norbold 7,106 Posted September 16, 2019 4 hours ago, chunky said: when I beat Eric Bristow in his last-ever World Championship appearance. Ah, right. I know who you are now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,091 Posted September 16, 2019 38 minutes ago, norbold said: Ah, right. I know who you are now! You hadn't seen the "Wanted" posters? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, chunky said: I think you can look at similar cases at most tracks. At Plough Lane, Steve Bastable was the evil one after Rudy Muts suffered serious injury. Rudy was never the same after that. Steve ...and I guess Preben Eriksen would be another at Plough Lane after his 'tangle' with Kelvin Tatum at Wolves. Apparently Eriksen was targeted by some members of the 'Dons' team during the return at Wimbledon. Edited September 17, 2019 by steve roberts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sidney the robin 4,735 Posted September 17, 2019 11 hours ago, iris123 said: A sportsperson would understand, a fan would understand. You would also think that a journalist of long standing would understand the spirit in which sport is played out and that there are always going to be popular and unpopular participants. It often pays to be unpopular. A lot have made a career out of it all. Like I said Fundin understood the reason he was unpopular, was that he was so good. Being popular wasn't important, being successful was. If he could go to Wimbledon and beat one of the most popular riders in the sport and along the way get a few boos, it was a price he was more than willing to pay, and it was something he was expecting. If there was a journalist, a forum member who despite all the years connected to the sport, didn't really understand some of the emotions, then it would be gustix..... Jack Millen was painted as a villain but he had the respect of his fellow riders and he was regarded as one of the nicest guys you could of met. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said: Jack Millen was painted as a villain but he had the respect of his fellow riders and he was regarded as one of the nicest guys you could of met. Yes, Sid, John Davis was very complimentary of him in an interview he gave in "Backtrack" some years ago. Len Silver was very distressed over Jack's tragic end and thought very highly of him. Edited September 17, 2019 by steve roberts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sidney the robin 4,735 Posted September 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Yes, Sid, John Davis was very complimentary of him in an interview he gave in "Backtrack" some years ago. Len Silver was very distressed over Jack's tragic end and thought very highly of him. Terrific with young riders he would give them lots of help he was great mates with the great Phil Crump. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FAST GATER 852 Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) I remember Jack once taking Ivan Mauger's carb apart at B/vue while Ivan was getting changed to see any mods he had ,when Ivan returned someone informed him of what Jack had done to which he replied at least he will have put it back together properly ! Edited September 17, 2019 by FAST GATER 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted September 17, 2019 8 hours ago, FAST GATER said: I remember Jack once taking Ivan Mauger's carb apart at B/vue while Ivan was getting changed to see any mods he had ,when Ivan returned someone informed him of what Jack had done to which he replied at least he will have put it back together properly ! Garry Middleton did a similar thing to Briggo's engine...when Briggo caught him red handed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TonyMac 720 Posted September 22, 2019 On 9/14/2019 at 9:12 AM, Sidney the robin said: Did the same happen to the great Shawn Moran TMC ??? Yes, that was the case with Shawn too - as he admitted in Backtrack yonks ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites