Not Keeping Track

[BL65]

Has anyone got a worse record? They have my sympathy if they do. Teams that I have followed and tracks that I have attended regularly for more than one season just keep on closing. The list of tracks currently stands at 9 that either closed permanently, for a brief period, or are about to close - Birmingham (1970s/1980s at the old greyhound stadium), Coventry, Cradley Heath, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Oxford, Stoke and Wolverhampton. One track that has escaped the jinx to date is Peterborough. Good to see though that Cradley have a team even if their own track still eludes them, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Leicester and Stoke came back and Coventry will hopefully re-locate. Hopefully, there may eventually be a revival at Hull and Oxford, but sadly it seems very unlikely that speedway will return to Liverpool, or even to relatively nearby Ellesmere Port.

[norbold]

Started at New Cross, then West Ham then Hackney....but fortunately my jinx run came to an end in 1979 when I moved and started following Ipswich, still here 37 years later fortunately!

Edited May 4, 2016 by norbold

[TonyMac]

Don't take it personally! Doesn't this apply to just about all of us - certainly the case if you are aged 40+ and most of your speedway was once confined to London.

[OveFundinFan]

I think, but maybe wrong, that Ellesmere Port still does dogs.

I live about 5 miles from EP and from the M53 you can see the stadium and track - its certainly not getting overgrown.

Maybe still hope.

[BL65]

I think, but maybe wrong, that Ellesmere Port still does dogs.

I live about 5 miles from EP and from the M53 you can see the stadium and track - its certainly not getting overgrown.

Maybe still hope.

Unfortunately, in terms of speedway prospects, it was reported in the Chester Chronicle last November that the Thornton Road site was to be redeveloped for housing, with a sale having been agreed.