As I said BOBBATH - that is why we were closed down.
I'll never forgive Parker and Bridgett for that. They said we closed because of bad weather and low crowds - absolute rubbish. We had a couple of wet Meetings (crucially we never had a Rain Off) and the Meeting before we closed attracted a 6,000 crowd.
No - we were closed to strengthen Wolverhampton (another Bridgett Track) and Newcastle got Ken Sharples who was brilliant for them and they won the League in 1964.