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When you see stocks at Odsal on youtube there doesn't seem anything like 10k watching Neil.

The premiership with 6 teams is still a joke. Northampton have no fans as of yet. These are stone wall hard truths. I'm really hopeful Northampton gets thousands turning up week in week out but there aren't even any fixtures out yet. No advertisement. No news. Nothing told to the locals of Northampton speedway. Just rumours. So the people turning up are already speedway fans but they don't even support Northampton. I'm positive there is a new club, but I'm not exactly jumping for joy either. That's because we've lost so many clubs in recent times. Sorry for the negativity but if we all stop moaning nothing changes. Everything just carries on as normal. The fact that many fans online have voiced there concerns of a 4/5 team league has forced Phil Morris to add a new club. I honestly think if everyone pretended everything is great they would have done a 4 team league. Without us negative trolls things would get even worse. Fans have a voice and I'm using it to force change. Change like Northampton which is great news. Shame this couldn't have been sorted months ago...

Doesn't the lad want more dollar than Doyle though for turning out, maybe Mayfield aren't going to be as generous with the wages as Tolley was last season.

At the moment there's some disappointing names in the seven, must be struggling to get riders.

I would’ve wanted rew in my engine room this coming season

You know what team pushed hugely for the limit to be increased. 😉

Morley will always be a decent signing, think Meadows will get found out once again now that the league is back up to a decent strength and be very surprised if he lasts the season.

Can I borrow your crystal ball?

Looking at the teams, they seem a lot stronger than last year, not surprising given the increase in points limit. I wonder if this is why a lot of teams dropped out. Was wondering if this may work for next year, to try to get more teams back; Have two leagues, bit like NDL and NDT last year, but call them NL1 and NL2, with a, say 42 point limit for NL1, and 36 for NL2, (NL2 for any teams who would want to run in a cheaper league). Riders can still double up, but would give more opportunities for lesser riders, more matches for those hoping to improve, and more fixtures for stand alone clubs, like Buxton, who initially implied they wanted to enter both NDL and NDT.

I like the new badge.

Northampton "Nicks"?

"The Premiership with five teams is a joke..." Northampton rumoured to be joining. "No point doing that, it will never work." Northampton likely to be announced shortly to boost both the Premiership and British speedway. "What's the point? Won't have a fanbase and will be gone by the end of the third year." Honestly, the negativity on here is unbelievable. You either want British speedway to expand and do well or you don't. And if not, it begs the question why?! The fact we have a new team running should be cause for positivity and support, not derision and ridicule from quite a few on this forum. Joke.

Has anyone else crunched the numbers? How is this team under the limit?

Fair point re King and a weaker league this coming season, who ever swaps in and out of number six over the season Ippo should have the strongest rider in that position all season long assuming Northampton haven't gone for a similar strength in depth line up and have managed to get Anders Thompson reduced down to four points.

Could it be Northampton Bees.

Just a quick thought. Could Northampton be a temporary base with view of trying to move back to Coventry (Brandon). Not first time that a sporting club have moved to Northampton. Coventry City Football team move to Northampton a few seasons ago.

It will be tough sell, just as the rest of the teams find... Particularly in areas with plenty of other established sports... The days of attending several professional sports in the local town are long gone for many given modern livings stretch on disposable income... In the mid 90's I could go to Old Trafford, Kirky Lane, and watch Wigan Warriors, several times a month out of my salary, and still pay a mortgage and "live".... Not a chance of visiting United, The Aces and The Warriors nowadays, several times a month, and that is without a mortgage to pay... One promoter once told me that you lose half of an opening night crowd the next meeting, (novelty factor brings in plenty of other fans), and then half that again over the season... Let's hope, if still true, they get five or six thousand to that first meeting... The standard of racing will be a key factor I would think, and, I presume, they will be racing on a Thursday due to the Stox meetings at weekends will require plenty of track maintenance? Will that mean only the Aces run on a Monday? Best of Luck to whoever takes over...

I’ve been watching the replays that have been on YouTube and they are very welcome in the off season. I do however wonder what management have seen in Smith that has resulted in him being back in the team. He had a decent meeting against the comets but a fair amount of that was because of bad luck for the away side. I also wonder what Max Perry was asking for that he didn’t end up as a Bandit. He was brilliant on both visits so it can’t have been a performance issue.

Maybe so, good luck to all involved BUT the season officially starts in less than 4 weeks, Easter is 7 weeks away, prime attendance time if the weather is good, no track built, no fixtures out for away fans to plan journeys, no team announced, no local promotion can be done as no one knows what is happening. This is not just Northampton it the whole of premiership speedway, it's a fookin joke 😗

I think it's going to be a disaster. The football club only gets around 6000 for home games, whilst the rugby club regularly pulls in well over double that crowd. Rugby fans are rarely interested in speedway, in my experience.

Northampton will get decent crowds in season one. Season two the crowds will drop slightly, third season they'll be lucky to get 700 fans turning up every home meeting.. fourth season will be survival. Lets hope I'm wrong .

6 teams is less than ideal, BUT, with what it looked like in December its not to shabby and is a perfect number to get through this season before hopefully a complete reset in 2027 which i imagine

i see what you are saying, but just because nothing is public doesnt mean nothing is happening, nothing will be rushed, a lot of stuff been going on behind the scenes.

see what you did there, like it

Should all be in the nick of time.