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I thought the two finals were a superb advert for the sport with two very good teams going at it for the full 30 heats, both tracks produced good racing and their cannot be any doubt that the best team won the title. The Panthers were written off by pretty much everyone at the start of the season but they showed good form throughout the campaign and carried on winning pretty much everywhere, apart from a few guests we finished the season with the same 1-7 we started with, we had a few injuries and attempts were made to change things but as per usual we got little if any help from the sports administrators which of course makes our success even sweeter. Every single rider contributed to our success so it’s hard to single out one rider, they all rode well over the season and some of them when they were carrying injuries but they all deserve credit for an outstanding season and the team spirit was the best I have ever seen in over 50 years watching. A special mention must be made for Rob Lyon, when he was made team manager I applauded the choice and he has done even better than I thought he would, he is light years ahead of some of his rivals and had a brilliant relationship with his riders. Keith Chapman has a lot of critics but he put his money where his mouth was and he has warmed to a lot of Peterborough supporters and trackstaff, he has the backing of the supporters club and has truly delivered, nobody can ask for anymore.

it's a shame there are so many supporters that only turn up for playoffs when they're needed all season

Aside from the superb racing - congrats to Peterborough and Bjarne in particular - what about the terrific numbers in attendance and atmosphere. This was commented on several times by riders and commentary team alike. I sincerely hope BSPL/Eurosport and any other media partners can use the 2 Final meetings to 'promote' our sport far and wide, as despite all the moaning and negativity on forums like this, there are still superbly entertaining speedway meetings at all levels and on decent tracks happening across the country every week!

Probably because he was in Denmark, it makes team photographs quite difficult.

I quite enjoyed watching barker on track last season as you never new what you would get on track and was a bit of an enigma and better equipment might of helped the cause.His off track antics did him no favours whatsoever but would I have him back it would be a no.However I would like to see Connor Mountain back in 2022

Lemon also made another mistake i feel by using Bewley in ht4 for the RR he maybe wanted the quick start but what it did was give Peterborough ht6 to ht11 without him to think about, that period in the match won Peterborough the title as they hit the aces whilst Bewley sat in the pits not being able to have any influence in the middle section of the match

Well done to the Panthers but what has happened to your track, has Buster destroyed it like he has Kings Lynn, if that was a normal meeting you would all be moaning about no passing and one line, it was only the incredible effort from the rider's and some rider errors that made the racing as good as it was which wouldn't have happened in a league meeting.

What a night,, what an atmosphere,,, I went there as a neutral,,, but after bout 3 races I was shouting the Panthers riders on like they were my own team, first time standing on back straight and it looked so fast in the dark. Really pleased for the Panthers fans,, and to be honest a bit jealous my team never seem to have the bottle to see things through,,,, also commiserations to Aces fans,,, I know how you feel,, its been a long time. Oh and that's all fans bar Geoff/NSS1,, he's a total plank, that we won't see again for a few months.

Was also a nice touch with the Belle Vue riders coming out after the meeting shaking hands/fist pumps etc. Would have been easy just to pack up and leave.

The 8 day rule doesn't apply to a NDL guest which is what Edwards is.

I was ok with Cookie in our line up for this season, although it went t*ts up pretty quick. But Ty was struggling ( confidence maybe) in 2019. He was a big risk in my eyes, more so after a lay off. The Bridger signing was bordering on incompetence in my view. Every man and his dog knew he wouldn't last. But Lynn didn't seem see it. Or was it they were cheap? We were way under the limit, and Lawson, who had no Prem club would of fitted for Bridger from day 1.. Maybe Peter rolled over and accepted anything, or worse helped pick them... Rob Lyon wouldn't of had them anywhere near the Panthers side. Lets hope Alex Brady has some say in our team next season.

Firstly I don’t know why R/R was left at 5 the last 3 meetings when they have known Kurtz wasn’t going to be riding, Kurtz R/R should have been moved to 2 or 4 so it’s not out with reserve each time the heat 13. Even with it at 5 don’t know why they didn’t use the same R/R order as did against Sheffield that worked fine Worrall, Worrall, Bewley, Wright. Putting Etheridge in heat 6 was the most baffling decision.

Well done pussy cats, finished top and best team in play offs. What a season for you guys. Fuming with us though. Especially lemon. Heat 6 is baffling me and will do till my last breathe. Bewley and brennan thank you for at least showing up and trying. Rest were bullied far to easy on track for my liking. Having said that we did very well to get to a final with this team.

Great performance, great atmosphere. Good laugh on the back straight, Aces fans on form, but ended up with a shake of hands at the end of the night. We got lucky with Cook being included in the rerun whilst being under power but coming last nullified that. Bewley was fantastic and credit to Brennan. The rest were average at best, Lemon needs his head testing giving Jye the second RR. Should have been a Worrall off the inside. All the Panthers did their job, showed track craft to catch the Aces riders out whilst they were messing about in the middle of the track. I do hate TV meetings, although a final and you expect it, with RR, the delays were tedious

Yep get everything for free and then wonder why it's not there anymore - great strategy by true speedway fans

Absolutely buzzing..and no one can deny this amazing team doesn't deserve the title..they just soldiered on in the face of adversity and full of heroes..and let's not forget Ully and Hans as this whole season was massive team effort..well done boys.. you've made my year!

And to be fair to him, he was only a 'soldier of fortune' for one night only, so quite understandably could have felt 'job done', said his goodbyes and cleared off for a long old drive home.. And looks like some work to do on his bike too in time for those two matches so the faster he gets that sorted the better...

Geoff had given him a lift down and didn't want to hang around...

Well done Peterborough! C commiserations to Aces. But the absolute winner is speedway. Fantastic two matches to end the season. If only this level of speedway could be at every match the the sport wouldn't be in the trouble it is in.

At the end of the day, we've been treated to probably the best top flight final in many many years. Loving it

My family and I aren't locals and have always found it relatively easy to get the bus from near Manchester Piccadilly and then 5 walk to the NSS. Usually plenty of buses run to Belle Vue / Hyde Road.

14 rider's. You forgot the R/R twins up against each other tonight

To be honest the ads can be a welcome diversion to some of the posts!!

Elite Champions in 2012 and 2017 also if I remember, so pretty big over the last 9 years all things considered.