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==Sport== Millwall is most famous for its football club, [[Millwall F.C.]], founded in 1885 as Millwall Rovers.<ref name="Lindsay8"/> Nicknamed [[Stevedore|The Dockers]] (now known as The Lions), the team moved south of the river to [[New Cross]] in 1910.<ref name="Millwall Official History"/><ref name="Millwall origins"/> Occupying four separate grounds on the [[Isle of Dogs]] in the 25 years since its formation as a football club, they now play in [[Bermondsey]] and retain the name Millwall despite not having played in the Millwall area for more than 100 years.<ref name="Lindsay3233">{{Cite book |title=Millwall: A Complete Record, 1885β1991 |last=Lindsay |pages=32β33}}</ref> Millwall Rugby Club was formed in 1995. The first team plays in the [[Essex]] Division 1 league and the seconds are in the Essex Merit Table (Division 2), while the thirds are playing in the Merit Table (Division 5), having won Division 6 last season. They now also have women's rugby - the Millwall Venus girls - and a youth section for boys and girls from eight years old. The Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre is located at the far west end of the dock where the dock previously connected to the [[River Thames]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/sport-fitness/docklands-sailing-and-watersports-centre |title=Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre |publisher=Time Out |date=30 April 2005 |website=www.timeout.com |access-date=3 December 2013 |archive-date=11 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211014321/http://www.timeout.com/london/sport-fitness/docklands-sailing-and-watersports-centre |url-status=live }}</ref> It was set up in 1989 by the [[London Docklands Development Corporation]] and the Sports Council at a cost of Β£1.2 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hyde |first=John |date=27 August 2008 |title=Beijing success brings boost to sailing centre |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/beijing_success_brings_boost_to_sailing_centre_1_618574 |location=London |website=Edp24.co.uk |access-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212013554/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/beijing_success_brings_boost_to_sailing_centre_1_618574 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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