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Getting rid of the 'Pay Offs' would assist in this. What the hell do you want 'Play Offs' for when there are only five Teams in the League? It makes the Sport look more 'Mickey Mouse' than it is at the moment. I love Speedway, but I am finding it hard at the moment. I am looking for a future, but sadly, there is not much encouragement down the line. I don't really know how it got this bad.

This just reinforces the need for change to the cost structure of the sport. For example why should promoters be liable for supplying riders tyres fuel and oil ? . Such things are hard to understand bearing in mind the attendances at many tracks.

okay... give it a shot, and I am being serious, and stay on topic 😃

No it isn't and I'm sure this is a factor. With one league there would be enough fixtures to keep fans happy as well as riders who do not regularly have a Premiership/Championship club. It will also be a lower financial burden for promoters than 2H2A.

He was definitely on the receiving end with endless jokes about blacks from his fellow comedians. Never offended though and took them in good spirit . People had different mentality in those days. Some would say better. As for the speedway in those days , that was definitely better. Halcyon days sadly gone forever.

Trigger has packed in

I think you are probably right. 👍

Bernard Manning was the best offended everyone.

Well there isn't much left if you have Cook.

I know it moves about, and why does it have to be a date, why not a day ? The next few years it's late March to mid April, so why not try it, not for 1 season but for 3 or 4 to see if it changes anything, if it doesn't then try something else. Just about every fan moans because theyre stood around in the cold, 2/3 week gaps between meetings in the height of summer and the season dragging on too long.

Could be worse,? Delboy ,Boycie and Trigger, although I think Craig Boyce is past his best now ? and Delboy would have to factor in his commitments to Paris, New York and Peckham

Christ that's almost Tolley like figures, I wonder how much of the £350k loss was racked up in the year they had Crump and Pederson

A date would be required rather than a holy festival, good Friday this year will be April 3rd, at other years it can be as early as 20th March and as late as April 23rd, as it is chosen by an antiquated formula designed years ago by the church

Well a last 3 I've heard off someone out of Workington, is cook starke and trigger, I bloomin hope not

Don’t think Danyon will be fully fit would Alfie Bowtell fit in his place

I agree that we need an independent figure in charge of the sport. This is what the SCB is supposed to be. But here we're talking about the BSPL selecting one of their members to be their leader. And Godfrey needs to go.

Hinge & Bracket have just gotten off the train in Barnsley.

To move forward the sport needs someone who isn’t a promoter in charge.

Garn Shano

I agree there will be a new chairman and changes to management committee. Not Morris, Ford or Facenna. Ford has been there with management committee and I don't see him going back. Facenna, I think has resisted the offer to get involved previously. Morris isn't a promoter, and I don't see him sticking his quiz winnings into Northampton to become one. I don't know who might put their name forward for the big job, but heard 2 names suggested by others. One a strong choice who has been doing a lot of work over the winter to sort the mess. The other a quieter, possibly unusual choice, not obvious but could be the level head needed.

Why not have a ruling that Good Friday is the start of the season which would lose a couple of potentially wet or chilly meetings at the start of the season. Riders missing due to various World and European Championship meetings can only have a guest replacement for the day of that meeting. Otherwise you run with RR or an NDL level rider who doesn't ride for any other team. Riders who are fit enough to ride abroad but not here, such as Ben Cook this year only RR or NDL guest.

Why not have a ruling that Good Friday is the start of the season which would lose a couple of potentially wet or chilly meetings at the start of the season. Riders missing due to various World and European Championship meetings can only have a guest replacement for the day of that meeting. Otherwise you run with RR or an NDL level rider who doesn't ride for any other team. Riders who are fit enough to ride abroad but not here, such as Ben Cook this year only RR or NDL guest.

Saw him at a holiday camp in Devon in the early 80s, he was telling jokes about Asians, a lot of jokes about Asians. A family of Sikhs got up and walked out. You're right, they don't make em like that anymore.

Whoever it is, have the main man at the helm who is proven to be very prudent with other people's cash and will spend it very wisely

WTF! just merely responded to someone who said Supermarket's won't touch ex-cons by pointing out that Timpson's business model is to do so and he's one of the UK's wealthiest men! Personally, I don't give a flying f'k if Garrity is back in speedway or not, if someone chooses to give him a chance good luck to them, there are plenty of wrong un's involved in the sport on and off the track already!