I AM writing in response to your report on the possible development of Oxford Stadium for housing (Thursday’s Oxford Mail) I would like to ask why there was no mention of speedway in the history of the stadium?

Speedway racing started there in 1949 and when I was going to watch the speedway from 1966, the Cheetahs were filling the stadium every Thursday and probably attracting larger support than the “dogs”.

If the stadium is sold, I for one will have no sympathy towards the greyhound fraternity, as it was their association that was to blame for the demise of the Oxford Cheetahs in 2006.

Ray Holton, Kingsclere Road, Bicester