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BIRMINGHAM BRUMMIES This site is not an official website for the track shown here and is neither approved or endorsed by the speedway team. |
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| Speedway is known to have taken
place in at least 8 different venues spread across Birmingham. The first meeting took
place at the Alexander Stadium, Perry Barr on 12th July 1928 in front of a crowd in excess
of 6000. It was a popular venue in that first year, with 12 meetings being held, but it
was to be a further 18 years before this area winessed further speedway. It was not until 1946 that speedway was to return when Burmingham were successful against the Norwich Stars by 56-48. The final meeting at this venue took place on 23rd September 1960 when London were successful by 49-41. |
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The team have been League Champions in 1974 and 1975 and also won the Knockout Cup in 1974. |  |
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Greyhound racing has taken place in Birmingham, notably Hall Green and Perry Barr, since 1932. Hall Green hosts the Midland Flat championship over 474 metres and a number of greyhounds from the track have triumphed in the Greyhound Derby, notably those trained in the 1980's by Geoff De Mulder. Perry Barr dates even further back with a meeting held in April 1928. Its principal race is the Birminham Cup which has been run since 1939. |  |
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The club is well known as The Brummies, but has also been nicknamed the Bulldogs and The Blues in the 1930's. |  |
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This section gives a comprehensive picture of
the badges produced for the team throughout the ages, but only provides the briefest of
glimpses of its history. For those wishing to undertake further research we can recommend
a visit to www.birminghamspeedway.co.uk and for those wishing to read more widely we recommend a visit to http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21 especially Complete History of the British
League:
by
Peter Oakes ISBN-10: 0948882077 |
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To view a complete collection of badges choose the relevant link below: |  |
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| More detailed information is available
from "Homes of British Speedway' by Robert Bamford & John Jarvis If you have rare Birmingham Brummies badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net or john.somerville@blueyonder.co.uk |
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