Editing Liverpool (section)

==Sport==
===Football===
[[File:Luis Suarez runs at Distin 3.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|The [[Merseyside derby]] is the football match between the two biggest clubs in the city; [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in red and [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in blue]]
Liverpool is one of the most successful footballing cities in England, and is home to two top flight [[Premier League]] teams. [[Everton F.C.]] was founded in 1878 and was one of the twelve founder members of the [[English Football League|Football League]]. It plays at [[Goodison Park]]. [[Liverpool F.C.]] were founded in 1892 and play at [[Anfield]]. Between them, the clubs have won 28 English First Division titles, 12 [[FA Cup]] titles, 10 [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] titles, 6 [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] titles, 1 [[FIFA Club World Cup]] title, 1 [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]] title, 3 [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] titles, and 24 [[FA Community Shield|FA Charity Shields]].

The two clubs contest the [[Merseyside derby]], dubbed the 'friendly derby'. Despite the name the fixture is known for its keen rivalry, having seen more sending-offs in this fixture than any other. Unlike many other derbies it is not rare for families in the city to contain supporters of both clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=6|title=Everton vs. Liverpool FC|publisher=Footballderbies.com|date=6 October 2006|access-date=22 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502155925/http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=6|archive-date=2 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Liverpool F.C. is the English and British club with the most European Cup titles with six, the latest in [[2019 UEFA Champions League final|2019]].

[[File:Panorama of Anfield with new main stand (29676137824).jpg|thumb|left|[[Anfield]], home of Liverpool F.C.]]
[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] has played at [[Anfield]] since 1892, when the club was formed to occupy the stadium following [[Everton F.C.|Everton's]] departure due to a dispute with their landlord. Liverpool are still playing there 125 years later, although the ground has been completely rebuilt since the 1970s. The Spion Kop (rebuilt as an all-seater stand in 1994–95) was the most famous part of the ground, gaining cult status across the world due to the songs and celebrations of the many fans who packed onto its terraces. Anfield as capacity for 54,000 spectators in comfort and is a distinctive landmark in an area filled with smaller and older buildings. Liverpool club also has a multimillion-pound youth training facility called The Academy.

[[File:Goodisonview1.JPG|thumb|right|[[Goodison Park]], home of Everton F.C.]] After leaving Anfield in 1892, [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] moved to [[Goodison Park]] on the opposite side of [[Stanley Park, Liverpool|Stanley Park]]. The ground was opened on 24 August 1892, by Lord Kinnaird and Frederick Wall of the FA but the first crowds to attend the ground saw a short athletics meeting followed by a selection of music and a fireworks display. Everton's first game there was on 2 September 1892 when they beat Bolton 4–2. It was one of the host venues during the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]]. It now has the capacity for just under 40,000 spectators all-seated, but the last expansion took place in 1994 when a new Park End Stand gave the stadium an all-seater capacity. The Goodison Road Stand dates back to the 1970s, while the Gwladys Street Stand and Bullens Road Stand are refurbished pre-Second World War structures.

[[Everton F.C.|Everton]] is currently in the process of relocating, with a stadium move first mooted as early as 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.toffeeweb.com/club/kings-dock/stadium-debate.php|title=ToffeeWeb – Kings Dock – Old Debate|access-date=30 August 2021|archive-date=30 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830184142/https://www.toffeeweb.com/club/kings-dock/stadium-debate.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, the club were forced to abandon plans for a 55,000-seat stadium at [[King's Dock, Port of Liverpool|King's Dock]] due to financial constraints,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/2940481.stm|title=Everton fail in King's Dock bid|date=11 April 2003|access-date=30 August 2021|archive-date=28 June 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628164953/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/2940481.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> with further proposed moves to Kirkby (comprising part of [[The Kirkby Project|Destination Kirkby]], moving the stadium just beyond Liverpool's council boundary into [[Kirkby]]) and Walton Hall Park similarly scrapped.

The club will relocate to the multimillion-pound [[Everton Stadium]] designed by the American architect [[Dan Meis]] at the nearby [[Bramley-Moore Dock]] on the [[River Mersey]] waterfront during the 2025/26 season, with ground broken on the project in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2211563/everton-breaks-ground-on-new-stadium|title=Everton Breaks Ground on New Stadium|access-date=30 August 2021|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209053000/https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2211563/everton-breaks-ground-on-new-stadium|url-status=live}}</ref> The new stadium will have a capacity of 52,888 which could be expanded to 62,000 demand permitting and it will be a host venue for the [[UEFA Euro 2028]]. Everton also have a multimillion-pound training facility based at [[Finch Farm]]. The [[Everton F.C. (women)|Everton Women's Team]] play in the [[Women's Super League]] at the [[Walton Hall Park (stadium)|Walton Hall Park Stadium]].

