Steve Shovlar

All this travelling too far nonsense. Havvy used to travel to his home meetings at Poole every week from Redcar! Thought nothing of it.

Why is this thread in the el section? Better to put it in the pl or general thread.

You know as well as the rest of us that Poole were devastated by injuries for the semi and the injury to Andersen couldn't be covered by the no show of Lindback. With a fit Andersen I am sure we would have gone through but Fricke put paid to that at Leicester. With the team Poole had to put out at Monmore it was no suprise we were beaten. Like coming to Poole trying to defend a lead without Woffinden or Lindgren. If you think the team mentioned a few posts up is good enough then I hope that will be the team. They won't come close with that lineup. Still, Woffinden will probably come knocking cap in hand before the end of July when his wc chances have vanished. Who will be for the chop this time? Tell that to Brum.

A bit tiny more than I saw last week. Mind you that pile of stone and metal fencing were there. At this rate the new stadium will be ready. By 2025.

Agree. Perfect team to beat. Howarth hasn't prgressed as many thought he would. Skornicki is past his best by ten years. And two very weak reserves. Clegg is next to useless away.

Surely they could put together a better team than that? Looks weak to me.

'When you get to the bend, turn left, then go as fast as you can down the back straight, turn left again, then go as fast as you can down the home straight, then, turn left, .....

This topic wouldn't have been started if Klindt had sign for another club. Haters gonna hate.....

A shame an event lie this could not have been put up through periscope for everyone to watch with questions being posted through twitter.

If the rumours are true about Buster taking over the promotion the first job is to change thr track shape, and he has the gear and experience to get it sorted.

I believe Good Friday is Poole v Somerset noon with the return at 7.30pm.

Theres nothing to be had. Sandhu has had all the scrap away.

I have emailed him to thank him for his mediation work. Suggest Coventry and speedway fans alike do the same.

Agree can someone find his email details?

These Championship clubs need to remember that Poole fixtures take priority. Ipswich will be missing Newman when Poole ride away at Swindon on a Thursday and any other Ipwich away meeting clashes. Same goes for Holder and Kurtz if he rides Championship.

I now really hope both parties now honor their agreement. It has been very unfair on the Coventry fans and the whole episode could have been avoided. Two men with no doubt huge egos and neither wanted to back down led to this sorry mess. Keeping everything crossed for the suffering Coventry fans.

Over the years I have had some right tough old banter with Coventry fans. The rivalry between Poole and Coventry over the last 15 or so years has been legendary. But when something so terrible as this happens there's no place for rivalry. Reading this forum and looking at those photos is devastating. And that's from a Poole fan. I dread to know what it actually feels like as a Bees supporter. If I was I would be banging on doors demanding explainations. What is clear this evening is that Horton has thrown in the towel. His lawyer has said he is not going ahead and has told his riders to find a club. Basically they are now up 5hite creek without a paddle. The vandalism to the stadium means the place is finished as a sporting venue. Expect the main stand to become the victim of some arsonists over the next couple of months, meaning the whole place will have to be flattened on health and safety grounds speeding forward the propety developers plans. So sad and so depressing. Really feel for Coventry fans at this time and wish them all, every single one of them, the best.

Whilst Sandhu is within his rights to take what is his, what is not right is vandalism to the stadium. The photos clearly show the ceilings smashed up, and the wiring ripped out of the refs box. This is not removing personal items, it is making sure no one else can use it. Sandhu is open here to be prosecuted for vandalising the stadium. Coventry fans need to report the stadium vandalism to the police as it is a criminal act. By law they will have to act. Come on Bees fans get on the blower to the old bill.

As Sandhu's lackey he will chuck all the crap at Horton. The damage done really does mean the end of Coventry speedway.. congratulations to Sandhu, finally got his way. it would cost tens of thousands to put the damage right. Just not worth it. Smashing up seats proves Sandhu's aim was to make sure there was no way back for either sport of speedway or stox. By vandalising the stadium he brings an end to decades of coventry bees. Guess the only option open now is to move the team to Leicester..

Just think. If Swindon had signed Andersen they could have had a fairy tale lineup. Hansi and Grondal. I'll get me coat.......

That third paragraph sounds ominous.

New directive about to be issued by the bspa. All bikes must be fitted with headlights when riding at Brandon. Sandhu basically sticking two fingers up at Coventry speedway fans and doing all he can in an attempt to stop speedway running in 2017. Taking away the lights, armco. seats and shale is very petty. If protecting his interests is his viewpoint it shows he has no respect for speedway fans. Just an attempt to derail Coventry speedway and Horton. And to think Bees fans were originally hailing Sandhu and Trump as messiahs.

He chased the money. Wolves offered double what Matt Ford was offering him. Seems strange to say Klindt is a great signing but a sign of the times. Most other clubs don't know how to promote and its led us to this, where Klindt is hailed as a great signing. In the words of King Theoden, "How did it come to this......". Having said all this, in the scheme of things its a great signing and he will be eating all those two pointers and weak reserves for breakfast.

Colin Beeney was his name. Had a real beaten up three wheeler Reliant and an old cassette machine where he played the Wurzels full blast, along with old tapes of Swindon meetings, which was before video. Used to go along with another guy who was the raker on the first bend called Dave Stoddart or Stoddard. People should remember him. Long brown hair, tall with glasses. Raked the first and second bend for years. Remember a trip to Ipswich where Swindon got beat 55-23 (Ashby 11 from 5)and on the way back Colin was getting tired, so stopped the reliant in the 3rd lane of the m4 and started doing press ups. Motorways much quieter in those days. Then decided to empty what was left in a couple of airhorns. 20 mins later we got pulled by the old bill asking if it was us making a din and waking up half of Slough. Funny old days.. As for deserting Swindon for Poole it was not as straight as it looked. I left Swindon in 77 to live in Bournemouth, and didn't go to speedway from then until 86, with If I recall one meeting, England v USA at Poole in 83. Started going regularly again in 86 at Poole in the National league, at first as a neutral. Swindon were top flight so it wasn't like I had ditched Swindon for Poole. Didn't go to any away meetings until 90. Then of course Poole moved back up but by then I had been going to Poole longer than Swindon. As I was never going to return to Swindon to live the decision was made. Must say I will always have a soft spot for Swindon but only lived in the town for 9 years where I have lived in Dorset for 39 years. However, for my sins, I am a STFC supporter.

Most important to get the local paper to report what is happening to the stadium. Get the face and name of the perpetrator out there in the press. The stripping is simply spite as the seats and shale, lighting etc have no real intrinsic value but by stripping will make the stadium untenable for the people using it. The local rag need to be bombarded!