The Tigers race at the recently redeveloped Peugeot Ashfield Stadium, a superb venue for live motorsport in the north of Glasgow. Edinburgh Monarchs and Glasgow Tigers have joined forces to give Scottish Speedway the best possible start to the 2018 season, which opens in March. Glasgow Speedway was formed in 1928 and were initially based at the White City Stadium on Paisley Road West in Ibrox, Glasgow (close to Rangers F.C. * YES; NO; Basket . 2016 will be our seventieth anniversary! In 1987 the Tigers moved to Derwent Park in Workington and although they started the year named as Glasgow, they were renamed Workington Tigers for the rest of what was an uncompleted season. Glasgow Speedway was formed in 1928 and were initially based at the White City Stadium on Paisley Road West in Ibrox, Glasgow (close to Rangers F.C. Other venues were also operating open meetings around this time at Carntyne Stadium, Celtic Park and Nelson Athletic … Briefs from the East Published: March 11, 2018. British League Division Two Knock Out Cup, Glasgow Tigers News / Interviews and Rider Blogs from Glasgow Now, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glasgow_Tigers_(speedway)&oldid=934941249, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 January 2020, at 12:53. The Tigers remained there until they moved to Blantyre in the middle of the 1977 season and re-introduced the name Glasgow Tigers. There are 12 home matches and 12 away matches during the regular season which runs until the end of September. Scotland. We compete in British Speedway’s Premier League, which consists of thirteen teams. Glasgow Tigers is the West of Scotland’s only professional speedway team and one of only a handful of motorsport venues in ‘Cami’s passion will be huge for Glasgow’. Other venues were also operating open meetings around this time at Carntyne Stadium, Celtic Park and Nelson Athletic Grounds in the Gallowgate area of the city. The Tigers rode in two stadiums in Blantyre, firstly at the Blantyre Greyhound Stadium. The Tigers raced at White City intermittently (1946 until 1954, 1956, and 1964 until 1968) before moving to Hampden Park in 1969 after the White City stadium was demolished to make way for the M8 motorway through Glasgow. Glasgow Tigers Fans Forum Debate anything speedway related here. Please note that this is an unofficial supporters forum and any views posted here are not those of the Glasgow Tigers … 's Ibrox Stadium). Formed in 1928, the club adopted the Tigers nickname in 1946 and compete in the British SGB Championship. White City staged meetings from 1928 until 1931 and again from 1939 (Glasgow Lions) to 1940 and finally in 1945.[1].