DONCASTER 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 helping to construct this page. 

The independent flapping track at Doncaster was situated on the York Road at 1° 9' W 53° 31' N and first opened for racing on 14th April 1928.

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It operated successfully, at times under rules, before closing in 1986.
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I am grateful to Jon Seddon for the following link to a map showing the whereabouts of the old track
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?txtXCoord=455668&txtYCoord=404304

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 Doncaster racecards, badges, results, information, favourite stories or artefacts then email johnslusar@fsmail.net