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So an unsigned "number 1" could hold the whole club to ransom? Not a great position to be in 🤔

A decent offer was made by Two Premiership promotors in conjunction with Phil Morris to buy the Witches but this was turned down by Chris Louis as he felt it was worth more and had private interest . The latest I heard early this week was the proposed new owners were waiting on signing a number 1 before completing the payment for the sale transaction but do have most of the team signed

Yea took bonus points off both pilots and tiggers 😄

That is after a two point deduction though. They did look like they could make the playoffs for a chunk of the season, but let themselves down very badly on the road - but even then, the closest they got to winning was at Poole and Glasgow. A very enigmatic team.

Uncle Len probably knew exactly what he was doing, there

RIP Terry....

They sell loads of admission tickets at Wimborne Road every meeting.🤑

Didn't someone say that the Kennedys weren't coming over this year?

If what you say about Zaine is correct ? then looks out of order. I hope he gets fixed up elsewhere and is back to prove a point. Same with Dec if he misses out. Pickering is going to be very busy in all our fixtures. But he lacks support unless someone steps up big time - Luke ?. I see the idea with MPT he is very capable around Scunny. But...and there always is one can he stay fit ?. As I have said I do not see this Scorpions team looking like this at the end of May. I usually say "I dont like changing". But from this far out I have to say I think we will have to.😳

The BSPL are desperate for the top flight to increase in track numbers. I suspect both Northampton and Bradford would struggle to get viable crowds.

That would be the same Bradford in west Yorkshire that has kicked stock cars out of odsal, despite still having a year left on the lease

Very confusing as to why neither Kennedy boys are back. Declan for his first season did well and was only going to get better. Zaine was one of the only shining lights last season for the scorpions. from what I’ve heard with Zaine is that he was initially given a team spot and then was told the spot was no longer his. thus far the scorpion side looks very concerning. After receiving the wooden spoon last season, it looks almost like there going for it again this season.

Great to read TT back again! We need him to run British Speedway.

Was it a bag for life Mick?I don't do FB i'm afraid🤔

Always grateful that he saved Crayford Speedway in 1981 - just as I was getting into the sport. Knew him a little through the early Hackney away weekend trips and seemed a decent guy. Commiserations to his family

Has somebody in the BSPL cocked up here and ended up in a Bra-field in Northamptonshire when they should have gone to Brad-ford in West Yorkshire ? Is this not exactly why Speedway is failing to as a professional sport. There we have a proper stadium - Odsal with a world class track, all the history, Yet the BSPL would rather take it to an outpost, in a shell of a stadium with zero history. I really cannot see the point in wasting time on Northampton, look to your heartlands BSPL if you want to grow the sport.

At long last I am able to join the debate and re-access this Forum. Taken ages for me to recover my login details. I'll start by saying that Nathan Ablitt is the announcement tomorrow. Nothing at all against Nathan he was really unlucky to miss out last season, so it will be interesting to see how he can pick things up. But overall I have concerns about this Scunthorpe line-up ?. Obviously the BIG signing is Pickering but he looks very much a loan gun. Looking at the other teams, there is not one where I see us going away and managing more than 35 points very often ?. We also look suspect at home. Pickering looks guaranteed six rides every match. There must be more to this than meets the eye, what with Pickering's average reportedly dropping in May a couple of points ? So the intention is to make changes it seems. With still one place to fill 4pts+ can we fit in Declan Kennedy ?. I cannot understand why we invested in Declan last season if we do not bring him back this season. The second season is always the dividend, he's ridden the tracks, understands the British set-up better and he was actually making decent progress. Same with Zaine Kennedy always competitive, great to watch, became a bit of a go to rider for other teams as a guest. But looks as though he's missed out this season ? Are we planning to pancake the averages in the first month to bring Stevie Worral back ?. Far from convinced by the line-up as it stands too many questions than answers.

Nathan Ablitt being announced tomorrow

To martinmauger, Better with John McGinness at least he supports speedway.

I don’t have a problem with this, apart from the setting and the teams being drawn out of a bag that she just returned from the shops with. I suppose it’s a step up from when drawn at the conference though . . . “Who do you want then (insert promoter name)”

Can see it now "We've scoured the globe for riders but no one could commit to the schedule so The Scorpions are delighted to announce Nathan Ablitt and Simon Lambert as the final 2 Scorpions".

You could look at scraping data from an existing website using something like JSON, Python or Excel Power Query.

They sell loads at wimbored road every year 🙃

Who is Terry Tibbs, apart from being in a speedway limerick with Andy Hibbs?

Dont see much changing from 2025!