{"id":98733,"date":"2023-10-07T08:17:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T08:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=98733"},"modified":"2023-10-07T08:17:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T08:17:31","slug":"london-stadium-bigger-than-wembley-was-forgotten-about-and-hosted-ex-premier-league-side-before-being-demolished-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/sport\/london-stadium-bigger-than-wembley-was-forgotten-about-and-hosted-ex-premier-league-side-before-being-demolished-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"London stadium bigger than Wembley was forgotten about and hosted ex-Premier League side before being demolished | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE 92,000-capacity White City Stadium staged an Olympic Games and played host to QPR before it was demolished in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>The London venue was built for the 1908 Olympic Games after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two years earlier meant the event could not take place in Rome as planned.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000000471240.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1908-summer-olympics-home-greyhound-849501702.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/news-group-newspapers-picture-six-978067.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/attend-international-horse-show-white-1102360.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1966-match-france-uruguay-football-849501722.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>British organisers reacted by constructing the White City Stadium &#8211; which was designed by Lancashire-born engineer John James Webster.<\/p>\n<p>It was initially built for a seated capacity of 68,000.<\/p>\n<p>And in 1908 it held several Olympic sports including rugby union, archery, swimming, track and field and gymnastics. <\/p>\n<p>Then in 1926, the stadium was sold to the Greyhound Racing Association.<\/p>\n<h2>READ MORE IN FOOTBALL<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RW-COMPMan-Utd-were-this-badV2.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RW-COMPMan-Utd-were-this-badV2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RW-COMPMan-Utd-were-this-badV2.jpg\"><\/picture><span>TOTAL WEAPONS <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>How world looked the last time Utd were so bad with Lethal Weapon 2 No1 film<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RW-BET-UK-COMP-DEC01new2-1.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RW-BET-UK-COMP-DEC01new2-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RW-BET-UK-COMP-DEC01new2-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>TOP OFFER <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Get \u00a330 in free bets when you stake \u00a310 today with Bet UK<\/h3>\n<p>The track was grassed over to make the venue suitable for greyhound racing and speedway, with terracing and a restaurant also added.<\/p>\n<p>From 1927 until the stadium&#x27;s closure in 1984, it was widely considered to be the best greyhound track in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>The English Greyhound Derby was held at White City Stadium every year.<\/p>\n<p>And in 1939, a record 92,000 people crammed in to watch the race.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Football<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2022-giovanni-van-bronckhorst-sacked-777207820-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>IN THE DOCK <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Ex-football star could face 15 years in jail for alleged sex attack on ex-wife<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/crop-24318757.jpg\"><\/picture><span>THE GALL OF IT <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Man Utd apologise for &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; 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