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Anyone turned the hot water off in the visitors showers yet?

What a speedway rider Chris Harris has been and is, will be a sad day when he packs in.

Congratulations to the Tigs, who certainly deserved this over the two legs. Don't go with this sour grapes that Blobby has been spouting on here. If their owners have allegedly splashed the cash to assemble the side, so what, if my club was able to do so, I certainly wouldn't be complaining. The Facennas have also transformed Ashfield into one of the best stadiums & race tracks in the UK and it is fitting that they now have a Championship winning side to grace it.

Poole have won something tonight.. Their fans have just become the "World Hide and Seek Champions"... Looks like a bit longer before they get found too...

To quote the Norwegian dude after they beat England 2-1... It is unbelievable! Glasgow have beaten Poole! Poole - the home of giants. Skidder. lisa-colette. lbw. foreverblue. Arthur54. Glasgow has beaten them all! Steve Shovlar can you hear me? Glasgow have a message for you. Glasgow have beaten Poole in the playoffs. Steve Shovlar, as they say in your language in the boxing bars around Madison Square Garden in New York: "Your boys took a hell of a beating!" Your boys took a hell of a beating!

How do you manage to type the size of that chip on your shoulder . Your bitterness only makes it more enjoyable. Carry on

Total boll***s,just for the cameras still a prick behind the scenes like this season when he ripped the pit phone off the wall at Plymouth.

Correct decision but refs normally cop out and put all 4 back

Absolutely not. Peterborough Speedway would have raced on in the Championship in 2019 under Ged’s ownership if the sale of the Club to Keith Chapman hadn’t gone through. The Club was well run, profitable and successful and in no danger whatever.

This is 100% correct, No BS. Buster needs to be reasonable for a change by agreeing a quick sale at a reasonable price in order to give the consortium the best chance going forwards, The guy has been a thorn in people's sides for far too long now. Massive thank you goes out to those who are part of the consortium (You know who you are), Your effort and passion for the club hasn't gone unnoticed.

Congratulations to the Tigers, well deserved and commiserations to the Pirates. Very much a team effort tonight with all riders contributing and Chris Harris very much the leader. Pleased for Cami Brown, who takes a lot of stick (even from his own team's supporters), but always seems like a genuine speedway guy to me.

It happens, 2010 was worse! It is a strange feeling not winning but another well done to Glasgow, they deserved it.

Some very vocal Poole fans missing on this forum this evening cmon take your medicine like you have given to all our teams throughout the season you no who you are…

Neil Middleditch classy as always.

An absolute masterclass from the oracle Cammy Brown to purposely perform poorly at Poole throughout the season and then turn up to wipe the floor with the pirates in the play off final. The man is a speedway genius.

Those who have been sticking up for Chapman need to give their heads a huge shake. If there is a party willing to take Peterborough Speedway off his hands, just let them have it FFS. The way he has conducted himself this season has been an absolute joke. What is there to actually sell? Lynn's fans have been sick of him for a long time. And that farewell meeting is nothing short of a disgrace. Clearly put together on the cheap hoping for a huge crowd and one last big payday for him. Shameful. Despite his son being a flash pr**k in some peoples eyes, the minute he left Kings Lynn the place went downhill. I get that Chapman is a businessman and has lost a chunk of money at Peterborough but that in itself should tell you that he has two options. 1. Take whatever amount he is being offered or 2. Keep hold of it and make absolutely nothing back. If he is this astute businessman that people have claimed, he should be taking option 1. It all reminds me of 2012 at Newport when Phil Morris was trying to buy Newport Speedway from the Mallett family and they wouldn't sell, instead leaving the place derelict and vandalized until the landlords reclaimed it and sold it on to another haulage company. Bitter at the thought of seeing someone else making a go of it. That is exactly what seems to be happening here.

I'm sure every morning Tarasenko wakes up and the first thing he thinks is "what is the Bournnemouth Echo saying today"

Tough gig being a neutral on this one. Is it .............. "Come on Weegies - get the title back to Scotland." or "Come on Pirates - keep the Weegies' trophy cabinet empty." This fence is full of splinters! Reckon Complin could surprise a few tonight - could get half a dozen points.

Congratulations to Glasgow

I can't see him packing it in for a good few years yet, Rides in both leagues and does Longtrack and Grasstrack meetings so he obvs loves it and the constant travelling isn't getting to him yet

So by Shovlars logic they were the better team in 22 of the heats over the two legs but still lost that actually makes it even worse for Poole if you went by that logic. Deluded but very gratifying and hilarious at the same time.

Course it did and its hilarious how Gavan thinks it didnt. Not only did he replace a rider who could barely score a point away from Glasgow , he also outscored his replacement at home and pushed a struggling Brennan to number 2. As said, the Glasgow team was fully legit and the better side over the two playoff legs. They pulled off a masterstroke signing. Its the powers that be that let it happen who need to be looked at. can you imagine Poole had signed him for Rowe? There would of been the biggest meltdown from non Poole fans we have ever seen!

7 whisky's for the 7 riders, that sounds about right to me. Guess whose no making work tomorrow. Beats a flat white anyday. Come on the Tigers

Absolutely superb from the Glasgow promotion in showing the final in their stadium on their big screen... something that was sadly missing from Leicester last year!

