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 LONG EATON 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.

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The first greyhound meeting took place at the Station Road track in Long Eaton on 7th April 1928 and was the start of a long period of greyhound racing in the area. That inaugural race was won by the 5/1 Lady Jazz over a 525 yard distance. The traditional race nights at the track were Tuesday and Friday evenings. The track regularly held 70 metre dashes and distnaces up to a marathon 730 metres.
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The principal race at the track was the Long Eaton Derby.
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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.
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If you have rare Long Eaton badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net