New Posts For Thread: Wimbledon dog track shuts down tonighthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonightThe last of London's 22 dog track shuts down tonight, the end of an era. Terribly sad! I first got interested in greyhound racing in the early eighties and everyone was complaining about the state of the sport back then, little did we realise how muc"Oo, young Tommy's going to take us up the Belle Vue! Young man!"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonight?post_id=551511833#551511833"Oo, young Tommy's going to take us up the Belle Vue! Young man!"Mon, 27 Mar 2017 10:22:40 -0500Not sure how stock car racing is holding up but I know many dog tracks share with speedway and that too is dying a slow and lingering death. Put it this way when I go to a match, people often call me 'young man', I am 42.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonight?post_id=551511603#551511603Not sure how stock car racing is holding up but I know many dog tracks share with speedway and that too is dying a slow and lingering death. Put it this way when I go to a match, people often call me 'young man', I am 42.Mon, 27 Mar 2017 09:36:54 -0500everyone seems sad about it but if it was that popular the crowds wouldn't be sparse, the liquidty would be great and it'd still be going, maybe it's just run it's natural course ?Think they also had stock car racing there? not sure how many other vehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonight?post_id=551508997#551508997everyone seems sad about it but if it was that popular the crowds wouldn't be sparse, the liquidty would be great and it'd still be going, maybe it's just run it's natural course ?Think they also had stock car racing there? not sure how many other veSun, 26 Mar 2017 18:46:56 -0500Lived in and around Wimbledon and used to go there 70s/early 80s. Just started salivating thinking of the mixed grill you could get in the grandstand - doubt they ever cleaned the grill so the onions, burgers, eggs etc had the flavour of everything fhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonight?post_id=551508879#551508879Lived in and around Wimbledon and used to go there 70s/early 80s. Just started salivating thinking of the mixed grill you could get in the grandstand - doubt they ever cleaned the grill so the onions, burgers, eggs etc had the flavour of everything fSun, 26 Mar 2017 18:16:26 -0500You could say the track went to the dogs, *badum tss*. Anyway I'm surprised the sport is still around, the liquidity is pitiful.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonight?post_id=551508079#551508079You could say the track went to the dogs, *badum tss*. Anyway I'm surprised the sport is still around, the liquidity is pitiful.Sun, 26 Mar 2017 16:54:06 -0500Sad day, but has brought back many happy memories of dog racing.I have lived a long, varied life but one thing I have not regretted is my gambling on horses and dogs. Going to the dogs was brillianthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonight?post_id=551507869#551507869Sad day, but has brought back many happy memories of dog racing.I have lived a long, varied life but one thing I have not regretted is my gambling on horses and dogs. Going to the dogs was brilliantSun, 26 Mar 2017 16:37:12 -0500Aye Slippers - i'd probably say that Romford is London AND Essex . Everyones happy then .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonight?post_id=551504097#551504097Aye Slippers - i'd probably say that Romford is London AND Essex . Everyones happy then .Sun, 26 Mar 2017 12:59:37 -0500Greyhound racing has been ran to the ground to get hold of the land Such a shame all these tracks gone. I used to love going the dogs, and owned many good dogs. Taking them on away trips from Reading for Open races at Wimbledon, Oxford, Walthamstow,https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonight?post_id=551498683#551498683Greyhound racing has been ran to the ground to get hold of the land Such a shame all these tracks gone. I used to love going the dogs, and owned many good dogs. Taking them on away trips from Reading for Open races at Wimbledon, Oxford, Walthamstow,Sat, 25 Mar 2017 16:54:27 -0500https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonight?post_id=551498207#551498207Sat, 25 Mar 2017 16:29:27 -0500ya a rum lad Boxy..https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30834623/wimbledon-dog-track-shuts-down-tonight?post_id=551498171#551498171ya a rum lad Boxy..Sat, 25 Mar 2017 16:27:41 -0500