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  3. Posted

    2 hours ago, Gerbat1875 said:

    Would not surprise me Brian that Birmingham City FC, will take up residency at the stadium, considering the trouble they are having with the stands at St Andrews, in fact a little bird informs me that BCFC club officials have sounded out the council, it won't go down to well with BCFC supporters if they have to relocate to Villa territory, Brummies so unlucky with rain offs so far this season 

    The Blosers in North Brum. You're having a laugh.

    Over half the 40k seats for the games are temporary. 

    It'll never happen, simply because the Alex is the premier stand alone Athletics stadium in the country. The headquarters of UK Athletics is based there. They don't need to share it with anyone. 

    More chance of BCFC sharing with Solihull Moors! 

     

     

     

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    7 hours ago, flagrag said:

    Arthur Sissis was the rider that Sheffield had and like Darcy he is a natural on a motorcycle and could have been very good at Speedway if he had been more focused.

    Both him and his family knew he was good but he always has road racing as well as Speedway and at one point was tipped to be a Moto GP rider but is now racing in the Aussie Superbike series.

    His Speedway equipment was never that good quality and having Sheffield as a home track shows his lack of speed and then he was a bit unlucky picking up few injuries 

    He admitted he made a mistake returning to speedway. It was a knee jerk reaction to his Moto3 dreams being shattered by Mahindra. He's certainly no duffer having podiumed in his first season in the class. 

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    12 hours ago, Dave_minall said:

    Whilst I agree we don't know the whole picture and yes some element of discrepancy can be forgiven, but like I said I've been paying keen attention to his gear for literally years and there doesn't seem to be any new gear being used.

    Don't knock him, he could be ahead of the game given the impending cost of living crisis. 

    Pat him on the back now!

     

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    38 minutes ago, mikebv said:

    To be fair, it is a situation repeated at many conurbations around the country...

    It's just that as its "Britain's Second City"* I suppose the lack of decent crowds stands out s bit more...

    * The "Britain's Second City" comment is I know subjective and is disputed by many Londoners who feel that their City holds that accolade...

    Behind Manchester obviously.. ....:D 

    The problem Brum would always have to overcome was the 21 years between The Wheels and the return to Perry Barr. After the initial burst of interest at the start in 2007, the crowds settled down to mainly the old fans and a few newbies, unfortunately dwindling gradually over the years. 

    Speedway is a sport that no longer captures the imagination of the sporting public. How you attract new fans and returnees in that climate I'll never know. 

     

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  11. Posted

    1 hour ago, GiveusaB said:

    Quite right....very funny when you stop and think about it.....it's like 'you can't leave after the last race until the winning time is announced' and if you miss it, you have to wait for next week's speedway star? LMAO

    Or wait 30 years and post a question in the Years Gone By section. ;)

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  16. Posted

    On 12/2/2021 at 2:27 AM, BOBBATH said:

    OGT- I am interested that one of your favourites is George Major-glad to see him mentioned. 

     

    TBH, how could you not love The Galloping Major? He was the man at Brum in 71 and when he appeared in his banana skin leathers, we loved him even more. 

    A great rider to watch, a 100% trier and. 110% team man. A brilliant skipper. 

    Above all though, he's a lovely fella and that's probably worth more than anything. 

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    3 hours ago, mikebv said:

    100% this...

    Birmingham's problem is, like so many other tracks, that they get so very, very few people interested in watching Speedway from a huge conurbation on their doorstep..

    If that issue ever got fixed then no council, no dog racing company, or even security guards being over officious, would have hardly any impact on it whatsoever..

    Speedways problems are simply down to not enough people attending which, in the vast majority of reasons, is due to self inflicted issues rather than any external influences..

    Brum's big problem since the 2007 relaunch is the 21 year gap between the Wheels and Perry Barr. This is why the majority of supporters are, to be kind, mature and in a lot of cases, very mature. Finding and holding  on to a new generation of fans is a huge, huge task.

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  19. Posted

    12 hours ago, Deano said:

    Read Brian’s post no complaints in five years. I think you are just making stuff up to come across as negative.

    The commonwealth games will cost council tax payers money and has caused them and will continue to cause them more disruption than all the years of speedway put together. 

    I don't believe they give a toss about a few hundred people on a Wednesday night for a few months. 

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