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It might be a case that we just have to accept the sport in the UK at the level we have known it previously is now over. I mentioned before i stopped going in my late teens in the early 90's when I discovered nightclubs , fast forward 33 years and nightclubs that pulled in thousands of people on a Saturday night then are all gone. The nearest city to me had 10 night clubs in the early 90's now it has one tiny one, and loads of pubs have closed over that time frame also, places that from 1990 -2005 if you had said to me one day all these will be gone you would have thought never going to happen but it did. Its accelerated since then with social media really taking off a lot of the youth of today have near zero interest in going out, online gaming, dating app's so you don't physically have to trawl out rounds pubs any more looking for a likely partner. Why bother with restaurants get Deliveroo to drop off a pizza to your door, Blockbusters video gone the way of the Dodo when streaming caught on. I occasionally look back at threads on here from 10 years or so back, and there's loads of names I come across who are no longer posting, I would guess there is maybe 50 of us die hards on here now posting and hoping a miracle happens so even this forum is probably on last knockings. Really sad how its ended up all be it the sport has actually limped on for far longer than i thought it would but these days its a struggle to attract punters even when you are offering a professional leisure opportunity let alone when you are trying to attract people to a sport where the riders all ride for different teams every other week and after the first month in you can pretty much guarantee every week from the two teams on show there will most likely be at least 2-4 of the combined 14 riders missing. It really does look like checkmate is nearing I would say one big league but the argument that there has to be some form of even dire top league to subsidise the bottom league as far as rider earnings goes does have merit as an argument, so it really is a case of least bad outcome. I would imagine it will be a five team top league in 2026 with a view to finding a sacraficial lamb to get it up to six in 2027 unless someone with a load of money and no business sense can be shoe horned into getting Northampton running in 2027.

You're yet to prove you're right before anyone can prove you wrong.

Probably the most likely outcome is that there will be no league speedway on tv for at least two years.

I can`t see anyway that Kemp stays at Berwick.

Cooper's never made a big announcement on socials before though

Agree 100% Speedway in this country as we know it is in a state of collapse, high wages, high stadium rents and dwindling supporters are the norm these days. GP standard riders wages are expensive AND if no team will meet there demands they take there ability elsewhere in Europe to ride which is fair enough. How many races have we seen in the past couple of seasons where there are two races in one? Top riders a straight length ahead of second strings or reserves battling it out together So as more teams fall by the wayside so will the GP riders. The way things are going at present within 5 years any teams that are left will have to have riders that are semi-professional racing mainly at weekends again, maybe back to the 13 heats and a second half once more where the supporters can watch the juniors improve week on week like we used to. This is the only way I can see speedway completely surviving in this country starting from the grass roots again and rebuilding.

David has sponsored him for 5 years now

Looks a decent team imo. Stronger top end than last year, while still having one strong reserve.

Heeps has been very up & down since Covid. So it could he'll have another good year? If he slowly went down every year, then I'd steer clear!

Guaranteed we will see Jack Smith as an improving rider as usual.!!!!

Zach is signing as you well know.

Assuming it confirms Rushen on 2 points, that leaves 12.21 for the final 2 riders. Another possible scenario if Zach Cook doesn't change his mind is 2x6point riders to make a more strength in depth side. Just a thought.....

Rode the tail end of the season with a broken hand, fully fit now.

I gather Paramount are entering the fray for Warner Bros.. There may be a difficulty for Netflix over competition, there are those who think it would make Netflix too big. May even be breaking competition rules.

I thought that was the Championship🙂

Perry rode very well at berwick this year so would be good rider to sign on less than a 3 point average

Polish media are reporting that Germany will not have representation in SEC European pairs U 24 European Championship

I do not think it will be a suprise if he goes to poole really.

I think barker will be back at plymouth he was probably signed months ago lol

Was there not some kind of fall out between Drew and Stewart Dickson in the premiership play off final last year when the manager said the rider stopped trying and just packed in when he was fourth or am I just imagining that. Think some things were said at the time and that might have affected any chance of him riding for Stewart again. If he did sign, Simon Lambert, Max Perry and Dale Wood could fill other 3 places - or Gusts, Max Perry and a 2 pointer like Cooper Rushen (maybe)

Yes they sponsored him last season

I think theyve sponsored him for a while, its not a new relationship.

I would have thought an announcement very soon.

Difficult to argue with the first line but after that you suggestion re one big league at Championship level in pie in the sky You would need those junior league riders to be part of the new one big league and run it at a NDL+ level to fill the teams I expect we will all see that in action in 2027......

If like lots of other clubs and workington have got a budget to work to then he might have been asking for to much money