brianbuck Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Bordesley Green had plenty of critics but even so,could still have become successful there in time had it not been for a number of factors not really connected with speedway that dragged it down. The venue was in the wrong part of the City and very difficult to get to especially for supporters without their own transport, and the site was in the very early days of its construction and looked just like what it used to be - the corporation tip! These days, there is a new entrance in Bordesley Green Road only yards from Adderley Park Railway Station and with a cluster of buses passing right by it. (I remember a group of Berwick supporters coming there one night and missing 40 minutes of the racing because they could hear the crowd and the bikes and could even hear the starting gate going up, but couldn't find the entrance!) The biggest and most insurmountable problem was the stock cars which used the track every day and wrecked it. Today, the track is tarmaced so isn't suitable for speedway, but the rest of the site has been extensively landscaped and looks much more presentable. Bordesley Green is still a very run down district where it doesn't feel safe to be wandering around alone late at night, but the place did have potential and with the right kind of management (which it didn't have in the early days) it still could have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhoundp Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Bordesley Green had plenty of critics but even so,could still have become successful there in time had it not been for a number of factors not really connected with speedway that dragged it down. The venue was in the wrong part of the City and very difficult to get to especially for supporters without their own transport, and the site was in the very early days of its construction and looked just like what it used to be - the corporation tip! These days, there is a new entrance in Bordesley Green Road only yards from Adderley Park Railway Station and with a cluster of buses passing right by it. (I remember a group of Berwick supporters coming there one night and missing 40 minutes of the racing because they could hear the crowd and the bikes and could even hear the starting gate going up, but couldn't find the entrance!) The biggest and most insurmountable problem was the stock cars which used the track every day and wrecked it. Today, the track is tarmaced so isn't suitable for speedway, but the rest of the site has been extensively landscaped and looks much more presentable. Bordesley Green is still a very run down district where it doesn't feel safe to be wandering around alone late at night, but the place did have potential and with the right kind of management (which it didn't have in the early days) it still could have. Agreed with most of what you say, yes the site had potential but it was the wrong Track and unfortunately the wrong time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Birmingham Wheels could still to this day be an excellent venue for NL racing and a National training centre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhoundp Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Birmingham Wheels could still to this day be an excellent venue for NL racing and a National training centre! Agree with that also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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