Editing Liverpool (section)

===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>