parts of the stadium and setting fire to the track's tractor. Eight years later a crowd attending a greyhound racing event ran riot after a second-placed dog was disqualified. According to The Guardian, the crowd In June 1957 another disqualification provoked a further riot at a greyhound racing event. Similar levels of disorder as the previous riot were dealt with on this occasion by firemen from six fire appliances who turned their hoses on the crowd. Apparently the angry crowd was quickly dispersed, but they left quite a trail of destruction. Closure and demolition The popularity of greyhound racing started to decline in the 1960s. Both this and some poor investment decisions by the GRA left the company almost £20 million in debt by 1975. In spite of this, the company was talking about major investment in Harringay as late as 1970. However, it had also been in talks with "a leading supermarket chain" about the sale of the land as early as 1967. In any event the stadium received little investment and as a result became quickly dilapidated. In line with its property disinvestment strategy, the GRA sold the Harringay site in 1985 to Sainsbury's for £10.5 million. Two years later, on 27 September 1987, the stadium finally closed down. The site was cleared and in its place a Sainsbury's store and some new housing was built. The only remaining trace of the stadium is a very small area of open land to the south and east of the Sainsbury's car park, called Harringay Stadium Slopes. References External links Harringay Online's Harringay Timeline Harringay greyhound racing photo archive at TopFoto TopFoto photo archive of Billy Graham's 1954 visit to Harringay Arena with opening show at Harringay Stadium The Julius Totalisator at Harringay Stadium Video clips of Julius Totalisator Harringay Online – a local networking site with much information about Harringay Speedway Researcher Sports venues in London Defunct speedway venues in England Defunct greyhound racing venues in the United Kingdom Demolished buildings and structures in London Sports venues completed in 1927 History of the London Borough of Haringey Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Haringey Defunct sports venues in London Sports venues demolished in 1987 1927 establishments in England 1987 disestablishments in England Defunct greyhound racing venues in London History of Middlesex Demolished sports venues in the United Kingdom Greyhound racing in London