Parkneuk Sports Stadium
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| Location | Milton Street, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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| Coordinates | 55°47′50″N 3°59′30″W / 55.79722°N 3.99167°W |
| Opened | 1949 |
| Closed | 1972 |
Parkneuk Sports Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway track on Milton Street, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
The track was situated west of Milton Street and built in 1949 on the site of the Parkneuk Colliery pit numbers 1 and 2.[1] It also went by the name of The Stadium and the Lanarkshire Speedway and Sports Stadium. The greyhound racing was independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) and opened on 15 October. The Lanarkshire Eagles speedway team also rode at the venue from 1950-1954.[2] It competed for many years with another independent greyhound track called the Clyde Valley Greyhound Track at the bottom of Airbles Road.
Greyhound racing ended in 1972 and the site today consists of the Daisy Park Community Centre and Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School.
References
[edit]- ^ "OS Plan 1958". old-maps.co.uk.
- ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. pp. 34–97. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
- Defunct greyhound racing venues in the United Kingdom
- Greyhound racing in Scotland
- Defunct speedway venues in Scotland
- 1949 establishments in Scotland
- 1972 disestablishments in Scotland
- Sports venues completed in 1949
- Sports venues in North Lanarkshire
- Sport in Motherwell
- Buildings and structures in Motherwell