133:. The site chosen in 1932 for the newly purpose built track was on the old Springfield Iron Foundry. Falkirk at the time was immersed in iron works with a significant percentage of the population employed in the industry. The name Diamond Stadium was derived from the former Springfield Iron foundry that was locally known as the Diamond Foundry.
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The track had long straights and tight bends with distances of 250, 450, 580 & 800 yards around a 320-yard circumference. The stadium was owned by the
Brockville Greyhound Racecourse Ltd with racing taking place on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings. The main stand, kennels and paddock were
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Falkirk council acquired the stadium for £31,000 at the beginning of 1972 following the exit of the previous track owner Mr George Jack. They in turn leased it initially to John O'Donnell and then for a number of years to Falkirk businessman William Barr. William Barr invested much needed funds
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Stirlingshire Midland Junction railway that ran below the Brockville Park football ground. The stadium lost its NGRC licence on 22 October 1937 but experienced a totalisator turnover high in 1946 of £218,962; a large sum for an independent track.
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champion Man Friday by nineteen lengths. The
Diamond Stadium management initially declared their intentions to be independent and race on Saturday afternoons in an attempt to damage the football match day crowds of the other two rival tracks but they soon joined the
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turning it into a family affair and by 1980 all races were handicaps on an all-sand surface over distances of 215, 535, 730 & 900 yards. There were ten bookmakers and racing took place on
Tuesday and Friday nights at 7.30pm. Trials were held on a Sunday.
158:(NGRC) and began a regular race schedule. The competition between the tracks was fierce and it made the Scottish national papers who labelled it as a war. Firs Park reverted to football only in 1933 and Brockville Park followed suit in 1935.
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16:Greyhound racing stadium in Scotland
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453:. Ringpress Books. p. 287.
451:Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File
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844:Stevenston
809:Linlithgow
794:Kincardine
789:Kilmarnock
679:Crossgates
664:Corbiewood
629:Auchinleck
264:References
195:Greyhound
53:56°00′09″N
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689:Dumbarton
251:Ma Petite
223:Big Sambo
190:Distance
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92:July 1988
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614:Allanton
237:Two Aces
209:Room Boy
111:Scotland
31:Location
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829:Paisley
724:Galston
649:Berwick
438:. 1993.
408:. 1972.
393:. 1972.
339:. 1932.
324:. 1932.
309:. 1932.
175:Closure
162:History
137:Opening
121:Origins
107:Falkirk
36:Falkirk
869:Wishaw
814:Methil
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89:Closed
81:Opened
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