The urban district of Gosforth hosted greyhound racing from 1932 following the revamping of the existing County Athletic Ground.

[1] The Northumberland Rugby Football Union took out a 15-year lease on the Gosforth Cycling Tracks at a cost of £80 per annum in 1912 (the County finally purchased the ground in 1923).It was situated south of Harewood Road and north of Hollywood Avenue but could be accessed from the Great North Road or Hollywood Avenue, and at the time had a fraction of the housing that exists in the area today.

[4] Gosforth RFC played home games at the stadium before moving to their own ground at North Road in 1955.

[5] The Gosforth Stadium Greyhound Racing Company Ltd established the track being just behind Brough Park in terms of totalisator turnover and attendances.

Just like White City the majority of the greyhounds were owned by the company and trained by the resident trainers resulting in very little open race action.

[1] A brick rugby clubhouse was built in the 1930s to replace an earlier wooden structure at the South West side of the stadium.