Blantyre Greyhound Stadium

Blantyre Greyhound Stadium
Location	Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, near Glasgow
Coordinates	55°47'28.3"N 4°04'44.1"W
Opened	1933
Closed	1982

Blantyre Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, near Glasgow.^[1]

The track opened on 6 October 1933 as an independent (unlicensed) track and was popular with the miners from the pit well and Whistleberry colliery.^[2] The track was owned by Frank Doonin and it also hosted the Glasgow Tigers from 1977-1981. It closed on 22 April 1982 and was redeveloped to incorporate the new A725-(M74).^[3]

References

↑ "OS County Series Lanarkshire 1936". old-maps.co.uk.
↑ Furby, R (1968). Independent Greyhound Racing. New Dominion House. p. 85.
↑ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 410. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.

Scottish greyhound tracks

Licensed Tracks

Aberdeen (Holburn) Dundee (Dens Park) Edinburgh (Powderhall) Edinburgh (Stenhouse) Falkirk (Brockville Park) Falkirk (Diamond) Glasgow (Albion) Glasgow (Carntyne) Glasgow (Firhill) Glasgow (Marine Gardens) Glasgow (Shawfield) Glasgow (White City)

Unlicensed tracks (Independent/flapping)

Aberdeen (Regent Park) Allanton Armadale (Bathgate Road) Armadale (Volunteer Park) Auchinleck Ayr (Voluntary Park) Ayr (Tams Brig) Barrhead Berwick Blantyre Carfin Corbiewood Cowdenbeath (Central Park) Cowdenbeath (North End Park) Crossgates Denny Dumbarton Dumfries Dundee (Tannadice Park) Dunfermline (East End Park) Dunfermline (Milesmark) Edinburgh (Royal Gymnasium) Falkirk (Firs Park) Galston Glasgow (Ashfield) Glasgow (Clydeholm) Glasgow (Coatbridge) Glasgow (Mount Vernon) Glasgow (Nelson) Greenock (Cappielow) Gretna (Halcrow) Gretna (Raydale Park) Hawick (Albert Park) Hawick (Target Hill) Irvine (Caledonian) Irvine (Townhead) Kilmarnock Kincardine Kirkcaldy Larkhall Linlithgow Methil Motherwell (Clyde Valley) Motherwell (Milton Street) Paisley Shotts (Gasworks) Shotts (Stadium) Stevenston Stirling (Forthbank Park) Thornton Tranent Wallyford Wishaw

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