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Yes i am aware of them, they also have them at Leicester I was just saying its alot of work needed, with various things, in a short space of time. Track wise it would need someone like Buster to go in and do the initial setting up of the track, I'm sure whoever is thinking about going in there as a speedway promoter has already thought about it all.

I can't see that working tbh. Im not sure PB would get enough fans to make it pay. Plus if PB was to be the better team, Buster would only have to loose 100 fans, who would rather watch the Panthers, to loose any money he would make by charging rent. To risky imho.

As Carl Johnson had stated on 360 that Peterborough had been approached. Could it be that Peterborough could run out of Lynn? After all there are minimal restrictions and presumably Buster would earn extra revenue from it. Surely it's far more likely than other options.

Surely if a small supermarket could draw 30,000 visits per week from the 33% Asian population of Bradford, then A Speedway team could draw a 60,000 gate from the 60% of white people in Bradford?

When you consider that this topic was started on July the 15th 2025 and that the track that Phil Morris mentioned at the Coventry hearing a number of years ago was thought to be Northampton... you have to wonder what they're faffing about at? 🤔

No chance especially when the Ruben brothers own the stadium and contributed to the speedway woes

I got this e- mail from Sky, as a TNT subscriber

Hull 1949.

Ringwood was a speedway track which operated in the Southern Area League in 1954 and then partly in 1955 before closure.

Thank you for responding, nice to know that a promoter does read the comments. I fully understand your explanation but it doesn’t change the fact that regular racing on the set race night is traditionally what most fans prefer. I see the Tigers recently released fixtures show all the home meetings will be on a Saturday evening which just emphasises my point. I attend Redcar with three friends and as we are speedway addicts we also attend Workington and Berwick depending on the opposition ,this will obviously now rule out attending Tigers home fixtures if we decide to keep following championship fixtures as our preferred viewing. We do enjoy NDL meetings but championship is our preference so we now have a dilemma of what Saturday speedway we follow. As you have stated , speedway is no longer the same as the ‘old days’ much to my regret and I don’t follow the NFL so don’t care what they do but, for once , a season ticket doesn’t work me for me as Fridays are my ‘ home ‘ meetings ( although I live 35 miles away ) and Saturdays are Workington or Berwick as we like the variation. I know this is are personal choice and nothing to do with Redcar but it’s worked so well in the recent past for us. I do hope Redcar thrive this season but I do shake my head at some of the strange decisions made by the sport in the last few years. Good luck for the season , I will be attending most Friday evenings 😉

Thought Ringwood Aces was a cycle speedway team track off eastfield lane.

Is there much parking at the stadium or plenty near the stadium?

I normally make a point of not commenting on here as it can just descend into petty arguments, but I feel I should respond to some of these. We completely respect everyone’s right to decide whether to renew there season ticket, but it’s worth clarifying a few things about the fixtures. Season tickets are sold on the basis of a set number of meetings between March and October — that hasn’t changed. Gaps in the schedule aren’t “missing” fixtures; they’re largely there to accommodate away meetings on shared race nights and to hold reserve dates for semi-finals and finals in competitions like the Knockout Cup and BSN Series, its ok to say what if we don't qualify for them, but what if we do? Last season there was heavy criticism about fixture congestion late in the year during the cold wet months, so spreading key dates across the calendar is a responsible approach. A lot of the gaps have now been filled with Saturday NDL fixtures to maintain continuity, as we did successfully last season and the date for the Under 21 final is still to be announced to fill another gap. The idea that there must be a home meeting every single week isn’t really how modern sport operates. In most professional leagues, home and away fixtures alternate weekly or even fortnightly. For example, the NFL regular season consists of just 17 games across 18 weeks — and it remains one of the strongest sports brands in the world. Experience shows that when additional meetings such as challenge matches or individuals are added, they unfortunately don’t receive the support needed to justify them. In reality, it’s about quality over quantity — ensuring the fixtures we stage truly matter.

Just made ur post factually correct there 40-38..

Plenty more: Southampton 1951 New Cross 1953 Edinburgh 1954 Wolves 1954 Brafield 1955 (The proposed Northampton) Ringwood 1955 West Ham 1955

From my knowledge Cradley Heath shut at the end of 1952 then moved across to Monmore as the Wolverhampton Wasps! They did not close in mid season 1953.

And with ground saturated. It does make it more likely they would have to start the season elsewhere

And all that in a month

Although the toilets can be difficult to exit from 😆

Re showers and changing rooms, they have portacabins that are pre built as showers and toilets, worky use them and no complaints as far as I'm aware

Sorry - who are you talking about? I’m talking about the best speedway Premiership manager.

Nelson Admirals 1970.

Speedway riders are mercenaries it's all about what they earn . Winning is nice but getting paid is better . In a sport we're winning a title means nothing and there no financial reward you get the best deal you can

I think the debate over % reductions here valid and raises the questions. But it will not change anything as the team has now been declared and the BSP must be ok with it. Averages will always be a bone of contention. Always have. They are anti-speedway in my book that has become a neccesary evil. At Bradford we quite openly manipulated averages. At the start of the season you would be asking why this rider ? or that. Then Alan Ham would say dont panic theres going to be changes. There were and we strengthened up. I'm fairly sure the riders will know this and accept it. But they get the chance to showcase what they can do so they may get the chance elsewhere. Speedway generally is not very loyal and I dont like that aspect. Scunthorpe have over time been overly loyal to riders. But I think we have learnt from that. I would be suprised if do not know already "the calvalry" arriving in May ? I dont reckon Pickering would have signed up to a season long carrying the team on his own ? There is of course the chance that unwittingly we have assembled the 2026 Champions elect and the 1-7 that starts v Redcar 22/3 ends the season in September. But Speedway doesnt work like that does it ?

Having worked at Northampton last year I would say its not quite as simple as you suggest. No changing rooms, no showers, no refs box,(but is a building that could be used) . Foam fence is needed, but also wooden fencing to be made for the straights as that is steel plate aswell, plus some way of padding out the rope and post on top of the outer fence. Earth mounds with steel plate would all need removing on the inside of the bends. Then after all of that you need staff, licenced officials. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see it happen.