Editing Oxford (section)

==Sport==
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===Football===
[[File:East stand, Kassam Stadium, Oxford United - geograph.org.uk - 1705831.jpg|thumb|[[Kassam Stadium]]]]
[[File:London Road, Manor Ground, Oxford.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Manor Ground, Oxford|Manor Ground]], off London Road in Headington]]
The city's leading [[football club (association football)|football club]], [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]], compete in the [[EFL Championship]], the second level of the [[English football league system]], following promotion in the [[2023–24 Oxford United F.C. season|2023–24 season]]. They play at the [[Kassam Stadium]] (named after former chairman [[Firoz Kassam]]), which is near the [[Blackbird Leys]] housing estate and has been their home since relocation from the [[Manor Ground, Oxford|Manor Ground]] in 2001.

[[Oxford City F.C.]] is a semi-professional football club, separate from [[Oxford United]], they play in the [[National League North]], the sixth tier, two levels below the [[Football League]] in the [[English football league system|pyramid]].

[[Oxford City Nomads F.C.]] was a semi-professional football club that ground-shared with Oxford City and played in the [[Hellenic Football League|Hellenic league]].

===Rowing===
[[Oxford University Boat Club]] compete in the world-famous [[The Boat Race|Boat Race]]. Since 2007 the club has been based at a training facility and boathouse in [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oubc.org.uk/contact-us |title=Contact Us |publisher=Oxford University Boat Club |access-date=2 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802162646/http://www.oubc.org.uk/contact-us |archive-date=2 August 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> south of Oxford, after the original boathouse burnt down in 1999. Oxford Brookes University also has an [[Oxford Brookes University Boat Club|elite rowing club]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-22754793 |title=Oxford Brookes University opens elite rowing facilities |date=4 June 2013 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913115451/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-22754793 |url-status=live }}</ref> and there are public clubs near [[Donnington Bridge]], namely the [[City of Oxford Rowing Club]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oxfordrowingclub.org.uk/about-us/ |title=About Us |publisher=City of Oxford Rowing Club |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913115453/https://oxfordrowingclub.org.uk/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Falcon Boat Club<ref>{{cite web |url=https://falconboatclub.org.uk/about |title=About Falcon |publisher=Falcon Boat Club |access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> and Oxford Academicals Rowing Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordacademicals.org.uk/about/contact-us/ |title=Find Us |publisher=Oxford Academicals Rowing Club |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307161607/https://www.oxfordacademicals.org.uk/about/contact-us/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Cricket===
[[Oxford University Cricket Club]] is Oxford's most famous club with more than 300 Oxford players gaining international honours, including [[Colin Cowdrey]], [[Douglas Jardine]] and [[Imran Khan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketintheparks.org.uk/#!international-players/crls|title=International Players|publisher=Oxford University Cricket in the Parks|access-date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930143746/http://www.cricketintheparks.org.uk/#!international-players/crls|archive-date=30 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Oxfordshire County Cricket Club]] play in the Minor Counties League.

===Athletics===
Headington Road Runners are based at the OXSRAD sports facility in [[Marsh Lane, Oxford|Marsh Lane]] (next to [[Oxford City F.C.]]) is Oxford's only road [[running club]] with an average annual membership exceeding 300. It was the club at which double [[Olympic Games|Olympian]] [[Mara Yamauchi]] started her running career.

===Rugby league===
In 2013, [[Oxford Rugby League]] entered [[rugby league]]'s semi-professional [[RFL League 1|Championship 1]], the third tier of British rugby league. [[Oxford Cavaliers]], who were formed in 1996, compete at the next level, the [[Conference League South]]. [[Oxford University]] (The Blues)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourlfc.com/ |title=Welcome to OURLFC |publisher=Oxford University Rugby League |access-date=28 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011060650/http://www.ourlfc.com/ |archive-date=11 October 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Oxford Brookes University]] (The Bulls)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/oburl |title=Oxford Brookes University Rugby League |publisher=Facebook |access-date=27 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101092801/https://www.facebook.com/oburl |archive-date=1 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> both compete in the rugby league BUCS university League.

