speed29 19 Posted October 5, 2022 Swindon Robins was best team in speedway ever!!! and its really unnecessary closed for fans very sad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted October 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, speed29 said: Swindon Robins was best team in speedway ever!!! and its really unnecessary closed for fans very sad. Always sad when a track closes down but what went on at Swindon was despicable with lies upon lies and false promises. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humphrey Appleby 13,955 Posted October 6, 2022 On 10/4/2022 at 10:23 PM, Midland Red said: I thought they had many more than two!!! I think it's only Sid and Orion that are left... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tric trac 53 Posted October 6, 2022 On 9/7/2022 at 12:51 PM, Skidder1 said: Surely many of the 'new' houses were there when the Robins were still racing?! And what are the on site cranes doing today?? Apparently you could lean out of the window of the house next to the pits and rev the bikes up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
auntie doris 2,342 Posted October 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Tric trac said: Apparently you could lean out of the window of the house next to the pits and rev the bikes up. One property owner served tea and larrdies to riders and staff in their garden adjoining the pits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
auntie doris 2,342 Posted October 6, 2022 Good feature on BBC Points West about the Robins. Some good old racing footage, packed terraces, and interview with Mike Broadbank, Rosco, a Robins fan, and an MP? called Justin Tomlinson, saying Swindon are the Man City /Liverpool of speedway. Just need a millionaire farmer to buy the land from GI then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Racin Jason 72 1,283 Posted October 6, 2022 What I don’t understand is how Terry Russell has the right to close down the speedway. if he says he can’t make it pay then at least give someone else the chance to take it on. the situation stinks and definitely looks like a big brown envelope has changed hands somewhere. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eric i 617 Posted October 6, 2022 28 minutes ago, Racin Jason 72 said: What I don’t understand is how Terry Russell has the right to close down the speedway. if he says he can’t make it pay then at least give someone else the chance to take it on. the situation stinks and definitely looks like a big brown envelope has changed hands somewhere. People give Justin Tomlinson a lot of stick, but the biggest villain is Terry Russell hes taken the money and ran. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hagonshocker 1,956 Posted October 6, 2022 8 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: I think it's only Sid and Orion that are left... Odd thing to say? Not even remotely funny 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Stadia 1,071 Posted October 7, 2022 I do wonder whether Swindon will be like Leicester, Scunthorpe and Redcar and eventually return, sooner or later? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geoff100 1,426 Posted October 9, 2022 Reading the piece in the "star" rising costs are giving as the main reason to close,that applys to every track in the country,could the directors not have dipped there hands in there pockets? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toady 230 Posted October 9, 2022 4 hours ago, geoff100 said: Reading the piece in the "star" rising costs are giving as the main reason to close,that applys to every track in the country,could the directors not have dipped there hands in there pockets? The reason speedway in Swindon has closed is because Gi do not want to build a new stadium. As has been said before The directors and below have been paid off simple. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old bob at herne bay 828 Posted October 9, 2022 Come on folks stop banging on about all these spurious reasons for Swindon speedway closing. Would you rather sell your land to a housing developer for millions of pounds or invest money building a speedway stadium which even when the team won the league made a loss ? If the GI gang and their many hangers on ( I include Messrs. Russell and Rossiter) are guilty of anything it is perpetuating the myth that once the stadium was slated for housing development on that site that speedway racing would ever take place again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Technik 491 Posted October 9, 2022 23 minutes ago, Toady said: The reason speedway in Swindon has closed is because Gi do not want to build a new stadium. As has been said before The directors and below have been paid off simple. GI have a long history of closing sporting venues, GI (Gaming International) Stadia UK or Clarke Osbourne have Milton Keynes, Reading & Torquay on their list that now includes Swindon. To Blame Terry Russell is harsh he was only a tennant of the owners & his decision to cease trading as Swindon speedway is purely business. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toady 230 Posted October 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Technik said: GI have a long history of closing sporting venues, GI (Gaming International) Stadia UK or Clarke Osbourne have Milton Keynes, Reading & Torquay on their list that now includes Swindon. To Blame Terry Russell is harsh he was only a tennant of the owners & his decision to cease trading as Swindon speedway is purely business. No one blaming anybody just telling as is Gi remove last stumbling block with inducements Also you missed out Bristol and Torquay is still open. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
