The football club began redeveloping the stadium, with large embankments built around the pitch using slag from an adjacent power station.

[3] In 1927 the Clapton Stadium Syndicate became joint tenants, and major alterations were made to the ground to allow for greyhound racing, costing over £80,000.

An oval track was installed around the football pitch, with covered concrete terracing laid on the three sides away from the main stand.

The new layout was designed by Owen Williams, and the ground became London's fourth greyhound track, staging its first meeting on 7 April 1928.

The first managing director was H.Garland Wells, who was joint vice president of the National Greyhound Racing Society and the company were called Clapton Stadium Ltd and also owned Reading, and later South Shields and Warrington.

The appointment of trainer Stan Biss was a success, he trained greyhounds called Local Interprize and Rimmells Black.

In 1952 Clapton appointed trainer Jimmy Jowett from Warrington and there was another Derby final appearance with the Tom Smith trained Paddys Dinner.

During 1963 Clapton Stadiums Ltd scrapped evening starting times in an attempt to stop the bookmaker shops from being able to take advantage of their off-course betting following the introduction of the Betting and Gaming Act 1960, and in the same year the track hosted Pinewood Studios as they shot scenes for a new film starring Rita Tushingham and Mike Sarne called Bethnal Green.

[9] Despite the sale of the kennels trainers Adam Jackson and Paddy Keane both secured Derby wins with Chittering Clapton and Faithful Hope respectively.