| COATBRIDGE GREYHOUND STADIUM This site is not an official website for the track shown here and is neither approved or endorsed by the stadium. I am indebted to Richard English for the scans of badges on this page. |
| The greyhound track in the Scottish town of Coatbridge was situated at 4° 0' W 55° 51' N. The Albion Rovers Football Club area of Glasgow first enjoyed racing in 1928 when an inaugural meeting was held on 21st April 1928. That period of racing came to an end after 27 years in 1955 and it was speedway that eventually made use of the vacant facility. At the very first meeting the first race was won by Song of Love over the 380 yards. The track had a circumference of 400 yards and ran sprints over 300 yards, standard races over 500 yards and distance races over 700 yards. |
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It reopened in September 1977, once again operating as an independent track and hosted the Coatbridge Derby over 500 yards as its principal race. |
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I am grateful to Jon Seddon for the following link to a map showing the whereabouts of the old track |
| This section gives a comprehensive picture of
the badges produced by the track 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 http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21 where further reading can be undertaken. |
If you have rare Coatbridge badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net |