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Makes you wonder if the premiership have done this on purpose because no championship teams wanted to commit financial suicide and make the numbers up

Thinking about poor Andrew, he reminds me of Man Utd, it’s all gone downhill since Fergie left 😂

Good to get the season underway today. Just a shame there is now a break before the season starts for real. Ought to put on a challenge match in the meantime... maybe get a Swedish or Polish team over... something a little different that will appeal to the fans

Thank you 👍

Out of interest, is there anyone on this forum for whom Northampton will be their team to support?

I'm updating a file I did a while ago and I'm still looking for a lot second half results. If anyone can assist please get in touch. Home matches: 6/4 King's Lynn; 13/4 Ipswich; 20/4 Poole; 23/4 Eastbourne; 27/4 Reading; 6/5 Wimbledon; 11/5 Swindon; 21/5 Oxford; 28/5 Poole; 1/6 Sheffield; 8/6 Midland Select; 22/6 Halifax; 29/6 Wolverhampton; 13/7 Swindon; 20/7 Wimbledon; 27/7 Coventry; 10/8 Ipswich; 17/8 Reading; 24/8 Halifax; 27/8 Poole; 7/9 Eastbourne; 14/9 King's Lynn; 21/9 Belle Vue; 8/10 Oxford. Away: 31/3 Halifax; 8/4 Eastbourne; 20/4 Poole; 30/4 Reading; 18/5 Oxford; 28/5 Poole; 7/6 Sheffield; 10/6 Eastbourne; 18/6 Wolverhampton; 23/6 Halifax; 12/7 Wimbledon; 4/8 Belle Vue; 27/8 Poole; 24/9 Wolverhampton; 23/10 Milton Keynes (Juniors). I'm also trying to resolve the following: 8/4 at Eastbourne: Heat 13 - Millard or Noer in 4th place (Speedway Star may be wrong, marked programme required) 10/6 at Eastbourne: Eastbourne #8 18/6 at Wolverhampton: Exeter #8 23/6 at Halifax: Heat 5 - reason for Baker exclusion 27/7 v Coventry: Coventry #8 3/9 at Reading (Junior 4TT): Heat 1 - reason for Chessell exclusion & Heats 7 & 11 times 23/10 at Milton Keynes (Juniors): Heats 5 & 13 times

Think Riss is in there somewhere too. Or he WAS a few weeks back.

Seemingly no ill effects from his double leg break. Good first meeting back.

Lidsey, Klindt, NKI, and Lewi Kerr i was told.

Just a quick question, if you’re just a fan, have no job or involvement in any way, you’re literally just a fan do you sometimes feel like it’s us and them ? A bit like it’s a clique and you’re not in it ?

II don't do social media Ray. Not my thing. The only place I get any info. on Speedway is this Forum.

Check out Lydd Speedway Facebook.

Next Sunday? Before the season starts the following week

Round 2 result 1st Svensson 20 2nd Bauer 18 3rd Haarahitunen 16 4th Koivula 14 5th Niedermaier 12 6th Zorn 11 Cumulative after 2 rounds ( final round to come) 1st Haarahitunen 36 2nd Svensson 34 3rd Koivula 32 4th Bauer 30 5th Niedermaier 23 6th Huusko 22

This is the thing none of the promoters come together on and so it doesn't happen. A lower entry price will not bring large crowds back, an enjoyable experience at the meeting and aligned marketing could.

Was a great racetrack back then.

Thanks for clearing that up (as it were !!) Kevin.

We are dealing with 3 separate councils over many sites and so far no they are not despite what they say in public, I can’t say too much in public but some of the stuff from the councils sometimes borders on a Monty python sketch.

2 of the gents from the Eastbourne consortium went looking for sites suitable to stage speedway and Wealdon district council (Sussex) told them that they would never grant planning for any site anywhere in Sussex and that Arlington was the only place in Sussex it could be run. Hopefully the council your dealing with are more sympathetic.

Be interesting to see the councils response to the latest cradley situation,although they not keen on the rocky lane site they say they want to help, well they have been presented with another 4 sites of which 2 of them they own, we went to see those 2 on Thursday and they are as good as perfect for a speedway location, both sites are unused and have been for a number of years, so do they want to help ??? That’s the question

Uninformed ? I have had numerous exchanges with HC, have had a stall adjacent to him at Shepton Mallet, Stratford ( twice) @ Cirencester . I have outbid him at an auction and seen his bile when he did not bid enough money to win the item, I have heard unpleasant exchanges with others. Yes he is smart enough to get his shows on the TV, and there is no doubt there is some business sense and a lot of contacts there, his work as a freelance journalist was never in the Kate Adie sphere, but he was there doing it, he also earned enough money as a motorcycle courier to fund his drug habit, he is now clean and doing very well, but as Dean said the TV stuff is mostly Fake, I know most of the people he visits, Andrew Longfield, Sam Jones , Greg ,etc I have had his team contact me twice once directly and once through Jake Morgan to have a poke around in my shed, and have been contacted by his team to trade at an event I run ( no they did not turn up) So slightly better informed than someone who has just seen him on the telly, have a look in the background of his shows and you can still see a lot of the things he "sold" still there, a lot of the bikes he has "sold" come up with a private Ebay seller based in the Chjeltenham/Oxford area, here is the latest 1937 Francis Barnett Plover 150c Runs Rides Great Patina Henry Cole Shed Buried | eBay UK here is another French Velosolex S3800 Moped 50cc, Runs/Rides, As Seen On Shed & Buried 1 of 2 | eBay UK and another French Velosolex S3800 Moped 50cc, Runs/Rides, As Seen On Shed & Buried 1 of 2 | eBay UK

Strangely enough HC does attract the "yoof" I have had the (dis) pleasure of being adjacent to him at a number of events, youngsters are queueing up to have selfies with him and buy puncture repair tins for a tenner if he signs them! The strangest thing happened at Bromberrow last weekend, a stallholder next to me had a one gallon can in decent nick and another with the side rotted out on his stall. A lad in his 20's with a girlfriend/wife and a small child asked the price, Nigel the stallholder said "make an offer" the young lad got his wallet out and said " I watch Henry Cole's shows and know they are valuable, I only have £150 will that do ?" The stallholder replied " I cannot take that off you, you can have the good one for £20 and I will throw the other one into the deal"!!!!

I looked at the list of mods yesterday, about 5 and 3 haven't visited the forum in over 10 years! Could log on invisibly I suppose.

reckon there might be a problem using Cobblers . bound to be at the very least complaints form the footy

Very true. Same thing happened to the Monarchs last year.