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==Sport==
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Dukinfield Cricket Club, founded in 1870, is a member of the Lancashire County League. For several seasons, Paul Turner was the club's "professional" player, leaving at the end of the 2005 season
Dukinfield Rugby Union Football Club currently plays in the South Lancashire & Cheshire 2 League of the Northern Division. The club plays its home games at Blocksages Playing Fields and is one of the oldest rugby teams from the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of Cheshire, having been founded in 1880. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, [[Mike Ford (rugby)|Mike Ford]] was head coach gaining 2 league promotions in 3 seasons. He left Dukinfield RUFC for a brief spell at Oldham RUFC but then left to take over as Defensive coordinator of Ireland (January 2002 – September 2005). In September 2004, he started working as Defence and Skills coach at [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] in the Guinness Premiership before taking over as head coach. He had a spell as the defence coach of the [[England national rugby union team]] and is now head coach at Aviva Premiership side Bath.
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