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Various reasons... The SGP cost many Aces fans a fortune, (about five Aces matches worth if you went both nights)..., You also have the two major football teams, but also have many satellite towns who have their own pro teams who can deliver five figure crowds... The non league scene, below the Conference, is also very well attended with my lad playing in front of four figure crowds regularly at around twelve quid a pop... Rugby League is also a factor, as, once again, many satellite towns have their own team, with the likes of Wigan having 20k... Sale Sharks deliver decent crowds too, in RU... IManchester Storm Ice Hockey get a couple of thousand and Manchester Basketball and Netball get decent numbers... Add in Lancashire Cricket, with T20 and The Hundred generatng five figure crowds, (during the Summer holidays, with loads of families in place), and you can see that there won't be much left for Speedway from a family's disposable income... Admission costs arei mentioned on the socials by many... If you already attend a "bona fide" pro sport then your money wont stretch too much further, (especially for a sport that has such credibility issues), and also the socials will state that many meetings are "meaningless" given the Aces recent history in reaching the Play Offs.. The City's demographic is also completely opposite to the traditional white, middle aged, male and female follower of the sport... 35000 students live in Manchester from all over the UK and World, and the ethnic diversity numbers in the City are huge... With both sectors having zero interest in watching something your Dad and Grandad go to, or your white middle aged colleagues from work attend... And then you can obviously add that hardly anyone below 40 in Manchester has heard of the "World Famous Belle Vue Aces", let alone what they do... 2.75M live within 45 mins of the NSS which does suggest a rather poor marketing campaign doesn't it? Taking all the above challenges into the mix, a decent marketing company would still surely jump at the chance to get 2500 of that 2.75M there each week? The reach must be enormous if done properly, and this is still but a tiny, tiny portion of the local populace..

Might have then, they had terracing on the 3rd and 4th bend specially for the world cup

In Prague under last years system Kurtz wouldn’t of qualified for semi final as he finished 9th on 7 points but did under this years system(10 qualifying) Kurtz is where he is on merit but was helped by the system change in Prague

Does Poole hold 10,000?

The system has made next to zero difference, both kurtz and Zmarzlik have made the same number of finals, both have had 2 LCQs, and both have failed to make the final once each. If you use heat points then Zmarzlik woukd be 4 points clear of Kurtz rather then the current 3 points. Kurtz is where he is on pure merit regardless of the system.

Agreed, it will be a fabulous speedwàÿ con̈test.

This is sadly true, each to their own as they say but having attended many sports ovet the years, Cricket, Ice Hockey, Rugby both codes, Football, Athletics, Basketball , Horse racing - i can honestly say speedway is still my favourite - the thrill of a great speedway race beats all of them!

Once was enough 'polo mint' lol.

The whole sport is a secret Lisa.

Surely the 'world famous BV aces' aren't a secret!

Lol hmmmmmm! Fair play for the team changes, it should be a cracker tomorrow. Whatever i may think of NK.

A no facility (75%) guest.

Honestly we couldn’t care less ! Bet we are one of the most progressive speedway clubs this year.

Who'd blame him have you actually been to the Plymouth polo mint track ?? 😅

Aww poor lewy and Plymouth 🙃

Why would he help Glasgow?

So basically Klindt would rather travel to Poland than ride for Plymouth?

Didn't like Glasgow last week 😗

At least i can book holidays for the play off final dates 🤣

Thought they had a guest for Klint at Home?

So true. The most unprofessional outfit in the Championship.

Just think there is far more alternatives tbh, United, City plus lower and non league clubs, cricket, rugby league/union, ice hockey, loads of top gigs, etc etc, theatre shows among all that speedway is a well kept secret.

Did the administrators take the 'nd' off the end of your forum name? As you just seem to only have 2 answers "best track" and "won the league" in every discussion and you think other people are going to look silly. Perhaps a little quiet personal reflection time might help you!

There's a surprise. Klindt is poor at Plymouth so are stronger with guests. Can't see many Plymouth fans complaining about this farce as it benefits them! B*****ks to the sports credibility!

No not at all we might not win the league but at the moment I’m not concerned if we have to face Belle Vue as 3 times this season we have comfortably won at home and won once away and drawn away