GiveusaB 1,145 Posted October 18, 2023 22 hours ago, AceBelle said: Zmarzlik coming back In our dreams! Probably more likely to be 'Smolinski' ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil The Ace 2,860 Posted October 18, 2023 Be lindgren Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deano 1,318 Posted October 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Phil The Ace said: Be lindgren And Ludvig at that lol. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnieg 3,643 Posted October 26, 2023 Nigel Tolley sounded very downbeat tonight. Plan is still to run Prem next year, but seemed very doubtful about reaching a satisfactory agreement with the landlords, and actually raised the spectre of tonight being the last ever meeting at Perry Barr. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishersGate 522 Posted October 26, 2023 So sad. Plus i wouldn't be surprised if a certain prem side refuses to ride in the prem next year as well.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heathen52 384 Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) I really hope Nigel can come to some sort of agreement with his landlord for 2024, but I get the feeling whatever happens Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium has a very limited life span left, so Nigel is left between a rock and a hard place. He seems to have very few options which appear to be remain at Perry Barr short term and probably (based on the last 4 years) lose more money, move on and go all out to find an alternative site I really don't envy him whatever he decides to do, Good luck. Edited October 26, 2023 by heathen52 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deano 1,318 Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) I really feel sorry for Nigel. You’d think apart from the usual business like challenges running a speedway club would be fun. Running Birmingham Speedway feels almost like bordering on the impossible ! Edited October 26, 2023 by Deano 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HGould 2,213 Posted October 26, 2023 In a summer in 2024 dominated by football and Olympics in the key main summer months it would be hard to attract floating supporters anyway. I think you might get 200 or so curious from Wolves and keen to see live Speedway but it's hard to justify Nigel losing another large sum for a further 12 months of uncertainty. Mayor and Councils talk a lot but it may take Wolves and Brummies closing to force the Mayor's hand in reelection year and similarly respective Councils. Worrying times as has been for a while... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
False dawn 2,298 Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, arnieg said: Nigel Tolley sounded very downbeat tonight. Plan is still to run Prem next year, but seemed very doubtful about reaching a satisfactory agreement with the landlords, and actually raised the spectre of tonight being the last ever meeting at Perry Barr. It was a truly shocking and unhappy announcement. Edited October 26, 2023 by False dawn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishersGate 522 Posted October 26, 2023 Let's be honest I don't think tolley can have done much more to keep the brummies alive. He's been given stick on his rider choices but without him Birmingham would have been gone years ago. One of the main issue's is the lack of supporters. Its alright moaning about the landlord and what not but the support at Birmingham is absolutely terrible. You can have a great track, landlord and team but if the support is crap then what's the point? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,363 Posted October 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, FishersGate said: Let's be honest I don't think tolley can have done much more to keep the brummies alive. He's been given stick on his rider choices but without him Birmingham would have been gone years ago. One of the main issue's is the lack of supporters. Its alright moaning about the landlord and what not but the support at Birmingham is absolutely terrible. You can have a great track, landlord and team but if the support is crap then what's the point? Main trouble is the sport isn’t attracting newcomers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dog 413 Posted October 26, 2023 3 hours ago, heathen52 said: I really hope Nigel can come to some sort of agreement with his landlord for 2024, but I get the feeling whatever happens Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium has a very limited life span left, so Nigel is left between a rock and a hard place. He seems to have very few options which appear to be remain at Perry Barr short term and probably (based on the last 4 years) lose more money, move on and go all out to find an alternative site I really don't envy him whatever he decides to do, Good luck. Tbf, he knew about these issues before he took over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therefused 819 Posted October 26, 2023 1 hour ago, FishersGate said: Let's be honest I don't think tolley can have done much more to keep the brummies alive. He's been given stick on his rider choices but without him Birmingham would have been gone years ago. One of the main issue's is the lack of supporters. Its alright moaning about the landlord and what not but the support at Birmingham is absolutely terrible. You can have a great track, landlord and team but if the support is crap then what's the point? Its his, or his teams job to get the support in though. Has he done enough? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GiveusaB 1,145 Posted October 26, 2023 Its been going downhill at B'ham since we lost Joe Mcgloughin the 'old' commercial manager..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishersGate 522 Posted October 26, 2023 2 hours ago, therefused said: Its his, or his teams job to get the support in though. Has he done enough? He has financially but seems to not be working. It's mad to think that a club in Birmingham cant attract atleast a thousand supporters every week 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
