Editing East Midlands (section)

===Football===
[[File:Nottingham Forest FC (Amsterdam, 1980) - Francis, Clough, Robertson.jpg|thumb|right|Brian Clough in April 1980]]
[[Notts County F.C.]] is the world's oldest professional football club, with [[Nottingham Forest F.C.]] being the oldest football league side after Notts County's relegation to the [[National League (division)|National League]] in 2019. [[Sam Weller Widdowson]] brought in [[shin pad]]s in 1874. The first [[Referee (association football)|referee]]'s whistle was at Nottingham in 1872.

[[Admiral Sportswear]] at [[Wigston]] in Leicestershire made the England [[Kit (association football)|football strip]] from 1974 to 1982, when the company went bankrupt; in 1974 it was the first company to introduce replica kits. [[Umbro]] took over the [[England national football team|England kit]] after the [[Template:England squad 1982 FIFA World Cup|1982 World Cup]] in 1984. Nike make the England kit today.

The East Midlands is home to several professional and semi-professional association football (soccer) clubs.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Team !! Location!! League 2024–25
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| [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] || [[Leicester]] || data-sort-value="1" | Premier League
|-
| [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] || [[West Bridgford]] ||data-sort-value="1"| Premier League
|-
| [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] || [[Derby]] || data-sort-value="2"|Championship
|-
| [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] || [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] || data-sort-value="3"|League One
|-
| [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]] || [[Mansfield]] || data-sort-value="3"|League One
|-
| [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] || [[Northampton]] || data-sort-value="3"|League One
|-
| [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]] || [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]] || data-sort-value="4"|League Two
|-
| [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] || [[Nottingham]] || data-sort-value="4" |League Two
|-
| [[Alfreton Town F.C.|Alfreton Town]] || [[Alfreton]] || data-sort-value="6"|National League North
|-
| [[Boston United F.C.|Boston United]] || [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]] || data-sort-value="6"|National League North
|-
| [[Buxton F.C.|Buxton]] || [[Buxton, Derbyshire|Buxton]] || data-sort-value="6"|National League North
|-
| [[Brackley Town F.C.|Brackley Town]] || [[Brackley, Northamptonshire|Brackley]] || data-sort-value="6"|National League North
|}