Reddan

9 races, 1 overtake

7 races.......1 overtake

My son and I are absolutely gutted. Ages ago we made the plan to attend this meeting thinking about Doyle and Sayfutdinov, then Laguta etc. Just so sad that British Speedway has reached "beyond a joke" status. That's 2 admission tickets that won't be getting bought for this event.

This is disgraceful from Pedersen, there must be a way he can be held accountable for this kind of action. Utter contempt for Peterborough speedway and British fans. Absolute a**hole !!

Its going to be sad to see the rockets line up for the first time in years without Chris Neath in the declared starting 7. Has anyone got any info on how Chris is? Will he ride again?.....LEGEND!!

So Jason Bunyan has won yet another NZ title!! Well done Jason.......to be fair though, if Jason wasnt in that championship i reckon I might have a chance of lifting the NZ crown!!

happy new year to you too Sid! Hopefully I'll get along a bit more this season and catch up with you by the startline!! incidentally, do your grandchildren still like to attend? I find it difficult to convince my kids to go any more. You are spot on though, the basic product (4 bikes, 4 laps) is still as fantastic as ever. I'll never fully leave the sport, i love it too much! its in my heart and will always be my favourite sport. I just get down and quite frankly dumbfounded by the ridiculous rules and regulations. Maybe one day i'll be back in a position financially to attend every single meeting (as I always used to), I still subscribe to speedway star and watch it on the t.v. every week. take care Sid and hopefully see you soon!

I am old enough ( i was 9 in 1985 ) but unfortunately I only started watching speedway in 1988, my first meeting was a home 48-48 draw with a Middlesborough side that included Martin Dixon and Mark Fiora if i remember correctly!! back in the old 16 heat NL format!! Jens Rasmussen was our star performer then, Paul woods was out injured and we had Carl Chalcraft and Peter Schroeck at reserve!!!! I became instantly hooked on the sport and couldnt stop going right up to the closure at the end of '93. I came back when it all re-opened, but in the last 2 seasons ive barely attended. Its mainly financial reasons but also as a grown up I find it VERY hard to take the way speedway is run. Its THE most un-proffesional hierachy running it with only their own interests in mind. The rules are over complicated and a joke. Things like the double point tactical ride are SO stupid its beyond belief!! Incredible that supposedly astute, clever people could come up with rules like that!! And to read that there are fans out there that support such ridiculous rules makes me think that speedway will always be a struggling minority sport because no-one will wake up and smell the coffee!!!

Ah, but you're forgetting that one vital away match (sheffield) where he'll score between 8 and 10 points and that will justify the faith shown in him......nevermind the string of zeros every other match

just watched a clip of that race on you tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5z_7zijDmo ditry Dugard!!! I'd forgotten all about Robert Ledwith until i saw that clip on you tube. I loved him in his little spell at Rye House. Funnily enough i was actually trying to find footage of the 1991 cup final between the Karger/Petersen spearheaded, all conquering arena team and the Glasgow tigers. Anyone know where I can find any such footage?

I'm normally on here defending the rockets from unfair criticism, but this time i'm looking at that team and thinking " boy is it gonna be a long season, with some real spankings on our travels". If the real reason for such a weak team is financial then you do have to wonder if mocking Len for this side makes us the foolish ones if other clubs spend beyond their means and have a great season but arent around to revel in it the year after. You'd hope people continue to support the club, but we all know that its success that brings crowds in minority sports.

I'd like to see Jens Rasmussen back.......or Martin Goodwin!!

you may be right, but also remember that only a couple of years ago Doolan was one of the stand out performers at PL level and hes certainly talented enough to reach that level again. I reckon if you can make Kev feel really wanted and settled and he gets his equipment right he can still be a number 1.

ita easy to see why diamonds fans feel hard done by regarding this years play-offs. Play off's suck, end of story! you'll never convince me that its a fair way of deciding a season long LEAGUE championship. Yes my team did benefit from this system in 2007, but those that know me know that i still thought it was wrong then. Just look at the year coventry won it at poole after finishing 3 places and about 22 points behind Poole in the table........WRONG! the old "every team knows the score at the start of the season" arguement doesnt make it right!! Any way, the witches are in this one fair and square, good luck to both sides, but i kinda hope the diamonds triumph so their good season doesnt end up trophyless!!

with those 6 you wanna hope the 7th rider is Chris Holder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now THAT is a team!!

Ha ha ha ha!! loving this thread!! if the BSPA need confirmation of wether these end of season "losers" trophy competitions are worth it, heres your answer!!!

Is Neathy definitely not fit for next season? Has he retired?

Ha ha that's funny!!.....if in fact you did mean to make reference to pandas and the dark patches around their eyes!!

A couple of years ago i was slaughtered for supposedly "slagging off" Sitera, because I couldnt believe how rubbish he was and even more unbelievable that he kept being given Elite league team places!!! if ever there was a case of british riders being unfairly treated its by this muppet getting their team place!!!

........anyhooooo...........i never did get to ask Rob McCaffrey who kept punching him in the face to cause those constant dark patches under his eyes!! looked like a vampire!!

I dont!!!

THE most worrying thing is that all of this is starting to have that "the club wont be around much longer" feel to it. Everyone is bitterly disappointed by this years team and subsequent performances, and the way the club has moved in the transfer market lately feels like a club that is no longer going to push the boat out (Simon Lambert....really?????) . But in truth there are so many factors involved in the way things have turned out. People support a winning team, so after our glory era 2005-2007 the team has slowly started to slide and as a result attendance figures have done the same. As a businessman youre not going to spend beyond your means so if income from gate receipts is down, youre going to cut your cloth accordingly. It just seems like a vicious circle though. Crowd goes down, spend less on team, crowd goes down some more, spend even less on team until there can only be one outcome, end of team. For what its worth I'll say this. Every promoter is going to do certain things at times that upset fans, it happens up and down the country. But Len breathed new life into rye house at the turn of the millenium and after a few years even delivered the much sought after trophies that we all craved. He bought the stadium, made slow, but steady improvements and now it all seems to be going a bit backwards, which given the way Len went about things in the first decade of this recent era seems a bit strange, and a little worrying if you ask me. If Len has had enough or feels that its time for him to finish his involvment in speedway, who is going to take over? The last thing we want is a fly by night Colin Horton type!!

Is that correct?!!!! £30 per point?? is that it?? holy cow, i thought ( and hoped ) they got a bit more than that!!

I heard that in cycling there was a man who had a vision for british cycling a few years back and really started to make and then implement his plans for the greater future of british cycling. He no doubt was the one who sought and chased the funding necessary to make this all work. The point is, British speedway needs a consortium of intelligent people to take the sport in this country by the scruff of the neck and drag it back in line with the swedes,poles,danes etc. An independent governing body to have COMPLETE control over the running of british speedway. That means all leagues, all national teams and individual events......the whole shooting match. This would stop the bspa from continually trying to ruin our sport by putting the needs of their own clubs first all the time! The governing body should be nominated and elected by ALL clubs in Britain and could comprise of ex-riders, referees etc anyone with massive experience of the sport with a long term committment to improving the product........Now......convincing the useless twats at the bspa to relinquish control will be about as easy as standing in a bucket and then trying to lift that bucket up!!!!

Is that the same Mr Big Stuff who finished about 6th in the premier league averages last season?