:Lockwoodpk.2.jpg|thumb|Huddersfield RUFC's Lockwood Park, under the viaduct carrying the [[Penistone Line]]]]
After 1895 rugby union was played exclusively under the Northern Rugby Football Union until 1909 when Huddersfield Old Boys were formed to play under [[rugby union]] rules, playing nomadically at five grounds until buying farmland at [[Waterloo, Huddersfield|Waterloo]] in 1919 and, in 1946, renaming the club [[Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club|Huddersfield RUFC]]. In 1969 the club was at the forefront of a revolution in English rugby when it became the first club in the country to organise mini and junior rugby teams. The innovation spread and almost every club in the country has a thriving junior section providing a production-line of home-grown talent. Junior players at Huddersfield number over 200. In 1997 the Waterloo junior grounds were sold and the {{convert|26|acre|ha|0|abbr=off|adj=on}} former [[Bass Brewery]] site at [[Huddersfield R.U.F.C.#Lockwood Park|Lockwood Park]] was purchased for its replacement. With the assistance of a £2&nbsp;million grant from [[Sport England]], the club has transformed it into a major sports complex, conference centre and business park.

=== Aussie rules ===
[[Huddersfield Rams Aussie Rules]] is an Australian rules football team, formed in 2008. The club played its first season in 2009 and won the [[Aussie Rules UK]] National League – Central Division and took part in the North West Division in 2010.

===Other===
The [[Huddersfield Cricket League]] was founded in 1891. Huddersfield has produced multiple [[Yorkshire CCC]] cricketers including 14 internationals, such as [[Alec Coxon]], [[Billy Bates]] and [[Chris Balderstone]].

Huddersfield has a number of [[field hockey]] teams, many of which train at the Lockwood Park sports complex on the all-weather pitch.<ref>{{cite web|title=Training Location|url=http://www.kirkleesgirlshockeyclub.co.uk/kghc-training-location.html|access-date=9 October 2008|publisher=Kirkleesgirlshockeyclub.co.uk}}</ref>

[[Motorcycle speedway]] racing was staged in Huddersfield in the UK pioneer year of 1928. A venue in the town staged four or five meetings.
[[James Whitham]], is a former 'British [[Superbike racing|Superbike]] Champion'. Lepton born [[Tom Sykes]] joined the Yamaha Motor Italia World team in the 2009 World Superbike season<ref>{{cite web|title=World Superbikes: Tom Sykes replaces Noriyuki Haga at Yamaha|url=http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2008/September/8-14/sep1108-tom-sykes-signs-for-yamaha-world-superbikes/|access-date=30 December 2017|website=Motorcyclenews.com}}</ref> after spells in British Supersports & [[British Superbike Championship|British Superbikes]] in which he finished 4th in the 2009 Season. He won his first race in [[Superbike World Championship|World Superbikes]] in one of two wildcard meetings and is the 2013 World Superbike Champion.

On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 [[Tour de France]] from York to Sheffield passed through the town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tour de France Stage 1|url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725103415/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-2.html|archive-date=25 July 2014|access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref>