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The Speedway Fiction website has updated its tribute page to Tommy Jansson ahead of the 40th anniversary of his death on May 20. It may be of interest to former Dons' supporters. speedwayfiction.co.uk

For a fascinating speedway miscellany, have you visited the Speedway Fiction website? https://www.speedwayfiction.co.uk There's a lot more there than just fiction and it contains hours of beautifully presented material. Well worth a few minutes of your time.

There is an interesting comparison the Speedway Fiction website. https://www.speedwayfiction.co.uk/speedwaydangers.html

When Rochdale last visited Shielfield Park in 1971, the score was Berwick 60 Rochdale 18. Peter Collins was not in the team. The top scorer for the Hornets was Paul Tyrer with 7 points.

39 years now - and there still hasn't been another like him. https://www.speedwayfiction.co.uk/tommyjanssonremembered.html

Speedway Fiction have a number of pages devoted to the Evening News special editions that were produced for the Wembley Finals. They appear on their website under the heading: Headlining Speedway. speedwayfiction.co.uk

There is a page about King Cinder on the Speedway Fiction website. speedwayfiction.co.uk

For anyone interested in speedway in the 1970s, the Speedway Fiction website is well worth a visit. In addition to their own books, they have lots of pages covering League tables, rider averages, speedway magazines, headlines and stories from the decade. There are rider autographs, fiction from books and comics and features on the Seventies themselves. Great stuff if you are a fan of British speedway's greatest days! https://www.speedwayfiction.co.uk

There is a good feature on the book Once A Jolly Swagman on the Speedway Fiction website. It includes pictures of the book, (now almost impossible to find), stills from the BAFTA-nominated film and PDF extracts to read. There are also notes on the author, Montagu Slater. https://www.speedwayfiction.co.uk

'Wheels' - which was the Berwick Bandits theme tune - and still is after 45 years! Also, for some reason, 'The Banner Man' by Blue Mink. It doesn't matter where I hear these tunes now, they transport me, in an instant, straight back to Shielfield Park in the days of Doug Wyer, Maury Robinson, Mark Hall, Roy Williams ... Don't get me started.

Why not try some speedway novels? Good stories based firmly in the days of the Gulf British League when British speedway was at its best. Their website is worth a visit even if you don't want to buy a book. https://www.speedwayfiction.co.uk

There is a superb selection of speedway stories from old comics and annuals on the Speedway Fiction website, including PDF extracts and reproductions of covers and pictures. There are also pages about 'Once a Jolly Swagman', the novel all speedway supporters know from the Dirk Bogarde film, and 'King Cinder', the 1970s BBC TV kids' serial. https://www.speedwayfiction.co.uk/heroesofthetrack.html

There is an excellent tribute to Tommy Jansson on the Speedway Fiction website: https://www.speedwayfiction.co.uk/tommyjanssonremembered.html

I wonder how the track at Gubbangen today compares to the "farmland" surface that Tommy described at the start of that dreadful meeting. I read that the surface was so bad that Soren Sjosten refused to ride after his first heat and it was undoubtedly the hole that Lars Jansson hit which caused the crash. I recently saw a video of a meeting from the Gubbangen speedway and I saw no evidence of an air fence. It seemed to me that the solid board fence is still there. This seems very sad. I don't think there is much doubt that if air fences and full-face helmets had been around in those days, Tommy would not have died on that awful night.