Editing Preston, Lancashire (section)

==Sport==

===Preston North End F.C.===
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[[File:Deepdalecomplete.jpg|thumb|Deepdale Stadium, home of Preston North End F.C.]]
[[File:PrestonNorthEnd1888.jpg|thumb|Preston North End in 1888–89, the first Football League champions, subsequently doing '[[Double (association football)|The Double]]']]
Preston North End F.C. were one of the founder members of [[the Football League]] and the first team to be crowned [[English football champions]].<ref name=PCCPNE20071211>{{cite web|title=Preston North End|url=http://www.preston.gov.uk/Category.asp?cat=1846|publisher=Preston City Council|access-date=29 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118144500/http://www.preston.gov.uk/Category.asp?cat=1846|archive-date=18 January 2008|date=11 December 2007}}</ref> They play at [[Deepdale]] Football Ground which was also the original site of the [[National Football Museum]]. The museum closed in 2011 in preparation for its move to [[Manchester]] due to funding issues.

Preston were champions of the [[Football League]] in its first two seasons, but have not won it since. Their last major trophy came in 1938 when they won the [[FA Cup]], and they have not played top division football since 1961. They are one of the few English league clubs to have been champions of all four tiers of the English professional league.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}

[[Dick, Kerr's Ladies]], one of the successful early [[Women's football (soccer)|women's football]] teams in Britain, called Preston home, starting in 1917. They were one of the first ladies teams to play an international match against an overseas side when they played against a team from Paris in the spring of 1920. They played a series of matches in the north west of England, and at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]], London. The opening match of the tour was played at Deepdale, the home of Preston North End, in front of 25,000 spectators, a record for the ground at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dickkerrladies.com/about-the-team|title=TEAM HIGHLIGHTS|website=Dickkerrladies.com}}</ref>

===UCLan Sports Arena===
The UCLan Sports Arena is the [[University of Central Lancashire]]'s multi-million pound sporting venue, catering for a wide range of outdoor sports such as football, rugby, athletics, hockey, tennis, netball and cycling on a 64-acre site. Open to students and the wider community, the arena is the city's premier multi-sports venue.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.uclan.ac.uk/uclansport/index.php| publisher=University of Central Lancashire| title=UCLAN Sports Arema| access-date=10 February 2020| archive-date=9 January 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109145036/https://www.uclan.ac.uk/student-life/sport| url-status=live}}</ref>

The arena is located in [[Lea, Lancashire|Lea]], approximately two miles from the university's main campus in Preston. A shuttle bus operates for students on Monday-Saturdays from outside the UCLAN Students' Union building in Fylde Road. As well as being the home of a number of university sporting clubs, the arena also hosts various public sporting clubs including the Preston Harriers Athletics Club and the Preston Springsfields Tennis Club.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.uclan.ac.uk/uclansport/sports.php| publisher=University of Central Lancashire| title=UCLAN Sports Arema – Sports| access-date=10 February 2020}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The arena has a 1.5&nbsp;km cycle track and a 0.75&nbsp;km junior cycle track, open for use by individuals, clubs and cycle races/meetings. It is often used for [[track cycling|cycle racing]] by the university's cycling club, as well as local and regional events and at such times is closed to general users.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.uclan.ac.uk/uclansport/cycling.php| publisher=University of Central Lancashire| title=UCLAN Sports Arema – Cycling| access-date=10 February 2020| archive-date=9 January 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109145039/https://www.uclan.ac.uk/student-life/sport| url-status=live}}</ref>

===Golf===
Preston has two [[Country club|golf clubs]] with [[Golf course|18-hole courses]], these are:
* Ashton and Lea Golf Club,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ashtonleagolfclub.co.uk/|title=Ashton & Lea Golf Club|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109145009/https://www.ashtonleagolfclub.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Lea, Lancashire|Lea]] in the west of the city
* Preston Golf Club,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prestongolfclub.com/|title=Preston Golf Club|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109145008/https://www.prestongolfclub.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Fulwood, Lancashire|Fulwood]] in the north of Preston.

The clubs operate on a membership basis, and usually allow playing and non-playing visitors. They also provide further facilities such as function rooms and [[pro shop]]s.

The Ingol Village Golf Club operated in [[Ingol]] in Preston's northwest from 1981 until its closure in 2017, when it was deemed nonviable due to dwindling membership.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://golfsmissinglinks.co.uk/index.php/england/north-west/lancashireaiom/1793-lancs-ingol-village-golf-club/| publisher=Golf's Missing Links| title=Ingol Village Golf Club, Preston| access-date=10 February 2020| archive-date=9 January 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109145010/https://golfsmissinglinks.co.uk/index.php/england/north-west/lancashireaiom/1793-lancs-ingol-village-golf-club/| url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other sports===
[[Motorcycle Speedway|Speedway racing]], then known as Dirt Track Racing was staged at Farringdon Park in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The Preston team raced in the English Dirt Track League of 1929 and the Northern League of 1930 and 1931. The best known rider of the team was [[Joe Abbott (speedway rider)|Joe "Iron Man" Abbott]] who went on to Test Match successes riding before the war for [[Belle Vue Aces|Belle Vue]]. After the war Joe appeared for [[Harringay Racers (speedway)|Harringay]] and [[Bradford Dukes|Bradford]].

Preston is home to many other sports leagues and clubs.
*[[Rugby union]]: [[Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C.]], established in 1869, play in the Northern Premier League, the fifth tier of the English league system.
*[[Cricket]]: Preston Cricket Club, founded in 1882 and based at [[West Cliff, Preston|West Cliff]], compete in the [[Northern Premier Cricket League]]. Many other cricket clubs including Fulwood and Broughton Cricket Club are based in Preston, with many competing in locally based competitions such as the [[Palace Shield]].
*[[Field hockey|Hockey]]: Preston Hockey Club was established in 1903.
*[[Mountaineering]]: [[Preston Mountaineering Club]] is based in the town and has been in existence for over 70 years.
*[[Roller derby]]: Preston is also home to Lancashire's first roller derby league; Preston Roller Girls, have been playing since 2011.