Steve Shovlar

Never been away. Just nothing worth commenting on.

Sorry to read this news. Just like The Doctor, I remember Mark from the speedway mailing list years ago. RIP

There’s two hopes of getting a home Premier league match ticket for AFC Bournemouth. No hope and Bob Hope. Bob has left the building. Any empty seats seen are season ticket holders who have not turned up. The system used to get a regular ticket for Bournemouth home games makes it almost completely impossible due to the points system in place. Touts possibly the only bet to get inside the ground. Believe if Bournemouth had a 25,000 capacity it would still be full.

Season ticket is not a good deal. I am away at end of April for two weeks in Italy, again in June for two weeks in eastern Europe, with a further two weeks pencilled in for France in September. Seriously £20 inc program to watch second div racing is not value and people will think twice about coughing up to watch certain teams that don’t set the pulses racing. I am fortunate in that I can afford it but there are many who will give it serious though whether to bother watching the likes of Newcastle, Berwick etc.

So we save a whopping £1 on last years prices for second division speedway? Terrible. A more realistic price would be £14.

I somehow doubt it very much.

I will give it a chance. But I am expecting crowds to be down. Happens in all sports. Crowds drop the lower the league.

And when about 600 turn up next season they will realise Poole fans don’t want second division speedway, and riding on a Thursday wasn’t an issue after all.

Why the hell is Hampel being discussed? Poole are in the second division. Forget Hampel. He won’t even ride top flight.

Great news that Adam is back. Was a terrible call that we let him go to Swindon. Feel sure he will be number one first GS.

I have been in southern Europe for 6 weeks enjoying the beautiful countries of Italy, Croatia, Spain and Portugal. Not missed much here with the usual bickering and nastiness.

Poole. The rest.

If the rules are adhered to, then Russia will not participate.

Surprised this thread is still going. But then again, I am not. I guess the thing is, Poole, no matter what league they ride in, are the biggest name in the UK by the proverbial mile and can easily have topics in all leagues which have the most posts/views. It doesn’t matter what league Poole ride in, the threads will always be the biggest/longest/most posted on. Other fans may disagree but if there’s one club worth talking about, it’s Poole.

McCaffrey had a go at me a couple of season ago for daring to say I had a HD Polish feed of an Extraleague meeting when he couldn’t get it. Found him to be a very strange person and steered well clear. I just ignored him to be honest. Clearly knowledgeable but very strange behaviour. Couldn’t post on the international thread without him coming on with some kind of abuse. He certainly doesn’t like Poole or many, if any Poole fans. His latest outbursts on Stewkesbury and how Poole are going to wreck the championship is frankly hysterical ranting. I wonder if he has some type of issue and we should take this into account?