Editing Newcastle upon Tyne (section)

==Sport==
[[File:SJP-NUFCvMUFC(27 Dec 21).jpg|thumb|St James' Park during a match between Newcastle United and Manchester United]]
The city has a strong sporting tradition.

=== Football ===
The [[Premier League]]'s only [[Association football|football]] club in North East England, [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], has been based at [[St James' Park]] since the club was established in 1892, although any traces of the original structure are now long gone as the stadium now holds more than 52,000 seated spectators, being England's seventh-largest football stadium.<ref name="bbc360">{{cite web|title=St James' Park |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/panoramas/360_stjames.shtml |access-date=17 September 2007}}</ref> The city also has [[non-League football]] clubs, [[Newcastle Benfield FC|Newcastle Benfield]], [[West Allotment Celtic F.C.|West Allotment Celtic]], [[Team Northumbria F.C.|Team Northumbria]] and [[Heaton Stannington F.C.|Heaton Stannington]].

There is a women's football team, Newcastle United Women's Football Club, founded in 1989.<ref name="nuwfc">{{cite web
| title = Newcastle United's Women's Football Club: History
| publisher = nuwfc
| url =http://nuwfc.com/archives/452
| access-date =22 October 2012}}</ref>

The [[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|2012 London Olympic committee]] selected Newcastle as one of the UK host venue cities,<ref name="olymp11">{{cite web
 |title       = Olympics 2012 – Newcastle
 |publisher   = newcastlecitywatch.co.uk
 |url         = http://www.newcastlecitywatch.co.uk/olympics-2012
 |access-date  = 5 August 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120729000805/http://www.newcastlecitywatch.co.uk/olympics-2012
 |archive-date = 29 July 2012
|url-status  = usurped
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref name="olymp2">{{cite web
 |title       = Olympics – Host Council for London 2012
 |publisher   = Newcastle.gov.uk
 |url         = http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-tourism/tourism-and-travel/olympics-raising-flag-2012
 |access-date  = 5 August 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111201033244/http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-tourism/tourism-and-travel/olympics-raising-flag-2012
 |archive-date = 1 December 2011
|df          = dmy-all
}}</ref> with the stadium St James' Park hosting 9 matches in both the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics|men's and women's football]].<ref name="olymp3">
{{cite web
| title = St James' Park celebrates one year to go
| publisher = london2012.com
| url = http://www.london2012.com/photos/galleryid=1252914/#james-park-celebrates-one-year
| access-date = 5 August 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120803180312/http://www.london2012.com/photos/galleryid=1252914/#james-park-celebrates-one-year
| archive-date = 3 August 2012
| df = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

=== Athletics ===
Newcastle hosts the start of the annual [[Great North Run]], the world's largest [[half marathon|half-marathon]]<ref name="largeHalfMarathon">{{cite web| url = https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-half-marathon| title = Who The Great North Run| last = Staff| date = 7 September 2014| website = guinnessworldrecords.com| access-date = 24 March 2022}}</ref> in which participants race over the [[Tyne Bridge]] into [[Gateshead]] and then towards the finish line {{convert|13.1|mi|km}} away on the coast at [[South Shields]].<ref>
{{cite news
 | title = Great North Run
 |work=BBC News
 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2004/07/26/great_north_run_feature.shtml
 | access-date = 17 September 2007
}}
</ref> Another athletic event is the {{convert|5.9|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Blaydon Race]] (a road race from Newcastle to [[Blaydon]]), which has taken place on 9 June annually since 1981, to commemorate the celebrated [[Blaydon Races]] horse racing.<ref>
{{cite news
 | title = Runners set for traditional race
 |work=BBC News
 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/6736805.stm
 | date = 9 June 2007
| access-date = 17 September 2007
}}</ref>

=== Rugby union ===
The [[Newcastle Falcons]] are the only [[rugby union]] team in [[North East England]] to have played in the [[Premiership Rugby]]. They play at [[Kingston Park Stadium]] in the northern suburb of Kingston Park. 1996 Pilkington Shield winners [[Medicals RFC]] are also based in Newcastle.