===Rugby league===
Despite being a popular sport in Northern England, rugby league failed to develop in the Liverpool  city region. [[Liverpool City (1906)|Liverpool City]] was the cities first professional club, but only competed in the [[1906–07 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1906–07 season]] where they finished 26th of 26.{{Cn|date=April 2025}} Despite the failure to establish a team, the [[Rugby Football League|Northern Union]] scheduled four [[Kangaroo Tour]] matches at [[Goodison Park]] in their first three tours to Great Britain between 1908 and 1922, hosting three English League XIII games and one [[Lancashire rugby league team|Lancashire]] game.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=14 April 2025 |title=Locations of League: Liverpool |url=https://www.totalrl.com/locations-of-league-liverpool/?lp_txn_id=2908813 |access-date=16 April 2025 |publisher=TotalRugbyLeague}}</ref>

Professional rugby league did not return to the city until 1934 with the formation of [[Liverpool Stanley]]. The following year, {{rlnt|England}} played {{rlnt|Wales}} at the club's ground in the [[1935 European Rugby League Championship]]. Stanley competed until 1968 twice reaching the playoffs. The club hosted {{rlnt|Australia}} in their [[1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France|1956–57 tour]], the first time the Kangaroos had played in Liverpool since 1922.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

Professional rugby league was again absent from the city until [[Anfield]] hosted the 1989 [[Rugby League Charity Shield (Great Britain)|Charity Shield]] where [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]] beat [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] 27–22.{{Cn|date=April 2025}} Two years later, the stadium hosted the [[1991 World Club Challenge]] where [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] beat [[Penrith Panthers|Penrith]] 21–4.{{Cn|date=April 2025}} Trying to capitalise on the growing interest in the sport, not just in Liverpool but across the country, [[St Helens R.F.C.|St Helens]] (the only professional club in the wider [[Merseyside]] region) held a number of home games at [[Anfield]] in the mid to late 1990s. However wider problems with the sport as a result of the [[Super League war]] stopped this initiative.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

The professional game would again be absent from city until the mid and late 2010s when [[Anfield]] again hosted the [[2016 Rugby League Four Nations]] final, Test 2 of the [[2018 New Zealand rugby league tour of England#Baskerville Shield|2018 Baskerville Shield]], and [[Magic Weekend]] in 2019. 40,042 attended the Four Nations final.<ref name=":0" />

Everton's new [[Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium]] will host Test 2 of the [[2025 Kangaroo tour of England and France|2025 Ashes]].<ref name=":0" />

===Boxing===
{{Main|Boxing in Liverpool}}
Boxing is massively popular in Liverpool. The city has a proud heritage and history in the sport and is home to around 22 amateur boxing clubs, which are responsible for producing many successful boxers, such as [[Nel Tarleton]], [[Alan Rudkin]], [[John Conteh]], [[Andy Holligan]], [[Liam Smith (boxer)|Liam Smith]], [[Paul Hodkinson]], [[Tony Bellew]] and [[Robin Reid (boxer)|Robin Ried]]. The city also boasts a consistently strong amateur contingent which is highlighted by Liverpool being the most represented city on the [[GB Boxing]] team, as well as at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]], the most notable Liverpool amateur fighters include; [[Jimmy Lloyd (boxer)|Jimmy Lloyd]], [[George Turpin]], [[Tony Willis]], [[Robin Reid (boxer)|Robin Reid]] and [[David Price (boxer)|David Price]] who have all medalled at the [[Olympic Games]]. Boxing events are usually hosted at the [[Liverpool Arena|Echo Arena]] and [[Liverpool Olympia]] within the city, although the former home of Liverpool boxing was the renowned [[Liverpool Stadium]].

