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  1. 6 points
    Are you really a Belle Vue fan, or are you another forum member posing under another name? Why are going on about the stadium like you are? Swindon fans know there are concerns, but we don't need supporters of other tracks coming here and taking the mickey about it, just because they now have their own new track. I think there's only one person who needs to grow up.
  2. 6 points
    If it does end in tears so be it, no good worrying about it it is out of the supporters hands, me personally i am just grateful we still have some speedway to watch in 2019.As time goes on i am more hopeful that the club might still have a future because to be honest i thought it might be over by now all the fans can do is support the club while it is still there.
  3. 3 points
    By the stadium owner, not by the speedway promotion who are guilty of nothing other than, perhaps, being a big naïve in believing everything they are being told. It's good to, at least, see something happening there, but it seems it's the club that are doing it rather than the owners.
  4. 3 points
    A good positive piece on BBC look East last night. They certainly look the part teaching Poole a few lessons.
  5. 2 points
    Hate to be "that person" who corrects you but Shanes did plenty of Speedway prior to signing for PL Poole. Starting out in the MDL before limited appearances at Plymouth & Coventry where he didn't pull up a lot of trees to be fair. Even when he signed for Kent he would score well but couldn't gate for toffee. His attacking style suits some CL tracks and thats where he started to gather interest before joining the Pirates. Not going to debate his ability/potential too much but fear his Grass style will continue to hold him back a bit on many more technical tracks and despite very strong sponsorship is still behind with the financial clout that Brennan & Zac Waj have.
  6. 2 points
    Easy to confuse the riders, otherwise yes very professional........but the big whammy 2 guest riders in your team & the whole thing look's a shambles!!!!
  7. 2 points
    Well done to the witches. Racesuits and covers look great. What ever happens this season its good to have you back in the prem.
  8. 2 points
    The only main differences between the riders own suits and club ones will be the team colours, each rider tells the manufacture where he wants his own sponsor logos on the suit so basically no real difference , the only time I can remember a club insisting on putting a non sponsor logo was last year when Glasgow put the Greg Mackie training academy logo on all the suits which all the riders were happy about , and it also saves the rider £6/700 before the season starts Glasgow have had individual fans sponsor each suits and they got to keep them when the season is over not that there's much left of it after a season and this year it's Grant Henderson Tankers who has sponsored all the team suits
  9. 2 points
    And IMO this is the major point Yes it is extra expense and yes you dont win because of a fancy suit and covers BUT any future upturn in the sport will be down to attracting quality higher profile sponsors They would only want to showcase themselves is this kind of professional manner
  10. 2 points
    1968 to 1977 10 seasons 1978 to 1987 10 seasons 1988 to 1997 10 seasons 1998 to 2007 10 seasons 2008 to 2017 10 seasons 2018 1 season 2019 new season will be the 52 nd season as you state. Did it this way for Dick
  11. 2 points
    I don't really have an issue with TS or IRR. I have no doubt, though, that the NDL was fine without them.
  12. 1 point
    All you have to do is speak to matej himself or Morton and he will tell u when he did his (so called messing about) he diddnt take his full wage guarantee. He diddnt purposely set out to score any low scores and he was heartbroken more than most. Zagar actually cares about belle vue. And rode alot of the time without being paid like most others did. I for one welcome matej back and cant wait to see him ride NSS again
  13. 1 point
    Great to see work on the track has at least started, hopefully helps produce better racing and crowd numbers increase.
  14. 1 point
    No comparison in regards to size of project, but huge comparison in relation to the prophets of doom that fill these pages. Your other point I have highlighted on another thread that those comments have come from Stadium owners rather than the Club.
  15. 1 point
    I agree he's a good signing but at 22 is no longer 'very young'.
  16. 1 point
    Tell you something Steve i never ever thought that a bigger track would deteriorate as much in a short space of time as the Abbey has.I believe the straights are to big for the bikes now and if this track is shaped on the Somerset model it has to help to provide better racing.
  17. 1 point
    Peterborough also had matching covers under Rick & Julie. The Ipswich kit definitely looks superb
  18. 1 point
    5600 Tickets only left as of today
  19. 1 point
    The problem would be persuading riders who have had sponsors give them hundreds/thousands for various bit of sponsorship on bike covers etc, to take their off and put Club one on. If the Club provided the complete Bike and all decals might be different but unlikely in current climate.
  20. 1 point
    Think that will set the trend for his season - I think he will be one of the best riders in the league come the end of the season. Very jealous about him riding for Redcar.
  21. 1 point
    I think racesuits have had their day to be honest. Especially when you see young riders coming in to the sport with numerous sponsors and those sponsors crave space and profile. A team race suit limits space, an individual racesuit and body colour allows more space and a rider his "individuality" and sponsors like that. The modern trend also seems that those who have individual race-suits incorporate the body colour in to the suit. I am told a race suit costs north of £600 and a body colour costs about 10% of that, if Clubs can blow around £4500/£5000 of sponsorship money on suits, good luck to them, I suspect most would rather bank the £4000 and have race jackets that can give one big sponsor just as much exposure??...
  22. 1 point
    I went to a British Basketball League match today.... Plymouth Raiders v London Lions. It's not my favourite sport, but it was a good afternoon's entertainment. What's really striking about it compared to speedway is that not a single minute is wasted. Even when it is time-outs or the end of quarters, there are dancers, the mascot is up to something, kids competitions, lights, music..it is a full show. In short, it's light years ahead of speedway. And surprise, surprise, it is packed with families and the sort of demographic everyone on this forum would love to see at the speedway. I've said it before and I'll say it again...and again and again. Speedway's problem is not that it isn't what it used to be. IT'S THAT IT HASN'T CHANGED ENOUGH!
  23. 1 point
    Great effort by Charles at Leicester today
  24. 1 point
    The NDL rocked along with nicely without IRR and TS. Shame that such artificial devices have now percolated down. They are rubbish 'rules' and open to abuse.
  25. 1 point
    Nope, Tommy runs a grasstrack/speedway spares van - RTN Racing.
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