Cowdenbeath still host stock car racing.

Means you have to have some pretty high fencing around the track and pitch though.

I'd have to agree it wouldn't be ideal if the new ground came at the expense of other sports.

The place isn't going to stay as it is, whatever happens. And I can't imagine anyone building a stock car racing venue.

What about speedway? That's virtually defunct in London as well. The Wimbledon team was killed off in 2005 for various reasons.

The problem with london is that every plot of land has houses built on it. If we aren't careful we'll lose all leisure facilities and people will have nothing to do except go shopping. Carefully thought out, the new Wimbledon stadium could host speedway, stock car racing, greyhound racing and football.

I don't really see how, without spending a stupid amount of money, or making it unsuitable for football.

Well, we shouldn't have had the last 30-40 years of government if we didn't want that to happen. Anyway, there are always bowling alleys in shopping malls

TonTon wrote:
No, not a chance in an urban location, the only new tracks to be created in recent years have been in industrial/rural areas.

I'd have to agree that there's no obvious way that football could be combined with any other sport, mainly because of the barrier it creates between fans and pitch - be it athletics, dogs, cars or whatever, their track needs to run around the perimeter of the pitch (and as noted by RobM, Stock cars need high catch fences on the bends, which spoils the view for everything else).

It's not just combining football with these other sports, it's their combining with each other too - dogs seem to co-exist happily with stock cars, speedway less comfortably as the cars wreck the shale on wet days (or they have a separate shale oval inside an asphalt stock car one, which creates issues with safety fence construction). Not sure what the problem was with the speedway at Plough Lane, but I know the stock car promoters got flak for their part in pushing them out. Up north, relations have been fraught at Belle Vue over the past few years, but now the speedway team are looking to move to a new venue, leaving Kirkmanshulme Lane to the dogs and stock cars - but will those two sports bring enough punters in to pay the bills and maintain the stadium? That's the one big advantage of multi-use facilities....

It's worth noting that the current stadium is knackered and has been getting more so for a long time now.

Fuck stock cars and speedway.

What about the dogs - would you fuck those too?

He would, but don't expect him to admit it on here.

It's his birthday, I think we'd understand.

happy birthday EIM

Depends on the dog. Needs to be the right size. Too big and it's dangerous, too small and you're a pervert. Dog fucking is a minefield.

And thanks, TAB

Jesus man! How low can you stoop?

Well, a Jack Russell's about my limit.

Happy birthday EIM.

Yes, yes, it's his birthday, well done for not dying, Eric's. Now, back on topic, please, thank you.

Happy birthday, Eric, you increasingly grumpy barstard...

What they really need is a Nascar/English Stock Car race to be held at the same time.

I'd never previously considered the detailed requirements for canine sexual liaison - OTF teaches me something new each day.

Happy birthday EIM, may all your dogs be right sized.

TonTon wrote:

Ok, so news of this is now out in the public domain, presumably the next step is to begin discussions with the GRA, as stadium owners? Or has there been an ongoing high level conversation over the past few years?

Happy Birthday EIM, I hope you can move back to Plough Lane soon, and without getting run over by a greyhound.