Mick Bratley 474 Posted August 15, 2023 A petition was started yesterday to save Peterborough Speedway. If anyone would like to sign it the link is here: https://www.change.org/p/unjust-removal-of-a-pastime-and-sport-precious-to-thousands-over-the-world?source_location=search Please also share amongst your social media connections if possible. Thanks. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted August 15, 2023 I will more than happy to sign up considering the historical connection between Peterborough and Oxford Speedways (Danny Dunton). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rickyag 10 Posted August 15, 2023 I put on the AEPG Peterborough Facebook the following: Could AEPG answer the following question please, " have AEPG discussed or agreed with Mr Keith Chapman to not support the Peterborough Speedway to run at the EoES for season 2024 in return for compensation / the purchase of the Speedway Club” Not had a response but not surprised by that. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deano 1,318 Posted August 15, 2023 I’ve signed and so has my family, but sharing never seems to get my signature recognised on change org. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted August 15, 2023 Signed. Enjoyed a number of meetings over the years. I would be gutted if the EoES went the same way as Brandon and others. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 5,017 Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) Now, I know this has only been running for a few days but this petition is only at 670 at the moment and that quite frankly is pathetic! Wolves was up in the thousands after a similar amount of time. Maybe because Wolves came as such a shock and Peterborough has been a bit of a slow burner for a few years. Coventry raised their £20k in a matter of days Maybe there's just no appetite for Speedway in Peterborough? Why has there been no outcry about the loss of Peterborough Speedway? Nothing on their website, nothing on the BSPL website, Godfrey gone missing (again!)... what's going on? Edited August 16, 2023 by iainb 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Speedtiger 327 Posted August 16, 2023 2 hours ago, iainb said: Now, I know this has only been running for a few days but this petition is only at 670 at the moment and that quite frankly is pathetic! Wolves was up in the thousands after a similar amount of time. Maybe because Wolves came as such a shock and Peterborough has been a bit of a slow burner for a few years. Coventry raised their £20k in a matter of days Maybe there's just no appetite for Speedway in Peterborough? Why has there been no outcry about the loss of Peterborough Speedway? Nothing on their website, nothing on the BSPL website, Godfrey gone missing (again!)... what's going on? Not a surprise as Godfrey like Chapman is a complete waste of time, he could not run a drinking competition in a brewery. He’s only interested in his poxy Scunny club. Once again it’s proved that speedway is run by utter idiots who clearly could not care less about the disastrous way things are going. I give up! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyb 156 Posted August 16, 2023 10 hours ago, iainb said: Now, I know this has only been running for a few days but this petition is only at 670 at the moment and that quite frankly is pathetic! Wolves was up in the thousands after a similar amount of time. Maybe because Wolves came as such a shock and Peterborough has been a bit of a slow burner for a few years. Coventry raised their £20k in a matter of days Maybe there's just no appetite for Speedway in Peterborough? Why has there been no outcry about the loss of Peterborough Speedway? Nothing on their website, nothing on the BSPL website, Godfrey gone missing (again!)... what's going on? The local Peterborough Telegraph, as usual, hardly bothers to put anything about speedway. All they are interested in is the football club. Panthers couldn't even get on the front page on the day the story broke. Instead it was all about a drunken ex player (granted what he did was absolutely terrible) but there wasn't even a small sub heading. You could only read about Panthers dire situation if you went through ten pages of Peterborough United first And that has been par for the course since Panthers inception. Always an afterthought in the Telegraph. Even Thornton today (one of the so-called news and sport editors) admitted that he had never been to Alwalton. Says it all I wonder what will happen if Peterborough Utd go into administration. The staff at the Telegraph will be running about like scalded cats 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 5,017 Posted August 16, 2023 57 minutes ago, crazyb said: The local Peterborough Telegraph, as usual, hardly bothers to put anything about speedway. All they are interested in is the football club. Panthers couldn't even get on the front page on the day the story broke. Instead it was all about a drunken ex player (granted what he did was absolutely terrible) but there wasn't even a small sub heading. You could only read about Panthers dire situation if you went through ten pages of Peterborough United first And that has been par for the course since Panthers inception. Always an afterthought in the Telegraph. Even Thornton today (one of the so-called news and sport editors) admitted that he had never been to Alwalton. Says it all I wonder what will happen if Peterborough Utd go into administration. The staff at the Telegraph will be running about like scalded cats Didn't the Telegraph used to sponsor the Panthers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyb 156 Posted August 16, 2023 34 minutes ago, iainb said: Didn't the Telegraph used to sponsor the Panthers? Yes, but even then it was always football first. But that is the same all over with speedway picking up what little scraps from the media they can. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 5,017 Posted August 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, crazyb said: Yes, but even then it was always football first. But that is the same all over with speedway picking up what little scraps from the media they can. Nobody buys newspapers anymore though do they? Especially the younger folk. According to wiki their circulation is only 4,500. Probably get a greater reach through local radio I would have thought 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, iainb said: Nobody buys newspapers anymore though do they? Especially the younger folk. According to wiki their circulation is only 4,500. Probably get a greater reach through local radio I would have thought I haven't bought a newspaper in years especially when many of the editorials are politically biased. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therefused 819 Posted August 17, 2023 If more people were interested then the media would move the speedway stories to the forefront, as it stands it is a speedway problem, not a media problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) 40 minutes ago, therefused said: If more people were interested then the media would move the speedway stories to the forefront, as it stands it is a speedway problem, not a media problem. I think that the media generally has never really treated speedway seriously (most noticeably the domestic version) Even back during the last "Golden Era" during the seventies when England ruled the sport got scant attention other than the sadly missed "World of Sport". I used to collect any speedway related newspaper cuttings at the time and it never really amounted to much although the "Oxford Mail" did cover the sport locally admirally. Edited August 17, 2023 by steve roberts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toady 231 Posted August 17, 2023 What’s interesting is that so many topics end up being diluted from the original purpose to another episode of Down memory lane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
