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Yes it’s called before during and after Only one picture counts and that’s the one where his rear wheel is over the line People are already showing pics of his wheel on the line …. Irrelevant…. You may as well show him going down the straight Scunthorpe need to appeal

If I was Scunthorpe's promoters, I would be on the phone to Nick De Marco KC https://www.blackstonechambers.com/barristers/nick-de-marco/ He is the best in the business. Scunthorpe are going to lose out on thousands of pounds of missed sponsorship over this result.

Nothing about Pooles “win” then.

Pool riders and manager should be wearing balaclavas , how can that happen with clear evidence, very unprofessional for a event in 2026, hang ya heads in shame Poole

Ah yes that’s ok then he didn’t mean to so we just let it go…. What planet you on?? Yes the referee got it wrong but it’s Poole who always benefit Cairns should have been excluded in leg 1 and Cook tonight …. Nobody has the bottle to penalise Poole

I hope Scunny take this legal. There is clear video evidence of Cook having both wheels off the track and the ref has seen this and still not acted upon it. A complete pussy, blind or just plain dumb? What was he scared of if he changed the decision, a couple of OAP's throwing their program boards at him or the infamous nonce shouting abuse at him? The result should be amended to list Scunny as champions and that bottlejob of a ref have his license removed. A sad, sad day for the sport.

Not only that but Cairns admitted he did it in a BSN interview afterwards. Said something like he was sorry but didn’t realize he wasn’t allowed to do it!

Well 40 minutes from the meeting end no pilots fans have been on celebrating, maybe they are embarrassed by calling themselves champions by cheating in both legs of the final 😜

Well, I can't get my head around Ipswich having the National Stadium. There should be only ONE National Speedway Stadium and that is in Manchester. Purpose built, arguably the very best race track in the Country and is easily accessible from all parts of the Country for GP's, Championships etc. Unless I am picking this up wrong, once again, British Speedway has shot itself in the foot. No offence to Ipswich Fans - but - it is a joke - and a bad one at that.

Congratulations to Poole on being the 7th best team in the country 👏

All season long referees in this Country have been found to be incompetent, tonight was no different. When the headlines following a sporting contest are about the official/s rather than the event itself, you have a problem.

I would like to hear why the ref made the decision he did. I can understand the Scunny frustrations as both of Cooks wheels crossed the white line. There was also a blatant tyre warming incident by a Poole rider in the first leg which went unpunished, there were clouds of smoke coming from the tyre it was that obvious.

What a horrible and sad way to end an incredibly exciting climax to the league. Scunthorpe were clearly robbed by another joke of a decision by a referee. Paul Carrington bottled it and wanted to leave Wimborne Road in one piece. Unfortunately all it does is bring the sport into disrepute and British speedway loses even more integrity which it can ill afford to do at present. This is just another of a long line of absolute clangers being pulled by referees who either need more training or more help. It’s also hot on the heels of Christina Turnbull’s decision to let a heat go ahead last night when the riders were clearly in the wrong gates. It just looks amateurish. Scunthorpe are champions in my eyes. They put up a fabulous rearguard action to take it to the Super Heat led by Picko who has been on another level this season. For me, they DID pull off the impossible.

No but he did enough said

No doubt pictures will appear that shows it over the line and pictures that show on the line.

They should. There is clear video evidence of not only Cook crossing the white line tonight, but Cairns warming his tyres at Scunthorpe last week. Had he been excluded - as was the absolute correct decision - the tonight doesn’t go to a super heat; Scunthorpe are champions after fifteen heats. Only in speedway, could the underdog be cheated.

As a neutral who doesn’t care who wins, the pictures were absolutely conclusive!

Cook wouldn’t have deliberately gone over the white line so it’s not cheating. It’s the referee that has to be made accountable. it’s inconclusive the pictures that were shown. You can make any angle fit a narrative and so if it goes for you it’s great , if it goes against you then it’s rubbish. Pretty classless of Scunthorpe though not to accept their medals. Fans have made a long journey not to be acknowledged by the team.

So what's next? Are Scunthorpe going to file an appeal

Start Marshall did that against Oxford too.

I don’t think it’s fair to say Poole cheated though - I’ve seen that said a lot both here and on Facebook. The fault lies purely with the referee. Cook made a bold move and obviously wasn’t trying to ride off the track, that was just a misjudgement, not “cheating”. The referee had the replays, took the time to look at them (according to BSN), yet bottled the decision. Being unreasonably generous, he may have been a little scared for his safety if he had made the right decision, but that’s really no excuse. Regardless, I hope the relevant authorities act to correct his mistake.

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With hindsight also, a bit disappointed that BSN didn’t say it how it is. They showed the replays, which are clear, yet didn’t seem to have the guts (rather like the referee it would seem) to call it as it was.

Commiserations to scunthorpe what a thriller!

But Poole are use to and enjoy winning this way So many times over the years they have got away with bending rules or cheating as some call it Remember the dodgy tapes against workington every time comets were in front race was stopped when Poole were in front start Marshall run over and held tapes up