===Horse racing===
[[File:Earl of Derby Stand and Aintree Racecourse.JPG|thumb|right|The Earl of Derby Stand at [[Aintree Racecourse]]; home of the [[Grand National]]]] [[Aintree Racecourse]] in the adjacent [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton]] is home to the world's most famous steeple-chase, the [[Grand National|Randox Grand National]] which takes place annually in early April. The race meeting attracts horse owners/ jockeys from around the world to compete in the demanding {{convert|4|mi|km|adj=on|round=0.5|abbr=off}} and 30-fence course. There have been many memorable moments of the Grand National, for instance, the 100/1 outsider Foinavon in 1967, the dominant [[Red Rum]] and [[Ginger McCain]] of the 1970s and [[Mon Mome]] (100/1) who won the 2009 meeting. In 2010, the National became the first horse race to be televised in [[high-definition television|high-definition]] in the UK.

===Golf===
The [[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]], situated in the nearby town of [[Hoylake]] on the Wirral Peninsula, has hosted [[The Open Championship]] on a number of occasions, most recently in [[2023 Open Championship|2023]]. It also hosted the [[Walker Cup]] in 1983. [[File:3rd Hole, Open 2006.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]], [[Hoylake]]]]

===Greyhound racing===
Liverpool once contained four greyhound tracks, [[Seaforth Greyhound Stadium]] (1933–1965), [[Breck Park Stadium]] (1927–1948), [[Stanley Greyhound Stadium (Liverpool)|Stanley Greyhound Stadium]] (1927–1961) and [[White City Stadium (Liverpool)|White City Stadium]] (1932–1973). Breck Park also hosted boxing bouts and both Stanley and Seaforth hosted [[Motorcycle speedway]].

===Athletics===
[[Wavertree Sports Park]] is home to the Liverpool Harriers athletics club, which has produced such athletes as [[Curtis Robb]], [[Allyn Condon]] (the only British athlete to compete at both the Summer and Winter Olympics), and [[Katarina Johnson-Thompson]]; Great Britain was represented by Johnson-Thompson at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]] in the women's heptathlon, and she would go on to win the gold medal at the [[2019 World Athletics Championships|2019 World Championships]], giving Liverpool its first gold medal and breaking the [[List of British records in athletics|British record]] in the process.

===Gymnastics===
In August 2012, Liverpool gymnast [[Beth Tweddle]] won an Olympic bronze medal in [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012]] in the uneven bars at her third [[Olympic Games]], thus becoming the most decorated British gymnast in history. Park Road Gymnastics Centre provides training to a high level.

===Swimming===
Liverpool has produced several swimmers who have represented their nation at major championships such as the [[Olympic Games]]. The most notable of which is [[Steve Parry (swimmer)|Steve Parry]] who claimed a bronze medal at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]] in the 200m butterfly. Others include Herbert Nickel Haresnape, [[Margaret Kelly (swimmer)|Margaret Kelly]], Shellagh Ratcliffe and Austin Rawlinson. There is a purpose-built aquatics centre at [[Wavertree Sports Park]], which opened in 2008. The City of Liverpool Swimming Club has been National Speedo League Champions 8 out of the last 11 years.

===Cricket===
[[File:Liverpool Cricket Club pavilion 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Liverpool Cricket Club]]]]
The city is the hub of the [[Liverpool and District Cricket Competition]], an [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] [[ECB Premier Leagues|Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/non-first-class/premier-leagues|title=ECB Premier Leagues|publisher=[[England and Wales Cricket Board]]|access-date=12 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220031258/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/non-first-class/premier-leagues|archive-date=20 December 2014}}</ref> [[Sefton Park Cricket Club|Sefton Park]] and [[Liverpool Cricket Club|Liverpool]] are the league's founder members based in the city with Wavertree, Alder and Old Xaverians clubs having joined the league more recently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lpoolcomp.co.uk/clubs.php|title=Clubs|website=The Liverpool & District Cricket Competition|access-date=21 November 2015|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514230819/https://www.lpoolcomp.co.uk/clubs.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Liverpool plays host [[Lancashire County Cricket Club]] as an outground most seasons, including six of eight home [[County Championship]] games during Lancashire's 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/14/LV_County_Championship_2011.html|title=LV County Championship 2011|website=Cricket Archive|access-date=21 November 2015|archive-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629033750/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/14/LV_County_Championship_2011.html|url-status=live}}</ref> title winning campaign<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/14930810|title=Lancashire win County Championship Division One title|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 September 2011|access-date=21 November 2015|archive-date=10 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710215331/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/14930810|url-status=live}}</ref> while [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]] was refurbished.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/cricket/s/1422537_lancashire-under-the-spotlight|title=Lancashire under the spotlight|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|date=2 June 2011|access-date=27 July 2011|archive-date=16 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816004950/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/cricket/s/1422537_lancashire-under-the-spotlight|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Let There Be Lights">{{cite web|title=Let There Be Lights|url=http://www.lccc.co.uk/otsite.php?p=news&id=4201|publisher=LCCC|access-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809164902/https://www.lccc.co.uk/otsite.php?p=news&id=4201|archive-date=9 August 2011}}</ref>