Quality, poole drag all the dirt into the inside to stop bomber, so bomber takes them on the inside

Can’t wait for sweet caroline tonight…

Apparently Tarasenko just said to Worrall “what’s the difference between a dollar and a pound? I don’t dollar your mum” as he passed him in the pits.

Not defeatist, just realistic... My thoughts on why we are where we are? The bandwidth of the forum wouldnt take it.... FWIW, there are two watershed moments for me... The first, the Sky tens of millions being used to basically pay top GP riders rather using it to invest in the sports' future, (both stadia and UK rider development).... (GP riders who pretty much all 'Foxtrot Oscared' when the money stopped).. And the second being post Covid. A HUGE opportunity to do something radical which would have been a "free hit" given the fans' craving to get back to watching speedway again.. Instead we had "same old, same old", which clearly hadn't been working pre Covid.. For those that still "take it seriously" and "believe it is real" similar to all other sports, I would never criticise their choice, and hope whoever wins any of the cups or titles enjoy the experience.. However, when something is allowed to take place as happened with Bomber in the semi and the final of the Premiership this year, you are asking a lot if you expect your sports' fanbase to regard it as a bona fide sporting championship.. Ultimately the Promoters do their best, but unfortunately many don't have the correct skill set to market and administer it, and, to be fair to them, probably don't need to as their track is often their personal hobby as a fan, so "big global picture" thinking doesn't form part of their overall remit... Unfortunately, that lack of "big global picture" thinking is probably its ultimate downfall... But, on the positive side, it is also its largest opportunity for generic growth should it ever be tried and delivered...

Agree,don’t why people get Personal regarding Posts,we all have some different opinions on some matters some differ some don’t, it should be left at that IMO.

Just put in a sell on clause. If a new stadium materialises then further payment is due to Buster. Common in land sales where if planning permission is subsequently obtained by the new owner some of that increase in value is returned to the old owner.

My word you are a humourless over sensitive delicate little flower.

What a night and I wasn't even at Poole. Ashfield was ROCKING. Harris has been immense but the whole team have done us proud. Ace beating Thompson in heat 4 felt like a watershed moment. Well done young man. Just a complete buzz, after all the promotions hard work this season feels like we've gone to a new level. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas

Good to see the Tigers land the title. Reward for all that their owners have pumped into the sport over the past few years. Also pleased for those fans who have followed them through the ups and downs, especially Paulco! Poole have had more than their share of the trophies so good to see them shared about.

Click bait looking for attention lol

Shovlar hasn't been seen since Page 13 of this thread.

I can't spake. I can't spake!!! Gey in their bomber Harris. What an idiot I was. I'm not greeting you are!!

Never In Doubt Congratulations Glasgow Tigers... now you can celebrate

Harris has been a different level across the two legs in this Grand Final. Utterly superb.

Steve Worrall: “They’ve got a few things going against them”. Glasgow:

And that should be that. Looking forward to the Gavan and Shovlar abuse later

Correct decision

Correct decision

What a first couple of bends by Harris.

What a start. Marker, down.

All this nonsense about a speedway club NAME having some notional value seems a load of tosh to me. Why would Mr New Promoter need to buy a name when he could apply to open up a new track that he had just built to the required standard nearby and call it maybe Sawtry Stars Speedway Ltd. Why would you want to buy "Peterborough Panthers", or Eastbourne Eagles or Rye House Rockets or Lakeside Hammers ????? They surely are worthless names? There's all this tosh about having to have a promoters "licence " .... just send Mr New Promoter an application form for a new "licence". The asset value of a speedway business surely is limited to the value of the lights, airfence, tractors and grading equipment and some quantity of track material?

C'MON THE BOYZZZZZ C'MON PIRATES ARE GONNA DO THIS! Flat white update......... had one in me room at the b&b

A pipe dream... You cannot run the level that the promoters want without ensuring many riders have to be full time pros.. 2nd Div Promoters want to use Div 1 level HL's, so that Div1 HL needs to be spending plenty and therefore expects a decent return... When £30k (and often well, well above) is the outlay on kit then riders need to ride as much as is possible.. In a perfect world, there would be clear demarcation within the leagues, and organic aspirational growth, with no rider sharing.. That ship sailed many, many years ago (if it had even ever been contemplated that is)... Speedway in the UK is in "survival mode" rather than "growth mode", and has been for a good many years, with promoters doing their level best in their own way to keep it going... If they could "run it properly like other sports" then I am 100% sure they would.. What we have is pretty much all there is, so no point in hoping for any magic wand to come along and change things.. Enjoy the racing, but dont get too bothered about the results, is the best way to look at UK Speedway... It still has the ability to provide huge excitement and a good night out when done well, as a fair few tracks do...

Chapman doesn't want speedway at Peterborough, that's why he won't cooperate or sell. He wants Panthers supporters at Lynn next year.

Nothing that any fan hasn't already said! Hardly controversial. Scunny riders are good at Poole though, plus they gated all night long, Glasgow have to do that.

I'm sure the bspl will look at the way this season has gone with the erratic fixture list,poor timing of cup competitions and the late play off fixtures in unfavourable weather conditions..............and make absolutely no change, more of the same i expect!