Editing Runcorn (section)

===Football===
The town has two senior football teams – [[Runcorn Linnets|Runcorn Linnets FC]] and [[Runcorn Town|Runcorn Town FC]]. It also has a Sunday League and a Junior League, and an Open Age Women's Team, Runcorn Ladies FC. 

Runcorn Ladies FC were established in January 2012, and played in the Liverpool Open Age Women's Division, finishing in an impressive 7th position in their very first season. The chairman and coaching team decided to agree a merge with Runcorn Linnets, 2 years later, and thus Runcorn Linnets Ladies were formed. 

Runcorn Linnets were formed as a trust-based team in 2006 from the now defunct [[Runcorn F.C. Halton]]. It has existed in various guises since 1918, and its performance peaked in 1982 when it won the [[Alliance Premier League]], then the highest division below the [[Football League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.runcornlinnetsfc.co.uk/page.asp?HistoryAFC |title=A History of Runcorn AFC/Runcorn FC Halton |access-date=25 July 2010 |publisher=Runcorn Linnets FC |archive-date=19 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719025335/http://www.runcornlinnetsfc.co.uk/page.asp?HistoryAFC |url-status=live }}</ref>

Runcorn Town was formed in 1970 as Mond Rangers FC with the club changing their name in 2005 in order to "try and bring a more professional look to the club in general, and increase support from both businesses and individuals in the local community."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.runcorntown.co.uk/history.php |title=Club History |access-date=27 October 2010 |publisher=Runcorn Town FC |archive-date=5 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205060909/http://www.runcorntown.co.uk/history.php |url-status=live }}</ref> After finishing in third place in the [[West Cheshire League]] at the end of the 2009/10 season, the club were elected to join the [[North West Counties Football League|North West Counties League]] at their AGM, the highest level that they have ever played at.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football: Runcorn Town accepted into Vodkat League |date=24 June 2010 |first=Dave |last=Bergin |work=Runcorn Weekly News |publisher=icCheshireOnline |url=http://www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.co.uk/runcorn-widnes-sport/runcorn-town-fc/2010/06/24/football-runcorn-town-accepted-into-vodkat-league-55368-26710533/ |access-date=27 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801123952/http://www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.co.uk/runcorn-widnes-sport/runcorn-town-fc/2010/06/24/football-runcorn-town-accepted-into-vodkat-league-55368-26710533/ }}</ref>