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Glasgow owners may have helped out last season but that was to get them out the situation we were in then. They are there on a consulting role more than anything. This isn't a "workington" issue. Speedway is in a sorry state in general and most clubs will be running at a loss. Just look at Edinburgh who are heavily reliant on supporters charitable donations to stay alive. The more supported clubs will obviously run at a profit but that will mean nothing when they have no other teams to play. Something needs to change and we've all knew that for years. Will it change? Absolutely not. Shame, Ive really fallen back in love with Speedway since comets came to tapes
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He does have that real 'motivational twang' in his voice!!!😇 Seriously though, I thought the Glasgow owners were assisting financially?
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After last night's season ending defeat it would be a smart move for the management to have a chat with certain Witches riders about average fixing. No point in the Club even attempting to qualify for the play-offs and it's now time to have full focus on 2027. King needs to start average fixing by having some EF's and R's otherwise he'll find himself at Northampton next year if what I'm hearing is true about Mayfield going for a proper 1 & 5 which would both be on 8+ GSA's. Paul Hurry needs to give all Heat 15's to riders who aren't in the Clubs plans for 2027 instead of King.
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Glasgow vs Edinburgh - 31st July - Championship
davie10 replied to JanAndersen's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
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How were the crowds when they originally reopened I think it was under another Denham but from memory that fella had quite a bit of money behind him, were they poor then or like most clubs have they just declined over time due to the speedway ills we discuss on here daily ?
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James Denham should never ever of been appointed team manager.
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Glasgow vs Edinburgh - 31st July - Championship
gmarsbar2 replied to JanAndersen's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Do you know that? No! -
Don't know what to say about this. The timing seems strange to say the least and is coming from James Denham who states he is giving up the team manager role next season anyway ?. Will keep my thoughts to myself at this time until the situation becomes clearer.
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Glasgow vs Edinburgh - 31st July - Championship
davie10 replied to JanAndersen's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
we all no a hint of rain and its called at glasgow has been for several years now and there has been a few downpours in glasgow -
Glasgow vs Edinburgh - 31st July - Championship
Beirao replied to JanAndersen's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Very droll! But not factually correct. Should Glasgow lose tonight and also to Poole in a few weeks , it would negate their away wins and put them in a battle with Berwick and possibly any other team who manage an away win, like Redcar at Workington. -
Yes, agreed brilliant race track, feel for everyone involved so sad
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Workington v Berwick 02/08/2026 Championship 3pm .
Bandit59 replied to topaz325's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
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Louis by all accounts rejected a couple of proposals for Ipswich before going with Mayfield so there are people out there willing to take over clubs. One of Ipswich’ suitors was allegedly Phil Morris along with a couple of others forming a consortium. Fingers crossed there’ll be options for Sheffield IF the Bates’ decide to walk away which we don’t know yet. They’ve known for a while now what they’d ideally like to do, so the best scenario is that they’ve had the time now to find the investment and/or people to take over the club. They’re suffering crowd wise a little at the moment mainly because they’ve lost their star man who helps to bring in the punters.
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Tigers vs Foxes, 30th July
YeOldPitGate replied to paulnolan's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Hopefully they will be back but its a tough sell with no Tai, no Jack but same/more money this year for lower quality product we can ill afford to lose Sheffield or Worky but agree its looking grim at the moment. -
Worrying with Sheffield if the Bates step back will someone with enough money come in to save the Tigers. In the perfect world top league would be eight teams once home and away if nothing else fewer meetings would stem losses and negate the issue of seeing the same teams every other week. Home meetings would need to be at least fortnightly though rather than the current monthly nonsense with some teams.
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Don't disagree with any of that Noaksey I personally think 8 and 8 way to go with top league once home and away in the perfect world top league standard 30% better than currently so every team has a proper number 1. Second division twice home and away made up of the bottom 4-5 riders in division one plus youngsters from UK and any unpolished under 24 gems we could get from abroad. Two issues straight off the bat is more money would be needed to fund an 8 team better quality top league and doubling up would have to stay for a while so it could pay for the bottom 60-70% of riders in league 1 being able to top up earnings in league 2. I would restrict top league to once home and away if nothing else this alone would stem losses as fewer meetings and if you only saw Kurtz, Bewley etc once a season you might get more inclined to turn out. The caveat would be home meetings at least every fortnight not months between one home meeting and the next.
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Sad day for comets fans but to be honest not surprising, as I think only 1 meeting reached a break even crowd, others were a bit away from the level required. Thanks to Andrew Bain and back room people for getting us this far, thanks to the many sponsors big and small, as without them we would not have got this far.🔵⚪🏁. Gonna put a lottery ticket on to try and help the comets out
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Well,Jack's time might be legit,Chris went round in 59.79 earlier and the track was really grippy that that evening.Tai was struggling to keep up with Jack in that race! http://www.sheffield-tigers.co.uk/birp130052024.html The times were quick all night.
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Going to be worth the entrance fee alone.