 So in December 1947 the racing started and the football club decided to sell the ground to the greyhound company for £3,500.Racing continued throughout the 1950s as an independent track (unaffiliated to a governing body) and the football club moved out in 1960.During this time the track continued to apply to the National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) for a full licence without success, the first application had been in 1948 had been refused and subsequent applications had all been refused.