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Ealing is home to Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club.

Due to the nearby football teams, Brentford Football Club and Queens Park Rangers, Ealing has previously not had its own football team, despite its size.

However in late 2008 a team by the name of ' Ealing Town Football Club ' had been registered with the Football Association and will therefore start playing competitive matches in the 2008 / 2009 football season.

Gaelic Games have a prominent role in the Irish community in Ealing with successful clubs such as St. Josephs GAA and Tir Chonaill GAA in neighbouring Perivale and Greenford.

Despite not having its own football team, many youth football clubs such Old Actonians FC, Pitshanger FC ( www. pitchero. com / clubs / pitshangerfc ) and Hanwell Town FC play in local leagues and are popular among the children of the borough.

Most of these teams compete in the Harrow League or the Hayes and District Sunday Youth League, although some teams compete in other leagues based further away from Ealing itself.