Burton Bicycle Club (who were formed in 1876) held their first sports meeting on 5th August 1889. Before the meeting there was a procession of riders, headed by Worthington's band, who rode from the Star Hotel on the High Street to Peel Croft. The weather was very poor and the attendance was meagre, but as the afternoon wore on, the crowd swelled to around two thousand. The racing was held on a grass track, the ground was in quite poor condition and there were several spills. The bicycle events were a one mile roadster local handicap, half and one mile open handicaps and a half mile ladies open tricycle race. The final event was a five miles roadster race for the club championship, there were nine starters, including W Layberry (the club captain) and T Ridgard (the club deputy captain). Ridgard had wrecked his machine in an earlier crash, so he rode a racer, for his own pleasure. The race was a tussle between Layberry and Ridgard, the victory going to Layberry in 19 min 55 sec.
At the Burton Harriers sports on 26th May 1890, the bicycle racing was a one mile roadster for cycles not weighing less than 35 lbs, one mile open safety and half and one mile open - safeties barred. All the races were restricted to people living within eight miles of Burton. The Harrier's sports were well attended with over 3,000 spectators in 1891 and they became an annual affair.
At the Whit Monday 1892 sports, a new cinder track (made by Mr Eadie) was opened which measured five laps and ninety yards to the mile. The cinder track was banked, but the press commented that it was not banked enough. At the meeting, both local and open bicycle races were included, this resulted in a large number of competitors from all across the Midlands and a massive attendance of 6,000 people.
By 1892 there were three annual sports, the Harriers on Whit Monday, the Burton BC on August Bank Holiday and a new fixture from Burton Swifts FC on 23rd July 1892. Burton Swifts FC had purchased the ground in 1890 and shared it with Burton United FC. Burton Forward Cycling Club held there sports in 1893 and then ran combined meetings with Burton BC
The Burton Swifts' FC Whit Monday sports in 1898 included a new one mile novices race for the Peach and Newton cup, valued at ten guineas.
At the Burton United FC Whit Monday sports in 1906, entries and attendance was lower than usual, both the half and one mile bicycle handicap races were won by W Ashley of Long Eaton and the one mile Midland Counties Championship was won by A Ainsworth of Ashbourne. This was probably the last bicycle racing at Peel Croft.
Burton Swifts FC had merged with Burton United FC in 1901, to form Burton United FC. Burton United FC were voted out of the football league and folded in 1910. The ground was then taken over by Burton RFC who remained at Peel Croft until 2017, when they moved to a new stadium at Tatenhill and a Lidl store was built on the site.