Editing Staines-upon-Thames (section)

===Association football===
[[Staines Town F.C.]] (STFC) traces its origins to a football team from St Peter's Institute, which took part in the [[1878–79 FA Cup]].<ref name=STFC>{{cite web |title= Celebrating 126 Years 1892 – 2018 |date= 16 August 2018 |url= https://stainestownfootballclub.co.uk/club-history/ |publisher= Staines Town Football Club |access-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-date= 16 April 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220416024531/https://stainestownfootballclub.co.uk/club-history/ |url-status= live }}</ref> STFC itself was founded in 1892 and initially played its home games at Hammond's Farm, now beneath the King George VI reservoir.<ref name=Frith_2004_p8>{{harvnb|Anonymous|2004|p=8}}</ref> It later merged with the St Peter's team, but the combined club closed in 1935. STFC was reformed towards the end of the Second World War and played its [[home (sports)|home games]] at Wheatsheaf Park.<ref name=STFC/> The ground was refurbished in 2004,<ref name=Frith_2004_p8/> but in March 2022 the club announced that it was in dispute with its landlord and would be suspending football operations with immediate effect.<ref>{{cite news |title= Staines Town FC: Non-league club suspends operations over legal row |date= 29 March 2022 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-60920074 |work= BBC News |access-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-date= 30 March 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220330120109/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-60920074 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Nakrani |first= Sachin |date= 30 March 2022 |title= Staines Town accuse investment fund of breaching the modern slavery act |url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/30/staines-town-accuse-landlord-of-breaches-of-the-modern-slavery-act |work= The Guardian |access-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220515071711/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/30/staines-town-accuse-landlord-of-breaches-of-the-modern-slavery-act |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[Staines Lammas F.C.]] was founded in 1926 and initially played its home games at the Lammas Recreation Ground. The club moved to Laleham Recreation Ground in the 1980s and, in 2001, opened a new pavilion.<ref>{{cite web |title= Staines Lammas Hopes and Dreams at Laleham |url= https://app.investmycommunity.com/fundraise/staines-lammas-football-club-2583 |year= 2020 |publisher= InvestMyCommunity |access-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-date= 21 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220521102146/https://app.investmycommunity.com/fundraise/staines-lammas-football-club-2583 |url-status= live }}</ref>