===Rugby union===
[[Oxford Harlequins RFC]] is the city's main [[Rugby Union]] team and currently plays in the South West Division. [[Oxford R.F.C]] is the oldest city team and currently plays in the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Championship. Their most famous player was arguably Michael James Parsons known as Jim Parsons who was capped by [[England]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/7339.html|title=Rugby Union|publisher=ESPN|access-date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016021134/http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/7339.html|archive-date=16 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Oxford University RFC]] are the most famous club with more than 300 Oxford players gaining International honours; including [[Phil de Glanville]], [[Joe Roff]], [[Tyrone Howe]], [[Anton Oliver]], [[Simon Halliday]], [[David Kirk]] and [[Rob Egerton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourfc.org/About.aspx|title=International Players|publisher=Oxford University Rugby Club|access-date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016021134/http://www.ourfc.org/About.aspx|archive-date=16 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[London Welsh RFC]] moved to the [[Kassam Stadium]] in 2012 to fulfil their [[English Premiership (rugby union)|Premiership]] entry criteria regarding stadium capacity. At the end of the 2015 season, following [[relegation]], the club left Oxford.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13357129.RUGBY_UNION__London_Welsh_quit_Oxford_s_Kassam_Stadium___but_could_be_back/ |title=RUGBY UNION: London Welsh quit Oxford's Kassam Stadium – but could be back |newspaper=Oxford Mail |first=Michael |last=Knox |date=27 June 2015 |access-date=11 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312055529/http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13357129.RUGBY_UNION__London_Welsh_quit_Oxford_s_Kassam_Stadium___but_could_be_back/ |archive-date=12 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Hockey===
There are several [[field hockey]] clubs based in Oxford. The Oxford Hockey Club (formed after a merger of City of Oxford HC and Rover Oxford HC in 2011) plays most of its home games on the pitch at [[Oxford Brookes University]], Headington Campus and also uses the pitches at Headington Girls' School and [[Iffley Road]]. Oxford Hawks has two [[astroturf]] pitches at [[Banbury Road, Oxford|Banbury Road]] North, by [[Cutteslowe Park, Oxford|Cutteslowe Park]] to the north of the city.

===Ice hockey===
[[Oxford City Stars]] is the local [[Ice Hockey]] Team which plays at [[Oxford Ice Rink]]. There is a senior/adults' team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordstars.com/|title=oxfordstars.com|access-date=28 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010220325/http://www.oxfordstars.com/|archive-date=10 October 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> and a junior/children's team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordstars.co.uk/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417031750/http://www.oxfordstars.co.uk/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2011|title=oxfordjuniorstars.co.uk|work=oxfordstars.co.uk}}</ref> The [[Oxford University Ice Hockey Club]] was formed as an official University sports club in 1921, and traces its history back to a match played against [[Cambridge]] in [[St Moritz]], Switzerland in 1885.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oxforduniversityicehockey.com/|title=OUIHC|website=oxforduniversityicehockey.com|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210231/http://oxforduniversityicehockey.com/|archive-date=18 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The club currently competes in Checking Division 1 of the [[British Universities Ice Hockey Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buiha.org.uk/club.php?club=5|title=OUIHC BUIHA|work=buiha.org.uk|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214081619/http://buiha.org.uk/club.php?club=5|archive-date=14 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Speedway and greyhound racing===
[[File:Speedway racing, Cowley (1980).JPG|thumb|Speedway racing at Cowley in 1980]]
[[Oxford Cheetahs]] [[motorcycle speedway]] team has raced at [[Oxford Stadium]] in [[Cowley, Oxfordshire|Cowley]] on and off since 1939. The Cheetahs competed in the [[Elite League (speedway)|Elite League]] and then the [[Conference League (speedway)|Conference League]] until 2007. They were Britain's most successful club in the late 1980s, becoming British League champions in 1985, 1986 and 1989. Four-times world champion [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] was the club's most successful rider. [[Greyhound racing]] took place at the Oxford Stadium from 1939 until 2012 and hosted some of the sport's leading events such as the [[Pall Mall Stakes]], [[The Cesarewitch]] and [[Trafalgar Cup]]. The stadium remains intact but unused after closing in 2012.

===American football===
[[Oxford Saints]] is Oxford's senior [[American Football]] team. One of the longest-running American football clubs in the UK, the Saints were founded in 1983 and have competed for over 40 years against other British teams across the country.

===Gaelic football===
Éire Óg Oxford is Oxford's local [[Gaelic Football]] team. Originally founded as a [[hurling]] club by Irish immigrants in 1959,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eireogoxford.co.uk/eire-og-60th-booklet/ |title=Éire Óg Oxford: Sixty Years |type=online booklet |date=2019 |publisher=Éire Óg Oxford |access-date=6 December 2022 |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206141323/http://www.eireogoxford.co.uk/eire-og-60th-booklet/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the club plays within the Hertfordshire league and championship,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eireogoxford.co.uk/about-us/ |title=About Us |publisher=Eire Óg Oxford |access-date=6 December 2022 |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206141323/http://www.eireogoxford.co.uk/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref> being the only Gaelic Football club within Oxfordshire. Hurling is no longer played by the club; however, Éire Óg do contribute players to the Hertfordshire-wide amalgamated club, St Declans. Several well-known Irishmen have played for Éire Óg, including [[Darragh Ennis]] of ITV's ''[[The Chase (British game show)|The Chase]]'', and [[Stephen Molumphy]], former member of the [[Waterford county hurling team]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}