===Tennis===
Since 2014 [[Liverpool Cricket Club]] has played host<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpooltennis.co.uk/event-guide/history/liverpool-international-tennis-tournament-2014/|title=Liverpool International Tennis Tournament 2014|website=Liverpool Tennis|access-date=21 November 2015|archive-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827203257/http://www.liverpooltennis.co.uk/event-guide/history/liverpool-international-tennis-tournament-2014/|url-status=dead}}</ref> to the annual [[Liverpool International Tennis Tournament|Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International]] tennis tournament, which has seen tennis stars such as [[Novak Djokovic]], [[David Ferrer]], [[Mardy Fish]], [[Laura Robson]] and [[Caroline Wozniacki]]. Previously this had been held at [[Calderstones Park]], situated in [[Allerton, Liverpool|Allerton]] in the south of the city. Liverpool Tennis Development Programme at Wavertree Tennis Centre is one of the largest in the UK.

===Basketball===
[[File:M&S Bank Arena 1.jpg|thumb|[[Liverpool Arena]] hosts numerous sporting events and was formerly the home of [[British Basketball League]] team, the [[Mersey Tigers]].]]
Professional basketball came to the city in 2007 with the entry of Everton Tigers, later known as [[Mersey Tigers]], into the elite [[British Basketball League]]. The club was originally associated with Everton F.C., and was part of the ''Toxteth Tigers'' youth development programme, which reached over 1,500 young people every year.<ref name=Tigers>{{cite web|url=http://www.uktvslam.tv/page/SlamLogin/BBLNews/0,,10023~1054720,00.html|title=Liverpool Toxteth Tigers website|access-date=2 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805170220/http://www.uktvslam.tv/page/SlamLogin/BBLNews/0,,10023~1054720,00.html|archive-date=5 August 2012}}</ref> The Tigers began to play in Britain's top league for the [[2007–08 British Basketball League season|2007–08 season]], playing at the [[Greenbank Sports Academy]] before moving into the newly completed [[Liverpool Arena|Echo Arena]] during that season. After the 2009–10 season, Everton F.C. withdrew funding from the Tigers, who then changed their name to Mersey Tigers. The club were expelled from the British Basketball League in 2013 due to financial problems.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mersey Tigers expelled from the British Basketball League – Liverpool Echo|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/mersey-tigers-expelled-british-basketball-5263705|access-date=27 June 2024|work=liverpoolecho.co.uk}}</ref>

===Baseball===
Liverpool is one of three cities which still host the traditional sport of [[British baseball]] and it hosts the annual England-Wales international match every two years, alternating with [[Cardiff]] and [[Newport, Wales|Newport]]. Liverpool Trojans are the oldest existing baseball club in the UK.

===Cycling===
The [[2014 Tour of Britain]] cycle race began in Liverpool on 7 September, using a city centre circuit to complete {{convert|130|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} of racing.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/tour-of-britain/tour-britain-2014-route-launched-119567|title=Tour of Britain 2014 route revealed|magazine=Cycling Weekly|date=31 March 2014|access-date=27 July 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024936/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/tour-of-britain/tour-britain-2014-route-launched-119567|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Tour of Britain took nine stages and finished in London on 14 September.

===Other===
{{see also|Liverpool Marathon}}
A 2016 study of UK fitness centres found that, of the top 20 UK urban areas, Liverpool had the highest number of leisure and sports centres per capita, with 4.3 centres per 100,000 of the city population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.treated.com/dr-wayne-osborne/which-city-is-the-fitness-capital-of-the-uk|title=Which City is the Fitness Capital of the UK?|website=treated.com|access-date=16 September 2016|archive-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827014758/https://www.treated.com/dr-wayne-osborne/which-city-is-the-fitness-capital-of-the-uk|url-status=dead}}</ref>