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West Ham Stadium 22:41 - Jun 23 with 1760 viewsSaintNick

I had never heard of this, 120,000 capacity and only closed in 1972

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Ham_Stadium

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West Ham Stadium on 09:12 - Jun 24 with 1606 viewsSouthSeaSaint

The White City was another stadium in London with a large capacity (between 60-80k capacity)
It was mainly used for Athletics, Greyhound and Speedway and QPR had a short spell playing there.
I went there twice, once for a AAA athletics meeting and again in 1966 to watch France & Uruguay in the World Cup.
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West Ham Stadium on 09:16 - Jun 24 with 1603 viewsSaintNick

West Ham Stadium on 09:12 - Jun 24 by SouthSeaSaint

The White City was another stadium in London with a large capacity (between 60-80k capacity)
It was mainly used for Athletics, Greyhound and Speedway and QPR had a short spell playing there.
I went there twice, once for a AAA athletics meeting and again in 1966 to watch France & Uruguay in the World Cup.


I remember walking past the White City Stadium the first time I went to QPR's ground in 1979, it was in the same road about 200 yards away.

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West Ham Stadium on 08:09 - Jun 25 with 1323 viewsMytchettSaint

West Ham Stadium on 09:16 - Jun 24 by SaintNick

I remember walking past the White City Stadium the first time I went to QPR's ground in 1979, it was in the same road about 200 yards away.


My first ever football game was QPR v West Ham in the early 80’s. I walked past the white city stadium with my dad wondering why we haven’t gone in there, as you say, it was very close by.

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West Ham Stadium on 12:30 - Jun 25 with 1239 viewsSouthSeaSaint

Anyone know what the capacity/record crowd was at Soton Speedway Stadium?
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West Ham Stadium on 14:44 - Jun 25 with 1198 viewsdirk_doone

West Ham Stadium on 12:30 - Jun 25 by SouthSeaSaint

Anyone know what the capacity/record crowd was at Soton Speedway Stadium?


At its peak, it had a capacity of 20,000. I've been to quite a few of the old speedway stadiums, including Brandon Stadium, Dudley Wood, Long Eaton and Hackey Wick but the Banister Court Stadium was just a bit before my time. Relative to the area covered, capacities at speedway stadiums were big because they were nearly all terracing.
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West Ham Stadium on 16:54 - Jun 25 with 1123 viewsdirk_doone

Southampton Saints in action at Banister Court Stadium:




The final meeting at West Ham Stadium:



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