The area’s local football team is Grays Athletic, which plays non-League football and has won the FA Trophy twice. It’s also home to Sunday league football team Palmers F.C. who were defeated by Thames Gateway F.C. in their most recent cup final clash. Lakeside Hammers speedway team (formerly Arena Essex Hammers) races nearby, next to the Lakeside Shopping Centre. A team named Grays raced against the home team which was called Cambridge at Caxton Speedway near Cambridge on 10 September 1931. Grays featuring Lionel Loudon, Wal Evans, Bill Bailey, Alf Lloyd and Smiler Puncher lost.