Editing Scunthorpe (section)

==Sport==

===Football===
[[File:Glanford Park 4 - geograph-2152845.jpg|thumb|right|Glanford Park]]
The town has a former [[Football League]] club, [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]] (nicknamed "The Iron") who play at [[Glanford Park]]. For most of its existence in the professional game (since only 1950) it has been in the lower leagues of the [[English Football League]]. At the end of the 2006–07 season they won promotion to the [[Football League Championship]] as champions of [[Football League One|League One]], with 3 games to spare, when they defeated [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] at home. They amassed a total of 91 points, and never trailed from January on, despite being outsiders earlier in the season. The last time they had played in the second division was for 44 years previously. The club were relegated on 12 April 2008, with three games to spare, away to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]. However, they returned to the Championship after one season, winning the League One playoffs in May 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/8066217.stm | work=BBC News | title=Adkins praises Iron's character | date=24 May 2009 | access-date=9 April 2010}}</ref> At the end of the 2021–22 season, Scunthorpe for the first time [[2021–22 EFL League Two#League table|got relegated from the Football League]]. A further relegation in the 2022–23 season consigned Scunthorpe United to the National League North.

England stars [[Kevin Keegan]] and [[Ray Clemence]] both played for [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]] in the early 1970s before signing for [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], where they made their names. Former [[England Cricket Board|England]] cricket captain [[Ian Botham]] played a number of games for the club, being a resident of nearby [[Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth]] at that time and in an attempt to keep fit during the winter months. The team mascot is called the "Scunny Bunny".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/page/familyfootball|title=Scunthorpe United &#124; Fans &#124; Family &#124; FAMILY FOOTBALL FESTIVAL|website=Scunthorpe-united.co.uk|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>

Semi-professional sides within the Town or greater town boundaries include [[Appleby Frodingham F.C.|Appleby Frodingham]] and [[Bottesford Town F.C.|Bottesford Town]]. Local teams play in the [[Scunthorpe & District Football League]].

===Rugby===
[[Scunthorpe Rugby Club]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scunthorperugby.com/|title=Scunthorpe Rugby Club &#124; Home of Scunthorpe Rugby|website=Scunthorperugby.com|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> play in the [[National League 2 North]], the fourth tier of the [[English rugby union system]]. Their home ground is at Heslam Park, close to Brumby on Ashby Road. [[Scunthorpe Barbarians]] play [[rugby league]] also at Heslam Park.

===Motorsports===
Scunthorpe also has a [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] team known as the [[Scunthorpe Scorpions]] who compete in the British Premier League, the sport's second tier in Britain.

The speedway team has been running since 2005 and won a grand slam of the Conference League trophies in both 2006 and 2007 before claiming the Premier League title in 2012, alongside this Speedway world champion [[Tai Woffinden]] was born in Scunthorpe, riding for the Scunthorpe Scorpions in his youth. It runs at the [[Eddie Wright Raceway]], which is a mile north of the town on Normanby Road (B1430).

The [[Eddie Wright Raceway]] is also host to the sport of [[stock car racing]], the town has featured stock car racing at two other venues in its past, 2009 saw a return to the town of the oval racing sport
* [[Scunthorpe Scorpions]] – Premier League team
* [[Scunthorpe Saints]] – National League (formerly Conference League) team

===Athletics===
The Appleby-Frodingham Athletic Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beehive.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=6352|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425234753/http://beehive.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=6352|url-status=dead|title=Appleby-Frodingham Athletic Club|archive-date=25 April 2012|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> uses the {{convert|34|acre|m2|adj=on}} site near the Civic Centre for many types of sport. They have a clubhouse and also use Brumby Hall next-door. The site includes a 3G football pitch and an artificial Astro hockey pitch, along with several grass football pitches and an area for cricket. There is also the Scunthorpe and District Athletics Club.<ref>[http://www.scunthorpeathletics.com Scunthorpe and District Athletics Club]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812140309/http://www.scunthorpeathletics.com/|date=12 August 2007}}</ref> They train at Quibell Park Stadium,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=scunthorpe|title=Quibell Park Stadium|website=Runtrackdir.com|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> Scunthorpe's athletic track on Brumby Wood Lane named after [[David Quibell, 1st Baron Quibell|David Quibell]], the town's former Labour MP. Around the running track is a [http://www.scunthorpepoly.co.uk/pictures/quibell/index.htm cycle track] used by Polytechnic Cycle Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scunthorpepoly.co.uk/|title=Scunthorpepoly|website=Scunthorpepoly.com|date=10 May 2016|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>

The leisure centre was on Carlton Street<ref>[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/leisurecentres/ScunthorpeLC/ leisure centre] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411001807/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/leisurecentres/ScunthorpeLC/ |date=11 April 2008 }}</ref> opposite the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/560651 bus station] via a [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/568430 footbridge]. After The Pods opened this was demolished. The [http://www.scunthorpe-anchor.org.uk Scunthorpe Anchor] swimming club are based at the Riddings Pool on Enderby Road next to South Leys School.<ref>[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/leisurecentres/RiddingsPool/ Riddings Pool] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916095926/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/leisurecentres/RiddingsPool/ |date=16 September 2008 }}</ref>

[[The Pods]], a [[leisure centre]] near Central Park, opened in 2011 costing an estimated £21 million. Facilities include an 8 lane 25m pool and a separate shallow pool, a state of the art gym, a [[dance studio]], a large sports hall with climbing wall, a creche and a cafe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/leisure/leisure-centres/thepods/ |title=The Pods  |publisher=North Lincolnshire Council |access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref>

As part of the project, Central Park is being improved. These expensive improvements are also in their final stage. North Lincolnshire Council's website regularly show photographs and videos of how the work is progressing.<ref>[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/leisurecentres/ThePods/ScunthorpeCentralParkA21stCenturyPark.htm]{{dead link|date=May 2012}}</ref>

Scunthorpe has two [[parkrun]]s. One in [[Central Park, Scunthorpe|Central Park]] and another at [[Normanby Hall]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/news/scunthorpe-news/runners-brave-wind-rain-take-730718|title=Pictures & video of runners braving the rain to support first ever Parkrun|date=5 November 2017|work=scunthorpetelegraph|access-date=10 February 2018|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

===American football===
The [[Scunthorpe Alphas]] who were formed in 2018 play their home games at [[Quibell Park Stadium]] and for 2021 will complete in the [[BAFA National Leagues]] Division One.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishamericanfootball.org/news/scunthorpe-alphas-confirmed-as-full-members-of-bafa-national-leagues#.X5EqKtBKiUl |title=Scunthorpe Alphas confirmed as full members of BAFA National Leagues &#124; News &#124; British American Football Association |access-date=22 October 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023110116/https://www.britishamericanfootball.org/news/scunthorpe-alphas-confirmed-as-full-members-of-bafa-national-leagues#.X5EqKtBKiUl |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town's previous American football side was the Scunthorpe Steelers who folded in 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sport/american-football-team-representing-scunthorpe-3168498|title=Scunthorpe's American Football team to play first game in nearly 30 years|date=2 August 2019|access-date=14 November 2021|website=Grimsbytelegraph.co.uk}}</ref>