[2] Clacton's record attendance at the ground of 3,505 was set for an FA Cup match against Romford in September 1952.

The back straight (or far terracing) became inaccessible and a totalisator office was built on the end of the main stand, another alteration was the permanent addition of a portakabin used as the Greyhound Bar and Café.

The changing face of the ground did not please the football supporters and when in 1974 the council gave six months' notice to the club, the outlook was bleak.

The tourism boom in Clacton-on-Sea had reached its crescendo by 1970 but the greyhound operation continued for over a decade using an 'Outside Sumner' hare and race distances of 240, 450 & 650 yards.

In 1985, the council announced that they planned to sell the nine-acre site to developers who wished to build a retail park.