Newcastle upon Tyne was one of the 11 host cities for the [[2015 Rugby World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/cities|title=Rugby World Cup|publisher=rugbyworldcup.com|access-date=6 January 2015|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054818/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/cities}}</ref> St James' Park hosted three matches;
* South Africa v. Scotland (3 October 2015)
* New Zealand v. Tonga (9 October 2015)
* Samoa v. Scotland (10 October 2015)

=== Rugby league ===
[[Newcastle Thunder]] (formerly [[Newcastle Thunder|Gateshead Thunder]]) are a professional [[rugby league]] club based in the city who now also play at [[Kingston Park Stadium]]. They currently play in the [[League 1 (rugby league)|Kingstone Press League 1]]. Since 2015, the [[Super League]] [[Magic Weekend]] has been played annually in the city at St James' Park.

===Cricket===
There are a number of [[cricket]] clubs in the area including Newcastle Cricket Club, Newcastle City, South Northumberland, Blagdon Park, Benwell Hill, Benwell & Walbottle, Cowgate, Kirkley, Seaton Burn and United Stars.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newcastlecc.org.uk/|title=Newcastle CC|access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://newcastlecity.play-cricket.com/|title=Newcastle City CC|access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southnorth.co.uk/|title=South Northumberland CC|access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.benwellhill.co.uk/|title=Benwell Hill CC|access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://seatonburn.play-cricket.com/home|title=Seaton Burn CC|access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref>

===Hockey===
There are a number of [[field hockey|hockey]] clubs in the city that compete in the [[Women's England Hockey League]], the [[Yorkshire Hockey Association|Yorkshire and North East Hockey League]] and the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport|BUCS league]]. These include Newcastle Hockey Club, Newcastle Medics Hockey Club, [[Newcastle University]] Hockey Club and [[Northumbria University]] Hockey Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newcastlehockeyclub.com/|title=Newcastle Hockey Club |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/clubs/newcastle-hc|title=England Hockey - Newcastle Hockey Club |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://newcastlemedics.com/|title=Newcastle Medics Hockey Club |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/clubs/newcastle-medics-hc|title=England Hockey - Newcastle Medics Hockey Club |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nuhc.co.uk/|title=Newcastle University Hockey Club |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/clubs/newcastle-university-hc|title=England Hockey - Newcastle University Hockey Club |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://northumbriasport.com/sport/hockey|title=Northumbria University Hockey Club |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/clubs/northumbria-university-hc|title=England Hockey - Northumbria University Hockey Club |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref>

=== Horse racing ===
Newcastle has a [[Newcastle Racecourse|horse racing course]] at [[Gosforth Park]].<ref name="Horse racing">{{cite web
| title = History of Gosforth Park
| publisher = newcastle-racecourse.co.uk
| url =http://www.newcastle-racecourse.co.uk/about-us/history.php
| access-date =22 October 2012}}</ref>

=== Basketball ===
The city is home to the [[Newcastle Eagles]] professional basketball team who play their home games at the new Sport Central complex at [[Northumbria University]].<ref name="northumbria">{{cite web|url=https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/|title=Northumbria University &#124; Newcastle upon Tyne &#124; Study in the Best Student City|website=northumbria.ac.uk|access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> The Eagles are the most successful team in the history of the [[British Basketball League|British Basketball League (BBL)]].<ref name="Eagles2014">{{cite web| title = Newcastle Eagles| publisher = chroniclelive.co.uk| url = http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/newcastle-eagles | access-date = 27 November 2014}}</ref>

=== Motorsports ===
The city's [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] team [[Newcastle Diamonds]] were based at Brough Park in [[Byker]], a venue that is also home to [[greyhound racing]]. 

=== Ice hockey ===
The [[Newcastle Warriors]] were a professional [[ice hockey]] team that played the 1995–96 season in the [[British Hockey League]]. The [[Newcastle Vipers]] were also a professional ice hockey team in the [[British National League (1996–2005)|British National League]] from 2002 and then the [[Elite Ice Hockey League]] between 2005 and 2011 (when the team folded).