Brandon Stadium

The team were all set to return to action in 1934,[8] but the Brandon proprietor C. W. East suddenly put the stadium up for sale.

The record attendance for Brandon stands at 24,000, and was set during a speedway meeting, the Brandonapolis of 1954 on a Thursday night, where they locked the gates and were turning away buses.

[citation needed] In 1991, Brandon Stadium staged the Under-21 World Championship final which was won by Denmark's Brian Andersen.

Sidecar speedway was a regular feature at Brandon Stadium with both team and individual meetings taking place.

Charles Ochiltree was installed as the Managing Director of Coventry Stadium Ltd at Brandon despite only having a minor shareholding in the company.

Alan Sanderson died in November 1968 resulting in Ochiltree becoming the dominant decision maker for the track and fourteen years after the closure of Lythalls Lane Stadium greyhound racing returned to Coventry in 1978.

[15] General Manager Ron Day died whilst in South Africa in 1981 and Sean Doyle (son of trainer Paddy Doyle) the young Racing Manager who had joined Coventry at the end of 1980 from Cradley Heath lost a battle with cancer.

Barbara Tompkins won the 1983 English Greyhound Derby for Coventry when Im Slippy was victorious at White City Stadium.

[17][18] Greyhounds returned in 2004, Simon Harris the Wimbledon Racing Manager was recruited at the end of 2003, the track was relaid in time for an April 2004 start.

[23] On 12 May 2023, the owners Brandon Estates appealed against the decision of the local council refusing planning permission for 124 houses and a 3G football pitch on the site.

Outside view of the stadium in 2008
Banger racing at the stadium in 2014
First bend of the greyhound track c. 1980